Firefox from IE

10-08-2005, 08:27

I am thinking of making the move over to FF from IE.

As of late IE has been slow and some sites gets errors. I have got FF installed and it seems ok i just dont like the layout. I heard i can get toolbars and etc for FF where from.

Also how easy is FF to get used to?

Thanks

ikthius · 10-08-2005, 08:32

very easy to get used to

easier than IE.

If you want your browser to look good go to Tools > Themes > Get More then find one that looks good and press the install button on the web pages that you are on.

if you want your browser to do extra stuff, like play itunes, thten go to Tools > Extensions > Get More and install any extension you want, by pressing the install button, the only downfall to this, is that when you have installed all your themes/extensions you want, restart FF and they will be up and running, and they are also customisable.

Tabbed browsing is a god send.

you can also change things in the about:config file, which IE does not allow you to do, so therefore you could make FF faster by requestion more connections and render quicker.

I would advise Adblock on filtersetG, just follow the instructions, it is easy enough, thten you will have no pop ups/adverts which is a bonus, only drawback, you have to manually update it every so often.

ik

Mal · 10-08-2005, 10:13

There are more extensions at this site:
http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?act=idx

There seem to be more choice and they seem to update the extensions to the newer FF version.

Angua · 10-08-2005, 10:20

As you say IE is slow and drops pages. FF is by far and away superior (only once in a blue moon do I have to go back to IE cos the page doesn't like FF).

ikthius · 10-08-2005, 12:12

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Originally Posted by Angua

As you say IE is slow and drops pages. FF is by far and away superior (only once in a blue moon do I have to go back to IE cos the page doesn't like FF).

this is only because of lazy coders making up the site, this will change hopefully in the future as FF is getting a bigger slice of the browser market, so therefore coders will have to sit up and start to code properly.

ik

Darkies Gem · 10-08-2005, 12:32

Fire fox is good then? I tried to download it onto my old 9 year old computer, but it just wouldn't work.
Ive been wanting to try it out for a while, but was scared that it would mess up my computer like it did my old one.

Mal · 10-08-2005, 12:44

Please do not let this go into another FF v IE thread, as they do tend to get nasty...
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Originally Posted by Darkies Gem

Fire fox is good then? I tried to download it onto my old 9 year old computer, but it just wouldn't work.
Ive been wanting to try it out for a while, but was scared that it would mess up my computer like it did my old one.

Been using it for a few years now, no problem with it and my computer isn't the newest on the block.

It's like with everything, with some people, a piece of software will be fine, with others, it's the spawn of the devil.

Darkies Gem · 10-08-2005, 12:49

lol, fair enough, im gonna go try it i think.
If all goes wrong it's easy enough to convert back

Gareth · 10-08-2005, 12:59

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Originally Posted by Darkies Gem

lol, fair enough, im gonna go try it i think.
If all goes wrong it's easy enough to convert back

Plus you can run both Firefox and IE concurrently, so you don't need to uninstall IE before you start using Firefox. If Firefox doesn't do it for you, just uninstall it and continue using IE.
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ps - something you'll most likely find nice if you've been using IE for a long time, is the feature to import your bookmarks from IE into Firefox. It doesn't delete them from IE, it just copies them into Firefox automagically for you, so you don't have to spend hours manually adding them to your new browser.

Angua · 10-08-2005, 13:37

Its the little tabs at the top of the page I miss most when I have to use IE.

By the way [img]Download Failed (1)[/img] Darkies Gem

Halcyon · 10-08-2005, 14:16

Welcome to the forums indeed.
Firefox has loads of little tweaks and themes you can apply. You can even get it to look very familiar to IE too.
This guide is quite helpful about Firefox tweaks:

http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_1.html

Darkies Gem · 10-08-2005, 15:03

Lol, well, I've come over to the darkside (or lightside?)
Seems a bit simpler than IE, but I know I'm going to get major complaints when my bf gets home.
I don't like the fact of having to get java installed seperatly, and neither did my computer, it wouldn't accept the firefox link and i had to go find a java site to get the download from.
Must say my computer seems to have slowed a little, but i have installed WMP 10, and playing around with it, so that could possibly be the reason.
I like the different toolbar options, the silver was already installed, but seemed difficult on the eyes, so now ive got a pretty blue tool bar.

Thanks for the welcome

and hello!

Gareth · 10-08-2005, 15:09

Hmm, if you have had to install a Java runtime environment (the software to make Java applets run on your machine) then it would suggest that you were previously using the one supplied by Microsoft, which is inherently insecure nad no longer supported (nor distributed) by Microsoft, so it's a wise move to have made in any case

Darkies Gem · 10-08-2005, 15:16

Fair enough. Ive only had my computer a few months, but the java before was installed from chatroom. So could have been an outdated link, as the websites been there for a couple of years and the links never changed. I think that was definately a microsoft one, as just tried downloading from same chatroom and although it's all installed it still didnt do anything to help me entering other chatrooms it was called JVM.

Meh! it works now anyway, thats all im bothered about.

ikthius · 10-08-2005, 16:38

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Originally Posted by Darkies Gem

Fair enough. Ive only had my computer a few months, but the java before was installed from chatroom. So could have been an outdated link, as the websites been there for a couple of years and the links never changed. I think that was definately a microsoft one, as just tried downloading from same chatroom and although it's all installed it still didnt do anything to help me entering other chatrooms it was called JVM.

Meh! it works now anyway, thats all im bothered about.

your best getting the java from www.sun.com, where java is originally from. follw the instructions, to install and you will not need to install it again hopefully.

then the applets should have no problems.

Another thing you should do is get shockwave/flash for FF, you will notice this when you are on a site with these, just click the links, it should automatically download them and install them for you.

ik