Firefox - yuck!

[JDArt]

Who's using Firefox? I've been hearing how great it is, so I installed it. Maybe it's a learning curve, but I see things I don't like.

For instance, I was used to pressing Alt-S on this site to save posts. When I do that in Firefox, the History menu drops down. Yuck.

I also find the scrolling not as smooth as with IE. And the bookmarks I imported are a mess.

What's so great about Firefox?

[swampler]

I use Firefox all the time. Much better than IE in my opinion (but I've never tried the Alt-S). Why I like it? Let me count the ways...

Blocks ads
Displays color managed images correctly, i.e. supports aRGB
Tabbed surfing (IE finally added this)
Can bypass right click disabling
Web pages load faster (maybe IE caught up? I haven't used it for 2 versions now.)
Tons of add-ons for customization
You can zoom in on web pages with ctrl and scroll the mouse wheel, and it remembers the setting for that webpage
Password manager (IE remembers passwords, but you can go in Firefox and see what the password is)

I'm sure there are some I'm forgetting.

[swampler]

Oh, my Dad likes Google Chrome. You might give it a try.

[JDArt]

Originally Posted by swampler

Oh, my Dad likes Google Chrome. You might give it a try.

Yup, I use Chrome as well. Quickly reached #2 status.

[tekdiver500ft]

I use Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. They all have strengths and weaknesses. I seem to be able to keep more windows open using three different browsers than if I had a boatload of windows open in just one browser.

[spystyle]

FireFox is the best browser on Earth! You just need to customize it to your liking. IE on the other hand is a "bug catcher's net" - the worst browser ever made and forcibly attached to Windows (unless you make your own windows with Nlite).

I'm waiting for FireFox to make an OS

Besides FireFox being customizable, there are about a billion plugins available for it. Everything you can think of like batch download, adblocker, ftp, ect. Plugins make FireFox so versatile.

Also try Opera web browser. It's pretty interesting.

I would sooner use a Mac than internet explorer! (controversial statement)

Cheers,
Craig

[swampler]

Craig,

Try Linux, it's free. Ubuntu seems decent and not only does IE not run on it (unless you install the Windows emulator), it comes with Firefox!

[JDArt]

Okay, I'll try to learn to love Firefox. Using Windows 7 a lot now, and IE8 has issues that I can't seem to get around.

[dmrowley]

I've been a huge Firefox supporter since its earliest days. I cannot live without it now. As you will hear from many people, it is the add-ons that make it great. I personally use AdBlock Plus, Roboform, Foxmarks (the #1 add-on IMO), Quick Drag, and IE Tab. For me, I despise having to use IE. It is the default install at my job, so I run Firefox off of a USB drive to make life liveable. Tried Chrome, and it was OK, but I am truly a Firefox man.

[lputman]

I'm a firefox user myself and I love it. Regarding the "Alt-S", if you look at the menu, you'll see that "Alt-S" is the shortcut for History. You just need to learn what the shortcut is in Firefox, if you are talking about saving pages, then "Ctrl-S" should take care of it.

[Mr. Pickles]

I love comments like this:

"Firefox is the best browser in the world"

Followed closely, by the same person, with this:

"I also use Opera"

If one is the best, what you using the other for?

[fjbyrne]

The main reason I use FIrefox is that it is cross-platform. I run a Mac, Windows and Linux at home and have FIrefox on all of them.

[jarrison]

Originally Posted by JDArt

Okay, I'll try to learn to love Firefox. Using Windows 7 a lot now, and IE8 has issues that I can't seem to get around.

JDArt:

How do you like windows 7 ?

[JDArt]

Originally Posted by jarrison

JDArt:

How do you like windows 7 ?

Very impressive. Even in beta form, it's already my favorite OS of all the Windows versions. It's faster than Vista--and more functional.

[spystyle]

Originally Posted by Mr. Pickles

I love comments like this:

"Firefox is the best browser in the world"

Followed closely, by the same person, with this:

"I also use Opera"

If one is the best, what you using the other for?

I have 3 e-mail addresses and use 3 clients so I can simultaneously accesses them if I care to.

Primary e-mail address (web based @ yahoo) and web browsing : FireFox

Secondary e-mail address (web based @ yahoo) : Opera

Tertiary e-mail address (pop3 @ Gmail) : Mozilla Thunderbird

Originally Posted by JDArt

Very impressive. Even in beta form, it's already my favorite OS of all the Windows versions. It's faster than Vista--and more functional.

Anything is faster and more functional than Vista! Even Atari 2600

[swampler]

Originally Posted by spystyle

I have 3 e-mail addresses and use 3 clients so I can simultaneously accesses them if I care to.

Primary e-mail address (web based @ yahoo) and web browsing : FireFox

Secondary e-mail address (web based @ yahoo) : Opera

Tertiary e-mail address (pop3 @ Gmail) : Mozilla Thunderbird

I have multiple gmail email addresses and with the gmail notifier for Firefox, it will alert me when any of them receive new mail, so I only have to run one instance of one browser to monitor multiple accounts.

Originally Posted by spystyle

Anything is faster and more functional than Vista! Even Atari 2600

I used to have one of those!

[spystyle]

I can dig it. But I have 2 yahoo and 1 Gmail. And while it's complicated to explain, it's super simple in execution. Just 3 programs on the taskbar.

[swampler]

Originally Posted by JDArt

Very impressive. Even in beta form, it's already my favorite OS of all the Windows versions. It's faster than Vista--and more functional.

I've heard it is even faster than XP. Have you noticed that as well?

[spystyle]

Swampler, we need to come up with a method to benchmark that is compatible with multiple OS.

I'd like to bench my "skinny" XPSP3* against all these Vista style OS's. Also it's been my experience that XPSP1, XPSP2, and XPSP3 are quite different - I bet it could beat SP2 in speed but maybe not SP3.

It would be nice if there was a benchmarking method compatible with all OS, like benching Mac, Linux, and Windows based OS's all against each other

Cheers,
Craig

*I can send anyone the recipe if they care to try it, PM me.

[lputman]

Originally Posted by spystyle

I can dig it. But I have 2 yahoo and 1 Gmail. And while it's complicated to explain, it's super simple in execution. Just 3 programs on the taskbar.

But you can have your gmail retrieve your yahoo. I have various email addresses and I only use gmail to retrieve and reply.