+1 Lynx

-T.C.

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Jacco

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The main security advantage to FF is time-to-fix. MS at best takes two weeks in an emergency; several months is more common for this sort of thing. From the sound of it this should be a quick fix and there are probably various proposed patches available on the developer mailing lists if you're brave.

The biggest reason to use FF at this point is features. It's just nice to have tools like Image Zoom, Scrapbook, ForecastFox, Adblock, Spellbound, etc.

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Mrs.C built her first website blind on a crippled old 386 she had (connection too slow, computer too fucked up to show images), then would rush into work early to see if the tags had laid out the page the way she wanted. IIRC, this was around Mosaic .9. She thought I was a spoiled brat because I had an 8100 tricked out with a Radius VideoVision card (as an offline system) and still had the nerve to complain my client (of the moment) was an asshole and an idiot. After 10 or so years of having clients of her own, she doesn't think I'm a spoiled brat. (Of course now she thinks I'm an asshole and an idiot.)

-T.C.

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( I know you said etc. but I had to mention it as I love the option to browse using tabs )

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These FF holes are not good, but i still use it.
I just love Tabs, Pop-up blocker and Adblock(extension).

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Jacco

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what's so funny about this annoying feature is it's become a huge part of their PR-campaign. think about it--they love telling you how many people have downloaded firefox. too bad that number is about 4-6x too high if people have to download a new copy just to be secure every few weeks and often for more than one computer. while it may be totally innocent, it's really assuming you're stupid to use numbers so shamelessly inflated and deceptive.

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1. spybot
2. ad-ware
3. bazooka
4. Super Windows task manager
5. My norton anti-virus and firewall of course

Do I still need to try out Firefox?

If so, I have some questions for ya:

1. How long have the Firefox software been out ?
2. Can I download Firefox into my system without deleting IE off my computer?

Thank you so much guys.

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I think Mozilla is very fast with Firefox, there are some
still open security holes in Firefox 1.x
But still that 4 open holes and Less critical sounds much better than IE:s 19 holes and Highly critical.

And for me downloading full installer once or twice a month is not bad, my internet connection is pretty fast.

ps: but with this PC, that installer freezes my PC little bit, but i have then time to drink coffee, or even make it:)
it just that Recommended for FF is 500MHz or more, my PC is 400MHz.
browser works fine, it just that installer:)

Edited by - 1on1Fan on 5/13/2005 6:37:08 AM

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Just download and install Firefox.

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Thank you so much.

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And yes, 1.0.4 is the latest.

Welcome to the club.

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Adblock 0.5.2.039
CookieCuller 1.2.0
Diggler 0.9
Disable Targets For Downloads 0.9
downTHEMall! 0.9.4
Flashblock 1.3.1
Install New Theme 0.5
LinkChecker 0.1.2
Linky 2.6.0
ListZilla 0.5.1
Nuke Anything 0.2
PrefButtons 0.3.2
Preferential 0.7
Sage 1.3.2
Sort Extensions 1.0
Statusbar Clock 1.6.4
Tab Mix 0.2.1

The extensions for my work profile:

ColorZilla 0.8.2
Diggler 0.9
Disable Targets For Downloads 0.9
Flashblock 1.3.1
Google Pagerank Status 0.9.4
LinkChecker 0.1.2
Linky 2.6.0
ListZilla 0.5.1
Live HTTP Headers 0.10
Nuke Anything 0.2
PrefButtons 0.3.2
Sort Extensions 1.0
Statusbar Clock 1.6.4
Tab Mix 0.2
Web Developer 0.9.3
Word Count 0.1.1

(Yep, no adblock while working, have to see my own banners after all )

Jacco

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I have only used DictionarySearch 2 days, and i did find out that you can use that with AVfantasy screenshots:
AVfantasy.com - screenshots.

Edited by - 1on1Fan on 5/17/2005 6:48:27 AM

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Jacco

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the less extensions you can get away with, the better ff runs.

btw, you might wanna check out "remove it permanently" for your private profile--it's kinda between nuke anything and adblock.

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Disable Targets For Downloads 0.9
FoxyTunes 1.1
Web Developer 0.9.3

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Preferential was one I mostly used in the beginning, because of the comments and grouping of the prefs, but I tend to use about:config more and more lately, so maybe that one will go in my next cleanup.
Once in a while I just copy my bookmarks and passwords and start with a fresh profile and decide what extensions can stay and which ones have to go. Features get added to FF, extensions get abandoned, merged, split, and it is always fun to browse to the extensions lists and see what silly things people can come up with.

I have seen RIP, have you used it? I was wondering if it was not going to create a bigger and bigger list while using it, the adblock rules I use have lots of wildcard, so the file stays at a reasonable size.

And I am not so bad, I have seen people with 50+ extensions...

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remove it permanently is basically nuke anything that remembers what to filter--i find it really compliments adblock well, since it cleans out annoying tables, iframes, etc. much better. it's got an easy "undo" via-context menu. i've had no problems with it over the last few months and would definetly say it's worth a shot. it may even replace nuke anything on the profile you use away from the office.

50 extensions? good god. you're definetly within a reasonable amount, but not only would 50 extensions add a huge amount of code(TBE-style) but extensions are always the buggiest parts of the browser. i'd imagine they'd spend half of their time figuring out which one was breaking another one constantly. i've actually found the builds compiled for different processor-extensions speed things up a bit, why not use sse2-3 if you've got it.

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Edited by - Squinty backbone on 5/27/2005 9:22:11 AM

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