Firefox?

Published on December 18, 2004 By Sleeping Dragon In WinCustomize Talk

Well, I may bite, but I would like some trusted opinions first. I read an article that Firefox will be the first "real" successful competition to Internet Explorer, succeeding where Netscape did not. So I want to know:

Why is it better than ie?
What are it's limitations?

I do not have problems with ie, but of course I don't know all of the issues.

Could I get opinions of those that have used both?

Thanks in advance.

Comments (Page 2)

Sleeping Dragon

on Dec 18, 2004

Thanks Essencay. I'll take the plunge, and see what happens.

Sleeping Dragon

on Dec 18, 2004

Downloaded. First thing I notice is that my taskbar is not skinned and the icons of "my favorites are not set to their custom "iconpackager" theme. If I reapply the blinds and IP, will this change?

Rutabaga64

on Dec 18, 2004

I downloaded Firefox on a whim a couple of months ago, and it's the browser I use most frequently. The only time I use IE or Netscape is if I really really have to...sometimes some websites aren't Firefox-friendly, and can only be properly viewed in IE or Netscape. But otherwise, it's Firefox all the way...it's so much faster, easier to use, and like others have said, very customizable with the themes and extensions.

As for your question about the icons not having their IP theme...if I'm understanding your question correctly, you don't see the IP theme icons in the Bookmarks menu because Firefox has its own themes you can set. Like right now I'm using the Noia Extreme theme, so when I open my Bookmarks sidebar, the icons that are shown there are part of the Noia Extreme theme, not my Christmas Time IP theme.

Hope that makes sense!

Sleeping Dragon

on Dec 18, 2004

got ya.

Lady Aarielle

on Dec 19, 2004

From everything I've read here..... I'm jumping on this bandwagon and going to check this "Firefox" out.

Jafo

on Dec 19, 2004

Firefox lets me leave Wincustomize.com

IE6 refuses my logoff.....

Help...I'm being held hostage.....

Solosturm

on Dec 19, 2004

well, if you consider that in an atricle a few weeks back ago, the US Goverment asked for everyone to please STOP using IE due to to many security flaws, they ressomneded another browser, and Firefox was on the list (Top of the list, that is)...

No, firefox uses it's own skin settings, so you will need to download and install a good skin for you.

Lady Aarielle

on Dec 19, 2004

Hey, fellow hostage, IE wouldn't allow me to logoff either!

Nifty little browser... Firefox seems to be quite a bit faster than IE.

Me likes it!

StepASide

on Dec 19, 2004

IE Rules and it's better than Firefox.. that's my opinion

{IE,Opera and Firefox, I use them all!!

N71

on Dec 19, 2004

Firefox is my Fav, like others have said I only ever use IE for windows update now, there are far too many reasons why Firefox is a better browser to list them all here.

If a site does not load with Firefox.... screw it, I don't rush to open IE to see it I just give it a miss..

Fuzzy Logic

on Dec 19, 2004

Firefox is ok if you use it as it is. By the time I got all the extensions I needed to make the thing functional, it ate so much ram it had to go.

Uninstalling it didn't go well. I ended up doing a clean install to get everything back to normal. Never again...

N71

on Dec 19, 2004

Your kidding right Wizop Fuzzy Logic ? I just cant believe this is true....

this make you like the only person I have ever heard of EVER that had issues with the prog.... maybe its time to upgrade....

C'mon admit its you Mr Gates

Sleeping Dragon

on Dec 19, 2004

So far, I am having problems. My connection is high speed, but firefox definitely slows down my windows. What I mean by that is, scrolling to the bottom of a page is much slower, and the windows that are opening (on the web) are slower. I tried to uninstall and then none of my objectdock quicklinks would work because firefox was not found. I tried to set a new targets for them and received the same results. Reinstalled FireFox, but really want to use ie as my main browser. Any ideas how to switch back without having to do a recovery?

GreenReaper

on Dec 19, 2004

You should just be able to start IE and it will prompt you, if the checkbox at the bottom of Tools/Internet Settings/Programs is ticked.

Note that Firefox tends to be faster at opening tabs than it is at opening windows. You might not be used to using this feature - middle-click or ctrl-click a link to open it up in a new tab.

edjorge

on Dec 19, 2004

Firefox is open source.

That's explains all, coz everybody can improve it and SHARE.

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