Thorp and Sailor's Grave Board

firefox as a web browser

clevohardcore - 1-29-2009 at 01:04 AM

who uses it and why? Is it a mac thing? I use internet explorer most of the time. One of the professors at school mentioned firefox being better.

Six66Mike - 1-29-2009 at 01:19 AM

I've been using Firefox for years, since it came out as Firebird lol. It just shits all over IE, especially now. Less errors and crashing, can open multiple tabs (IE7 finally does it) and it's just a nicer layout. Plus you can add tons of little scripts and shit to it.

At work I had a QuickNote script which saves your notes, so that was awesome. There's just an endless number of add-ons and enhancements you can use, but as a basic browser it still kicks ass over IE.

I'm on Windows as well.

BDx13 - 1-29-2009 at 01:33 AM

clevo -
ff is more stable and secure than ie and is available for the pc.
www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Six66Mike - 1-29-2009 at 04:33 AM

You should use Thunderbird for email as well instead of Outlook/Outlook Express :)

Dave - 1-29-2009 at 08:44 AM

i use firefox ad thunderbird, PC.

like mike i've been using it for years.

haha i think i was using netscape navigator before i used firefox..........:umm:

Jason the Magnificent - 1-29-2009 at 09:11 AM

Same...firefox and thunderbird

I didn't even think anyone still used IE

morgan - 1-29-2009 at 09:33 AM

Firefox seems quicker too.

BDx13 - 1-29-2009 at 10:53 AM

unfortunately, IE still has a significant majority.
anywhere from 70-85% depending on where you look.
pain in the ass, that browser.

clevohardcore - 1-30-2009 at 12:09 AM

I may convert. In class some dudes were ever talking about it like it was the best thing ever.

Siczine.com - 1-30-2009 at 12:19 AM

It took me awhile to convert from IE to FF but FF definitely shits on IE.

Voodoobillyman - 1-30-2009 at 02:34 AM

how do you convert?

Six66Mike - 1-30-2009 at 03:01 AM

Just install Firefox and when it asks you to import bookmarks you can click ok, that's it.

I am still on v2, haven't upgraded to version 3 yet but I hear it's a lot nicer. I hate upgrading unless something is actually broke or severely flawed.

JawnDiablo - 1-30-2009 at 09:21 AM

I'm gonna look into this.

Dave - 1-30-2009 at 09:31 AM

everyone should use it, IE sucks, it has always sucked...

Siczine.com - 1-30-2009 at 09:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Voodoobillyman
how do you convert?


The Fox came to me in a dream and told me that it would be wise for me to switch to Mozilla

clevohardcore - 1-30-2009 at 10:50 AM

WIll it cause any bullshit with microsoft? Like warnings/ whatever with your computer?

morgan - 1-30-2009 at 11:54 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by clevohardcore
WIll it cause any bullshit with microsoft? Like warnings/ whatever with your computer?


Never done anything like that for me and I've been using it for a few years now.