Comments on: Firefox on the march http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251 Níl ann ach raiméis : It's nothing but nonsense Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:45:18 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Madradin Ruad http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-84 Madradin Ruad Thu, 23 Sep 2004 03:31:34 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-84 Not sure if you'll get this , but it even got a mention in The Belfast Telegraph! Not sure if you’ll get this , but it even got a mention in The Belfast Telegraph!

]]> By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-83 maca Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:23:31 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-83 I'll email you tonight when i'm behind my PC so I can check the settings. I had trouble initially because if I remember correctly in some place there are looking for a username but really you have to enter the full email address.<br /> I have to double-check that though. I’ll email you tonight when i’m behind my PC so I can check the settings. I had trouble initially because if I remember correctly in some place there are looking for a username but really you have to enter the full email address.
I have to double-check that though.

]]> By: Madradin Ruad http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-82 Madradin Ruad Mon, 20 Sep 2004 05:16:29 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-82 Yes...but I cannot figure out how to collect Yahoo or Hotmail on it:( Yes…but I cannot figure out how to collect Yahoo or Hotmail on it:(

]]> By: Madradin Ruad http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-80 Madradin Ruad Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:50:43 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-80 Their Thunderbird is a lot better than Outlook express! Their Thunderbird is a lot better than Outlook express!

]]> By: Maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-81 Maca Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:50:43 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-81 Have you installed Thunderbird?<br /> I use it all the time, it's an excellent mail client. Have you installed Thunderbird?
I use it all the time, it’s an excellent mail client.

]]> By: Madradin Ruad http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-79 Madradin Ruad Fri, 17 Sep 2004 20:20:30 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-79 On principle I changed - seems to work OK ! On principle I changed – seems to work OK !

]]> By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-78 maca Fri, 17 Sep 2004 20:09:21 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-78 In general probably not an awful lot easier except maybe pop-up blocking (though IE now has this) and nagivation which I said is fantastic. Tabbed browsing is also handy, even for non-techies as well as the Live Bookmarks which is very handy for Slugger as I said.<br /> Also, it's easy to resize the text which you cannot do in Internet Explorer on many websites. That's handy as the eyesight fades ;) In general probably not an awful lot easier except maybe pop-up blocking (though IE now has this) and nagivation which I said is fantastic. Tabbed browsing is also handy, even for non-techies as well as the Live Bookmarks which is very handy for Slugger as I said.
Also, it’s easy to resize the text which you cannot do in Internet Explorer on many websites. That’s handy as the eyesight fades ;)

]]> By: Madradin Ruad http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-77 Madradin Ruad Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:10:58 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-77 Most of that meant nothing to me :) But will it make life easier for a non-techie ? Most of that meant nothing to me :) But will it make life easier for a non-techie ?

]]> By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-76 maca Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:30:07 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-76 Off the top of my head<br /> <br /> 1. Better security, Internet Explorer is full of holes and being a MS product is a target for hackers. Firefox has much better security.<br /> <br /> 2. Stability, Firefox is a very stable browser. I get a lot of crashes with IE.<br /> <br /> 3. Speed. Firefox is faster at displaying pages. <br /> <br /> 4. Web Standards. maybe not important for the average user ... but during the Netscape vs MS war each company invented their own web code and there was no consistent standard. Now there is a standard (and has been for a number of years) but Microsoft don't fully support it. Firefox fully supports it.<br /> <br /> 5. Features. Firefox offers advanced functions through "extensions" so you can add the functionality you need. <br /> <br /> 6. Navigation. Firefox offers a number of navigation methods. For example, highlight a word and drag it a few centimeters, the browser will automatically search for that word in Google. There's also "Mouse Gestures" so you can do various functions such as opening windows or refreshing the page just by moving your mouse in a particular way.<br /> <br /> 7. Tabbed browsing. You have one main browser window open but have "internal windows" in tabs. Very useful when you get used to it.<br /> <br /> 8. Customization. as well as extensions you can completely change the look and feel of Firefox by installing "themes"<br /> <br /> 9. Good bookmark and download managers.<br /> <br /> 10. Good update manager for the browser, themes and extensions<br /> <br /> 11. "Live" Bookmarks and RSS, ideal for Slugger.<br /> <br /> That's about all I can think of ;-) Off the top of my head

1. Better security, Internet Explorer is full of holes and being a MS product is a target for hackers. Firefox has much better security.

2. Stability, Firefox is a very stable browser. I get a lot of crashes with IE.

3. Speed. Firefox is faster at displaying pages.

4. Web Standards. maybe not important for the average user … but during the Netscape vs MS war each company invented their own web code and there was no consistent standard. Now there is a standard (and has been for a number of years) but Microsoft don’t fully support it. Firefox fully supports it.

5. Features. Firefox offers advanced functions through "extensions" so you can add the functionality you need.

6. Navigation. Firefox offers a number of navigation methods. For example, highlight a word and drag it a few centimeters, the browser will automatically search for that word in Google. There’s also "Mouse Gestures" so you can do various functions such as opening windows or refreshing the page just by moving your mouse in a particular way.

7. Tabbed browsing. You have one main browser window open but have "internal windows" in tabs. Very useful when you get used to it.

8. Customization. as well as extensions you can completely change the look and feel of Firefox by installing "themes"

9. Good bookmark and download managers.

10. Good update manager for the browser, themes and extensions

11. "Live" Bookmarks and RSS, ideal for Slugger.

That’s about all I can think of ;-)

]]> By: Madradin Ruad http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-75 Madradin Ruad Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:10:36 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=251#comment-75 Why change ? What are the advantages ? Why change ? What are the advantages ?

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