I'm trying FIREFOX...generally I like it!!!

Major Carrales · June 19, 2009, 09:38:42 PM

I just downloaded it today...it seems cool. Even checks the spelling. Any comments to guide me through.

NIN · June 19, 2009, 09:48:10 PM

Quote from: Major Carrales on June 19, 2009, 09:38:42 PM
Any comments to guide me through.

Relax, breathe thru your nose to prevent hyperventilation, and repeat....

Major Carrales · June 19, 2009, 09:50:06 PM

Quote from: NIN on June 19, 2009, 09:48:10 PM
Quote from: Major Carrales on June 19, 2009, 09:38:42 PM
Any comments to guide me through.

Relax, breathe thru your nose to prevent hyperventilation, and repeat....

It's like...like...drinking cold 7-up after eating ten Altoids!!! Curiously refreshing!!!

MIKE · June 19, 2009, 10:01:59 PM

Moved with the other stop using Internet Exploiter unless you want to get click jacked threads.

Eclipse · June 19, 2009, 11:12:55 PM

Some must-have add-ons:

ADBlock Plus (if you only get one, get this one).

Forecastbar Enchanced

Download Statusbar

FEBE (Back up FF settings, etc.)

FireFTP

IE Tab (for those pesky sites that require IE)

Session Manager

Tiny URL Creator

jimmydeanno · June 19, 2009, 11:30:33 PM

When I usd ff at work I always use the session keeper addon for those pesky time limit applications. Either way I like using chrome now...

SarDragon · June 19, 2009, 11:32:41 PM

A couple more:

DownThemAll! - download manager

NewTabURL - allows you to define the URL on new tabs; currently they open to a blank page, and you have to manually pick a URL

Pumbaa · June 20, 2009, 12:01:21 AM

Don't forget NOSCRIPT!

Eclipse · June 20, 2009, 01:12:07 AM

Quote from: jimmydeanno on June 19, 2009, 11:30:33 PM
When I usd ff at work I always use the session keeper addon for those pesky time limit applications. Either way I like using chrome now...

I tried chrome recently. Seeing as I've drunk the Google Kool-Aid about as deeply as I can (Google Apps, Android G1, etc.), rumor had it Gmail was faster on Chrome.

I was somewhat disappointed, or maybe just not as impressed as I'd hoped. Its fine, and way better than IE, but FF is still my browser of choice.

Gunner C · June 20, 2009, 09:16:05 AM

We've been using it for months - I don't want to go back to IE. We've been using it at work on the classified network and it's interesting to see the difference when you use IE and FF side-by-side.

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

jimmydeanno · June 20, 2009, 03:16:48 PM

Quote from: Eclipse on June 20, 2009, 01:12:07 AM
I tried chrome recently. Seeing as I've drunk the Google Kool-Aid about as deeply as I can (Google Apps, Android G1, etc.), rumor had it Gmail was faster on Chrome.

I was somewhat disappointed, or maybe just not as impressed as I'd hoped. Its fine, and way better than IE, but FF is still my browser of choice.

Some of the things I like about Chrome:

1) It appears to load everything much faster, especially anything having to do with Java.
2) The uncluttered interface.
3) "Incognito Mode"
4) The ability to use the development build instead of the production build (neat to see the features they're thinking about).

We have a lot of applications at work that were specifically designed to run on IE. Ironically, they run faster, better and more efficiently on Chrome. IE seems to have a lot of baggage with it and has a hard time with memory allocation and buffering.

I can't stand IE, at all. So FF or Chrome and anyone should be happy. Thinking about trying Safari though...

DC · June 20, 2009, 09:29:40 PM

I went to Firefox a few months ago after putting up with IE and all its crap for years. It's been really nice, my internet is actually fast again, and I love the built in spell checker.

My only real gripe is when it comes to opening and downloading files. Firefox likes to take everything and stick in my temp folder, rather than let me decide where it is going to go from the start, or let me open the file without actually saving it... There may be some way around that I haven't discovered yet, I don't know...

Pumbaa · June 20, 2009, 09:36:30 PM

Tools|Options

Main Tab

Download Options. you can choose the download folder, or have it ask you each time.

You can turn on or off the download status dialog box too.

DC · June 21, 2009, 01:55:38 AM

Quote from: Pumbaa on June 20, 2009, 09:36:30 PM
Tools|Options

Main Tab

Download Options. you can choose the download folder, or have it ask you each time.

You can turn on or off the download status dialog box too.

Thanks!

SaBeR33 · June 21, 2009, 02:50:07 PM

Here are a few add-ons that I've found to be really useful:

CoolPreviews http://coolpreviews.com/

KeyScrambler http://www.qfxsoftware.com/

FoxClocks (if you need to know the time in multiple time zones)

BrandonKea · June 23, 2009, 12:00:13 AM

Quote from: jimmydeanno on June 20, 2009, 03:16:48 PM
Quote from: Eclipse on June 20, 2009, 01:12:07 AM
I tried chrome recently. Seeing as I've drunk the Google Kool-Aid about as deeply as I can (Google Apps, Android G1, etc.), rumor had it Gmail was faster on Chrome.

I was somewhat disappointed, or maybe just not as impressed as I'd hoped. Its fine, and way better than IE, but FF is still my browser of choice.

Some of the things I like about Chrome:

1) It appears to load everything much faster, especially anything having to do with Java.
2) The uncluttered interface.
3) "Incognito Mode"
4) The ability to use the development build instead of the production build (neat to see the features they're thinking about).

We have a lot of applications at work that were specifically designed to run on IE. Ironically, they run faster, better and more efficiently on Chrome. IE seems to have a lot of baggage with it and has a hard time with memory allocation and buffering.

I can't stand IE, at all. So FF or Chrome and anyone should be happy. Thinking about trying Safari though...

Safari isn't horrible (at least on a Mac, no clue on the PC version). It's fairly snappy, it just lacking in the add on department.