Is Firefox really better than IE?

[Mattara]

Well, this afternoon, I decided to get Firefox and use it instead of IE. I'm stunned. It is odd, but I think it is better as a whole :)

/me goes to convert some IE blasphemy people.

 

[neutrino]

Only now? Anyway, have fun and load it with a ton of extensions!

 

[arildno]

I am relieved that it was FireFox you were talking about.

 

[Cyrus]

I use Internet explorer. Whats wrong with using IE??

 

[heman]

its not as safe as Firefox

 

[Cyrus]

Safe? What do you do, dl porn and warez?

 

[Moonbear]

When I installed FF on the lab computer, everyone made fun of me for being a geek, and insisted IE was just fine. Now that they've had a chance to play with it, I think all but one person in the lab is using FF. Like any new software, it takes a little time to get used to it and learn where things are, but once you find out how to customize it, it's hard to imagine you used anything else (at least if you're on a PC...I'm still happy with Safari on my Mac, and actually made my FF settings look a lot like Safari just for ease of finding things when I switch back and forth). The only thing I don't like, and maybe there's a way to change it that I just haven't found yet, is that when you have multiple tabs open, there only one button to close them, so you can only close the active window. I like Safari's tabs where each one has its own little "X" on it to close it, so you don't have to select a tab to close it. That's good when I've just opened 10 new tabs, bounced through all of them, and just need to keep a few open after I've gleaned what I need from the others.

 

[heman]

only they doesn't carry objectionable traits...i once got a virus through homepage of one professor...

 

[neutrino]

The only thing I don't like, and maybe there's a way to change it that I just haven't found yet, is that when you have multiple tabs open, there only one button to close them, so you can only close the active window. I like Safari's tabs where each one has its own little "X" on it to close it, so you don't have to select a tab to close it. That's good when I've just opened 10 new tabs, bounced through all of them, and just need to keep a few open after I've gleaned what I need from the others.

This makes tabbed browsing a whole lot better...
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1122/

 

[Mattara]

Moonbear, you can also try rightclicking ;)

 

[Moonbear]

Moonbear, you can also try rightclicking ;)

It's that easy?

 

[Mattara]

and of course "close" </sarcasm> :D

 

[dav2008]

When I installed FF on the lab computer, everyone made fun of me for being a geek, and insisted IE was just fine. Now that they've had a chance to play with it, I think all but one person in the lab is using FF. Like any new software, it takes a little time to get used to it and learn where things are, but once you find out how to customize it, it's hard to imagine you used anything else (at least if you're on a PC...I'm still happy with Safari on my Mac, and actually made my FF settings look a lot like Safari just for ease of finding things when I switch back and forth). The only thing I don't like, and maybe there's a way to change it that I just haven't found yet, is that when you have multiple tabs open, there only one button to close them, so you can only close the active window. I like Safari's tabs where each one has its own little "X" on it to close it, so you don't have to select a tab to close it. That's good when I've just opened 10 new tabs, bounced through all of them, and just need to keep a few open after I've gleaned what I need from the others.

If you click your wheel on a link it opens in a new tab.

If you click your wheel on a tab it closes the tab.

 

[Mattara]

Thank you dav2008, that was perhabs the best command so far for FF.

 

[dduardo]

I like the All-In-One Gestures Extension. You basically hold down the right mouse button and move the mouse up to open a new tab or you could move the mouse down and then to the left to close the tab. You can even more between tabs by holding the right button, moving the mouse up and then right or left.

Also, don't forget to get the Adblock extension.

 

[scott1]

My parents force me to use IE and won't let me use FF

 

[Pengwuino]

I hate those gesture programs. I could never get them to do what i really wanted and i'd forget my gestures a lot.

 

[dduardo]

scott1, you do know you can install firefox without bothering IE? You can even stick firefox on a USB memory stick and run it from there.

http://portablefirefox.mozdev.org/

 

[scott1]

scott1, you do know you can install firefox without bothering IE? You can even stick firefox on a USB memory stick and run it from there.

http://portablefirefox.mozdev.org/

Thanks the main problem they had with it is that it is that interferd with IE.

 

[Moonbear]

Also, don't forget to get the Adblock extension.

I tried that, but then it blocks the menu for our cafeteria on the intranet home page. I couldn't find any way to tell it to not block certain sites, and checking the cafeteria menu is very important when it's time to decide to eat there or go out. :shy:

 

[dav2008]

Thanks the main problem they had with it is that it is that interferd with IE.

I don't see how it could.

Just don't set it as your default browser.

 

[dduardo]

Moonbear, the lastest adblock, v.5 nightly 42, has a whitelist. All you have to do is go to Tools->Adblock->Whitelist this page.

 

[Moonbear]

Moonbear, the lastest adblock, v.5 nightly 42, has a whitelist. All you have to do is go to Tools->Adblock->Whitelist this page.

Thanks. After I tried it and it didn't have a whitelist feature, I turned it off again and just forgot about it until today. Glad to hear there's another version. Next time I'm bored in the lab , I'll have to download it.

 

[scott1]

I don't see how it could.

Just don't set it as your default browser.

Apprantly they thought it took over as the default browser.I never made it the defult browser.

I think this theard should be moved to the computer fourm

 

[Greg825]

Is there any information comparing IE to FF in terms of efficiency in network transfer rate and displaying stuff on the screen? My past experience with FF seemed to be slower than ie, and since things weren't being displayed simultaneously objects would jump around as slow sites loaded part by part. It's been a looong while since I've used FF though, and there are probably options to configure how stuff is displayed.

 

[mattmns]

Firefox rocks! I have been using Firefox for nearly 2 years and love it. As some others have pointed out, grab some extensions, and don't forget you can pretty much customize firefox to do whatever you want.

 

[moose]

I use Internet explorer. Whats wrong with using IE??

How can someone live without tabs? Seriously

 

[Evo]

I hate the tabs on Firefox. I guess I'm the only one

 

[scott1]

I use Internet explorer. Whats wrong with using IE??

It would be way too long of post to explain way
Just download firefox and use instead of IE and then you will see why.

 

[Evo]

It would be way too long of post to explain way
Just download firefox and use instead of IE and then you will see why.

I've encountered so many problems with Firefox that I had to switch back to IE.

 

[moose]

I've encountered so many problems with Firefox that I had to switch back to IE.

Really? That's odd, I never encountered a single problem What was the worst problem?

 

[Evo]

Really? That's odd, I never encountered a single problem What was the worst problem?

invisible e-mail

 

[chroot]

Evo,

The website in question is actually at fault. Firefox actually complies with all w3c standards. Any website which does not render properly under Firefox is either non-compliant, or uses some kind of extensions which only IE supports. Both are bad ideas.

- Warren

 

[devious_]

I gave Firefox a couple of tries, but I didn't really like it because I was very used to IE. However, very recently, I decided to give it one more try just for the heck of it, and have been hooked since.

I can't really understand how I lived without Firefox and all these amazing extensions. I'll probably go insane without them.

 

[Curious3141]

I use Opera because I cannot live without the mouse gestures. Yes, I've used FF, but the gestures have a noticeable lag to them. Opera has no lag because it's a native feature, makes for seamless browsing.

But FF does have more robustness, compatibility and stability.

The best browser in terms of spoofing (the user agent string) is Konqueror (only available in Linux, AFAIK). Some websites cannot be fooled by Opera and FF despite the superficial setting to masquerade as IE, but Konqueror can spoof the exact version of IE (6) and even the OS (Win XP Pro). So that's cool.