I.E. vs Firefox

drogulus · February 17, 2009, 12:58:58 PM

Quote from: opus67 on February 16, 2009, 07:46:52 AM

FWIW, I use Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009020911 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.6.

You don't really think anyone knows what all that crap means, do you?

Wanderer · February 17, 2009, 08:06:00 PM

Quote from: Coopmv on February 16, 2009, 07:40:07 AM
Do most members here use FireFox instead of IE?

I use both; more Internet Explorer than Firefox, though. I also used Safari for a little while, but the novelty has wore off (it's still installed but seldom used).

Opus106 · February 18, 2009, 05:12:32 AM

Quote from: drogulus on February 17, 2009, 12:58:58 PM
You don't really think anyone knows what all that crap means, do you?

I don't expect everyone to understand what all that means, but as long as they can read the word Firefox, I think it gets the job done. The rest of it is for anyone who wishes to know more.

drogulus · February 19, 2009, 12:48:00 PM

Lethevich · February 19, 2009, 06:47:52 PM

0:)

Maciek · February 20, 2009, 08:27:25 AM

0:)

Coopmv · February 21, 2009, 05:14:16 AM

I am now running FireFox version 2.0.0.20. Is there any reason not to upgrade to the latest version offered by Mozilla? I keep getting that popup urging for my upgrade but so far has been clicking NO.

Opus106 · February 21, 2009, 05:32:08 AM

Quote from: Coopmv on February 21, 2009, 05:14:16 AM
I am now running FireFox version 2.0.0.20. Is there any reason not to upgrade to the latest version offered by Mozilla? I keep getting that popup urging for my upgrade but so far has been clicking NO.

No, none that I can see. Firefox 3 has been around long enough for it to be considered stable and safe for everyone. In fact, sooner or later, 3.1 will be coming along.

drogulus · February 21, 2009, 05:39:14 AM

You could do 2.0.0.21 or you could just skip it and go to FF 3. Is there any reason you want to stick with 2? FF 3 is much faster in the javascript tests:

FF 2.0.0.21pre:   712ms

FF 3.0.6:    335ms

FF 3.2.a1pre:   49ms

The tests were conducted today.

Coopmv · February 21, 2009, 05:44:34 AM

Quote from: drogulus on February 21, 2009, 05:39:14 AM

You could do 2.0.0.21 or you could just skip it and go to FF 3. Is there any reason you want to stick with 2? FF 3 is much faster in the javascript tests:

FF 2: 712ms

FF 3.0.6: 335ms

FF 3.2.a1pre: 49ms

The tests were conducted today.

Not really. I just started to use FF more recently even though it has been downloaded to my computer a while back. The loading of a lot of pictures simultaneously can be a bit slow. So there is really no stability issue with FF version 3.0?

drogulus · February 21, 2009, 05:49:54 AM

Quote from: Coopmv on February 21, 2009, 05:44:34 AM
Not really. I just started to use FF more recently even though it has been downloaded to my computer a while back. The loading of a lot of pictures simultaneously can be a bit slow. So there is really no stability issue with FF version 3.0?

I think it's pretty solid. I have occasional glitches with the newest version but even that is fine most of the time. The 3.2a1pre is now my default and the 3.0.6 my main backup, though I hardly ever need it. I'd get the 3.0.6.

drogulus · February 21, 2009, 08:06:55 AM

Quote from: Lethe on February 19, 2009, 06:47:52 PM

0:)

Ummm, I...uh....don't you think this is .........never mind.

Lethevich · February 21, 2009, 10:52:37 AM

Quote from: drogulus on February 21, 2009, 08:06:55 AM
Ummm, I...uh....don't you think this is .........never mind.

I just giggle that anybody could consider Opera that superior to anything, let alone make a manip of it - it's like the Linux of browsers

drogulus · February 21, 2009, 11:55:56 AM

I'm convinced Opera is great, maybe the greatest, since it has a wand and other things I don't know about. OTOH, FF is ridiculously easy to use since they don't deviate much from the basic Mosaic design IE stole from Netscape way back when.

Sure, you can make it look different with themes, and take the names off the buttons to make it confusing and technical like I do. It's still the same dumb old browser, and it still works really well.

_0:)

flyingdutchman · February 21, 2009, 10:20:55 PM

I like Flock

71 dB · February 21, 2009, 10:36:12 PM

I use IE only at work because other browsers are not allowed. At home I use Opera. FF is used for some few pages that don't quite work with opera (e.g. www.bof.fi, "Bank of Finland" where I check the currency rates before buying online).

Opus106 · February 21, 2009, 11:01:02 PM

Be wary of yet another add-on apparently making its way into Firefox without the user's permission. This time thanks to Sun.
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/21/1955220

Diletante · February 22, 2009, 03:45:45 AM

I downloaded Firefox way back when IE had no tabs, so using FF was a no-brainer. Now that's not an issue, but I have gotten so used to the FireGestures add-on (lets you navigate using mouse motions) that navigating the 'old way' with IE feels clumsy. Whenever I use IE for a page that doesn't run properly on FF, I find myself doing the gestures to no avail :/

Jay F · February 22, 2009, 04:13:24 AM

Quote from: drogulus on February 17, 2009, 12:58:58 PM
You don't really think anyone knows what all that crap means, do you?

Thank you.

Opus106 · February 22, 2009, 06:31:52 AM

Quote from: tanuki on February 22, 2009, 03:45:45 AM
I use IE for a page that doesn't run properly on FF

Why?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419