Thread: Firefox V Internet Explorer

Firefox for me. I like the bookmarks toolbar. Why not download it and give it a try. it's free.

I prefer using non Microsoft gear, simply because it' safer. For emails I use Incredimail, not OE.

I switched to Firefox 10 months ago and I'll never go back to IE. Do yourself a favour and get Thunderbird email its also top of the tree.

Originally Posted by Gumby

I prefer using non Microsoft gear, .

How?
I use all MS stuff along with Norton, and have never had a problem.
Are you just too cheep to buy anti virus stuff??

Al :confused:

Originally Posted by ozwinner

How?
I use all MS stuff along with Norton, and have never had a problem.
Are you just too cheep to buy anti virus stuff??

Al :confused:

Norton ! No, I'm over that stuff too. I use Trend Micro PC cillin for Anti Virus, Spyware and a firewall, plus I hide behind a D-Link router. You'll never find me.

It's just that lots of crap is written to get around IE and OE, and Norton as well, so if you use something else, the chances of avoiding trouble are less.

I use the Fox and Thunderbird with almost no problems. Firefox has a much smaller footprint that IE and has some cool add-ons. In particular the weather in the toolbar is pretty neat.

I have had a minor hassle with thunderbird not sending the odd email with attachments - but other than that no dramas.

Cheers

I use Firefox at home and the IE engine in a tabbed browser at work because FF seems to have "issues" with the corporate network.

I'm led to believe that FF's security is better then IE's, but that belief is really only based on hearsay.

The best thing about FF is that it's Open Source. Which means that anybody can write add-ons for it. So it's probably more innovative than IE. However, when all is said and done, it's just a browser.

My 0.05 cents.

Originally Posted by craigb

The best thing about FF is that it's Open Source. Which means that anybody can write add-ons for it..

Like, say, Hackers!!??

Al :eek:

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Like, say, Hackers!!??

Al :eek:

Well yes, in the truest (and original) meaning of the term.

Ie, don't look on a hacker as being a destructive little toerag, but a simple nerd who is interested in improving a piece of software.

I'm pretty sure that the Mozilla people have a means of screening out the malicious.

I tried and liked opera also firefox and still use agent as a email and newsreader and used to use netscape but now I use IE simply because its there and it stays there using up HDD space anyway so why not.........I have a firewall and virus checker (zonealarm) and to date no probs and years ago I started using pc's with XT CGA screen and dos
Pete

I use Firefox. I like the tabbed browsing facility. Firefox also seems faster to me. I won't be going back to Internet Explorer.

Regards,
Mirboo.

I use IE6 and Firefox and Opera.
Each one has a different email web site setup as the homepage.
Prefer in order,1-FF,2-Opera, 3-IE a very sad last.

If I want to keep a webpage for reference purposes, Using IE6 I select all and copy to clipboard then paste it into Word.

I use both IE and Firefox. Firefox eats up resources and stalls before IE does under the same punishment and there are times when I push both very, very hard.

I use OE for emails and have never suffered the problems other people rave about.

I use Microsoft's AntiSpyware and periodic checks with spybot and the other cool programs that people reccomend have never shown a problem.

I run Norton Internet Security without hassle, without drama and the occasional check with other programs has yet to find something Norton didn't.

There is a lot of anti microsoft hysteria about programs. In the past, a lot of this was justified. Recently though, I can't find the 'problems' because they aren't on my machine which, by the way, is a Dell which is supposed to be &&&&& too.

My beast. A bottom of the range Dell running Norton Internet Security and using IE and OE (with Firefox used for comedy relief). Regular updates. Two years running on broadband, turned on at 8 in the morning and turned off after midnight every day. NEVER had a problem. This has been the most reliable computer I've ever used.

Richard

Oh, BTW, I also get my broadband from bigpond and, like the other stuff mentioned above, I'm the exception that must prove the rule because it gives me no grief and I have yet to see a plan that beats mine (sorry children, no data transfer slowdown on my plan).

i 2 use firefox and incredimal have done for a years now love them not a lover of ms stuff mind u id like to get a clunker computer and get a linux box going :0 ) is good ... try firefox u wont go back ......

jules

ps was a netscape user years ago

Originally Posted by echnidna

I use IE6 and Firefox and Opera.
Each one has a different email web site setup as the homepage.
Prefer in order,1-FF,2-Opera, 3-IE a very sad last.

If I want to keep a webpage for reference purposes, Using IE6 I select all and copy to clipboard then paste it into Word.

In IE, look up Help . . . Contents and Index . . type in "synchronizing Web pages" and browse, it may offer you more for less effort.