anyone use Mozilla's Firefox web browser yet?? (it's fast.)

FYI...

The new Firefox web browser is A LOT faster than MSIE and doesn't pose the security threats that internet explorer does... i'm using it right now and even the DU forum seems to be faster...

http://www.mozilla.com/

They're terrific - especially the "Tiny URL" extension and "Bug Me Not."

Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/6r4tj

if you want more control over tabs

since I usually have several windows open.

I have found that not all sites support Firefox, though, so it's necessary to keep IE around for certain things.

to view in IE. (Can't remember if that was an extension or if it's just there.)

I also wish it didn't crash so often. But a small price to pay as it's easy to recover tabs after the crash.

It seems like the History files only includes URLs for the pages viewed on that particular tab. If a tab has been closed, I often can't get back to it via History.

I suspect there are a number of Firefox features I haven't discovered yet.

https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&version=1.0&os=Linux&category=Navigation&numpg=10&id=12

Basically, it lets you use your mouse for simple tasks. For example, if I want to open a new tab, I just right click and drag the mouse downward. To go back one page, just right click and drag the mouse left. To refresh a page, right click and move the mouse up then down. It's very customizable. One problem...you'll find yourself doing it in other applications that don't support mouse gestures like Excel and stuff. Kinda funny.

i wouldn't go back to IE for anything.

That rocks!

It takes up valuable real estate.

Also I am getting stuff together for a mop up of a computer some hot-shot kid loaded. The computer is on dial-up, so I'm down loading stuff from the net to my computer to burn to a CD for the project. I down loaded FireFox and checked it out. Not a whole lot different from Netscape 7.2.

The question for anyone: What freebies are out there for E-mail?

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

It pairs nicely with FireFox. :)

But IE sux in so many other ways.

everything seems so much EASIER and straightforward.

EVERYTHING is easier in Firefox. To get that bar in IE, you have to turn on the "links toolbar" by right-clicking the tool bar and checking "links" Then you can drag bookmarks to the links bar. Like you said, much easier in FF.

...it's all I use. I've been using it ever since v. 0.7 or so.

since Netscape 3.1 in '97.

DU just FLIES with it!

:D

http://tinyurl.com/6p3tm

bill paying...

have had it for a few weeks and it's make a night and day difference int he aggravating ads and shot I went through with explorer. Will never go back!

Open Firefox.
Type "about:config" in the address bar (no quotation marks).
Find these options, double click each one and change to below values:

network.http.max-connections: 48 (24)

network.http.max-connections-per-server: 24 (8)

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy: 12 (4)

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server: 6 (2)

network.http.pipelining: true

network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: 32 (4)

network.http.proxy.pipelining: true

right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".


The #s in parentheses are the default numbers; It is set for dialup. These new setting accomodate high speed connections

I love it, but sometimes it doesn't work when I was applying to law schools and I had to use explorer. Oh, well, I got accepted to my first choice of law schools, so I guess I can use Firefox only now.