Mozilla vs IE

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Postby ardypilot » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:25 pm

So which is better, the latest browser from Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer?

My personal favourite is Firefox, with the open end user compability, the easy to use tabbed browsing and all the many features that IE never though to include...
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Postby Zöltuger » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:30 pm

i suppose 'which is better' and 'which one do you use' are 2 different issues
i use IE, but FF is supposidly better. hopefully IE7 restores the balance (but unlikely)
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Postby Charl » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:03 pm

the easy to use tabbed browsing and all the many features that IE never though to include...

IE7 now has tabbed browsing and I find it a mixed blessing.
(Alt-Tab switches faster than point and click.)
What else does Firefox do that IE7 doesn't ?
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Postby Codge » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:45 pm

As I said in the other thread-Firefox and NZFF, Firefox is better according to those who know far more than I. I suppose it comes down to how clever you are (or think you are) I have a friend who uses a pentium2 running Linux just to have what he calls a rock solid firewall. Then there is a windows emulator from there to turn it all back into what we are all used to,which is networked to the main computer that has XP like the rest of us.He's not really paranoid he just likes tinkering and seeing what can be done with his endless supply of old bits and pieces.

I hate computer criminals that think they're clever writing viruses just to piss us all off and waste our time and money. They give teenagers a bad (even worse) name.Too much time on their hands-send them to Iraq or Afganistan.

Some people just don't like Microsoft,why just cos' they're big and sucessfull,they obviously aren't flight simmers,or maybe they use X-plane,just anything that ain't MS.Use Firefox,just do it for the right reasons.
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Postby ZK-MAT » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:45 pm

I like the extensions you can get with Firefox ( https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/ ) . I use AdBlock and Video Downloader the most. With video downloader it will grab the video embeded in web pages, adblock filters out ads effortlesly and is customisable. StumbleUpon is pretty cool too, select a few interest categories and it will serve up a feast of web pages with the same themes. Always a good bet when bored.

Tabbed browsing was the killer app for me, I find when at work now (with IE) I can't stop using the middle mouse button to open pages in new tabs. If IE7 has tabbed browsing that's cool, it's about time :P

It's all about personal prefs though in the end ...
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Postby Alex » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:07 pm

I'm using IE7 over FF, really the only thing that made me sway over to IE is that it looks cooler :P , and its easier to open new tabs. :)

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Postby ZK-MAT » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:16 pm

Press the middle mouse button in FF to open a new tab .... easy :P
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Postby AlisterC » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:33 pm

Ad-block in FF is brilliant, I wouldn't be without it now. No more ads :D
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Postby squirrel350 » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:13 pm

Have just gone to FireFox cos IE6 was closing NZFF's site everytime I tried to visit
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Postby Alex » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:45 pm

ZK-MAT wrote:Press the middle mouse button in FF to open a new tab .... easy :P

Well at least I still have the looks. :P

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Postby ZK-MAT » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:37 pm

Round Three ... fight!!


Hehehe, if it was anyone else but you or Alister I'd drop it there but I know ya, so ...

Firefox has 100's of
THEMES

unless of course you're talking about your rugged good looks, but I guess I better stop that right there :blink:
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Postby Alex » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:42 pm

ZK-MAT wrote:Firefox has 100's of
THEMES

unless of course you're talking about your rugged good looks, but I guess I better stop that right there  :blink:

...

:lol:

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