12-08-2004, 09:08
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Do you have to dump IE when you upload Firefox, or can you keep both available?
What is the downside to Firefox? Sites that won't open or run correctly, etc.?
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TR, you can keep IE. You can even open both at the same time. I've only run into this rarely, but sometimes when you are accessing a site that has been optimized for IE, Firefox will have some problems with it. For example, I use Lexis/Nexis for school. It won't open correctly in Firefox, and the help desk won't help b/c they don't support it. Other than that, I always use Firefox.
I read that Firefox is based on the old Netscape code, which is funny b/c I hated Netscape.
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12-08-2004, 09:11
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Oops, sorry for the redundant post, I was typing.....
Hoepoe, thanks for the tip, I'll look for the masquerade extension.
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12-15-2004, 13:07
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From PC Mag...
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Make Way for Mozilla
ARTICLE DATE: 12.28.04
By John R.Quain
Is spyware slowing down your surfing? If so, you may want to join millions of others who are hopping off the Microsoft Internet Explorer merry-go-round and jumping on the Firefox browser bandwagon.
According to Web analytics firm WebSideStory, at the beginning of June over 95.48 percent of American Web surfers were using IE, but by October's end, that percentage had fallen to 92.86. Where did those users go? Most of them apparently switched to Mozilla and its open-source derivative browser, Firefox.
"It's the first time we've seen IE's market share decline in the six years we've covered it," says WebSideStory CEO Jeff Lunsford. "It looks like people are switching at a rate of about half a percentage point a month."
Many analysts have speculated that surfers are switching in order to avoid the security headaches and spyware that are plaguing IE. Indeed, Firefox, which was downloaded one million times in the first 24 hours after version 1.0's release, does not allow ActiveX programs to run or let so-called trusted sites circumvent security settings. That's how the program is able to avoid spyware infections, says Firefox director of engineering Chris Hofmann.
According to Hofmann, the Firefox e-mail client companion, Thunderbird, should be finished by December.
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12-15-2004, 13:37
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The market does it again. Wasn't part of the MS trial about Explorer? Build a better mousetrap...
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12-15-2004, 14:18
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Exactly NDD. MS tried to leverage the dominance of Windows to ram IE down everyone's throat. Gotta love free markets....
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12-15-2004, 19:37
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I think FireFox's goal was 10% of the market by end of 2004...they are close now.
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12-23-2004, 17:44
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I just noticed that on the bookmarks, there's a little icon by the names of some of the sites. Some sites have their own icons, but on mine, PS.com has the red Yahoo Y. Is it hard to put our own icon like that?
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12-28-2004, 16:13
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Great advice on Firefox. Runs smooth and have not had a popup in 5 days.
Actually I like it better than IE for other reasons as well, especially organizing my webpages and customizing how I view the web - much easier than IE. Thanks for the heads up NDD.
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12-28-2004, 16:33
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Thank Dan and Kyo and the other Gurus. Its their world, I'm just browsing in it.
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12-28-2004, 16:39
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Dan and Kyobanim you guys rock. Thank you. Solved a host of problems for me.
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