Get Firefox Now!!!

[thomas7g]

Right now there os a big marathon to get 1 million downloads of Firefox!

If you haven't heard of this, this is the GREAT alternative browser to Micro$oft's Internet Explorer. This is quite frankly leaps and bounds better than the microsoft browser. It has built in popup blocking and alot of other features to protect you. Its ALOT safer against malicious coding.

And what's REALLY great about it is that you don't have to delete or uninstall Internet Explorer. You can have both. You can even install a plug in so that you have th option to switch browsers on the fly! Say you are in Firefox looking at a site. You want for some reason to open a link in Internet Explorer. You CAN!!!! M$ would never give you that kind of feature, but Firefox can!!

AND ITS 100% FREE!!!!!!!!



The Firefox Throwdown
written by Coury Turczyn on Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Ten Days. One Million Downloads. Let's Get to Work!

Firefox (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/), the ass-kicking Mozilla Web browser, is just out of beta with a "preview release." It's slim, it's fast, and it's feature-rich -- but can it possibly threaten the worldwide dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer? The brains behind spreadfirefox.com (http://www.spreadfirefox.com/community/) are taking a shot at it with a bold challenge: 1 million downloads of Firefox in 10 days.

Crazy? You Bet.

And That's Where You Come In.

Join The Screen Savers' Firefox Throwdown and download that sucker NOW. We've set up a special TSS referral link that'll let the world know that TSS viewers care about innovation and choice on the Web. By clicking the link below, you'll be whisked to the mozilla.org download page while your TSS referral will be tallied on spreadfirefox.com's (http://www.spreadfirefox.com/community/) Roll Call. Help make TSS the #1 referrer. We can do it, people!

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/community/?q=affiliates&id=2782&t=58

Don't let The Man get you down.

Get Firefox NOW.


tHIS is a MUST download!!!!!! Free your self from MICRO$OFT!!!!

[Archangel]

Downloaded it and am using it right now...:D

[thomas7g]

So how do you like it?

:D

[The 14th Colony]

I downloaded it weeks ago, knowing that it was better and safer, but when I logged on I forgot that I couldn't access any of my hundreds of links in my Favorites. So I went back to IE and forgot that I have online back up and can automatically download my favorites into any browser in moments. D'oh!

I really should go back and use Firefox rather than IE.

[Archangel]

So how do you like it?

:D
Give me a few days to get used to it, but so far it looks good :D

[thomas7g]

Give me a few days to get used to it, but so far it looks good http://thomas7g.com/battlestar-galactica/smilies/colonial-grin.gif
there are lots of plug ins that work really nice! I like ieview which allows you to open a link in exporer from Firefox. I also really like "All in one gestures" which allows you to have shortcuts to commonly done tasks. Like when I want to open up a link in a new tab, I just use the right mouse button and drag upwards across a link. Boom. Instant tab with that page loaded.

:D

14th- Firefox can import explorer bookmarks and passwords. Its easy! Its under FILE>>IMPORT.

[Archangel]

I'll give that a try :D

[Ian_W359]

Anyone here still using Neoplanet?

Ian W359

[shiningstar]

Right now there os a big marathon to get 1 million downloads of Firefox!

If you haven't heard of this, this is the GREAT alternative browser to Micro$oft's Internet Explorer. This is quite frankly leaps and bounds better than the microsoft browser. It has built in popup blocking and alot of other features to protect you. Its ALOT safer against malicious coding.

And what's REALLY great about it is that you don't have to delete or uninstall Internet Explorer. You can have both. You can even install a plug in so that you have th option to switch browsers on the fly! Say you are in Firefox looking at a site. You want for some reason to open a link in Internet Explorer. You CAN!!!! M$ would never give you that kind of feature, but Firefox can!!

AND ITS 100% FREE!!!!!!!!


tHIS is a MUST download!!!!!! Free your self from MICRO$OFT!!!!

Thanks for the link Thomas :rose:

[thomas7g]

Your welcome SS!

Ian, no clue.

:D

[Flamingo Girl]

I got my download. It's going to take some getting used to, but so far I like it. And it niftily transferred all of my bookmarks....and just in the last couple of seconds updated the icon in my bookmarks for this site.

[Ian_W359]

Your welcome SS!

Ian, no clue.

:D

My sis installed it (NeoPlanet version 2.1) on our PC about 5 years ago (but haven't used it much). It's a skin equipped browser/e-mail program combined (I think it kind of rides 'piggyback' on Internet Explorer), it apparently used to be quite popular with some. I checked at the website but it appears that it isn't available for download at the moment.

http://www.neoplanet.com

Ian W359

[thomas7g]

AH okay. Never heard of it myself. There are a couple of browsers I know are popular, IE, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, and the old Netscape (which became Mozilla and Firefox)

FG- glad you like it.

Btw- there are some neat skins available. Just be careful the skin is for your version of Firefox. Since alot of skins are fan made, not all work well with all versions.

;)

So has anyone got any complaints about this puppy? I think it works pretty well. :D

[Flamingo Girl]

Only one complaint so far.

When I opened it tonight, there was never any address in the address bar, so that I was unable to use the back button. I had to right-click and open a link in a second window to get it. It's a bit of a nusance.

[thomas7g]

ah... I'm not sure exactly what you mean. But I assume you are talking about how Fleets is structured and not a Firefox problem right?

[shiningstar]

Only one complaint so far.

When I opened it tonight, there was never any address in the address bar, so that I was unable to use the back button. I had to right-click and open a link in a second window to get it. It's a bit of a nusance.

Same here.

[thomas7g]

when you open Firefox the thing opens up in a blank window? and you can't get it to do anything? Is that it?

