BF2S Forums Firefox - What's the big deal?

Kmarion wrote:

Get del.ico.us (the addon) and start permanently keeping your bookmarks on every computer you use. Mess around with the different extensions, get fasterfox.. adblock.. download bar.. firebug (if you code).
And grab this theme https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4908 .

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:

{M5}Sniper3 wrote:

There's a reason why those ads are there, to keep the site up, and I almost would rather see an ad then an empty box with a red X.

You are telling me you would rather see an annoying ad than nothing at all? (there is no "empty box with a red X" the ads just aren't there.

Fast dial shouldn't be needed, when you open up a new tab it shouldn't go to about:blank, it should go to your homepage. That was a screw-up on both Microsoft's and Modzilla's part.

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9974 … d91ec7.jpg > a homepage

As for Minifox, why the hell would you want the icons that small, I have a big monitor for a reason, so I can sit back and relax while being able to see everything, including my browser's buttons.

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9974 … d91ec7.jpg

I can see the icons fine, and it looks nice and gives me a huge viewing area. Not sure why you would want more icons/toolbars

xRBLx wrote:

When using with Vista it doesnt crash.

Last edited by {M5}Sniper3 (2008-02-03 23:32:14)

wah1188 wrote:

My internet explorer broke on me...

{M5}Sniper3 wrote:

wah1188 wrote:

My internet explorer broke on me...

Care to explain how a browser just "breaks" on you?

Tehremos wrote:

Missionless wrote:

lol the facts those two pics have a IE icon at the top left corner makes this funny

lol, what else is funny, if you look, it isn't even tabbed browsing, he's got 3 windows open

{M5}Sniper3 wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:

Over IE 6, the tabs make it worthwhile.

There's a reason why I don't use IE7, I like my tabs in my toolbar.

Cheez wrote:

What I find really strange is that you haven't used any of the extensions (the primary perk of Firefox), and without even attempting to use one, you extinguish it with some excuse.

Speed-dial: Nine homepages in one. (New tabs should be blank, you're going elsewhere, not your homepage.)
Ad-Block Plus: Removes the ads entirely, and yet you find a red cross uglier than the ad itself.

Secondly, you've transformed your Firefox back into IE6 again, making any aesthetic benefit null.

You complain that the Download box doesn't go away, yet if you even looked at the first page of the Options, you'd find that option (in Beta2 anyway). There has also been many extensions to remedy this. I used Download Manager Tweak back when I used FF2.

Last edited by {M5}Sniper3 (2008-02-04 08:21:00)

{M5}Sniper3 wrote:

Well, I was bored and I decided to install Firefox. Heard big things about it... Faster, prettier, sexier, safer, yada, yada, yada. So I've installed and used it for a while and I would have to say, I don't see that much of a difference. Faster, I see no difference in loading times. Prettier, that's a matter of opinion. Sexier, well... Safer, this is about the only point I see of having FF. It doesn't use ActiveX so it is by nature protected by a lot of virus/trojans/worms that use ActiveX to infect your computer. But if you don't view "those" types of sites, your chances are slim-to-none in the beginning. Oh, on a different note, when you download something on FF it would be nice if the download box would go away when your done downloading instead of you having to close it or at least have an option to. (Correct me if I'm wrong, there may be something in the main options.) And having a history of things you downloaded could be just as bad as it could be good, if you are sharing a computer.

The owner of this site suggests that you use Firefox to view this site for the "best possible experience" from this site.

I HIGHLY recommend you upgrade to a modern browser like Firefox, Opera, or Safari (OSX) to get the best possible experience from this stat site. It'll work in IE, but you're missing out -- no, really, you are.

- Jeff "tf-hitman" Minard

I end this post with screen shots of both Firefox and IE6. Don't see much difference? I don't either.

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/5496/ie6al6.png

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/760/ffne3.png

Skorpy-chan wrote:

That's about it, however. IE was designed by people who knew how to design an interface, and can save tabs when closed. Firefox can't.

Last edited by max (2008-02-04 10:41:24)

=Karma-Kills= wrote:

If you have the slightest of experience in web development you will know IE as a browser (ie its ability to render pages accurately) is utter shit.