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Banana
22nd May 2004, 16:59
Good news for you IE sufferers out there. Firefox (mozilla's excellent new web browser) is available for Windows - and, like all the best things in life, it's free.

Features:
http://texturizer.net/firefox/features.html

FAQ:
http://texturizer.net/firefox/faq.html

and here's why you should be moving from IE to Firefox:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/why/
davebee
22nd May 2004, 17:17
how does this perform with regrard to pop ups, adware etc?
Banana
22nd May 2004, 17:17
have you read the FAQ?

Actually I know you haven't because the answer's there ;)
davebee
22nd May 2004, 17:21
bah. you could just put it here!
davebee
22nd May 2004, 17:36
I have just installed it and **** me its fast!
Edmundo
23rd May 2004, 11:27
'tis nice, but can I import my IE favourites?
Edmundo
23rd May 2004, 11:31
bloody hell - it's done it for me!
davebee
23rd May 2004, 15:38
its good stuff isn't it?
Edmundo
23rd May 2004, 15:51
Well, it seems quicker than IE and I haven't encountered any major negatives yet.

But curiously the width of these 'reply to' boxes is much smaller using Firefox. I wonder why that is?
BA-Bee
23rd May 2004, 16:20
WOW! Its very fast- so far seems the best out there from first glances!

However i ran Ad-aware straight after installing it and it found 28 items!
German Bee
23rd May 2004, 20:40
Donīt seem any faster than I.E why bother
Edmundo
23rd May 2004, 22:17
Originally posted by BA-Bee
WOW! Its very fast- so far seems the best out there from first glances!

However i ran Ad-aware straight after installing it and it found 28 items!
I ran ad-aware to see if there was a problem and it found nothing.
Edmundo
23rd May 2004, 22:50
Originally posted by German Bee
Donīt seem any faster than I.E
Are you sure? Are you dialling up or broadband?
davebee
23rd May 2004, 23:31
my adaware found 85 objects. Not sure how many of those are from IE or due to the dodgy sites I visit.... :sneakoff:
Simon C
24th May 2004, 09:29
Originally posted by German Bee
Donīt seem any faster than I.E why bother

Tabbed browsing, a trustable popup blocker without having to download seperate programs, decent support networks where you will find answers and solutions to your problems (don't even bother with Microsoft), themes so you can customise the browsers appearance, handy extensions like a css editor which wil allow you to edit a sites stylesheet within the browser, not being exposed to the viruses, trojans, etc that expose IE's many security flaws. I could go on but I won't. Oh and it is faster. ;) :wave:
Banana
24th May 2004, 10:55
Glad to be of service.
Simon C
24th May 2004, 12:00
Originally posted by Banana
Glad to be of service.

I've been using it a while. So are you going to show us the stats on how much impact this has had on how people access the GPG?
Banana
24th May 2004, 12:26
At the start of next month

(as that's the "bucket-sizes" the stats are available in)

but some are available here: http://www.griffinpark.org/forums/vbstats.php
German Bee
24th May 2004, 20:47
I want to view my favourites like I.E down the side.
When i change view sidebar once i close it reverts back to the drop dwon menu.
Alex
24th May 2004, 21:06
Originally posted by German Bee
I want to view my favourites like I.E down the side.
When i change view sidebar once i close it reverts back to the drop dwon menu.

Stays there on mine when I close and re-open :confused: