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Firefox?

from JoeUser Forums
Well, I may bite, but I would like some trusted opinions first. I read an article that Firefox will be the first "real" successful competition to Internet Explorer, succeeding where Netscape did not. So I want to know:

Why is it better than ie?
What are it's limitations?

I do not have problems with ie, but of course I don't know all of the issues.

Could I get opinions of those that have used both?

Thanks in advance.
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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Firefox is ok if you use it as it is. By the time I got all the extensions I needed to make the thing functional, it ate so much ram it had to go.

Uninstalling it didn't go well. I ended up doing a clean install to get everything back to normal. Never again...
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Firefox is ok if you use it as it is. By the time I got all the extensions I needed to make the thing functional, it ate so much ram it had to go.

Uninstalling it didn't go well. I ended up doing a clean install to get everything back to normal. Never again...


Your kidding right Wizop Fuzzy Logic ? I just cant believe this is true.... this make you like the only person I have ever heard of EVER that had issues with the prog.... maybe its time to upgrade....

C'mon admit its you Mr Gates
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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
So far, I am having problems. My connection is high speed, but firefox definitely slows down my windows. What I mean by that is, scrolling to the bottom of a page is much slower, and the windows that are opening (on the web) are slower. I tried to uninstall and then none of my objectdock quicklinks would work because firefox was not found. I tried to set a new targets for them and received the same results. Reinstalled FireFox, but really want to use ie as my main browser. Any ideas how to switch back without having to do a recovery?
Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You should just be able to start IE and it will prompt you, if the checkbox at the bottom of Tools/Internet Settings/Programs is ticked.

Note that Firefox tends to be faster at opening tabs than it is at opening windows. You might not be used to using this feature - middle-click or ctrl-click a link to open it up in a new tab.
Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I understand, edjorge. Sounds great! Sounds like the extensions are great. I will continue to check it out. Right now it is considerably slower for me to navigate through windows. Thanks for the info, GreenReaper.
Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
aaahhhhhgggghhhh.
Now I need help. I was able to copy an addy in my ie window and paste it in my "shortcut link" for an object dock icon. Now, after downloading, uninstallling, reinstalling, and unistalling firefox, it won't work. If I set my homepage to something in my internet tools, and them paste the ie link, it works. But if I just put an addy in the target it does nothing. Anybody have any ideas? So right now the only internet link I can have in my ObjectDock is whatever I set as my homepage in ie. What did the install of Firefox do?
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Not using the Windowblinds skin is a deal breaker for me. And Jafo, I just tried the "log-off" and it works here in IE. Saw the ads in all their glory.
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Why FF seems to load slower than IE. (quoted from http://www.techsupportalert.com/firefox.htm
"2. FireFox loads slower than Internet Explorer

FireFox may load web pages much faster than IE but the program itself takes longer to load. Much longer, maybe twice as long. That's because major component of Internet Explorer are always running on your PC, they are pre-loaded. That means IE has less work to do when it starts.

Now this FireFox load time inconvenience can be eliminated by always keeping FireFox loaded and simply minimizing it when not in use. In fact it doesn't even need to take up any task bar space as there is a free FireFox extension that allows you to minimize it to the system tray.

It's also true that the slow load time is only a problem when you first start the program while you can enjoy FireFox's speedier page loading throughout your web session. None-the-less it is a deficiency compared to IE and one you should be aware of.
"
As far FF being skinned, I find that some WBs skin it and some don't. I also like being able to apply my own set of icon themes.
I also like the download mgr.
When I find a page that won't display properly in FF I use the IEview extension found at: http://ieview.mozdev.org/
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks tjesterb. Glad to know that my Vaio is not whacked out, even if I may be. I guess I'll try to use both for a while.
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
As far FF being skinned, I find that some WBs skin it and some don't.



Hmmm, that's odd. I use a different WB every day sometimes and have never had that problem. The only WB/FF skinning issue I've ever had was with JWood, a skin by jebland. The menus only drew the left side of the frame. Everything else skinned correctly though.
Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Werewolf, please check the comments on the JWood windowblind and see if the suggestion I had fixes your problem.
Thanks
Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I tried. Check the screenshot there to see what's really happening.
Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top
werewolf,
I installed FireFox (well, I hadn't screwed up my computer in a long time, so why not). If you load SkinStudio and go to "Fonts for Classic widgets" and delete the setting for System Menu Fonts, that fixes it. I put that setting in so the menus would show the dungeon font.
I guess FireFox just threw up at having a custom font.
Sorry for the problem.
Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thank you so much jebland. I don't know how in the world you figured that out, but thank you.
Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I know its better than IE but how does it compare to Netscape 7.2?

Arnt both Mozilla based?

WarKobra
Reply #42 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I know its better than IE


Of course that's a matter of opinion...
Reply #43 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Let's see, yes it is better then IE, Now since it is getting high marks, it will be targeted but the holes will be fixed much much faster then IE. IE is also not the greatest to skin, IE also does not have the functions that firefox has, unless you download a browser that uses IE for the core.

Firefox uses the Netscape core or Mozilla core, whatever you want to say. The diffrence is, Firefox is worked on by the world and Netscape is a bunch of guys in offices. It's like IE, IE is a group of people in a office.

Done for the moment
Reply #44 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Let me make a few ponts here:

I do not like tabbed browsing.
I don't care for the many features of Firefox.
In 2 years I have yet to be hacked from using IE.
On my machine IE is faster.
IE also starts faster.
You can only get MS updates using IE.
IE might be harder to skin but I tell Windowblinds NOT to skin IE so problem solved.
IE still holds over half the market.

So there are the reasons I use IE... And yes I have used Firefox and it is installed...