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therippa
Fluffy-Esque
Kazakhstan
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Saint Jude
Alien Abductee
USA
2144 Posts |
 Posted - 11/09/2004 : 2:26:35 PM
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firefox is great.
using it now. |
Remember, turn off your tv. Read. |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2004 : 2:34:37 PM
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| i'm a chump. case in point, i have to ask questions like "what is firefox? |
death to false metal. |
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therippa
Fluffy-Esque
Kazakhstan
1099 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2004 : 2:47:39 PM
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Originally posted by dan p.
i'm a chump. case in point, i have to ask questions like "what is firefox?
Firefox is a browser based on mozilla that kills Internet Explorer.
On the site you can read reviews and faqs with reasons why.
Give it a shot. Make sure to install the Adblock plugin and use a filter from this site...it'll block 99% of web ads.
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2004 : 9:09:02 PM
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Glad to see I'm not the only chump. What makes firefox so superior to IE?
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2004 : 11:20:47 PM
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| i'm using it now. seems about the same. |
death to false metal. |
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Erich
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1427 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2004 : 11:54:59 PM
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Originally posted by GuitarGuy305
Glad to see I'm not the only chump. What makes firefox so superior to IE?
Adam
IE is not standards compliant, opting instead to use propriatary coding for web pages. just look at the css box-model problems IE has and you'll see why its frustrating to try and code properly. Thats why the W3C exists, to standardize the web so that information is exchanged in an efficiant manner. Unfortunatly, IE dissagrees with these standards, opting to tweak them for their own liking. By doing so, they prevent standard complient browsers like FireFox, Safari, and others to render some pages properly. This forces venders to adapt to IE or lose out on 90%+ of the market.
IE is also security hole city. they can patch it up however many times they want, but something thats open sourced and worked on constantly will never be as buggy as IE.
IE is also bloated in comparison. FF is quicker, easier, and the tabbed browsing is just amazing. |
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dancingtracie
Is Anybody Here?
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Posted - 11/10/2004 : 4:42:40 PM
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www.stopie.com
firefox is great!!
as a dear friend of mine puts it --
IE is like being drenched in goat cum.
Mozilla(firefox) is the towel which cleans you off!   |
- tracie aim: dancingtracie34
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 7:43:47 PM
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| now that's classy. |
death to false metal. |
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dancingtracie
Is Anybody Here?
5 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 8:57:24 PM
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maybe not, but truth isn't always classy....
now, where is your sense of humor .....hmmmm? ;) |
- tracie aim: dancingtracie34
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 11:18:57 PM
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hahaha. good question, tracie. i see you have one of those bunnies. therefore i ask you the selfsame question. haha.
i'm only playing. |
death to false metal. |
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dancingtracie
Is Anybody Here?
5 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2004 : 11:31:04 PM
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haha, me too ;)
but don't piss off the bunny, I can't be responsible ;)
btw-- the bunny supports Firefox  |
- tracie aim: dancingtracie34
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GuitarGuy305
Alien Abductee
USA
2007 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 08:34:50 AM
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Originally posted by Erich
By doing so, they prevent standard complient browsers like FireFox, Safari, and others to render some pages properly. This forces venders to adapt to IE or lose out on 90%+ of the market.
I'm pretty much convinced to take the time to DL Firefox this weekend. One other question though, the above leads me to believe that some pages wont display correctly on FireFox due to what you were saying about the market conforming to IE's standards. So, is it still necessary to view some pages in IE?
How's FireFox on blocking Adware, Spyware and that junk?
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CPPJames
Yak Addict
Fyro Macedonia
800 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 08:51:59 AM
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Originally posted by GuitarGuy305
How's FireFox on blocking Adware, Spyware and that junk?
Ridiculously good. I have never had a pop-up with any mozilla software (full Mozilla or Firefox). As far as the page rendering goes, it's compliant with W3C standards, which IE is not. Basically, if you run into a site designed specifically based on IE standards, it will look render oddly. I have this problem with the pages I write, because we're forced to use IE specific standards where I work. Our pages look like crap on Firefox. If you take any reasonably good site out there, odds are it's going to render just fine in Firefox. |
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that don't. |
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rubylith
Fluffy-Esque
1915 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 09:23:33 AM
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 11/11/2004 : 8:58:42 PM
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| somehow i always end up putting those bunnies about on the same plane as the "you laugh because i'm different. . ." shirts and stickers. although the ones that say "eat me" do have a certain charm to them. |
death to false metal. |
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