Firefox

ashmanq · 5 May 2006 at 12:47

Just downloaded and started using firefox, this is the first time ive ever used anything besides microsoft internet explorer before and i have to admit it is refreshing to use firefox and im loving the tabs thing!!!

SwishSpencor · 5 May 2006 at 12:54

ashmanq said:
Just downloaded and started using firefox, this is the first time ive ever used anything besides microsoft internet explorer before and i have to admit it is refreshing to use firefox and im loving the tabs thing!!!

You'll never go back to IE

Pyrosoft · 5 May 2006 at 12:55

SpankLikeThis said:
You'll never go back to IE

I did, I did

volt9291 · 5 May 2006 at 13:12

why firefox is much better

div0 · 5 May 2006 at 13:16

I never got the big advantage of the tabbed browsing, as I tend to like alt-tab'ing between windows....

But that being said, I still use firefox almost exclusively

ashmanq · 5 May 2006 at 13:31

I just downloaded IE 7 beta on my main computer but after using this im thinking i should start using firefox on it instead

csmager · 5 May 2006 at 13:32

div0 said:
I never got the big advantage of the tabbed browsing, as I tend to like alt-tab'ing between windows....

But that being said, I still use firefox almost exclusively

Just Ctrl Tab through them instead.

I'll probably go back to IE when IE7's released. There's not a huge amount of difference in functionality between FF and IE7, except 99% of all sites work in IE.

div0 · 5 May 2006 at 13:52

csmager said:
Just Ctrl Tab through them instead.

well you learn something new every day!!

cheers

The_KiD · 5 May 2006 at 14:23

Clicking with the middle mouse button (wheel) is also very handy in FF

Greenlizard0 · 5 May 2006 at 14:24

Has the memory issue been sorted out yet? I changed to Opera because of it, though i'd prefer to use Firefox because it has more plugins and skins....

mrk · 5 May 2006 at 16:15

What memory issue? with 2 tabs open FF uses 31MB for me atm that's with 20 extensions enabled and the default theme. It uses more based on the content of the tabs being viewed but in todays world tens of MB of memory usage is nothing, unless you have less than 1gb of ram...

james.miller · 5 May 2006 at 16:18

the issue where it gobbles up memory, nad has done for ages now. i still use firefox, but i totally recognise there is a huge issue with memory.

Usher · 5 May 2006 at 16:19

the best bit about firefox is the the cookie manager, you can set it to always save your log ins for forums etc. but when you close the browser all other cookies inc. spyware trackers are deleted, I've not had any spyware for months since enabling this

Kainz · 5 May 2006 at 17:03

Forget tabbed browsing, thats ancient now. Go and play with extensions, but don't go overboard. Once you've tried extensions to tailor the browser to your tastes you'll never bother with much else.

Greenlizard0 · 5 May 2006 at 18:33

james.miller said:
the issue where it gobbles up memory, nad has done for ages now. i still use firefox, but i totally recognise there is a huge issue with memory.

Totally. It doesn't help that I use about 12-15 tabs at once. I'm so lazy when I want things to load up/appear. *do it!! do it now

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PinkPig · 5 May 2006 at 18:39

I went back to IE (albeit the IE 7 beta) after using Firefox for quite some time, it began to generally annoy me. IE 7 is speedier.

WolfR1der · 5 May 2006 at 18:46

james.miller said:
the issue where it gobbles up memory, nad has done for ages now. i still use firefox, but i totally recognise there is a huge issue with memory.

Indeed... just checked and mines registering at 74,000+ K ... which is bothering me now because it never used to be that high and it's frankly ridiculous...
Need to look into it.

johnnyboy32 · 6 May 2006 at 11:51

PinkPig said:
I went back to IE (albeit the IE 7 beta) after using Firefox for quite some time, it began to generally annoy me. IE 7 is speedier.

If you want to speed up loading times download firetune from here:
http://www.totalidea.com/freestuff4.htm.

It speeds up firefox when you first open it and speeds up page loading times considerably.

Inquisitor · 6 May 2006 at 20:55

csmager said:
Just Ctrl Tab through them instead.

I'll probably go back to IE when IE7's released. There's not a huge amount of difference in functionality between FF and IE7, except 99% of all sites work in IE.

What about the enormous number of extensions available for FF though?

csmager · 6 May 2006 at 21:02

Inquisitor said:
What about the enormous number of extensions available for FF though?

I don't use too many. Adblock & Mouse Gestures are the only two I really like, but I've found others that will do the same for IE.