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Penny Lane
11-06-2004, 04:36 PM
Firefox is the greatest! I have had no spyware or viruses since I switched from Internet Explorer. And it is faster too! Those of you who are having IE problems, like I had lately, must get Firefox! I highly recommend it!
And I found out about it here on Chit Chat and I am eternally grateful! You guys rock! Love Ya!:happyface :wave:

Hollow
11-06-2004, 04:42 PM
it blows. the only convienient thing about it is the tabs. IE is 1000x better.

Stormtracker TF
11-06-2004, 04:47 PM
Can't beat firefox for security and all...But I still can't get myself to switch. I've been using IE for almost 5 years and it's hard getting used to Firefox because it looks so similar but everything is in odd places.

Still freaks me out that the :rotflmao: smiley moves at 60 mph.

Brent88
11-06-2004, 04:50 PM
Originally posted by Stormtracker TF
Still freaks me out that the :rotflmao: smiley moves at 60 mph.

:rotflmao: :eek:

MandieR1980
11-06-2004, 05:01 PM
I love it it's alot faster and my spyware is ALOT less I used to get in the 30s and 40s now I get like 8 LOL and no pop ups have snuck in either.

PZelda
11-06-2004, 05:56 PM
Amen to that! :D

spunkygirl
11-06-2004, 06:33 PM
I love it! IE sucks big time, I don't know how it can be better than Firefox :eek: Too many security issues with IE :eek:

Plus IE is slower than molasses :(

Hollow
11-06-2004, 06:42 PM
Originally posted by Stormtracker TF
Can't beat firefox for security and all...But I still can't get myself to switch. I've been using IE for almost 5 years and it's hard getting used to Firefox because it looks so similar but everything is in odd places.

Still freaks me out that the :rotflmao: smiley moves at 60 mph.
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/botheredx/

Stormtracker TF
11-06-2004, 06:46 PM
Originally posted by safety pin
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/botheredx/ Precisely.

...And for some odd reason Firefox is actually about twice as slow as IE and makes my computer MUCH slower. I have no idea what it is about it but for the little time I used it, that was enough for me to just go back to IE.

spunkygirl
11-06-2004, 06:49 PM
Originally posted by Stormtracker TF
Precisely.

...And for some odd reason Firefox is actually about twice as slow as IE and makes my computer MUCH slower. I have no idea what it is about it but for the little time I used it, that was enough for me to just go back to IE.

Hmmm maybe it depends on the type of program you use on your computer. IE takes forever to load for me, I compared it with Firefox and it took twice as long to load as Firefox did :(

Dutabi84
11-06-2004, 07:03 PM
Firefox pwnz IE. The only thing I don't like about Firefox, is that the copy-paste feature on many IRC search engines don't work, you gotta do it in IE.

Penny Lane
11-06-2004, 08:12 PM
I have had so much trouble with IE lately that I tried using Netscape for a while. I still had spyware problems with that. So far I have had no problem with Firefox. I really don't understand what some of you are talking about not liking it!:confused: To each his own I guess!:lol:

Brent88
11-06-2004, 08:15 PM
Originally posted by safety pin
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/botheredx/

:eek2:

I am Roboto
11-06-2004, 09:50 PM
Personally, I like Mozilla Navigator (part of the larger suite) better than firefox now. Mozilla suite will load a portion of itself into memory for faster loading, a feature that firefox has yet to incorporate, and even on my 2GHz machine, it takes 5-10 seconds to open the firefox window....

Perhaps they'll fix this when Firefox 1.0 goes gold.

Hollow
11-06-2004, 10:28 PM
Originally posted by Brent88
:eek2:
and guess whose post was :grr:

Brian
11-06-2004, 10:30 PM
I've used Firefox for weeks and weeks now and I love it. No spyware, no popups, no problems. It loads fast for me, so I don't know why it is slow for others.

KJH278
11-06-2004, 10:35 PM
Is Firefox free to use, if so what is the link

PZelda
11-06-2004, 11:26 PM
Originally posted by STEPH_McMAHON_FAN
Is Firefox free to use, if so what is the link

Yes, it's free.

Here (http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/0.10.1/Firefox%20Setup%201.0PR.exe) is a direct link to download it. www.mozilla.org is the page. This is just v1.0PR -- meaning it's version 1.0 of the browser and PR is a preview release of it. The full version will be out on Tuesday. :)

I am Roboto
11-06-2004, 11:34 PM
Originally posted by Stormtracker TF
Precisely.

...And for some odd reason Firefox is actually about twice as slow as IE and makes my computer MUCH slower. I have no idea what it is about it but for the little time I used it, that was enough for me to just go back to IE.

Since Windows 98/2000 (or NT4.0/95 with the shell enhancement), IE has been integrated into the actual Windows Explorer interface, meaning it's already loaded into memory when your system starts. That's why Microsoft will always have an advantage in speed.