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Title: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: STMO123 on 17 December 2008, 19:49:07
Now I've updated IE7 and am using it again, I'm thinking I kinda liked firefox :o
Title: Re: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 17 December 2008, 19:50:41
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Now I've updated IE7 and am using it again, I'm thinking I kinda liked firefox :o

 ;D ;D

depends on the sites you are using..try IE8 ;D
Title: Re: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: STMO123 on 17 December 2008, 19:51:43
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Now I've updated IE7 and am using it again, I'm thinking I kinda liked firefox :o

 ;D ;D

depends on the sites you are using..try IE8 ;D

I thought IE8 wasn't quite cooked yet?
Title: Re: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: waspy on 17 December 2008, 19:53:02
I used FF while the scare was on, but i've come back to IE7 again. I just find it so much easier to use :y
Title: Re: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 17 December 2008, 19:56:45
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Now I've updated IE7 and am using it again, I'm thinking I kinda liked firefox :o

 ;D ;D

depends on the sites you are using..try IE8 ;D

I thought IE8 was quite cooked yet?

I think enough cooked..no problem now :y
Title: Re: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 17 December 2008, 20:00:55
Prefer Firefox, used IE7 once this arvo, not fussed about it anymore.
Title: Re: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: Jimbob on 17 December 2008, 20:07:59
Dunno about better or worse, I just prefer it.

Esp on lower spec systems, a lot more responsive than IE, esp IE7
Title: Re: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: Bandit127 on 17 December 2008, 20:11:57
FF with Noscript.
http://noscript.net/

Hosts file.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Windows Defender.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx

AVG and Windows Firewall.

A NAT router with SPI on. Ping turned off.

All religiously up to date.

It's not bomb proof but it does reduce the amount of ways that someone will find a way in and then make something stick.

Bomb proof is not connected to the Internet, no removable media and a restriced rights user login. But that's no fun at all.  :y
Title: Re: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: willyboy on 17 December 2008, 23:12:27
To me Firefox is much better laid out especially organised stuff like "bookmarks"  :y
IE only used for m/soft updates ... ;)
Title: Re: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 December 2008, 18:32:53
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To me Firefox is much better laid out especially organised stuff like "bookmarks"  :y
IE only used for m/soft updates ... ;)
The advantage of PCs is you can use whatever suits you best :y

The big issue I have with Firefox (and certain other software) is the way that their users are somehow conned into thinking they are safe, and thus rarely update their software.

FF users are no more safe than IE users (actually, based on past history, they are less safe), so you need to keep it updated.

The number of OOF users, according to our logs (which does record browser used, and version), who are still using V2 (which even FF say must not be used now), or even V1, or even V0, is quite large.

If you want to use FF, great, but FFS, keep it updated!!
Title: Re: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: willyboy on 18 December 2008, 21:59:22
Tried FF vers 3. had issues with it not storing bookmarks etc ! went back to v 2 :-X
Title: Re: Firefox better than IE7?
Post by: Nickbat on 18 December 2008, 22:33:56
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Tried FF vers 3. had issues with it not storing bookmarks etc ! went back to v 2 :-X

Seems you may have had a problem with damaged sqlite files. Here's the fix:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox#Damaged_sqlite_files