Firefox.. Its brill..
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...sorry, but you've probably heard it all before, but I love firefox. Loaded it up a few days back, and it is absolutely fabulous! Had absolutely no crap like IE normally gives me!! I'm no computer wizard, so just kept pootling along with ie, but plucked up the courage to load it up, and well chuffed!!!
Expect no replies to this, just needed to say..Thanks firefox!!!
Expect no replies to this, just needed to say..Thanks firefox!!!
Now you need to install some good extensions, try [url]www.www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showforum=2[/url]
Some of the best are customizegoogle, minimize to tray, session saver, reload tabs, tabbed browser enhancements to name a few!
There's more 'bits' to add to FF than for a chavs nova!
Some of the best are customizegoogle, minimize to tray, session saver, reload tabs, tabbed browser enhancements to name a few!
There's more 'bits' to add to FF than for a chavs nova!
Andy,
When you have a minute, check this out - it speeds up Firefox a treat - well worth the 40+ seconds it takes to do.
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=176439
K
When you have a minute, check this out - it speeds up Firefox a treat - well worth the 40+ seconds it takes to do.
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=176439
K
I'm not sure if you'll remember but a while back MS were sued by Netscape for unfair competition. It all stemmed from the fact that MS changed the way windows and IE worked so that the two were tied together completely - it's all to do with file type associations and how that bumph works. Well, thats the problem with IE - it's embedded into the OS.
Technically there isn't anything wrong with IE - it renders pages well enough (although it follows it's own standards), but with FF I don't worry about spyware, adverts, pop-ups, pop-unders, tracing programs, malicious code and exploits which could render my machine useless. Combine FF with Thunderbird (the mozilla email client) and most virii can be ignored
To make a quick analogy, FF is an HS4 and IE is a ECU - Both are needed to make the car work, but the HS4 can be changed to a different carb completely or you can tweak the needles, thin the butterflies, change the springs... whereas you're stuck with the ECU and how it works (ok so you can change the ECU, but you get the idea).
Depends on what you want really.
As for it going slowly, it's a little slower to load up the first time, but after that it should render pages much quicker than IE does.
Technically there isn't anything wrong with IE - it renders pages well enough (although it follows it's own standards), but with FF I don't worry about spyware, adverts, pop-ups, pop-unders, tracing programs, malicious code and exploits which could render my machine useless. Combine FF with Thunderbird (the mozilla email client) and most virii can be ignored
To make a quick analogy, FF is an HS4 and IE is a ECU - Both are needed to make the car work, but the HS4 can be changed to a different carb completely or you can tweak the needles, thin the butterflies, change the springs... whereas you're stuck with the ECU and how it works (ok so you can change the ECU, but you get the idea).
Depends on what you want really.
As for it going slowly, it's a little slower to load up the first time, but after that it should render pages much quicker than IE does.
andy mac said:
Just a smal point, but on an audi website I go to, all the screen under the address bar bounces up and down, on occasion... wtf is this, and is there a way to stop it? It only happens every now and than, but its a bit annoying!
Doesn't matter.. Had bookmark toolbar on, with no bookmarks in it...
And althought I've only had it a few days, it seems very quick, once its open, and its bliss not having all the crap being put on my computer. My spybot software has had little to do!
>> Edited by andy mac on Sunday 17th July 19:17
docevi1 said:
Technically there isn't anything wrong with IE - it renders pages well enough (although it follows it's own standards), but with FF I don't worry about spyware, adverts, pop-ups, pop-unders, tracing programs, malicious code and exploits which could render my machine useless.
But I don't worry about these things either! I've never had any spyware on my box - although I do run "anti-spyware" its never detected anything. The odd JavaScript virus on a page has been spotted by my anti-virus in the past but...nothing, nada, zip has ever infected my PC. Now I suppose I do run a proper firewall, use WindowsUpdate regularly and I'm smart enough that when a window appears saying "Do you trust FuucckYourMachine Softwarre Inc to install MachineFuuccker Control on your PC?" to press the No button...
One day maybe...but so far I really haven't had any trouble whatsoever!
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