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First of all:
Please stop using IE in general!!!!!
Well, i know that there are several alternative browsers, but my fav is firefox.
Load it, use it, love it!!
:)
Current Version: 3.0.5
P.S.:
I have uploaded the english version of this program, if you want to dl a version in a different language, go here:
www. mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
Scroll down & choose your language!
In my estimation, I have found Firefox to be one of the best, if not "THE" best browser around, it's quicker, it is constantly being upgraded, has a vastly superior selection of add ons and is more secure than "Billy Boys Bloated Browser!!"
I highly recommend that you give it a go and I doubt you will ever look at IE again!
If you hadn't upped this JL, I sure as hell would have!!
Cheers!!
The only time I had any trouble with firefox is on dialup,that's when I started using safari for windows.Now that I have a better connection firefox is the only browser I use,the add ons are fantastic.Guys try it with DownThemAll and you will never go back to IE.:D
Coming as it does, highly recommended from 3 FF stalwarts here, I shall definitely be giving it a go ;)
Never tried it before John... but WOW! What a difference to IE!
Thank you very much :D
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Originally Posted by elgrego
Been using it for a couple weeks now, a vast improvement, the addons make a ton of difference too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SimonKemp
I'll echo the thanks for sure
Great Simon!Quote:
Originally Posted by SimonKemp
Try this plugin - you will be sold on it!!!
http://www.facialforum.net/showthread.php?t=25171
You should give the new Google Chrome beta browser a try. I couldn't believe how fast it loads pages that have never been cached before. I just installed it earlier today on my PC, and it's better than I would have thought. (Only available for XP/Vista at the moment)
I use both a Mac and a PC due to my work on-line. I also have every flavour of browser installed on both the PC and Mac, so I can check things. This new Chrome from Google looks like it just may be both an IE and FF killer ;) The webmaster boards have been all abuzz about it.
Just go to Google and there is a link to it right on the main page.
Carol xoxoxo
Thanks for the tip CC, it's quite a good browser, I am using it right now as I key this, as it is a beta I think it still has the feel of a "work in progress" though, it is a quick loader but for me it lacks the versatility of Firefox (the option configurations, add ons and themes)Quote:
Originally Posted by CarolCox
But in time maybe that will come, certainly better than IE, but it won't tempt me away from Firefox.
I had problems with IE and downloading stuff.
Quiet a few of the 'old' hands around here suggested ff.
It is really good, it also comes with other 'little' programs that allow you to do lots more than IE.
Download vids, pics and imbeded movies (Youtube etc).
I will not go back to IE on my home system. EVER.
***Update***
I have uploaded the newest FF Version (3.0.2), which the mozilla corp. has released today!!!
It is recommended to update immediately!!!
Firefox 3.0.2 contains the following updates:
* Fixed several security issues.
* Fixed several stability issues.
* Official releases for Sinhala and Slovene are now available.
* Beta releases for Bengali, Galician, Hindi, Icelandic, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, and Thai are available for testing.
* Fixed a number of minor issues with the layout of certain web pages.
* Fixed several theme issues that affected right-to-left locales.
* Fixed issue that caused some users with customized toolbars to have their Back and Forward buttons go missing (bug 426026)
* Add new Extended Validation (EV) roots to Firefox 3.0.2.
* On certain IDN sites, the password manager would not fill in username and password details properly.
* Fixed several hangs and crashes that occurred when using screen readers.
* Fixed Mac-specific issues:
o Keyboard shortcuts would stop working in some cases.
o Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Indic characters can not be entered (using IME) into text fields in Flash objects (bug 357670)
o Firefox 3.0.1 could not be used when the user profile is stored on an AFP directory (bug 417037)
I have been using FireFox on a serious basis for just the last month or so. I never had much of a delay loading pages before with IE so I can't truly say FireFox is faster. But I do have to agree that the add-ons available with FireFox make it a great tool for downloading. DownThemAll alone makes it an incredible tool.
For those of you with more experience with FireFox I want to ask which add-on in your opinion is the best one for downloading and converting embedded video files? Especially flash files like those on YouTube.
I use DownLoad Helper for al the .flv vids from the web sites. It's easy to use, it doesn't convert them though.
Also with regard to all the add ons that are available from Firefox, remember to install only the ones you find you need as, "like everything else" if you install too many it will eventually slow Firefox down.
News from the mozilla corp.:
Hey everyone,
Shortly after releasing Firefox 3.0.2 our QA and Support teams began
seeing reports of problems certain users were having with the Firefox
Password Manager. This was being caused by non-ASCII data (in domains,
logins or passwords) saved as something other than UTF-8 failing to
convert back to Unicode (see bug 454708) which was a regression from a
fix to make the Password Manager work on IDN sites with characters
over U+0100 (see bug 451155).
