Topic: Finally took "firefox" plunge (Read 2606 times)

FPF-DieHard · « **on:** May 01, 2006, 06:23:23 pm »

Very nice application, stable, seems faster than IE. IE security "issues" were never a problem to me but it's nice to be on something a bit more secure . . .

What functionality is lost over IE beside the 100% compatibilty of Active X contorls? Just want to know if I'll be missing anything.

IE 7 Beta looks good BTW, they seemed to have stolen a lot of good stuff from Firefox

Bonk · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2006, 06:36:04 pm »

Quote from: FPF-DieHard on May 01, 2006, 06:23:23 pm

What functionality is lost over IE beside the 100% compatibilty of Active X contorls? Just want to know if I'll be missing anything.

Can't think of anything. I don't miss activex one bit, "drive-by" spyware and virus installs are a thing of the past.

The main things I like about Firefox are its graceful handling of compressed content and ability to render 24 bit pngs with transparency properly. (And tabbed browsing of course, can't do without it now...)

Oh, and the Flashblock extension rocks!

Nemesis · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2006, 08:37:23 pm »

Quote from: Bonk on May 01, 2006, 06:36:04 pm

Oh, and the Flashblock extension rocks!

I haven't been using any extensions myself but that one may just lure me in.

I stopped using IE at 5.xx under Win98SE when an update took away my internet connection. Fortunately I had a current backup and restored to the prior days setting. I switched to Mozilla and never looked back.

Mr_Tricorder · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2006, 08:02:02 am »

The ability to use extentions is one of the best parts of Firefox and I have several that I just can't do without now. Every once in a great while I'll run into something that doesn't work well with Firefox that I have to open up in IE, but those are very scarce now, and I can just use the "open in IE tab" extention to open them up in IE in Firefox. That way I don't have to deal with another browser window and I can still use my customized Firefox interface.

Just plain old Punisher · « **Reply #4 on:** May 03, 2006, 02:24:44 pm »

Quote from: IKV Nemesis on May 01, 2006, 08:37:23 pm

Quote from: Bonk on May 01, 2006, 06:36:04 pm
Oh, and the Flashblock extension rocks!

I haven't been using any extensions myself but that one may just lure me in.

I stopped using IE at 5.xx under Win98SE when an update took away my internet connection. Fortunately I had a current backup and restored to the prior days setting. I switched to Mozilla and never looked back.

That's when it gets you. You should always be looking back, trembling in fear from the wicked ways of microsoft.

Nemesis · « **Reply #5 on:** May 03, 2006, 05:59:21 pm »

Quote from: Punisher NCC-2000 on May 03, 2006, 02:24:44 pm

That's when it gets you. You should always be looking back, trembling in fear from the wicked ways of microsoft.

Thats what tail gunners are for.

Just plain old Punisher · « **Reply #6 on:** May 03, 2006, 06:53:42 pm »

Drat! Foiled again!

DEPLOY THE ROBOTIC RICHARD SIMMONS!!!

Nemesis · « **Reply #7 on:** May 04, 2006, 08:12:39 am »

Quote from: Punisher NCC-2000 on May 03, 2006, 06:53:42 pm

Drat! Foiled again!

DEPLOY THE ROBOTIC RICHARD SIMMONS!!!

Thats what the sound cancelling headphones are for.

Dracho · « **Reply #8 on:** May 04, 2006, 09:11:57 am »

I installed the IE 7 beta last night and I have to say that I hate the way the screen lays out, and the fonts are blurry, compared to IE6. On a visual scale of 1-10, I'd rate it hideous.

Just plain old Punisher · « **Reply #9 on:** May 04, 2006, 05:00:06 pm »

Yea, but why in the hell would you install a microsoft beta product on your machine?

Bonk · « **Reply #10 on:** May 04, 2006, 09:11:51 pm »

My new favorite extension:

Long Titles

(for the webmap)

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