Firefox

Apr. 13, 2004 @ 5:36 AM
# 1
mrTMBGRank 8: Captain (125 Points) mrTMBG

So I've been using Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox (proper, legal name now) for a little over one year now, and I absolutely love it. I can't even stand IE anymore.

O, let me count the ways it blesses thee.

-The never-ending extensions, allowing for never-ending upgrades and addons.
-The prospect of themes, which aren't needed because the default is great, but still there.
-The tabbed browsing feature, very handy while multitasking and crowding your taskbar.
-The mouse gestures, which have made me a lazy bastard and I love them.
-The smooth scroll, which sounds silly but is far better than IE's.
-The StumbleUpon toolbar, which grants ye a random website based upon your interests.
-The built-in search bar, which allows for searching of tons of search engines, like the IMDB, Google Images, Amazon.com, Download.com, or whatever you'd like.
-The minimalist design, optimized for viewing space.
-The pop-up blocker, which works so well I have not seen one unwanted popup yet it has not restricted me from seeing popups I want to.
-The slightly faster page loading, which is very useful for all those on dial-up still.
-The splendid download manager, which can pause and resume all on it's own, and keeps track of multiple downloads.
-The fact that ye old browser has crashed maybe half-a-dozen times all year, as compared to IE's half-a-dozen times per week.
-The fun little stuff, like the "Firesomething" extension, which changes your browser name to something random like "Mozilla FirePony" or "Mozilla MoonBunny".

-The fact that it isn't Microsoft, that Mozilla is the underdog and all of these little advantages make Firefox a customizable delicious treat that should NOT be passed up in favor of a crap browser.

<a href='http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/0.8/FirefoxSetup-0.8.exe' target='_blank'>http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/fir...oxSetup-0.8.exe</a>

<a href='http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/' target='_blank'>http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/</a>

Apr. 13, 2004 @ 5:37 AM
# 2
XxHoundxXRank 3: Lieutenant General (1,237 Points) XxHoundxX

I'm running just good ol Mozilla, but I'm gonna go back to FireBird soon. Its the best browser ever.


I'm seven feet tall and I kick over buildings.
Apr. 13, 2004 @ 6:32 AM
# 3
sttikjtRank 3: Lieutenant General (1,334 Points) sttikjt

I'll just be sticking with IE... seing as how a lot of scripts are written for soley IE and Netscape (which is crap)

Apr. 13, 2004 @ 6:49 AM
# 4
Anonymous CowardRank 17: Noob (0 Points) Anonymous Coward

I use FireFox on my PC and I will never go back to IE. On the PB though I use Safari.

Apr. 13, 2004 @ 6:55 AM
# 5
sttikjtRank 3: Lieutenant General (1,334 Points) sttikjt

what would this PB be?

Apr. 13, 2004 @ 7:44 AM
# 6
Llamadragon2.0Rank 6: Lieutenant Colonel (454 Points) Llamadragon2.0

Bah, I still like IE...Bah!

Apr. 13, 2004 @ 8:04 AM
# 7
The LamperusRank 6: Lieutenant Colonel (507 Points) The Lamperus

I prefer IE as well. . . and TMBG, weren't you having serious space-bar issues with Firebird lately?

Apr. 13, 2004 @ 8:23 AM
# 8
mrTMBGRank 8: Captain (125 Points) mrTMBG

Yessir...that HAS been pissing me off.

You know how the page is supposed to scroll when you hit spacebar? Well, it isn't. And also whenever I click somewhere I get a blinky pipe cursor. ANNOYING! It just started the other day. Anyone have any idea how to fix that?

Apr. 13, 2004 @ 8:50 AM
# 9
sttikjtRank 3: Lieutenant General (1,334 Points) sttikjt

HA! suck browser!

:lol:

Apr. 13, 2004 @ 10:17 AM
# 10
slacker52Rank 4: Major General (920 Points) slacker52

so far im using firefox because its no vulnrable to the same spyware and shiite paraphanilia, plus ie gave me crap when i wanted to save pix :angry:

Apr. 13, 2004 @ 12:01 PM
# 11
TetsuoRank 5: Brigadier General (828 Points) Tetsuo

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He has a Apple Powerbook

I just use MYIE2 :)

Apr. 14, 2004 @ 5:12 AM
# 12
sttikjtRank 3: Lieutenant General (1,334 Points) sttikjt

ahh I see.


I was thinking Penut Butter, but that made no sense.

Apr. 14, 2004 @ 5:47 AM
# 13
mrTMBGRank 8: Captain (125 Points) mrTMBG

I fixed my spacebar problem now, no worries. :D

I just had to uncheck one setting. :angry:

Apr. 14, 2004 @ 8:20 AM
# 14
XxHoundxXRank 3: Lieutenant General (1,237 Points) XxHoundxX

funny how 1 setting is all it takes.


I'm seven feet tall and I kick over buildings.
Apr. 14, 2004 @ 9:05 AM
# 15
The LamperusRank 6: Lieutenant Colonel (507 Points) The Lamperus

Somehow I suspected that . . .

Apr. 14, 2004 @ 1:29 PM
# 16
THA_MLGRank 5: Brigadier General (571 Points) THA_MLG

I recently DLed Mozilla 1.7 Beta, and I like it. I DLed it mainly cause my IE started messing up WHENEVER I went to a site (I'd go to the site, it'd load up, then freeze).

Anyway, I've heard of Foxfire. Maybe I'll try it out someday.

Apr. 14, 2004 @ 2:18 PM
# 17
Marijuano LocosRank 7: Major (390 Points) Marijuano Locos

I use both mozilla and IE, I prefer mozilla over firefox because it has a few more features in it, although i seem to remember something good about firefox that mozilla didn't have. just not sure what it was.
Not sure why i use both mozilla and IE though, just do.

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