..... Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Don't quite see the point in the site, but Firefox is definitely the way to go imo. This is just one reason why I choose Firefox over every other browser: IGN Site in another browser IGN Site in Firefox Obviously it's like that for every other page too, I just chose IGN as an example (pics were taken ages ago) I love ad-free browsing. (but I will open the site up in IE and click a few links to support sites I frequently visit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raum Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Don't quite see the point in the site, but Firefox is definitely the way to go imo.This is just one reason why I choose Firefox over every other browser: IGN Site in another browser IGN Site in Firefox Obviously it's like that for every other page too, I just chose IGN as an example (pics were taken ages ago) I love ad-free browsing. (but I will open the site up in IE and click a few links to support sites I frequently visit) Supertrick lets you do the same thing with IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted July 21, 2004 Supervisor Share Posted July 21, 2004 The Endless Possibilities means within the browser......you gotta be stupid to take it as in real life! Stupid or illiterate, take your pick... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryptonate Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 weird :o. When I first checked the page http://www.switch2firefox.com/whyswitch with FF it looked indeed kinda screwed, then I watched some other pages (while leaving the tab with the site open) and when I returned to the page it looked allright :blink:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 ie is still much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasteo Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 weird :o. When I first checked the page http://www.switch2firefox.com/whyswitch with FF it looked indeed kinda screwed, then I watched some other pages (while leaving the tab with the site open) and when I returned to the page it looked allright :blink:. I'm not sure if it's a Firefox's bug or the bug in page coding itself, but if you refresh that page it will render correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redestium Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 I'm not sure if it's a Firefox's bug or the bug in page coding itself, but if you refresh that page it will render correctly. Yeah, was just about to say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3ta Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 Yeah, was just about to say that. I never saw the problem in FF - then again I'm using the latest nightly build. Perhaps it was a problem with mozilla 1.7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Lamar Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Im trying firefox, but Im still faithful to IE :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryptonate Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 I'm not sure if it's a Firefox's bug or the bug in page coding itself, but if you refresh that page it will render correctly. I didn't refresh the page. ie is still much better IE is less secure with his ActiveX, it's slower than Firefox, it hasn't got tabbed browsing (don't mention the update for IE included in SP2 ;)), it doesn't follow the W3 standards, it's too much hooked into Windows, Firefox is smaller than IE, you can install extensions into Firefox,... Well, that's my opinion why it's better :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 [sings] The Fox is good the Fox is great we surender our will as of this day [/sings] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raum Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 IE is less secure with his ActiveX, it's slower than Firefox, it hasn't got tabbed browsing (don't mention the update for IE included in SP2 ;)), it doesn't follow the W3 standards, it's too much hooked into Windows, Firefox is smaller than IE, you can install extensions into Firefox,... Well, that's my opinion why it's better :). While I agree that Firefox is better in some ways, IE gets a lot of **** it doesn't deserve. You can block ActiveX and many other things to make IE just as secure as FF. IE usually loads pages faster for me with the default settings than Firefox does after running Mozilla Optimizer, though it could be different for different people and for various reasons. Most people, including myself, could care less about standards. If people don't care enough to code their pages following standards then I don't care enough to go by them either. You can install add-ons for IE such as the Google Toolbar that are prettymuch the same as extensions for Firefox, though with less management options. While I am a die-hard user of many of Firefox's features, such as folders on the bookmarks toolbar, pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing, I know many people are fine using IE with the Google Toolbar and possible start menu grouping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redestium Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 ...While I am a die-hard user of many of Firefox's features, such as folders on the bookmarks toolbar... You can have folders on the links bar in IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfWar Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 I use Firefox religously, but I'm afraid that firefox will fall victim to it's own creation... unless they change. They are advertising Firefox as a single browser that can be extended through the use of extensions; however, the firefox team does not dedicate a team to be extension coders; therefore, most extensions are done by open-source newbies and aren't exceptional tools. I hate downloading these extensions and finding out that the last update was six months ago or even a year. Better yet, I hate downloading them and finding that they are just '****-poor' quality and suck. Because of this, I only use three extensions: Adblock, tab preferences, & Mouse gestures... I'm not completely happy with the development process of these, and I even wish they would add these extensions as an integral part of the browser... most people that use firefox, like tabbed browsing, want the ad blocking, and crave mouse gestures.... I don't get it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3ta Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 [sings] The Fox is good the Fox is great we surender our will as of this day [/sings] :D (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotabigtruck Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 i used .8 of firefox and wasn't impressed. then i installed .9.2 recently and am using that daily. It's very fast on dialup (compared to ie 6) and i love all of the extensions and themes that they have. it is truly a customizeable browser. it has my vote. the only thing i can say different is that i read that 1.0 was supposed to come out in Sept and not late Aug. Same here. I installed 0.8 and it sucked. I installed 0.9.2 and it was everything bad about 0.8 fixed. 0.9.2 is: a) more stable b) better with the new theme (I hated Qute) c) faster d) smooth scrolling actually works e) has an improved download manager f) has a new extension manager g) is just plain better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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