The symptom is that users who have password data stores with non-ASCII
data saved as something other than UTF-8 (more common for people who
have saved passwords on IDN domains or non en-US domains) will not be
able to access their saved passwords or create any new saved
passwords. There is no permanent dataloss, the saved data is just
inaccessible. While this doesn't affect all Firefox users, it is a
significant regression and has triggered a fast-release Firefox 3.0.3
which will contain a single fix for this issue. Once released, this
will restore the functionality for all users.
The fix has been landed and tested, and builds are coming out and
being delivered to QA today. We hope to be releasing updates on the
beta channel by early next week and issuing a release soon thereafter.
cheers,
mike
***Update***
I have uploaded the newest FF Version (3.0.3), which the mozilla corp. has released today!!!
It is recommended to update immediately!!!
Firefox 3.0.3 contains the following changes:
* Fixed a problem where users were unable to retrieve saved passwords or save new passwords (bug 454708)
* See the Firefox 3.0.2 release notes for previous changes.
Thanks for this support John ! FF is the best.
:)Quote:
Originally Posted by ronaldbr
THX mate!!!!
***Update***
I have uploaded the newest FF Version (3.0.4), which the mozilla corp. has released today!!!
It is recommended to update immediately!!!
Firefox 3.0.4 contains the following updates:
* Fixed several security issues.
* Fixed several stability issues.
* Official releases for the Icelandic and Thai languages are now available.
* Beta releases for the Bulgarian, Esperanto, Estonian, Latvian, Occitan, and Welsh languages are available for testing.
* Updated the internal Public Suffix list.
* Fixed an issue where the IME input tool used to enter Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Indic characters was covered by the "Add Bookmark" panel. (bug 433340)
* Enabled additional EV root certificates. (bug 451305)
* Fixed an issue where some passwords saved using Firefox 3.0.2 did not work properly. (bug 457358)
* In some cases, Firefox would not properly save proxy settings for protocols other than HTTP. (bug 446536)
* See the Firefox 3.0.3 release notes for changes in previous releases.
***Update***
I have uploaded the newest FF Version (3.0.5), which the mozilla corp. has released today!!!
It is recommended to update immediately!!!
Firefox 3.0.4 contains the following updates:
Firefox 3.0.5 fixes several issues found in Firefox 3.0.4:
* Fixed several security issues.
* Fixed several stability issues.
* Official releases for the Bengali, Esperanto, Galician, Hindi, and Latvian languages are now available.
* Replaced the End-User License Agreement with a new "Know Your Rights" info bar on initial install.
* When installing multiple signed XPIs simultaneously, previous versions of Firefox would fail.
* Fixed several issues found in the accessibility implementation.
* Added the ability to send OS-specific system notes in the crash reporter.
* See the Firefox 3.0.4 release notes for changes in previous releases.
Just downloaded Firefox 3.5 test beta and it is super fast as far as I can tell,worth looking at.:D
Yeah, it is fast ! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by safn1949
Too bad some of my add-ons don't work anymore:mad:
They will have that figured out soon,I would think.What doesn't work?Quote:
Originally Posted by ronaldbr
I know, that is one of the disadvantage of using a beta release.
I miss the most my Tab Mix Plus add-on.
/* update */
Fixed now found an update: Tab Mix Plus Dev-Build 0.3.7.4pre.090516. Now I'm happy again :)
I just have to say to anyone who doesn't use Firefox, get it now.
I was one of those people who used Interent Explorer and thought it does the job for me, but with Firefox my browsing is a hundred times easier. Couple it with the downthemall add on and you will never go back to Explorer.
I just have to add I had one of those moments today when I thought, "Why didn't I know about this?"
Clicking the mouse wheel in on a link opens it automatically in a new tab, I used to right click the link and do it form the drop down menu. It may save seconds but it just one of those things that makes browsing that little bit easier.
You may be thinking, duh! I knew that already. But it reminded me off someone at work who asked what the wheel on the mouse was for and when I showed them it was like a revelation.
Anybody have any more tricks they routinely use without thinking about that speed up browsing which we may not know off?
I just installed Firefox 3.5.1.
It's better than the previous version, especially for speed, but DownThemAll doesn't work properly any more, which is a disaster as far as using FF.net is concerned.
If I scroll down a DownThemAll list and select a file for download, the window flips back to the top. It should stay at the line I've selected, which makes it easy to select a few files from a long list, or all files in a block but not other blocks. The way it is now it's practically unusable unless I want to select all files.
Has anyone else encountered this and solved the problem?
[I will report it to the developer, of course, but I know there are quite a few users of this excellent tool on FF.net.]
Is there another download tool as useful as DownThemAll?
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Originally Posted by andyr21uk
And if you click the mouse wheel on the tab you opened,it will close it,very groovy.I learn every day.:D
I don't have any problem with DownThemAll with the 3.5.1 version.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fingers
I have version 1.1.4 of DownThemAll. Did you try al;read to restore the original settings ?
I am using android device default internet app. Whenever I try and download an attachment or pic I open it in a new window and try to save. Every time I try and save it saves the pic as an htm file. How do i save it as a jpeg etc? Will use of fire fox on my android device fix this issue?
i updated to the lastest version