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So, why aint you people using Firefox?

Cowracer

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First off, let me say that I WAS one of you people. I dont like new things. I didnt get a MP3 player till last year. It took me years to get comfortable burning a CD. My cell phone is just a phone. Satellite radio is just to damn radical to consider. Basically, Im stuck in a technilogical rut, but its comfortable in my rut.

Now, I heard of firefox, but I never really gave it much thought. I was comfortable with IE, and I figured that FireFox was like Linux, a tool of the cyber-nerds only, not for 'real folks'. I'm sure many of you feel the same way.

Till the day my son managed to get a virus on my laptop. Dont know where or how, but it ended with me burning my hard drive to the ground and starting over. One of the IT weenies here at work recommended (to the point of almost pulling a gun on me) that I go to firefox to help prevent that happening again..

So I did. I went to Mozilla.com and downloaded Firefox. And after 5 easy minuets of oreinting myself to the controls, I havent looked back. Not only am I virus free since then, but I have hit a couple of sites that firefox warned me was potentially harmfull, before they loaded up. Sweet!

Then after getting some familiarity with Firefox, I started playing around with the options and Add-ins. Holy cripes, there is some neat stuff available that lets you set up firefox just about any way you want.

So if you have resisted looking into firefox for the same reasons I did, I strongly suggest you rethink that stragety. learn from my experience. Once you make the leap, you will wonder why you resisted for so long.

Tim
 
I use firefox and like it 10 times better the IE. Add-ons are very nice. I also like that when you store your bookmarks/favorites it has that little web picture to it.
 
I was under the impression that firefox didn't work with some websites so you still needed IE. Any truth to that??

I tried downloading firefox once and it wouldn't work. My guess was a downloading glitch, but at any rate I gave up.
 
trouttrooper said:
I was under the impression that firefox didn't work with some websites so you still needed IE. Any truth to that??

I tried downloading firefox once and it wouldn't work. My guess was a downloading glitch, but at any rate I gave up.
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just the ones that infect your computer! :D No, as far as I know, it has no problems with any known site. Plays all the flash and stuff just fine. About the only "dislike" that I would have, if I was pressed to name one, was that the file download works, and works well, but its a bit different than IE, so I am still getting used to that.

In the month since I installed FF on my laptop I havenet opened (or needed to) IE once.

tim
 
Make sure you get the Ad Blocker Plus add on.

There are still some sites that I have to use IE on. My work intranet is one of them, and some other commercial sites that use pop ups and other things.
 
I use Safari a much better browser.... I do admit Firefox is better than IE for you PC guys...


Go Mac!!!!
 
Firefox, Safari,( PC ) until I buy a Mac mini, then i will not surf on my pc anymore. Once I get the hang of the Mac, the pc will be gone... FOREVER!!
 
I'm also a firefox user. Been so for about a year now. I was having so many problems with IE locking up on me...It was causing so many errors..

Not one problem since I switched and I'm glad I did.
 
If you opt to use firefox it will also store your user names and passwords if you like that option. I think it only saves them for 2 weeks though.
 
Note: You CAN NOT run a Windows Update through Microsoft's Website from Firefox.

That is the only reason I've kept IE7 around.
 
ie will save all your names and pass words also, until you tell them to clear them. i usually go through and clear all my history, temp files, cookies ect once a week. it keeps things clean and running smoothly. just for the sake of argument, what are the biggest differances you guys are seeing with fire fox.

things i like about ie
load as many home pages as i want.
has google search bar
the autofill button, so i dont have to type all my info everytime i make an online purchase
most of all, i am familiar with it.
 
I guess I should note that I'm not running IE7. I tried to upgrade twice and as soon as I did both times my computers started having MAJOR lockup issues. I rarely have any issues with IE6 that I'm running now.
 
stacks04 said:
ie will save all your names and pass words also, until you tell them to clear them. i usually go through and clear all my history, temp files, cookies ect once a week. it keeps things clean and running smoothly. just for the sake of argument, what are the biggest differances you guys are seeing with fire fox.

things i like about ie
load as many home pages as i want. think you can do that in FF
has google search bar can definatly have in FF
the autofill button, so i dont have to type all my info everytime i make an online purchase also available in FF
most of all, i am familiar with it. Then you are familiar with FF. Seriously, its that similar
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Tim
 
i have been running IE6 for a while didnt like IE7 or FF. never had a virus or any problem... and i use yahoo alot as well no porblem with it either.

till i need to i see no need to swap over.

vista... finaly got that work... spend two days turning bullcrap off.
 
Windows XP and IE6 for me.

Gawd I hope my 2 computers don't crap out on me for a loooong time. I've had zero problems with this setup on the laptop, and only have had to replace the power supply on the desktop (which isn't really a software thing, but I don't want to have to buy a new computer. Not liking whats out there currently). I've been very happy w/ XP. Last puter had Windows ME....that was, how shall I say, annoying.

Our department is trying to switch over to Vista and is having.....um.....issues (putting it in nice words :D ).
 
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