Can anybody tell me ifthere's really any advantage to using Firefox and Thunderbird over Explorer and Outlook? Is it just so everybody can go 'ohh get her!' or is there some profound advantage? What about Netscape? Just upgraded/downgraded/sidegraded to Firefox and all I can see is that the icons are slightly less well drawn.
TW averted! Have something creepy.
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Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:45,
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TW averted! Have something creepy.
CAT!I'm a kitty cat! And I meow meow meow and I meow meow meow!
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mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:46,
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Thats rather a bit goodThe main adventage Ive found is that Firefox doesnt crash nearly as much.
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Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:47,
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You can download loads of different themes for firefox.It's generally more secure. Not 100%, but better than IE.
Well, there are less exploits for it, though that may be because IE is still in a majority
(Well, there are less exploits for it, though that may be because IE is still in a majority
Mike Fishcake teamfishcake.co.uk - better than your mum's face,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:47,
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Firefoxdoesn't use ActiveX, which is the main thing that makes IE so insecure.
( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:51,
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Finebut then Flash and all the other add-ons stop working, because that's how IE handles plugins. So it kind of defeats the object of using the browser.
( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:58,
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truebut just set the controls to: prompt and then if you trust the source clik ok
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Wed 15 Sep 2004, 13:00,
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HA HA HAYep. Face it, IE is fucked security-wise, and if you want to use it securely it becomes a full-time worry and a constant hassle. Surely it's better just to use a secure browser? Just my opinion.
( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 13:02,
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I am sold on FirefoxThunderbird doesn't seem worth it though tbh.
If you don't like the way FF looks take a peek at this: homepage.ntlworld.com/fenrisuk/images/ScreenShot1.jpg you can customise it quite nicely.
Tabbed web browsing by itself makes it worthwhile, takes a little while to tweak FF how you want it but def worth the switch and a lot more secure.
(If you don't like the way FF looks take a peek at this: homepage.ntlworld.com/fenrisuk/images/ScreenShot1.jpg you can customise it quite nicely.
Tabbed web browsing by itself makes it worthwhile, takes a little while to tweak FF how you want it but def worth the switch and a lot more secure.
Fenris temporary Lazarus,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:56,
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Gahfuck off :P
I actually withdrew my listing there last week not that you fuckers will believe me.
In my defense I went out with a few people that I met on there and they were really cool, especially compared to the psychos I managed to pick up in real life around the same time.
(I actually withdrew my listing there last week not that you fuckers will believe me.
In my defense I went out with a few people that I met on there and they were really cool, especially compared to the psychos I managed to pick up in real life around the same time.
Fenris temporary Lazarus,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 13:05,
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One of my mates has gotlucky a couple of times off there also. jammy git
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Wed 15 Sep 2004, 13:06,
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Ayeit's probably better than shouting drunkenly into a girl's ear in a nightclub.
One of the most (conventionally) attractive girls I have ever been out I met on there. Unfortunately while she was a lovely lass she wasn't the sharpest tool in the box and drank lambrini so I had to do the honourable thing :/
(One of the most (conventionally) attractive girls I have ever been out I met on there. Unfortunately while she was a lovely lass she wasn't the sharpest tool in the box and drank lambrini so I had to do the honourable thing :/
Fenris temporary Lazarus,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 13:10,
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at least thetab didn't say ratemycock or something like that....
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Wed 15 Sep 2004, 13:12,
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Thankfuck I hadn't clicked on the "favorites" box
*whistle*
(*whistle*
Fenris temporary Lazarus,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 13:15,
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I want control and T at work :-(I tried to have Control and coffee but just got laughed out of the room.....
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Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:51,
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= 2 pushes of buttonswheres the benefit? just use quick launch (unless you using NT of course!)
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Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:52,
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errctrl+t opens a new tab, meaning you got all the sites open in one instance of the browser. keeps your taskbar clean.
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sinisterduck,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 13:15,
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EXTENSIONS!Adblock, BugMeNot, Image Zoom etc. etc.
dunno if this qualifies as a repost? posted a link this morning but never the actual picture.
(dunno if this qualifies as a repost? posted a link this morning but never the actual picture.
bumblebee.. I am not a number! I am a free snail!,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:49,
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Got to admitthat I prefer using ie and outlook mainly due the the fact I fix Microsoft based Pc's all day and so I know the programs like the back of my hand, keeps me in a job to so they must be good/bad???
woo to the pic as well
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Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:49,
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woo to the pic as well
the tabs are a nice featurebut i think its youre teccy types mainly that just like anything 'anti mainstream'. if everyone has got it they will want something else. as soon as firefox becomes popular they will want some other less heard of browser.
( ferret charmer,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 12:56,
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Install the tabbed browsing extensionsfrom white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/_tabextensions.html.en#download
if you've just downloaded the newest firefox it will tell you that it doesn't trust the site to install extensions but you can easily change that (assuming you want to install something from a random website recommended by an anonymous name on a message board :))
You can then tweak all sorts of settings to do with tabbed browsing. For example I have middle click set up to open tabs in the background. This means that when I go to a news page I can middle click on all the interesting headlines and by the time I start reading they've all loaded.
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Wed 15 Sep 2004, 13:03,
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if you've just downloaded the newest firefox it will tell you that it doesn't trust the site to install extensions but you can easily change that (assuming you want to install something from a random website recommended by an anonymous name on a message board :))
You can then tweak all sorts of settings to do with tabbed browsing. For example I have middle click set up to open tabs in the background. This means that when I go to a news page I can middle click on all the interesting headlines and by the time I start reading they've all loaded.
better CSS engine, type-ahead, DOM explorerand and and...
Type ahead highlights any word you type in (initially only links) and is very very cool for long pages. DOM explorer allows you to turn off bits and bobs of the page, in case the developer was too much of a cnut not to think about people who want to print pages.
(Type ahead highlights any word you type in (initially only links) and is very very cool for long pages. DOM explorer allows you to turn off bits and bobs of the page, in case the developer was too much of a cnut not to think about people who want to print pages.
sinisterduck,
Wed 15 Sep 2004, 13:10,
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