non-hetero Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 Mozilla Firefox is a web browser. It is the best web browser I have used. I'm not going to go into all the specs but I'll like what -I- like about it. - It blocks popups - It has tabbed browing - It is very configurable - It is fast - When you view large images it scales to the size of your screen and you have a zoom button to see the whole thing. - It has a google search bar and you can addon other search buttons like dictionary.com/ebay.com. Just dropdown to what search engine you want. - Lots of extentions. - Lots of themes. - A download manager. - Spyware is designed to install on IE. I havn't got any spyware since I installed FireFox. Download: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Great article walking you through installation and all the features with screen shots. http://www.nidelven-it.no/articles/introdu...ion_to_firebird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 Been on it for about two months now. I was very skeptic at first cause of font-smoothing issues, but now that I've sorted them out I can't even think of using anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 i've been using it for two or three months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non-hetero Posted April 7, 2004 Author Share Posted April 7, 2004 It's been about 5 months for me. I even installed it at school so I wouldn't have to use IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyLox Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 i like it but it has some a lot of bugs. the worst of which is haveing multiple tabs open , one of which contains a quicktime file. the quicktime can pop through the tabs giving you a quicktime movie from another tab plopped into/ on top of what evers in the current tab. but i still like it.and for several months now as well. hev/ up to the time, down to the minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 I've been on mozilla for months. no looking back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 maybe I'll install this today. I'm bored outta my skull, but in all honesty I have tons of work to do...I just don't want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non-hetero Posted April 7, 2004 Author Share Posted April 7, 2004 heavyLox I don't get that bug. I do however crash my Mozilla if I switch tabs w/o clicking cancel when it asks to upgrade my Quicktime. Maybe I should just upgrade quicktime :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 I don't have heavy's bug, but I am unable to install all the dope extensions. I probably simply have to download the latest nightly build, but I know a lot of people on Macs with this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adderall Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 been using it since early beta stages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diggity Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 Originally posted by heavyLox i like it but it has some a lot of bugs. the worst of which is haveing multiple tabs open , one of which contains a quicktime file. the quicktime can pop through the tabs giving you a quicktime movie from another tab plopped into/ on top of what evers in the current tab. but i still like it.and for several months now as well. hev/ up to the time, down to the minute i guess that could cut into you looking at porn while at work...:D so far i'd say this is the best non IE browser ive used. It isnt laggin when watching intense flash, and i really like how when you context click a link to make it load in a new tab, it puts the tab behind your current window instead of taking you directly to that page and me having to click back to the original page. not to mention this thing loads so much faster. i havent had the quicktime problem, when i was using camino i got that all the time, pretty annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 I still would rather use Avant Browser. I tend to switch it up sometimes though. Some websites tend to be faster on Firefox while some are faster to dload using Avant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 ok, i thought of something i don't like: the options for cookies are limited, there is no option to limit cookies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyLox Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 ^^^ i like that too. Its def the best of its versions so far. plus its good to support the open source shit. F the big Co.s and i stick with the pocket port whilst at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshoppa Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 just downloaded it. http://www.12ozprophet.com/ubb/icons/icon26.gif'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabo 2 Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 mozilla's good, although I have to use an older version because of the antiquated software I use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 Every month somebody is trying to tell me to switch web browsers. I don't know why. http://img19.photobucket.com/albums/v58/GnomeToys/My%20Pictures/ie.jpg'> - It blocks popups - Google toolbar can do this in IE. - It has tabbed browing - The taskbar at the bottom of my screen has tabbed browsing. - It is very configurable - Everything is these days. - It is fast - IE has been fast since before mozilla was out of alpha. - When you view large images it scales to the size of your screen and you have a zoom button to see the whole thing. - IE has done this for quite some time now. Its annoying as fuck. I turned it off. - It has a google search bar and you can addon other search buttons like dictionary.com/ebay.com. Just dropdown to what search engine you want. - So does IE. - Lots of extentions. <span style='color:royalblue'>""</span> - Lots of themes. - Don't want or need. - A download manager. - That's one point. - Spyware is designed to install on IE. I havn't got any spyware since I installed FireFox. - <span style='color:royalblue'>It only installs because you click "YES, I WOULD LIKE TO INSTALL NET PRICECHECK BONZAI GATORBUDDY 2004". I've run IE exclusively on this machine for a long, long time and the only spyware I've gotten was from some shareware shit somebody installed.</span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 http://www.kak.ru/images/archive/13-14/gulitov/typefaces/27.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diggity Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 all i know is that we have a PC at work and its only function is quickbooks and email yet we always get dumb shit popping up on the desktop that we didnt agree to. everyone here is pretty computer savy, the pc was fucking nightmare. crashed alot. we installed firefox and now we dont have any of those problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanity Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 whatever happened to opera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 The machine needs to be locked down correctly so that users are unable to install or download software, and ActiveX needs to be disabled through the security settings in IE on user accounts. This would take care of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non-hetero Posted April 7, 2004 Author Share Posted April 7, 2004 Hey GnomeToys if you feel like installing third party plugins like googlebar and manually getting a security level that should be a standard then by all means, go ahead and give in to the corporate giant who destroyed the competition through anti-competitive means in the first place. Have fun mulitasking with your "tabs". