ALL Firefox Browser Threads.

[Allan Carr]

I have just downloaded the Firefox browser to try and it is considerably faster than IE.

Can be downloaded for free from

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Allan

[DanE]

This is an excellent browser and it's use should be encouraged!

dan (using it since it was called Phoenix, then firebird...)

[Dominic]

I've been using it for months. The best thing about it isn't the small size, the improved security, the popup blocker, or anything else.

It's the legions of plugins! The mouse gestures one is particularly useful, and the adblock plugin is great - stops all those "You've just won a prize" and "Your computer clock may be wrong" banner ads.

[johntemp]

It's a superb browser as it:

Blocks popups at the browser level
Prevents sites from installing applications that you don't want
Enables downloads to be restarted should you loose the connnection

And best of all, it's not by Microsoft

[diveross]

Thanks for that Allan.

Downloading now.

[Jon Tunstall]

i am interested in the firefox browser, one question though or maybe a couple..
does it remove internet explorer or merely adds another browser ie you can choose either and if you dont like it is it easy to remove from the pc?
Cheers
jon

[rasilon]

Originally Posted by Jon Tunstall

i am interested in the firefox browser, one question though or maybe a couple..
does it remove internet explorer or merely adds another browser ie you can choose either and if you dont like it is it easy to remove from the pc?
Cheers
jon

It just adds another browser you can choose to use -- IE is left alone. I expect it can be removed with the add/remove thingy, it's trivial to remove under Linux and Mac OS so I can't see it being a pain under Windows.

[Tonto]

It even works from a USB mem/drive, keeps the settings whichever machine it is used on. tabbed browsing ...mmmmhhhhh...

Umm should have said its a slightly different version :-
http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/

[Jon Tunstall]

Thanks for the info, Have downloaded it and am now using it, quite nice, dont think i'll get the missus using it tho.

[Janos]

I use Opera, and it's brilliant.

Only downside is some websites (eg Esure) attempt to detect if you're using the latest version of your browser, and complain if you're not using IE (blah) or above, or Netscape (blah) or above. Sadly they don't recognise antthing else and ask you to update your browser, so I wheel out IE for those moments.

Laters,
Janos