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Firefox helping to make Web better for all
Boston Globe ^
| November 22, 2004
| Hiawatha Bray
Posted on 11/22/2004 1:15:57 PM PST by Radix
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:15:58 PM PST
by
Radix
To: Radix
** proud freeper using Firefox **
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:18:20 PM PST
by
kingu
(Which would you bet on? Iraq and Afghanistan? Or Haiti and Kosovo?)
To: Radix
I just made the switch at home and love it. It took care of an issue I was having with IE dieing almost every time I did a Google or Yahoo search. Microsoft was worthless in helping me.
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:18:45 PM PST
by
Sthitch
To: kingu
"** proud freeper using Firefox **"Same here. All must know Firefox's greatness and be converted... :-D
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:19:47 PM PST
by
Dan Middleton
(Hang on sloopy / Sloop hang on / Hang on Sloopy / Sloopy Hang on...)
To: kingu
** proud freeper using Firefox **
BTTT
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:20:39 PM PST
by
JoeSixPack1
(Typing incoherently on FR since May '98.)
To: Dan Middleton
You will be assimilated! :-)~
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:21:29 PM PST
by
JoeSixPack1
(Typing incoherently on FR since May '98.)
To: Dan Middleton
Same here. All must know Firefox's greatness and be converted... :-D
And then they must learn the greatness of extensions - like AdBlock and Bugmenot (the first blocks ads, the second allows automated filling in of those 'log in before you can read' stories.) And for those using large monitors, 'imageZoom' is a great tool.
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:22:23 PM PST
by
kingu
(Which would you bet on? Iraq and Afghanistan? Or Haiti and Kosovo?)
To: Sthitch
Did the same, I finally bit the bullet because I was getting tired of spyware and adware, and Firefox seems to be much more resistant to both. I just wish it was a bit more intuitive to navigate around.
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:22:23 PM PST
by
hunter112
(Total victory, both in the USA and the Middle East!)
To: kingu
I like it but it is very picky about codes.
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:24:02 PM PST
by
Baby Bear
(Conserve and grow your money...gain power in return.)
To: kingu
I've been using Firefox for about 5 months now. It's faster than IE. Don't even ask about browsing on AOL which freezes my entire machine at least once a day if I browse on it. A worthless account.
To: kingu
Oooh, do they have a Bugmenot extension for Firefox 1.0? I'm SO all over that.
It's less vulnerable than IE (for now), takes fewer system resources so it runs faster, and displays virtually every webpage I've found yet just fine. And tabbed browsing is *wonderful*. Right now, it's just a better mousetrap.
We'll see with Microsoft comes out with for IE 7; given their past track record, it will have some nice features and do a lot of what Firefox does, but it'll take 3x the resources to do it!
}:-)4
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:25:06 PM PST
by
Moose4
(I'm not white trash. I'm Caucasian recyclables.)
To: Radix
I've been using Mozilla for YEARS. They do an amazing job.
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:25:27 PM PST
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 61,103,636 Bush fans.)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:25:44 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Radix
All your browsers are belong to Firefox.
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:26:23 PM PST
by
mattdono
("Crush the democrats, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of the scumbags" -Big Arnie)
To: Dan Middleton
Longtime IE user here.
But, this browser rocks.
It kills IE, so I have switched for good except for the times when Firefox has some probs with a video file or PDF doc or something.
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:27:32 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("War is an ugly thing, but...the...feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse." --J.S. Mill)
To: Radix
FireFox has some nice features, allot of extensions, tabbed interface (excellent for viewing a site such as FR).
FireFox doesn't work with some specialized page coding, however. Some Java scripted things mess up in it. I haven't tried some of the online videos, etc., but some audio won't run on a webpage; rather they require either MSPlayer or RealPlayer standalone to work.
I do like the extension, FoxyVoice. It 'reads' highlighted text on a webpage. Good for vision impaired and for long web articles on FR; although the computer voice takes some getting used to.
All in all, it is a very ok browser. It doesn't load quite as fast as I'd like.
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:27:55 PM PST
by
TomGuy
(America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
To: Radix
I started using Firefox this week. I feel like an idiot for having waited so long to try it. It was simple to download and it is as easy to use as Xploder, without the stability issues Xploder was giving me.
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:27:58 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Indiscriminate reprisals strengthen the terrorists. Targeted ones weaken them. Aim is everything.)
To: Dan Middleton
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:28:28 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Indiscriminate reprisals strengthen the terrorists. Targeted ones weaken them. Aim is everything.)
To: kingu
I think Firefox has built in zooming of any image on the net (or maybe I got that from an extension).
Whatever the case, I love it.
Some things on the net are tiny (like weather maps etc.) that I want to zoom in on. Firefox is great for that.
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:28:52 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("War is an ugly thing, but...the...feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse." --J.S. Mill)
To: Moose4
My bugmenot says it is still incompatible. I am sure they will come out with a new one.
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posted on
11/22/2004 1:29:37 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("War is an ugly thing, but...the...feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse." --J.S. Mill)
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