anox195 Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 Well, I finally made the switch... No more IE for me. Practically all on the forum say FF's a better choice... So Ill join the people.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 good decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anox195 Posted September 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 so far im loving it...except for the fact its laggy scrolling sometimes...also its got sweet tabbed windows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 congratulations you are FireFox member # 10,000 You will be missed by our entire IE community of 300,000,000,000 + have fun' and we will expect your return with open arms' see ya soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroOne Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 You made a great choice, FF is the best browser out there. You've just joined the 91,117,246 others who have downloaded the fox so far. That's the official number from spreadfirefox.com 300 billion IE users, thats kinda pushin it isnt it, seeing as how theres only 6-7 billion people on earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 Mozilla Firefox Users Annoyed by IE-Only Sites Thursday April 14th, 2005 SearchEnterpriseLinux.com has an article entitled What's wrong with Firefox isn't Firefox's fault. The report says that while many IT professionals are delighted by Mozilla Firefox's features and security, the biggest cause for complaint is the number of websites that only work with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Some users have even reluctantly returned to IE because of this single issue. Unlike many other journalists and analysts, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com editor Jan Stafford does not argue that Firefox should do more to become compatible with IE-only sites. She lays the blame squarely where it belongs: with the companies that create sites that only work with Internet Explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 Well, I finally made the switch... No more IE for me. Practically all on the forum say FF's a better choice... So Ill join the people.. you made a great choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 By chimpypimpy posted Jan 24, 2005 - 3:32 PM So secure that it froze on almost every website I went to! So secure that my bookmarks dissapeared! So secure that I no longer can browse with Firefox! By zridling posted Jan 25, 2005 - 4:27 AM It is definitely fast, but until Firefox stops garbling tables, it's of no use to me. It's just too unforgiving of anything it doesn't like, and I hate having to chase down and reinstall dozens of plug-ins that stop working after every upgrade. By sophist_dreams edited Jan 24, 2005 - 4:25 PM If FF is freezing when you visit web sites it generally means the site itself is not written to industry standards for html or the site you have or are trying to visit is a site that utulizes active x to scan your puter. You might not like FF but I have the feeling it saved you a whole lot of grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 By spiffyjeff posted Jan 24, 2005 - 2:29 PM I went to a website I received in this e-mail. I was pretty sure it was going to be a Identety Hijacking website, but I was curious so I went anyway. FF wouldn't even let the page load, but instead popped up a message saying something like "this port is blocked for securty purposes." So I loaded the site in Konquer and sure enough, it was an ID highjacking website. In the past, I have read comments where people were concerned about the "extensions" feature, which is similar to Active X; a technology that many sites use to compromise IE. I just wanted you to know, that you can disable Active X in IE, that, in fact would be a very smart thing for you to do. So what about FF's extensions? By default, extensions are only allowed to be installed from FF's site, not some other schmoe's site. If Active X were the same, IE would have more than double the security it lacks today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 Im not hating my bad for posting that' i will edit my posts' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroOne Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 A lot of the alleged 'problems' people have with FF are due to their computers first, and improper install/upgrades second. The upgrading for firefox is amazingly simple now, you dont even half to uninstall the old version. FF is on pace to hit 100,000,000 downloads before the end of the year, so the 'IE-only' sites better realize that not everyone will be a slave to explorer. Also, there are plugins for FF that make it appear as IE 6.0 so you can use FF on the IE sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 Firefox wants to be like IE now' cause firefox can't handle being Firefox without IE So now they will finally have fun with Firefox since they depend on IE Hmnnnn!!! Funny' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroOne Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 Firefox wants to be like IE now' cause firefox can't handle being Firefox without IE So now they will finally have fun with Firefox since they depend on IE Hmnnnn!!! Funny' Firefox doesnt want to be IE, it just wants to make the crappy IE-only sites THINK its IE. I think of it as outsmarting the competition, you know, smart like a fox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 Firefox needs IE that is all' no ifs or but's about it..... Btw its not outsmarting the competition its more like the Fox is tagging along for the ride' since they are too weak to have more websites run through Mozilla'and ofcourse they also need Google' funny once again' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resijs Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 Oh so that's why IE 7 is immitating FF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 I have both IE & FF .I like both if one doesn't work I use the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 A lot of the alleged 'problems' people have with FF are due to their computers first, and improper install/upgrades second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsnet2k8 Posted September 23, 2005 CID Share Posted September 23, 2005 so if the problems are due to the comps, ff is less compatible than ie? so why should i go out of my way to cobble together a third party browser for my system if it comes with one that works fine already installed? I completely agree' but its so funny to me that even firefox is saying that finally surfing the net will be fun again' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted September 24, 2005 CID Share Posted September 24, 2005 well IE 7 looks alot like FF....who is imitataing who now....IE 7 is basically tryin to keep up with the competition of ff.....its pretty obvious BTW the sites than arent compatible with ff are the sites falt not ff's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted September 24, 2005 CID Share Posted September 24, 2005 Don't be hating on ff cause it's way better than i.e. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted September 24, 2005 CID Share Posted September 24, 2005 i love ff. it gives me my daily dose of the 'open source trying to compete with juggernaut' giggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroOne Posted September 24, 2005 CID Share Posted September 24, 2005 so if the problems are due to the comps, ff is less compatible than ie? so why should i go out of my way to cobble together a third party browser for my system if it comes with one that works fine already installed? Not everyone uses a Windows based PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted September 24, 2005 CID Share Posted September 24, 2005 oh, i'm sorry, i forgot the 5 people trying to be 1337 by putting up with linux and the 3 people that use macs because they need the specific capabilities they offer. sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroOne Posted September 24, 2005 CID Share Posted September 24, 2005 FF will eventually overtake IE in terms of users, it may take a while since MS has a stranglehold on PCs, but itll happen. I mean look what IE 7 is offering as new features, tabbed browsing, which FF has had for what, millenia now? Give me a break, they have to copy the good features from Mozilla and then sell them as 'new' features on their craptastic browser. Way to go, MS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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