More reasons to switch to Firefox?

re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

subzerohitman721 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:31:17 GMT

I actually want to switch over to Firefox but after I get some newer hard drives. Unfortunately with gas prices as they are, I've had to freeze any upgrades to my PC's. After the $4 a gallon price gouging began, I've cut back a lot of my expenses. If I want to go through the process of deleting IE7 and starting over with Firefox 3, I really want more space and plenty of time to do that. Just a personal preference.

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re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

Waethorn — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:35:40 GMT

"Why should anybody have to worry about what site they go to? That's just stupid."

It's stupid to think that the world is a holly jolly place too. The world is bad. Get used to it. The internet is no different.

re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

Mum — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:55:58 GMT

"Like it or not, my last comment proves my original point - if you go to a site like that, you're just asking for trouble."

Why should anybody have to worry about what site they go to? That's just stupid.

re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

Waethorn — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:43:46 GMT

"I had some small respect for you, until that comment above."

LOL!....coming from the <insert gender here> that said:

"YES PLEASE BEND ME OVER RIGHT NOW"

Hey, if you're feeling guilty now because you thought the proverbial finger was pointed at you, that's your problem. Like it or not, my last comment proves my original point - if you go to a site like that, you're just asking for trouble.

"Anything you say after that comment is completely irrelevant IMHO."

Funny, but your comments don't require any lead time to become irrelevant.

re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

Snakedoctor1 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:04:58 GMT

"So I have to wonder if you click on every ad banner claiming to have the cure for a small penis...."

Waethorn.....I had some small respect for you, until that comment above. If I look up J@ck@$$ at wikipedia it says "see Waethorn".

Anything you say after that comment is completely irrelevant IMHO.

re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

DRWAM — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:12:15 GMT

FF has acted erratically with Flash add-on/plug-in at some sites for my kids [using XP]. This has happened with two of three computers where the sound is missing during some games at kids sites. I won't mention the sites as it may lead to multiple pings, if you remember what happened last time I did so. IE 6 and 7 ran smouthly at the same sites with the same Flash add-on.

re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

Dude1313 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:46:23 GMT

Firefox + Adblock + Filterset G = better then any browsing experience of the last ten years bar none. Safari, pffffttt. IE? hahahahhahaha don't even get me started on that dog.

Firefox utilization goes up, Internet Explorer utilization goes down. It will be interesting to see if the Mozilla team can keep up the track record of being secure and on top of things. So far they have done alright by me.

re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

Mum — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:01:20 GMT

At this point in time, you'd be crazy to use Windows on pc's. Microsoft is a black hole and I don't trust this operating system or the way they foist it on people.

re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

simongoldring — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:21:41 GMT

I find Opera to be incredibly useful - it's the bittorrent client not banned by my school!

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re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

Waethorn — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:04:06 GMT

""a webpage that they weren't supposed to be"? Your finger-pointing is amazing. Brightrev had it right, but you got it wrong again. As usual."

So I have to wonder if you click on every ad banner claiming to have the cure for a small penis....

re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

Snakedoctor1 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:20:40 GMT

"More than likely it's because they were at a webpage that they weren't supposed to be that was serving up that ad."

You've gone completely off the rails, Wae. "a webpage that they weren't supposed to be"? Your finger-pointing is amazing. Brightrev had it right, but you got it wrong again. As usual.

I agree you are way off base Wae. Its not only pirate and porn sites. Its lots of stuff. A google search for something and a click on one of the returns could be your doom for a XP user.

My wife will get emails from some internet scum that look like totally legit Bank of America emails. Sure I have shown her how to hover over the link and notice it comes from Russia or wherever but Joe User would click once on the link...and that is all she wrote for an XP box, god forbid they actually end up giving up real info.

Anyhow no matter how you cut it, it really comes down to running as a full admin on your XP box, and the user somehow saying "YES PLEASE BEND ME OVER RIGHT NOW" by some action they take.

OS X, Linux and Vista (if you are NOT STUPID enough to turn off UAC) dont allow this type of scenario. I applaud MS/Vista for finally catching up the rest of the world in this area.

re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

DRWAM — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:11:48 GMT

techboy2000, some of us must use Active X for work. That is why I need IE 6 with XP. The hospital still has not updated our PACS [GE Centricity] software to prevent incompatability problems with IE 7, although the patch has been available for over a year. I was getting a perpetual installation continuous loop of the GE Active X software with IE7. I played with the settings and ignore the pop up to install and it will work. Other guys just can't get it to work. Either way, we need Active X or we can't use the browswer to view images [CT, MRI, ultrasound, Nuclear medicine, and x-rays].

re: More reasons to switch to Firefox?

Flenser — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:07:01 GMT

"FireFox add-ins are based on XUL which runs in a scripting language and have the same permissions as javascript (safer). A potential bad FireFox add-in can do less damage than ActiveX malware."

Not true, JavaScript add-ons run with Chrome privileges and could do plenty of damage to your system.

That said as long as you only install add-ons from addons.mozilla.org you should be safe as they are all reviewed before they are made available to the public.