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Firefox 1.0 is pretty cool
Just installed it today. Love the tabbed browsing. Takes a bit of getting used to to close the tabs instead of the windows, but it's a lot handier.
I went to the Mozilla site and they have plug-ins organized alphabetically, but some are for Mozilla, some are for Mozilla FIrefox 08, some for Mozilla Firefox(no number specified), and I'm not bumping into any that really give more description on what they do than there is in their title. Like, Adobe Reader or something I can figure out for myself. The other stuff, though, I dunno what all that is. I have a feeling this is going to be real confusing for a while, with Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox in different versions, and I bet lots of times people not being specific about what works where. I saw some plug-ins saying that if you used them in the wrong browser there could be trouble, one even saying you had to edit your registry or it would crash your browser. No thanks to that lousy of an installation program. Anybody have any particular favorite plug-ins or suggestions for Firefox 1.0? |
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Re: Firefox 1.0 is pretty cool
Ya I just read about it. Gonna try it out.
See if other poeple can add some cool features. Great thing about open source products! |
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Re: Firefox 1.0 is pretty cool
Well it doesn't work with the .co.uk version of Amazon's secure pages and my online banking don't look right. I'll stick to IE even with its flaws for the time being.
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Re: Firefox 1.0 is pretty cool
Well, two pages not working right is hardly a reason to not use a browser.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's something you have to change in your settings, like enabling encryption, since Amazon's secure server is encrypted. Your security settings may not be set right or something. I just checked my own U.S.-based Amazon account, and I got in fine. Could be there's a big difference in the UK version, but I dunno. I wouldn't push away the program before figuring out if it's on your end first, though, and anyway, problems with secure sites only keeps you away from one part of surfing, not all of it. |
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Re: Firefox 1.0 is pretty cool
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Anybody have any particular favorite plug-ins or suggestions for Firefox 1.0? [/ QUOTE ] "paste quote" is the bomb. |
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Re: Firefox 1.0 is pretty cool
I don't know if it is updated for 1.0 yet (I have .8 and just learned that 1.0 is out), but All-in-One Gestures is awesome.
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Re: Firefox 1.0 is pretty cool
What's that one do, toman8tr?
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Re: Firefox 1.0 is pretty cool
Firefox is the best. Ive been using it for about 6 months now. Its way faster than IE. Tabbrowsing is the best feature. You can set as many homepages as you want and when you open Firefox they all open in their own tab. Mouse gestures are pretty cool. Lots of other cool extensions if you really want to customize your browser.
INSTALL IT NOW You will thank me later. I find that I still have to use IE about once a week. In another 6months to a year, I doubt that I will ever have to use IE again. |
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Re: Firefox 1.0 is pretty cool
I'm using Opera, even though I also use IE (e.g. this site sometimes get messed up in my version of Opera) - is Mozilla Firefox better than Opera? Opera has had tabs for ages, mouse gestures also, great true fullscreen mode, page zooming, pop-up protection that works great, and so on. Just wondering if there is something in Firefox that would make a switch from Opera worth it.
The only "bad thing about Opera" is that quite a few web pages don't follow the standards, but use Microsoft-invented crap. Follow the standards, you bastards! |
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Re: Firefox 1.0 is pretty cool
I've put it in, and really like the tabbed browsing a lot. I didn't know about the multiple homepages thing. That could be good for me so I can get open new pages onto a blank page. I'm on a dial-up modem, and opening from a page already filled with stuff means I have to download junk all over again before the change. Normally I just keep one separate window blank specifically to spawn daughter pages off that, but some places like Eurobet like to hijack a web page and write over it whenever you leave the site or visit the cashier, and my blank pages disappear.
Don't know what mouse gestures are yet, but remember reading about how great they were somewhere before. I didn't pay much attention though, because I didn't even have this browser yet. |
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