OK I finally got m own internet connection yesterday, and I decided to switch to firefox.

And it's really annoying. I get the "server not found" page more often than I would like for pages that should work properly (they work okay after hitting refresh, but is still annoying). Sometimes after clicking on a link it takes forever to go there, and only does after clicking repeatedly several times. And most annoying of all suddenly all Firefox windows would just close. Really annyoing if your in the middle of writing a post or an email.

And I don't think it's my internet connection because IE is working okay.

[ 05-18-2006, 04:17 PM: Message edited by: ZFR ]

Hmm... try these steps and see if they help. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Ironically the page is takng ages to load :rolleyes:

But thanks for the link [img]smile.gif[/img] I'll try those out

[ 05-18-2006, 06:12 PM: Message edited by: ZFR ]

I got a virus one day and couldn't access any of my scanners. The only one I could get to was an online one that of course required IE only. I had IE too but Firefox was set to my default and that's all the system would allow me to access. So I dumped Firefox and never looked back.

Download IE 7 beta. It is flawless IMHO. You won't have to transfer favourites or reset custom settings. You won't have to re-install when it is officially released. Tabbed browsing, themes, addons, auto-detection, spyware and virus blockers plus a kind of anti-virus 'protection mode' and of course all-round universal compatibility. Needless to say it's great.

<font color=skyblue>I have been thinking about IE 7 beta, and how many IW'ers are using it. I want to think that its better to wait until the official release, unless there are many IW'ers using it with no trouble...</font>

IE 7 is awesome, after Firefox started downloading updates and other stuff automatically, I never went back ;)

where can I get IE7 from?

Microsoft's download page.

Here.

But still inferior to the mighty Opera IMO.

Stable version: http://www.opera.com/download/

Beta version: http://labs.opera.com/

Any reasons?

I used opera for some time and didnt like it at all. The interface, the tabs, the speed...

Lol, those are some of the reasons I like it :)

It may be worth trying the latest versions if you experienced it a while ago, but hey, if you didn't like it then there's no reason why you should use it.

Personally it gets my vote because I find it much speedier than FF (but then I find IE faster than FF), I have highly customised mouse gestures which I can't replicate with a FF extension, I love its email programme and Opera 9 has finally delivered an ad-blocker and site-specific preferences.

And if security is your thing, I think FF still has a couple of unpatched remote execution holes whereas Opera 8 is the only browser to not have a single discovered security flaw.

If you didn't like Opera's interface, it will be interesting to see what you make of the IE 7 interface as that's had quite a redesign and looks pretty similar.

Do let us know how you get on [img]smile.gif[/img]

The interface was the main reason I didnt like Opera (and the main reason I like Firefox), but I suppose it is a matter of taste.

Firefox is still causing same problems... looks like I'll be giving IE7 a try.

I just downloaded Opera, and it doesn't look bad at all. A bit different from firefox, though, but I guess I'll get used to it.

edit: Whoah! This thing takes voice commands! Impressive.

[ 05-19-2006, 05:03 PM: Message edited by: Iron Greasel ]

OK, so my mom was cleaning my keyboard. As a result, Firefox's "Find in this page" gets called whenever I type " ' " or shift + 7 (/), the direction keys are not responding, neither are the delete/home/end/pgup/pgdn, shortcuts for copy and paste, ctrl + click for new tab...
Anyway, this is REALLY annoying. I can't begin to describe how much. It did it about a dozen times as I was writing this. I downloaded Keyconfig and tried reverting everything back, didn't(AAARGH!!) help.

what the heck did she clean your keyboard with? acid?

V***V

I dunno... The problem only happens in Firefox, all other applications function normally.

? I have been using Firefox for well over a year now with no problems. Although truth be told, I had no issues with IE prior to my Firefox usage either( I switched to Firefox due to the added functions at that time).

Do you guys check and scan for spyware and viruses on a regular basis? Periodic defragmenting helps too. These little maintainences go a long way in keeping your PC and its' applications healthy.

been using ffox for a couple of years, and i've never had problems with it. never even read about a problem like BoB is experiencing on the mozillazine forums: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38

the only thing i can think of is that you may have downloaded a trunk or branch version that's still a work in progress. i currently use 1.5.0.3, the latest stable build, and it's running great on my system.

sorry your initial experience is so stressful. :(

V***v

I've been using Firefox for a while with no problems, and am happy with it. The two biggest things in its favour for me are: 1. tabbed browsing; and 2. the Google search box.

I tried to make IE6 as "Firefox-like" as possible by installing the Google search box as well as the MSN tabbed browsing - unfortunately MSN tabbed browsing comes with the crap MSN search tox as well. I fixed it by shrinking the MSN search box to a tiny size and putting it right on the edge of the browser.

But I still prefer Firefox. I only use IE if I need to access bank sites or other secure areas which I can't using Firefox. What I *have* noticed though is that since I upgraded to v1.5, I've been seeing that "can't connect to this site" window a lot more frequently - I usually have to reclick it a couple of times before it connects.