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 I don't need popup blockers because I don't visit sites that have popups. Give an idiot user 5 minutes to download Kazaa and you'll have plenty of spyware on your machine without proper lockdown, regardless of your browser. 6 years ago when I was still writing viruses I would have agreed with you completely, I was using Opera and enjoying it. Nowadays nearly everyone writes their websites with IE in mind, and other browsers as an afterthought. The war is over, and Microsoft won, so I'm going to make things easy on myself by sticking with the common program. The tab thing is a personal choice. I like the workflow of having all open windows listed on the taskbar and alt-tabbing between them as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseLokE1uno Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 IE is so big that it just makes sense to have this as a browser as well but for the most part I'm all for mozilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 been on it since yesterday, diggin' it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 I've been using Mozilla browsers for over a year now... no fuck that, probably close to two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 Originally posted by GnomeToys I don't need popup blockers because I don't visit sites that have popups. Don't lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPiTA Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 I've been using Mozilla since I was like 2 months old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diggity Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 stolen off the web somewheres FROM THE DESK OF DAVID POGUE Talking With the Googlers Published: March 25, 2004 Set the TiVo! This Sunday morning, "CBS News Sunday Morning" will begin with my report on Google, the Web search page-slash-cultural deity that's expected to go public this Spring--the biggest in high-tech history, with a valuation as high as $25 billion. It was a real kick to interview Google's executives and staff. Along the way, I asked each interview subject to name their favorite Google tips and tricks. Advertisement Few of the tricks made it into the TV segment -- but you, the shrewd subscriber to this newsletter, get them hot off the press. * Download and install the Google toolbar. Not only does it put the Google search box into your browser full-time, but it also blocks pop-up ads and fills in forms for you. For Windows at http://toolbar.google.com. (Ad blocking, form-filling, and Google's search box are already built into the Apple's Web browser, Safari.) * Phrase your question in the form of an answer. "After all, you're not looking for Web pages that ask your question," explains director of technology Craig Silverstein. "You're looking for pages that answer it." So instead of typing, "What is the average rainfall in the Amazon basin?", you might get better results by typing "The average rainfall in the Amazon basin is." * This is an old one, but very important: Put quotes around phrases that must be searched together. If you put quotes around "electric curtains," Google won't waste your time finding one set of Web pages containing the word "electric" and another set containing the word "curtains." * Similarly, put a hyphen right before any word you want screened out. If you're looking up dolphins, for example, you'll have to wade through a million Miami Dolphins pages unless you search for "dolphins -Miami." * Google is a global White Pages and Yellow Pages. Search for "phonebook: home depot norwalk, ct," Google instantly produces the address and phone number of the Norwalk Home Depot. This works with names ("phonebook:robert jones las vegas, NV") as well as businesses. Don't put any space after "phonebook." And in all of the following examples, don't type the quotes I'm showing you here. * Google is a package tracker. Type a FedEx or UPS package number (just the digits); when you click Search, Google offers a link to its tracking information. * Google is a calculator. Type in an equation ("32+2345*3-234="). Click Search to see the answer. * Google is a units-of-measurement converter. Type "teaspoons in a gallon," for example, or "centimeters in a foot." Click Search to see the answer. * Google is a stock ticker. Type in AAPL or MSFT, for example, to see a link to the current Apple or Microsoft stock price, graphs, financial news, and so on. * Google is an atlas. Type in an area code, like 212, to see a Mapquest map of the area. * Google is Wal-Mart's computer. Type in a UPC bar code number, such as "036000250015," to see the description of the product you've just "scanned in." (Thanks to the Google Blog, http://google.blogspace.com, for this tip and the next couple.) * Google is an aviation buff. Type in a flight number like "United 22" for a link to a map of that flight's progress in the air. Or type in the tail number you see on an airplane for the full registration form for that plane. * Google is the Department of Motor Vehicles. Type in a VIN (vehicle identification number, which is etched onto a plate, usually on the door frame, of every car), like "JH4NA1157MT001832," to find out the car's year, make, and model. * For hours of rainy-day entertainment, visit http://labs.google.com. Here, you'll find links to new, half-finished Google experiments-like Google Voice, in which you call (650) 623-6706, speak the words you want to search for, and then open your browser to view the results. Disclaimer: It wasn't working when I tried it. (Ditto a lot of these experiments.) * Poke around the "Services & Tools" link on the Google.com home page, and you'll find some of the better-known lesser-known Google features, if that makes any sense. For example, there's Froogle (product search), News, Groups (Internet discussion boards), Google Catalogs (hundreds of scanned-in product catalogs), Images (find graphics and photos from other people's Web sites), Blogger (publish your own online journal), Google language translation, Google Answers (pay a couple of bucks to have a professional researcher find the answers for you), and much more. Pretty soon you'll need Google just to search Google! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfffffffffft Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 i made a thread about what browser to use and the overwelmingly response was google toolbar....now all yins are saying this other thing-a-ma-bob...im confused.... i have been using this google thing for a while and i like it...i dunno... and by the way... what is "tabbed browsing"?:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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