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06-20-2005, 11:01 AM
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Actually, Lennon, I just read in a few of pc magazines that ALL the major browsers have loopholes for exploitation by hackers or spyware etc and a major problem these days is people thinking that just because they aren't using IE they are 'safe' on the net!
I think it's all a matter of balancing your needs from a browser with what you feel you can manage on the 'safe' end (adding extra protections with firewalls and such) no matter what you choose. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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06-20-2005, 11:16 AM
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I started using Firefox a few weeks ago. For some sites I find it loads pages faster, especially at work (dial-up). I kinda switch back and forth re Firefox and IE, depends on what site I want to go to. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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06-20-2005, 01:31 PM
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John Locke
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I use firefox, for a month or two now. Everything loads much faster, and the animations are superspeeded. (LZ's thing is moving at a million miles an hour. [img]tongue.gif[/img] )
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06-20-2005, 06:45 PM
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06-20-2005, 07:48 PM
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I thought you were a Mac guy? Some animated GIFs look like they play fast in Firefox on Windows, because IE/Win slows them down. EDIT: And re the title of the thread, the term is 'web browser'. The web is but a small part of the internet, and there is no such thing as an 'internet browser'. [ 06-20-2005, 08:20 PM: Message edited by: LennonCook ] |
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06-21-2005, 03:23 PM
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John Locke
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I thought you were a Mac guy? Some animated GIFs look like they play fast in Firefox on Windows, because IE/Win slows them down. [/QUOTE]Yeah, I have a mac, but animations seem to go faster than they usually should/do. |
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06-21-2005, 03:53 PM
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Firefox.
Extensions are quite helpful in avoiding some of the more annoying aspects of the web (flash ads in particular, especially the ones that make noise)
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06-21-2005, 04:38 PM
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I used to like firefox, then got turned onto Opera, now version 8 is out. Don't even see a link for firefox anymore, oh well.
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06-21-2005, 08:43 PM
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I thought you were a Mac guy? Some animated GIFs look like they play fast in Firefox on Windows, because IE/Win slows them down. EDIT: And re the title of the thread, the term is 'web browser'. The web is but a small part of the internet, and there is no such thing as an 'internet browser'. [/QUOTE]Not trying to be a smart a-- but we are internet brower's  I have been using Firefox for almost 21 months and I love it. Then with a few add ons like spywareblaster, Ad-Aware, Spybot Search & Dsstroy and AVG Free antivirus I havent had a popup or a re-direct trojen horse last more that 30 seconds since loading all of them. Befor Firefox and these few helpers I would spend Half of every day just wanting to launch my computer to the moon one way. I will never go back to IE with Norton Antivirus ever again.
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06-22-2005, 08:17 AM
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Firefox.
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