After I installed Firefox in one of the common desktop computers at work, some of my co-workers weren't happy at all with me. So I came up with this trick .. it worked out quite nicely.

Here it is ... Click Me

And here's a theme for you.
Luna 0.7a

Been doing this for a while with netscape and mozilla, almost always works

How nifty.

I'll be sure to try it

Doesn't work with the latest versions.

can we get a screenshot of the final Firefox?

I want to see what it looks like, but can't be bothered with all the changes.

You have to do that trick to make the extensions think that your browser is still 0.9.3.

Ps: I converted alot of people to firefox and my sister wont use it unless I set the icon to that horrid E and use the luna theme

eh, the only reason i changed my family's computers to Firefox was because of spam, popups, and spyware, etc. now with SP2, that isn't really a problem.

sure .... IE at the Back, Firefox on the front

lol very smart

What a joke? lol.

I know how to make teh FoxFire look like teh IE, and be 1337. ...USE IE.

Ummmm...yes it does work for the latest versions. You have to use the bleeding edge version.

Developmental version

* Jar File: luna_devel.jar
* Compatibility: Firefox 1.0PR1+
* This file is made available for your testing and previewing purposes. Expect to find bugs and missing functionality, and please do not complain about them. I make no warranties that about the performance or stability of this file.

Link would be nice.. thanks

The reason you would do this is?

Sure FireFox is great. I'm glad that it's pushing Microsoft to make IE support standards, but the real reason people use it is for it's plugins etc... if your co-worker doesn't know it's installed, why would they use it?

Also, you may want to run the FireFox exe through ResourceHacker and edit it's titlebar image

Emon, on that attached image, can i get a copy of your firefox wallpaper please???

Thats what i was thinking, change an icon or two and change that title bar and it would look 90% the same.

http://www.takebacktheweb.org/

That's a pretty neat trick. I need to try that on some of my "noob" friends

Thanks for the link, but I found a link w/ a "better" firefox wallpaper IMO, should check it out!
http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/624

yeah, i had that link there at first but it was the wrong wallpaper. does look better though.

i installed firefox on all the computer's at work, it was funny because the boss was a pro ie user, then he read about how ie is crap in the paper, all of the sudden i come to work and Opera is installed on all the systems, he said, it's good now because we dont use ie, now we just have to buy licences for opera, i said how firefox was free, he said he would rather stay with opera.

The next time i came to work, he wanted me to install firefox on all the systems, he read in the paper how firefox was good.

So, i installed .9.3 on all the systems, and i let them find their way around, why should i make it easy for them

lol...
just lol...

Just use Internet Explorer

God some people never learn

haha. nice.

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=226959&st=0

gee, I wonder if these two are related?

so true!

why change browser if your going to want something that looks like ie

Because spyware cant be installed from inside firefox

This is not a true comment. Spyware CAN be installed with FF, the companies just choose to go after the browser that has the most amount of market share.

Try this: http://firexplorer.mozdev.org/installation.html

well it says it doesn't really work .. anyone tried it yet ?

I just changed the theme to Luna theme.

Check it out

Uh... wow.

Some people have way too much time... I'd much prefer to have Firefox look just like my native visual style, rather than make it a look-alike of an alternate, but much more bloated internet browser.

What's the joke?

Step 6: Install this extension.

j/k

If you truly want to make IE look like Firefox....Then you should check here Firefox IE...Tells you how to make the menus look like the ones from Office 2003/XP among other things...

lol, that's pretty neat.

Hehe cool,

Take a look at mine..
Can you tell the difference?

From experience, I can tell you that Firefox does indeed have several vunerabilities just like any browser. Yes, spyware can install through Firefox.



Either these people play too much Counter Strike, or they are the same kind of assholes that ruin any community.

OK name a site that can I'll go there and see if it works. I don't think you can find one!! unless I have to allow it to install something.

interesting reading

http://www.intraplanar.net/project/luna/

For the Firefox 0.9.x and Firefox 1.0PR1+ luna theme for Firefox.

same here .. name a site .. any site.



