Posted on 11/22/2004 1:15:57 PM PST by Radix
In the past two weeks, Internet users have downloaded over 4.5 million copies of Firefox, the excellent browser available for free from the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation. Yes, there are hundreds of millions of IE users, but Firefox is gaining fast, and IE is losing market share for the first time in years. The switch to Firefox will happen even faster as more people realize the full power of this browser, much of it provided by computer hobbyists who are scrambling to create a cornucopia of useful add-ons.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
ditto's for almost a year now...it's sweet
Really? I've found it to be substantially quicker than IE.
You read my mind!
I had suspected that, but never heard it confirmed. I was meaning to ask around, because I'd rip IE off my rig like that (*snaps fingers*) if I could.
Websites ought to be designed in accord with the universal standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium in Cambridge. But for many designers, the temptation to use Microsoft's specialized features was irresistible. They especially like ActiveX, which basically lets the Microsoft browser install new software on a Web surfer's machine. Since ActiveX is also used by worm and spyware writers to smuggle their code onto computers, Firefox doesn't use it. This is a key reason why it's a safer browser than IE, but also a barrier when visiting some websites.
I have been following the Fire Fox browser threads whenever I see them on FR.com. Hiawatha Bray who wrote the column which I linked to on this thread seems to be a really great guy. I have been reading his columns for years. Each time that I have written to him concerning his column he has responded quickly and positively to me. His column regularly appears on Mondays in the Boston Globe Business section, and that is usually the 1 day each week that I actually buy that rag.
I have been quite unhappy with the IE for some time. It seems that the pop ups and the virus threats are incessant and so I have sought an alternative. I have come to trust FReepers the most when it comes to matters of all sorts. Thanks for your input today. I downloaded the Firefox, and I have now been using it for a very short time.
I did discover that if you select "Full Screen" - to undo it you hit/mash/click the "Windows - Min/Max" button - top right - between the minimize and close all tabs "x".
That's another good point - Netscape has had tabbed browsing but hit that "X" in the corner and ALL your tabs are gone - Firefox at least asks "Are you sure (dummy) you want to close xx tabs?" ;-)
Lastly - I had Version 0.9 - the 1.0 D/L took a couple of minutes and installed over the old version without a reboot. Yee haw!
I downloaded Firefox a few days ago. It's sweet.
I've been using it since like .6 or .7
About a year, since it was Firebird.
Best browser I've tried so far.
Just off the top of my head ( from all the reading I did during my virus/hijacker adventures here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1168134/posts ) the bloody thing was hooked into the OS to avoid patent suits, originally.
You can revert to earlier installs if they still exist on the PC, but you can't get rid of the damned thing entirely. Of course, the earlier installations have even more vulnerabilities.
The best parts: Highlight a word or phrase, right click on "search the web" and it automatically does a Google search on it in a new tab!
The home page is Google powered.
Tabbed pages.
NO SPYWARE is allowed at all!
Normally I give Linux a little disk space, dual boot, and play with Linux at my leisure while continuing to use Windows as my primary OS.
After trying Mandrake 10.1 I plan on switching over to Linux completely. IT'S SWEEEET!!
Extensions are really easy to code together. I think all they did was change one tiny function. If you knew how to zip them together it would be easy to upgrade them yourself.
Scroll down on the following page to Image Zoom 0.1.7 and click 'Install'.
Well, so much for your credentials!!
I'd be upset too! :-)
Just off the top of my head ( from all the reading I did during my virus/hijacker adventures here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1168134/posts ) the bloody thing was hooked into the OS to avoid patent suits, originally.
You can revert to earlier installs if they still exist on the PC, but you can't get rid of the damned thing entirely. Of course, the earlier installations have even more vulnerabilities.
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I posted a thread last weekend that had a link to a tool to remove IE called IEradicator. I haven't used it but a FReeper named surtcaldera (post #43 on the link below regarding WinXP) had success removing IE using it.
Langa: A New Way To Slim Down Windows XP, Including SP2 is the thread and IEradicator is in the 'limited version' link near the bottom of the article.
I've been using Mozilla 1.7 for a while now, and I like it pretty well.
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