the firefox web browser thread

[judaspriestfan]

Ok, for any of you who use internet explorer i highly suggest you switch to mozilla firefox, it is awesome with many more features than i explorer in fact i will demonstrate the leet translator function, 7h15 15 7h3 |337 fun(710n. it has so many cool and useful things.

[Lockeownzj00]

I'm ashamed that such a powerful and superior phenomenon like Firefox could be bastardised by this thread.

But, yes--firefox is, really, really good.

[MrJoykill]

Originally Posted by judaspriestfan

Ok, for any of you who use internet explorer i highly suggest you switch to mozilla firefox, it is awesome with many more features than i explorer in fact i will demonstrate the leet translator function, 7h15 15 7h3 |337 fun(710n. it has so many cool and useful things.

I don't see mutch to it... so you lied!
its just ok for my status

[CrazyBen]

Well, I use it here at school, and it runs kinda slow(though my computer takes 5 minutes to boot up, so it might be an extension of that). My teacher says the main reasion we use it is because so few people use, there are almost no viruses formated to affect it.

[Mike McC]

Eh, each browser has it's specific strengths and weaknesses. Firefox is a pretty good browser, it's just bloated as all hell and really starts to drag down older systems. It practically makes my computer unusable after about an hour or so. In fact, I prefer to use Opera instead. It's a lot lighter and quicker than Firefox.

[Sky Warrior Bob]

As a browser, its fine enough. However, it isn't all that great when it comes to downloading. At least for dial-up, which I have. (The only other option is sat, which really isn't an option.)

Anyway, if you pause you might as well cancel. If you lose connection, Firefox will *NEVER* pick up where it left off (unlike IE). Also, I liked how IE's cache could be found & you'd be able to acquire various files such as Mov files without having the registered version of Quicktime.

SWB

[Mike McC]

Indeed, Firefox's download manger leaves a lot to be desired.

[Lockeownzj00]

With a few extensions and tweaks, it's still vastly superior.

And, I don't understand the bloated comment. Without any extras, firefox runs incredibly smoothly.

[adamark]

I might be willing to try Opera if not for the fact that all my bookmarks are on firefox. Just getting me to change from IE to firefox took changing from an old computer to a new one. I am too stubborn to use anything but ff, at this point.

[Mike McC]

Originally Posted by Lockeownzj00

With a few extensions and tweaks, it's still vastly superior.

And, I don't understand the bloated comment. Without any extras, firefox runs incredibly smoothly.

Eh, on old computers, like my dinosaur, it's bloatedness becomes very obvious. Then again, this is a Pentium III 600, so... it's a bit dated. But, it has a problem with holding onto resources, and opening a new tab is still essentially the same as opening a new window, process and resource wise, it opens a new instance of firefox to maintain it. And yes, I am running the out-of-the-box version of Firefox, so to speak.

With Opera, I haven't had the problems I do with Firefox.