firefox is REAL good, only complaint is that when i download something, it gives me less options than IE as to where to save it or if i just want to open it.
If you go into Options (tools->options), you can set it to ask you. By default, it just dumps stuff on the desktop, so that it doesn't really annoy you with those dialog boxes. Oh, and the download manager is badass.
I've tried them all. IE is not an option for Mac any longer because Microsoft no longer supports IE for Mac. Safari is decent if unspectacular. I don't care for Opera because, as a web developer, it is BY FAR the pickiest when it comes to CSS and HTML. There are things you can do that will work in every browser with ease that Opera will screw up. I've been using Firefox for probably about six months and I really, REALLY like it. It still has a few bugs here and there, but, overall, the best of the bunch.
if i still had my mac, i would have stuck to safari, which is excellent no doubt Vengeance: thx for that little tidbit, helped alot
I started to use Firefox a few months back from suggestions in this forum and loved it ever since. One caveat, I can not use it to access MS gaming zone. It would not launch their game room applet.
firefox. Fast and efficient. You can import your IE settings if you're still using IE. I've tried mozilla, but that runs loads up alittle slower; it's basically a full featured version while firefox is stripped down to its essentials
some pages don't load for firefox because many of them are designed for IE. The compatiblility is getting better though, because i remember when i first used mozilla and alot of the pages won't work. 3rd party software have started to support mozilla and firefox now which is good.
If you use Windows XP, try to install SP2, it will make your IE so much better, it will block pop-ups and activeX. I still use IE on Windows just because it will read 99.9% of websites without any problems. But I do use Firefox on my Linux machine.
Can somebody help me out on this? Suggestion of a browser that dispays text at 1280 by 1024 resolution in medium size. I.e. I have a 19 inch LCD monitor that runs on 1280 by 1024 resolution. With internet explorer it diplays many web pages almost perfectly if I turn off in Advanced Options " Ignore font sizes specified on web pages" under the accessibility feature. But I still have problems viewing some pages with text being scrunched up and overun by ads etc. I used Mozilla but the default text is always too small for the resolution I'm using so I have to choose the zoom future to increase the size of the text on some web pages (like news articles) but sometimes the text is distorted to being overly large on some web pages while others are okay. The problem with Moziila is it does not remember the zoom setting u choose once you close the browser and open it again later. What browsers out there can you guys recommend for displaying medium size text at 1280 by 1024 resolution without having to constantly tinker with the text size feature on the web browser? An important thing as well is it remembers the text setting u choose if you close the browser and reopen it the next time. Thanks Alot
The bookmarks on the toolbar can be removed just by right-clicking on them and then delete. I think that is what you meant. SP2 stands for service pack 2, right? I think it is a Windows Update, but it is supposed to fix a lot of security flaws and stuff. I never did get around to getting SP2. I'm a little worried about it. I've heard some bad things about it and since I don't have any problems with spyware, viruses, etc., I'm just avoiding it for now.
The man has spoken. I have used both Opera and Firefox. Liked them both. Firefox is more standards compliant from what I have seen and read. Firefox biggest push is to be the most standards compliant browser on the market. For the person who asked about Netscape ... My understanding is that AOL who owns Netscape freed the Netscape source. The Mozilla organization took over the free and open source. Mozilla as a part of its efforts decided to loosely couple the browser components: the browser, email reader, news reader, and html editor. The standalone browser became what is now known as Firefox.
Service Pack 2 from Microsoft. It enhances IE, such as adds a popup blocker and etc. Pretty nice update
You have to go into control panel, windows security, then antivirus recommendations. Then tell it that you monitor your own antivirus. shouldn't bug you any longer.
