saxondale. Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I have been using IE all my life :yes: , i dont no much about Firefox but it has recently being bought up, and more and more people have started using it. Should i switch? What are the advantages if i change and disadvantages? Considering im on a 56k modem, will i notice much? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercuryx013 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Firefox was bought? I think you're mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 brought* sorry about that, im at school, too many teachers around me...typing too fasttttt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotRoot Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Firefox was bought? I think you're mistaken. I think he meant brought up, because of all the "kill IE" stuff going around. IE is a good browser IMO and I use it. Firefox is a good browser and I've used it. But Firefox does offer a lot of cool features and stuff. Its also updated a lot. I like them both, but my advice is go ahead and try out firefox and if you like it then switch, if you are uncomfortable then don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dave164 Subscriber¹ Posted July 7, 2004 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 7, 2004 FireFox defintatly i did the change over about a week ago and was first off unimpressed but now ive themed it and fully customized it works really good!!! I can see you bingham. ur sitting next to me!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jymi Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Before comming to neowin i ha no idea there were other internetbrowsers around, so i tried them all out and now i use firefox. It's a matter of preference, everyone's different. The best way for you to see what is the best bowser for you is to try them all out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 I can see you dave *stop tapping the computer table* Well when i get back home, i will download it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 so what does Firefox have to offer? because i have herd it makes browsing faster, how does it do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 wow, another thread/poll about this. jeez. ie is slow on my dialup, the rendering sucks. firefox gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jymi Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 It renders images differently to IE based browsers, i think its called Gecko or somesort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 Sorry, i did ask my mate to search neowin for another thread, but he was too lazy like me. One more wont hurt, will it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clonk Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 One thing you will appreciate is the built in download manager. If your connection dies or some other dailup mishap occurs, firefox will save the progress of your download and you can resume it later when you have reconnected to the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 Is firefox reliable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jymi Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 try it out for yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valent2191 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 i don't think you should switch but try firefox , use them both , i noticed that firefox is soo simple and it has a crappy download manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 I will sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Is firefox reliable? As realiable as a paid hooker. :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 As realiable as a paid hooker. :woot: Well that depends on where you find them :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98XT Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Again? Firefox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra Frosty Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Just for security reasons, you shouldn't use IE for anything but windows update. I find that the Gecko engine (Firefox, Mozilla, Thunderbird) renders pages way faster than the explorer engine (IE) even with a super fat connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOGglee Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 yeah fat connection btw, firefox :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
un0 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Wish i had a dime for every.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptain Chumps gf Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 firefox because thats what ive said on the neowins other 1000s of threads based on this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrex Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Firefox has many features I find desirable, but both browsers have this awesome feature!! It's the ability for a user to use the SEARCH function on Neowin so this threads don't have to keep popping up asking the same things every week!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 FireFox :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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