kb1ghc

It's not what IS in firefox, it is what ISN'T in firefox.

Internet Explorer has alot of features, features that are taken advantage of, like instant installation of plugins and searchbars and stuff. plus there isn't ActiveX in firefox. but in firefox, you need to WANT it to install it.

and yes Firefox has an extreamly effective pop-up blocker. i NEVER get pop-ups, and yet, i never have a problem with opening new windows and stuff. Firefox is pretty smart.

The only 2 websites I have a problem with firefox on are Windows Update, and LAUNCH

Believe me Firefox is THE BEST BROWSER ON EARTH!
1. Secure, No exploits.
2. Best pop-up blocker, doesn't block stuff you want, blocks stuff you don't want.
3. Sites LOOK better
4. More Features
5. Open-source
6. lots of great support, and developers that love to hear your ideas.
7. RSS feed reader build in (on newer nightly builds)
8. Customizable themes.
9. FREE (Really free, unlike exploder)
10. Runs on almost any OS: Win, Mac, Unix.
11. Thunderbird keeps your mailbox 99.99999999% SPAM free
12. Better text copying - keeps formatting, even if pasted into a plain text box. (like notepad)
13. Tabbed browsing - more than one page in 1 window, really useful for comparison shopping
14. copy image locations (great for forums)
15. secure password storage (encrypted and stuff, unlike IE)
Great "extentions":
Adblock - Blocks banner ads, based on URL and wildcards are allowed (so you can block "http://ads. (anything)" (makes loading sites faster)
Autofill - Autofill forms, and have multiple identitiys like "FAKE" and "REAL"
BugMeNot - a database of usernames and passwords for many sites, check out bugmenot.com
Download with - use download accelerator of your choice for downloads
Downthemall! - makes a complete copy of a website, includeing all the hyperlinks
GoggleBar - Searchbar for google
Linkification - Turns text urls, into clickable hyperlinks

Lorand

WOW, that was an awesome presentation...
If Firefox wasn't free, you could be a hell of a salesman for them.

Praetor

Nice features, the only one id have a use for is the tabbed thingy but it didnt work out the way I wanted it so I gave up. Some minor technicalities though:

1. Far too broad -- no exploit yet
3. Subjective
11. Your browser does nothing to impact spam (unless thunderbird is something totally different) .... then again with 400emails/hour ... an extra click here and there doesnt make much of a difference to me
12. Is there a way to turn that off? (seriously, I actually want it to be raw copied.... when I copy with IE it preserves the formatting and fonts and crap and all I want is the damn raw text)
13. Is there a way to auto-toggle with the tabs (i.e., same root doman = new tab, new root domain = new window and to make specific configurations for specific sites?)

If you can match 12 and 13 there I'll switch

LETS NOT TURN THIS INTO A FIREFOX/IE THREAD. MAKE A NEW THREAD IF YOU INTEND TO DO SO

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kb1ghc

1. There have actually been a total of 3 holes found in firefox, patched before anything happened.

3. is just my opinion, but take a look for yourself if you want.

11. Thunderbird is the "next generation" mail client, that is Firefox's "sister" program if you want to call it that.

12. I use an "extention" called copy plain text that works great

13. Again, there are some great "extentions" for tabbed browsing that will prolly let you do what you want. You can set any "open in new window" to actualyl just create a new tab. But tabbed browsing isn't a feature that is forced apon you, if you like 99 windows, you can do that too. if you like 1 window, you can do that. But usually you just need to right click "open in new tab" if your comparison shopping or something.

and for those 3 websites on the internet that don't work right in firefox, there is an extention called "IE view" just right click a link (or background) and click "view in IE"

[tab]

You forgot my favourite extension (the one that finally got me to move from Opera)... mouse gestures

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Chroder

Just an anti-virus here.

As for #3. I have to agree. IE messes everything up, it's a pain in the ass to have to design pages that work with IE. Get's me very very angry!

But you can't forget the great themes for FF. You may say "My Windows style is nice", but once you start using some of the sexy themes for FF you'll never go back. IE just isn't skinnable the way FF is, even if you have a nice Windows visual style, the style isn't made specifically for IE like the themes for FF are made specifically for FF. What I mean is, the themes are closely intertwined with the program, every aspect is tweaked just perfectly.

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Lorand

Which browser messes up the Computer Forum?



I think the table looks better in IE (left) than in Firefox (right)...

But as Praetor said,

kb1ghc

OK, the "Internet Paranoia" thread was becoming a browser war.






This is why I like FireFox

so, let's move the debate to this thread.
Firefox has an extreamly effective pop-up blocker. i NEVER get pop-ups, and yet, i never have a problem with opening new windows and stuff. Firefox is pretty smart.

The only 2 websites I have a problem with firefox on are Windows Update, and LAUNCH

Believe me Firefox is THE BEST BROWSER ON EARTH!
1. Secure, No exploits.
2. Best pop-up blocker, doesn't block stuff you want, blocks stuff you don't want.
3. Sites LOOK better
4. More Features
5. Open-source
6. lots of great support, and developers that love to hear your ideas.
7. RSS feed reader build in (on newer nightly builds)
8. Customizable themes.
9. FREE (Really free, unlike exploder)
10. Runs on almost any OS: Win, Mac, Unix.
11. Thunderbird keeps your mailbox 99.99999999% SPAM free
12. Better text copying - keeps formatting, even if pasted into a plain text box. (like notepad)
13. Tabbed browsing - more than one page in 1 window, really useful for comparison shopping
14. copy image locations (great for forums)
15. secure password storage (encrypted and stuff, unlike IE)
Great "extentions":
Adblock - Blocks banner ads, based on URL and wildcards are allowed (so you can block "http://ads. (anything)" (makes loading sites faster)
Autofill - Autofill forms, and have multiple identitiys like "FAKE" and "REAL"
BugMeNot - a database of usernames and passwords for many sites, check out bugmenot.com
Download with - use download accelerator of your choice for downloads
Downthemall! - makes a complete copy of a website, includeing all the hyperlinks
GoggleBar - Searchbar for google
Linkification - Turns text urls, into clickable hyperlinks

Lorand

I use a browser for browsing, not for worshiping it...

Lorand

BTW, there was already a poll (IE vs. Firefox vs. Netscape) where the FireFox fanatics losed big time...