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yesterday i had no idea what Firefox was i had no idea that a world past Microsoft existed i still don't know if i care put i put it to the good people of blonde to decide.

Lynx edit 'Microsoft' to Internet Explorer

and firebox to firefox ?

lol what is firebox? is that the version floppy uses?

Think i got away with that one  ::)

Lynx is the greatest at typos


 ;kneelsucker;

i now have firefox/firebox  8)

Just got a new laptop and didn't even think about my Browser but had been using Firefox on my desktop for sometime.  Have never really had any issues with it - Mrs lost my bookmarks once as it didn't like turning PC off at wall without shutting anything down but it seemed stable and you just kind of get fond of the settings.

So the laptop arrives and back to IE - what an awful experience that is the speed seems slower, and the adverts and pop ups that beat IE ruins my surfing my experience.

I ran back to Firefox as fast as my Broadband would allow me - but the best thing has to be Ad-blocker a wonderful invention its some sort of ad-on (plug in), stumble upon is also good for finding new sites. 

So my vote is Firefox all day long.

Loving the avatar m8 :D

I am learning some things in life should be shared. :)up

IE7 is quicker and has all the funtionality without downloading plugins.
TBH i don't care who uses what but i had constant problems with FF and have never had 1 with IE, and that's the most important thing.

IFM,

You are the only person I know that has had problems with FireFox. Also, IE7 is NOT quicker than FireFox ;grr;


Just give it up... ;surrender; ;)

nope bill gates doesnt like it either

Very true...

But unfortunately, I don't know Bill Gates

you want his email addy

its bill@mircosoft.com

tell him iron says hello

Erm a few folks on here have had problems, even in this thread there is mention of the infamous lost bookmarks bug in FF.
IE7 is MUCH quicker!

 ;snoopy'sguns;


When is the last time you reformatted?

Why would i reformat?

Answer my question 1st and I will give you an answer

In years gone by many, many times but in this day and age (post Win98) i haven't had any reason to.

no need to reformat anymore

i used to reformat once every 2 months

Hmmm.

I was told by an expert that you should reformat XP every 3 months!

I do my computers every 6-12 months

So what was the answer ???

If you did a reformat - FireFiox would definitely work properly on your comp.

How old is your comp?

nemesis XP doesnt need formatting anywhere near that much if you have the right software installed and do the correct housekeeping

once ever 18 months is more than enough and even then only if you do alot of installing and unistalling

So you reckon i should wipe all the files and settings that i have collected and use in order to get Firefox to work on my computer?
When all i need to do is use IE7??
Interesting.............................. >:?

IE7 is an abomination.

Its called being lazy.

What settings? Just back everything up, do a re format and then Bobs your Uncle and Robert is your Mothers Brother - you will be able to use FireFox.

I bet you havent done a re format in years :D

Spring clean! ;tk;

Lazy, spring clean, reformatting.............what are you going on about?
You are saying i have to pee about for hours and hours for what? to use Firefox?
There is no guaranteeing it will work anyway.

I love the marketing blurb "we think our software will work after you wipe your hard disk clean and reload all of your software"

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

what the hell is a re format and why dose nobody tell me about these things

Forget reformatting mate, only do it if absolutely necessary!!
If FF works and you like it then use it, simple really.

Nem if you use the software in the link i gave you (in your pc thread) then you can save a snapshot of your system after a fresh format. Then reformatting takes about half an hour (plus backup time) as opposed to half a day.

My work computer i had to rollback (=reformat) about a month ago, that was the first time in 18 months but that's because i buggered it up trying to get Intel fortran + microsoft's C++ and sdk to work with some finite element software (honestly, microsoft can't write anything that works).

On my home computer i haven't had to reformat in 2 years (i use opera). I run nod32, etrust spyware guard, pcbugdoctor (it works and doesn't delete things you actually need) and o&o defrag. No problems.

voted option c as i have no idea what half of you are going on about - i use my laptop for playing poker and putting sports bets on the USPGA and watching tourcast. They all work with no problems and i leave everything as it was when i bought it over a year ago :)

Exactly, only mess with it if you have to!

What link?  I cannae remember  ;tk;

The amount of shit you get from downloading torrents and re-installing means I like to reformat every 6months for Optimum Performance. (maybe I'm wrong in doing this)

I use Diskeeper Premier Professional for defrag.

Can I ask why you use Opera? I did use it for a while but it is very buggy.

The link was for restoreIT.

Opera was my first alternative to IE so i am familiar with it. I got fed up with IE about 3 years ago so i went in search of others. Opera claimed to be the fastest (don't they all) and i liked the little bar that popped up at the bottom so i knew if i was actually downloading a page or if my connection was hanging (i think you can get  a FF plugin for that now). I also liked the way i could start my browser from the last place i left off (as you mentioned before). Since then they have added a feature so that you can reopen a tab (if you accidently close it) and you still navigate backwards (i.e. it's not just reloading the last page you were at). Now you can also download a torrent using opera although you can only limit up/download bandwidth at the beginning of the download. The only quirk i have had was when i tried to view secure pages, sometimes it would take ages to load but that was sorted by changing max total connections to 128 (from 20) in the preferences menu. Finally, it was developed by some european guys (polish i think).