And whats up with that ? gosh you know me soooo well ... how do you do that ? are you a mind reader or something ??

everyone knows whoz the asshole here. Come back when you can backup your comment.

Most of the obvious sites can't be named here because of their content.

I will concede that it was in a version about 4 months ago, FF may have updated past that problem. And it was an official build, as well.



I will let it slide that you just called me an asshole, but how's this for backing it up:

It is a guide that is intended for use to force a person to unknowingly run software against their will. If it is better for them or not, it is irrelevant as it is still deceiving a user that one program is running whilst in actuality another one is.

Of course, the more obvious use of the guide is to help a user with the transition from one browser to the other. Though your wording is poor and does not suggest this use, rather it indicates towards it's purpose as been deceit.

Yeah.. Don't be an arrogant Firefox user. I'll let you in on a little secret: Firefox is just as insecure as anything else.

Mozilla's products in the past have had security issues, so no doubt will continue to have security issues. It's plain stupid to think otherwise, not saying Firefox isn't a great browser, because it is. But so is Internet Explorer, and Opera. If you don't believe me, go check Mozilla's old buglists, there is your proof.

Most of the reason you don't see as many bugs with Firefox than with Internet Explorer is because of how many people use it. Say 25% of the Internet is actively using Firefox, which is generous in my opinion. About 70% is using Internet Explorer actively. The remaining 5% uses other browsers. It is far more likely that the 70% of users will find more bugs than just 25% of users. It is also more likely that people will target the browser in which 70% of users use, to exploit security flaws with. So this can easily explain why Internet Explorer has such a bad reputation.

There is not an Operating System or Web Browser or Server in existence that hasn't had security issues and bugs.

I use Firefox as my main browser, but I'm far from saying that I'm safe. If hackers can gain access to "secure" government systems, they can obviously gain access to yours. No matter what browser you use.

Fact: If you set security settings to max with Internet Explorer, it can be JUST AS spyware resilliant as Firefox feels. I actively use Internet Explorer along with Firefox because Firefox doesn't view some things like I like it to, or simply can't do some things on some websites. And with the security settings under Internet Explorer set right, you don't really have to worry about spyware. The main difference is that Firefox doesn't allow automatic installs from sites by default, Internet Explorer is not. Learn to set your settings right, and there should be no difference. With the exception of exploits, but Firefox has similar problems.

The main reason I use firefox is because I like the extentions, themes, and tabs. I use to use Avant and Maxathon, they are great Internet Explorer browsers, but Firefox felt more natural for me.

It's all about what you like. And everyone has different likes/dislikes.

So STFU about it. All browsers are good, and all browsers have security issues, and all browsers can do things other browsers can't. Your browser is no different.

And besides:
This is a thread for making Firefox look and feel more like Internet Explorer. It's for allowing people that are use to Internet Explorer, but want to switch to Firefox, to be able to switch with ease.

Don't stray from the main topic, please.

Unless you can provide some empirical evidence to support your claim then we have no reason to believe it to be true.

Please presage any links to unusually graphic or disturbing content with some form of warning. Please also provide a warning that the linked site may attempt to install some form of malware onto the viewer's system. However, Rule 1 of the Neowin Community Rules [neowin.net] does apply to this situation.



If you are not comfortable posting a link to unusually graphic or disturbing content then you may private message the link to me. I will analyze the mechanism by which the offending site attempts to install malware and post said analysis on my own web site. A link to the offending site will be included in the analysis.

The rule in question is rather

http://secunia.com/product/3256/
A list of known Firefox security issues. Most fixed, some not.

To put it bluntly, this just goes to show that Firefox is NOT immune to security issues.

Check out this unfixed, known bug for Firefox, though!
WESTPOINT has reported a vulnerability in Mozilla / Mozilla Firefox, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to conduct session fixation attacks.

Or how about this fixed security issue from September
Details have been released about several vulnerabilities in Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, and Thunderbird. These can potentially be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, access and modify sensitive information, and compromise a user's system.

Not just one, but several! Doesn't sound too good, does it. Imagine how many more security issues Firefox has like these that aren't known?

Now stop arguing with each other.

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