Firefox, or IE............

[heyttown]

I know IE is very open to viruses and the such, but wondering what the thoughts on using firefox?<br /><br /><br />Tonight I had a live draft in a fantasy hockey league, and for some reason IE wouldnt work,I downloaded firefox as someone else in the draft had to do the same....And needless to say it worked great.<br /><br />Any thought?

 

[rogerwa]

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Upgrade to Thunderbird while at it. It is a much more secure e-mail client as I uderstand it..

 

[Twidget]

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I tried Firefox out of curiosity. I havent quit using it since. Its a great browser.

 

[rwise]

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I use Firefox and thunderbird, no more spyware problems. The only thing I use IE for is updates cause MS wont let you use anything else.

 

[brother chris]

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Same here, I use Mozilla/Firefox. Loved it ever since I have downloaded it.

 

[BoatBuoy]

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I don't understand why everyone has problems w/IE and Outlook. Now that I've said that I'll probably have trouble tonight, but I've used both since the Pope was a cub scout and haven't had problems.

 

[Realgun]

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Personally I don't care for the fonts in Foxfire/ Mozilla.<br />Also some sites don't display correctly either.

 

[ZodFutMk2]

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I've used Opera 7.2 for a while and thought it was pretty decent, but I've recently started using Opera 8 and it's pretty nice.<br /><br />Don't know about the fonts in Foxfire, but in Opera you can change the standard fonts in the preferences menu.

 

[ivar]

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Opera is out in ver 8.5 now , and they have removed the ad window. <br />After using Opera for some time, going back to ie feels just plain terrible afterwards. <br />Did I mention it was faster too? <br />www.opera.com

 

[timfromfc]

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Here is my $.02. I have use both browsers and feel that Firefox (Fx) is far superior. <br /><br />I did notice that the amount of adware decreased significantly after switching to Fx, Fx is also VERY configurable. If you want something changed, chances are it can be done. I also like the tab feature - it is by far my favorite feature. <br /><br />Fx also allows allows you to skin it, and has a bunch 3rd party add-in extensions. These are things like a bandwidth meter, weather forecaster, and lots of others.<br /><br />There will be some sites that won't work w/Fx. They are mostly those that use ActiveX. So don't get rid of IE. There is an Fx add-in that will allow you to open specific links with IE though.<br /><br />Since it was brought up, Thunderbird is pretty good too.

 

[PierBridge]

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Originally posted by Tim's Floater:<br />[QB] I also like the tab feature - it is by far my favorite feature. <br /><br />

Be sides being a way better overall browser which those of us who have used both already know.<br /><br />Throw in the tabbed browsing and it's a no-brainer once the Microsoft backers/employees realize this they will switch forever also.<br />

 

[Wimperdink]

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I like firefox and opera... opera in the car so I can turn off images for faster downloading with my wireless internet. and Firefox at home for security. <br /><br />IE sucks<br /><br />Realgun... the reason mozilla doesnt display some pages properly is because a lot of the software gizmos for creating web pages... was made to supplement IE only. IE is a lil more forgiving for mistakes in html. When I write a web page I double check it with IE and Netscape so I know it appears proper with all browsers. Netscape requires you to write proper html or it wont come out like you want it to. <br /><br />Just saying that so you know that mozilla is not at fault for a strange looking webpage... the webmaster is at fault for having incorrect html.