I use IE - should I use FireFox?

[SexyGreyFox]

and you can get an IE plugin thats allows you to view IE only sites within Firefox.

Have you got a link?
I've been searching and can't find anything.

 

[NathanE]

IE. Does everything I want whilst being nice 'n lightweight.

 

[mctiny]

Have you got a link?
I've been searching and can't find anything.

Try this ->http://ietab.mozdev.org/

 

[Whitewater]

What does it do that is so much more useful?

It renders CSS better than IE if you fancy designing a web site in CSS, having said that Opera does better in the Acid Test :

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17518387



I still use IE for Windows Updates but that's it.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Try this ->http://ietab.mozdev.org/

Thanks for that.

I actually wrote a search engine that is quite useful and if anybody wants to expand on it go ahead.
It is a Google search with most of the 'best price' sites taken out.
Somebody on these forums did help with a bit of syntax if I remember correctly.
Put the two files in your searchplugins directory.

Google -prices

 

[Simian]

People write more Trojans and Spyware for IE than they do for FF or Opera.. hence why I have FF and Opera installed and ignore/hide IE from the missus!!!...

Plus the OcUK extension for FF is fantastic!!..

 

[uknorthboy]

I use it and swear by it try it out as suggested you can always swithch back.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

hide IE from the missus!!!...

Every PC I build or repair I always put Firefox on.
I then change the icons name on the desktop to INTERNET and tell users to only use that for the internet and to only use the other one if a site doesn't come up right.

 

[Fillado]

Oh I fogot - Mouse Gestures (Mouse Gestures plugin for Firefox, built into Opera)

I simply can't live without these four simple ones:
(Hold Down right mouse button) Move Left > Right, opens new tab
(Hold Down right mouse button) Move Right > Left, closes current tab
Click Left Mouse Button then Right Mouse Button to go forward
Click Right Mouse Button then Left Mouse Button to go back

This has been the thing that has changed the way I browse the web the most, it's just so quick and elegant now

 

[vince3]

I'm happy to say I've never used IE as my main browser in over 12 years of internet use. I started with Netscape - v2 probably - went to v7 with a touch of Opera on the way, but didn't like Opera ads. Now I've setled on FF with some extensions.
Same thing with mail - never used any flavour of Outlook. Now on Thunderbird, also with some extensions.
I do like Opera's image on/off switching though. The closest FF has come is ImagePref, but that isn't 100% with frames, and is tucked away on the status bar.
No other gripes at all.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

I'm happy to say I've never used IE as my main browser in over 12 years of internet use.

Same here.
I started with something called MOSAIC around 92/93 and slowly went to Netscape Navigator. I avoid IE at all costs.

 

[Kainz]

Blimey, I remember using Mosaic! Was back in college at the time lol, was a great prog and a revalation to use back then

 

[Spyhop]

The solid tabbed browsing makes reading forums so much nicer. Entering a forum and opening each post of interest in a new background tab is a much nicer experience than opening whole new windows or hopping back to the topic index all the time. Quicker too.

 

[vince3]

and you can get an IE plugin thats allows you to view IE only sites within Firefox.

There are two 'use IE' extensions:

1. IE Tabs lets you open a link in a new tab using IE 'rules'. Also there is an icon on the status bar which will switch the current tab to an IE view and back again. You can also set links so they always use an IE tab - but I must admit I've known this to fail.

2. IE View lets you set sites so they always open in a 'real' instance of IE. This can be unset when incompatible sites get round to recoding to remove IE restrictions. This extension also lets you open a one-off real instance of IE for the current page.

I'm not sure what the differences are between the two methods.

 

[Spyhop]

I'd stick with IE-View. The IE-Tab extension is very clever but a little unstable in my experience. It crashed the whole Firefox application a few times.

Anyway, hopefully these plugins will be redundant soon, when the last of the ridiculous IE-only sites sort themselves out.

 

[tmileson]

Maxthon is the only way to go...

Uses the IE rendering engine so no problems with viewing sites and adds tabbed browsing, ad blockers, mouse gestures, scripting, add ins yadayada yada and did it all long before FF was released and claimed it was innovative

Clicky

 

[Beansprout]

I'd count using the IE rendering engine as a distinct disadvantage.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Does anybody know of an IE only site?

 

[Beansprout]

www.odeon.co.uk at my last visit.

 

[NathanE]

I'd count using the IE rendering engine as a distinct disadvantage.

You're a web developer though? So that's understandable.