Firefox

[Robert Collins]

If any of who haven't tried Firefox then you should. It is far better than IE because for one reason it resolves the security issues associated with IE and it will either replace IE as time goes on or force Microsoft to make dramatic improvements on their IE browser.

I have been using it for sometime now and I can say that I no longer suffer from the bad security leaks that I experienced while using IE. No more 'spyware', no more 'hidden' installments of unwanted software, no more annoying popup, etc, etc. Better links to search engines. And the improvements just go on and on.   

Firefox browser also come with open source code. Now you can see what makes it tick. The source code is written in C++ but I'm sure alot of you will have no problem examining the source code and figuring out how it works. It's quite large. The downloadable zip file is 41.5KB and after it's been unzipped it's a whopping 210MB with 35,513 files and 5,501 folders. There is no way you will be able to link it all together unless you also download the build files (not included with the source code).


http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/                    - Download the Firefox Browser (41.5KB)
http://www.mozilla.org/download-mozilla.html           - Download the Source Code (4.8KB)

[hutch--]

Firefox is good but don't be afraid to test out K-Melion from sourceforge, uses the mozilla/netscape gecho engine but is leaner and faster than both.

[exluddite]

I like Firefox but I've noticed something odd with it lately. I'm not sure how or why, but the small icons that appear next to the bookmarks and on the tabs in the browser shuffle around. Not in the tabs actually, but just in the bookmark listing. For instance, I have an MS butterfly next to a message board's bookmark.
I've noticed this in XP Pro as well as Suse 9.1, so I'm fairly certain it's Firefox. I suppose it could have also been something I did to both systems, but I can't imagine what.

[shankle]

Tried to find K-Melion on www.sourceforge.com. No luck.

Please give an address.

Thanks,
jps :green2

[alpha]

I believe it is spelt K-Meleon. http://kmeleon.sf.net

[Xor Stance]

 :wink IE updates from microsoft, supports FTP pretty well, why use another browser?  :snooty: I think we should use only IE since,
can't wait till longhorn xml.

[Robert Collins]

Well, as for me, I get a little ticked-off after d/l'ing their updates and they either don't work or they introduce new problems. And still, the security leaks in my IE 6.0 are still there.

[Xor Stance]

heh! there're many updates for security rather than the IE. If you have a router cfgs as a firewall, ports protected by the ISP.
I downloaded like 4 gbs of everything for MS, except the server applications old updates. You should really check there lots of updates for many things. Also, I don't think a firewall software it's wise, but after your pc is urn off; you should really turned on the firewall from sp2.

[Robert Collins]

Well, it's like I said........alot of them dont work....they bomb out at the last minute after a long time trying to get it installed. And, besides, Firefox already solved the security problems I was having with IE so why keep IE when Firefox does the job.

[drhowarddrfine]

I like Firefox but keep going back to IE because many of the sites I visit break under Firefox.  My son said most of his game sites won't work either.

[thomasantony]

Hi,
   I use both Opera and FireFox. I have the habit of saving a lot of webpages. I have a virtual encyclopedia on my HD becos of the saved pages. Opera I use for browsing, but I use FireFox for saving as opera puts all the images that come with the site in teh smae directory while FireFox like IE, puts it in folders called htmlname_files where htmlname is the name of my html file.

Thomas Antony :U

[King_Lacho]

I don't know, I just like Opera a little bit better. Actually a friend of mine and me measured the time it took two computers (one with Opera and one with Firefox, both on the same lab) to load the same page, and Opera beat Firefox by 5 seconds.

What can I say, it's just that I'm really pro-Opera

[Tedd]

<--- One K-Meleon convert :U

(It's a lean, mean, browsin' machine!)

[hutch--]

K-Meleon, GREAT ain't it. I discovered it a while ago. Makes the rest look like snail bate.

[Xor Stance]

I don't trust in all that browsers anymore, since it's corrupted my html script, before I look sites very different after using any of these. GUI from Opera is pretty but, I don't trust yet any.