Anyone else using Mozilla Firefox?

There might be a fear of redundancy but no contradiction.

Anyhow, as a Mac user I have no inconvenience of using Safari (or Firefox).

Nope, I tried to say that:



in two sentences. :-)

So far I've been able to see pages using Firefox that I wasn't able to load using IE. I haven't hit any yet that I can't see in Firefox.

It's been good.

That's cool that it works out so well for ya.

(Just a minor note here, beth... many people wouldn't actually realize they're seeing pages a bit quirky or with missing/broken functionality unless they compared a non cross browser optimized page in multiple browsers.)

I've been opening one IE window and one in Firefox, Monger. Makes it easy to make a quick comparison. (I did it accidentally at first, then I decided to keep watching/looking for a bit).

I'm not claiming that a large percentage of pages have compatibility problems with firefox. I don't use it often enough to compile a list of sites I've seen out there which have issues, but I can tell you that it would only take a minute for me to make a page in a way that it *would* have problems in firefox. It's equally easy to make a page that works correctly in Firefox but not in IE... it's just that almost everyone tests their pages in IE.

o.k., I finally hit a site where I could see the IE/Firefox difference. Of course, I couldn't see it until I'd refreshed the IE page about 4 times, since IE just can't deal with the dial-up accelerator (the words load, but the graphics can take a LOT of work to get).

The graphics were a bit greyed in Firefox on that one site. Nothing that mattered.

I like seeing the little notice that pop-ups are being prevented. It makes me feel a big smug. Not that I've really done anything to be smug about, but it feels good to see a pop-up foiled.

This is usually just spyware. It really just sounds like the real burden IE has is the spyware you have on your machine.

The accelerator is something I pay my ISP to provide. It's one of the latest things coming from the UW labs. It's actually quite wonderful in combo with Firefox.

My puter's nice and clean otherwise.

What is it, ehBeth?

I am continuing to use all three (browsers, I mean - not accelerators!) - stupid, eh?

I do like the Firefox, though. I can certainly see stuff on it (pix) that I can't see on Opera - haven't checked with IE - I have sort of settled into what I use each browser for.

Up there - thataway ^ - Thok talked about how I could import my favourites from Opera to Firefox- but I can't futz out how to do it.

Any instructions, kind geeks?

I DO like your avatar of Mona Lisa with the joint, Monger! Really takes the mystery out of the smile. I had a lovely time with some fabulous stuff the other night - haven't bothered with it for ages - but, this is a doubtless boring digression!

No better way this to explain:




all, means IE and Opera bookmarks.

Open "Bookmarks Manager" or something like that of a browser, and open every folder in the Bookmarks. Select all bookmarked links, then copy them. Try pasting them in a text file.. You can open a link by pasting the URL in the address window from the text file you have made.

So - there is no means to import them as Firefox imported the IE ones for me - ie it prompted me to select either Opera or IE during the set-up process?

I am lost - does a text file have an url, and will it import to Firefox?

Unfortunately I do not know Opera.. my post has been one of convenient ways of using bookmarked links in other browsers, which I usually do when transferring bookmarks among my different computers.

Thankee.

Deb,

There's simply no such thing as a dial up accelerator (though there is software ranging from fraudulent to misnamed that call themselves that).

Gotta agree w/CdK re dialup accellerators; ain't no such critter; data can transfer no faster than can be accomodated by the slowest link in the chain. things like "pre-fetch" and "cache prioritizing" can kinda sorta sometimes give something of an impression of "faster browsing", but if at your end you can pull data at max of 40kbps, you're gonna pull data at a max of 40kbps; conversely, if you've got a 3Meg connection but the server feedin' you data is capable of only 256kbps max, the fastest you can pull data from that server is gonna be 256kbps.

re Firefox 1.0, I've been playin with Firefox betas since it was named for a mythical bird. Its gotten steadily better, and beats hell outta Netscape, IMO, but while there's no perfect universal browser, on a Windows machine, properly configured IE still does more things more reliably than any other browser I've found so far. But then, mebbe that's just me.

No need to bark a warning, Lassie.... I mean guys - I was not looking for an accelerator - just interested in what Beth's was all about. I did get one when I first got a computer - but realised id did nothing.

I am happy with my speed - such as it is.

But thankee - and I know you are writing for everyone who reads this.

Yes Timber - I find IE good on this machine - Opera was a lot faster on the old one. (Not sure if it was the version of IE, or the computer!)

I just find the tab system so much better than the pop-up windows, though.

Yeah ... wish there was a browser that did everything I want the way I want it to ... Most of 'em have features I like, all of 'em have features or shortcomings I don't like.

Bummer, sonetimes, the way life works, ain't it?