I'm confused. :(

[Flamingo Girl]

No, I could get to anywhere in my bookmarks, but there wass no address in the address bar, so I couldn't use my back-button to go back to where I had been before, like viewing a thread, then backing out of it. The little window that says "http:/www. etcetera" was blank until I opened a second windoe, then the second window had the address.

Tonight, however, it was fine.

[shiningstar]

No, I could get to anywhere in my bookmarks, but there wass no address in the address bar, so I couldn't use my back-button to go back to where I had been before, like viewing a thread, then backing out of it. The little window that says "http:/www. etcetera" was blank until I opened a second windoe, then the second window had the address.

Tonight, however, it was fine.

That's good flamingo girl. When I tried to download firefox it crashed my computer. It's a good thing hubby is a engineer and computer tech. :eek:

[thomas7g]

Thats weird!

I'm glad you were able to fix it!

:D

Btw- have you discovered tabbed browsing yet? Tommy likes that. You can do it with IE, but you need a hack. And i don't like adding hacks.

:D

[thomas7g]

There is also this really cool feature that allows you to block images from spam servers. Right click on an image that is spam and you can see if it is from a server that specifically puts out spam. If it has a name like ads or doublclick or anything that sounds markety, then you can block that server.

:D:D:D

[shiningstar]

You mean a HACK as in a hacker? :wtf:

[thomas7g]

kinda...hack as in a program that plugs itself into IE without IE's program being made for it.

[onepath]

Thanks for the link Thomas :rose:
another alternative is opera.
i have been converted!! does all the same as your forementioned.

[Flamingo Girl]

I haven't found a use for tabbed browsing.

What is the benefit?

[warhammerdriver]

What are the system requirements for Firefox?

[onepath]

I haven't found a use for tabbed browsing.

What is the benefit?
no S*** pop ups or spam type Cra* that annoys you whilst browsing.Heaps of trojans enter whilst u surf on IE(unless ur norton is activated) its very customizable to ur preferences.
no im not working on commission! :)

[thomas7g]

I haven't found a use for tabbed browsing.

What is the benefit?
I use it alot. Say I'm looking up a google search. I get a giant list of things to look at. I open about 5 or more items up in different tabs. This way while they load, I continue to read. Then when I know they have loaded, then I look. No waiting for it to load.

Or say you are reading something good, and find something else you want to read. Open it in a tab and keep it in the background until you are ready to read it.

And each firefox window can have its own tabs. So you can look up info on Apollo in one window with multiple tabs. And another windo with comparisons on Starbuck in another.

You don't need it. But it d=saves clutter of the tabs on the bottom of a M$ Windows screen.

:)

[thomas7g]

What are the system requirements for Firefox?
here you go!
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/system-requirements.html

Basically if you can read this webpage, you can use it. :)

Onepath, Glad you found something you like. Firefox and Opera are about equal. Its in how you like your browser. Opera is more feature laden. Firefox more customizable and smaller. Also Opera's base is more European. And Firefox is american.
:)

[shiningstar]

I can read the page but my computer still crashed when I installed it. :...:

[thomas7g]

You must have some third party thing that is interfereing. I guess its better to not worry about it. But if you ever reinstall, you might want to try it.

:(

[shiningstar]

You must have some third party thing that is interfereing. I guess its better to not worry about it. But if you ever reinstall, you might want to try it.

:(

Considering the fact that I have a little twerp sending me 100 emails daily with
viruses attached .......I wouldn't be surprised if a THIRD PARTY was involved somehow. In any case my computer's working so llike you just said ......
I'm not worrying about it ;)

[Flamingo Girl]

Aparently this thing is none too fond of Ezboard.
It doesn't allow me to use several nifty "one-click" features, and won't allow me to highlight the names on my emoticon page for c&p. It's starting to get on my nerves, since most of the places I visit are Ezboard, including my own site.

[thomas7g]

Why don't you do what I do? Use IE when you need maximum compatibility. And use Firefox when you are cruising sites you aren't familiar with for maximum security?

That might help. I hope. :)

[shiningstar]

You are GOOD Thomas I :salute: you :D

[Flamingo Girl]

And NOW it's refusing to show pictures! Things I have been viewing for months are now suddenly little grey boxes with bits of red and blue in them, including page banners, and even my own avatar!

In fact, it has "replaced" a bunch of icons on one site with the words for what the icon represented, ie. "New Message", "Closed Thread", "Hot Topic".

It seems to develop a new annoying problem every couple of days.

I feel safer, but more annoyed. I may just go back to IE and download another virus program.

[thomas7g]

I'm sorry FG. Hang in there!

hmmm..... By any chance have you used the image blocking features of Firefox? The ones where you can block ads?

Could you tell me what website you are having the problems at?

[Flamingo Girl]

I'm not using image blocking that I know of, and why block one picture, and not another?

The problems are on Ezboard. All of them.

[shiningstar]

I'm not using image blocking that I know of, and why block one picture, and not another?

The problems are on Ezboard. All of them. BUMMER :(

[thomas7g]

I tried some EZboard sites but can't duplicate the error. could you tell me a sight that don't work? Or is it every ezboard site?:(

[Flamingo Girl]

It's all of them.
And the fproblems didn't show up right away, at first it was fine, the little things it couldn't deal with were easily overlooked, but then more things started to go wrong untill everything annoyed me.

I've given up on it and gone back to IE.

Thanks anyway.

[shiningstar]

It's all of them.
And the fproblems didn't show up right away, at first it was fine, the little things it couldn't deal with were easily overlooked, but then more things started to go wrong untill everything annoyed me.

I've given up on it and gone back to IE.

Thanks anyway. (((((((((((((((FLAMINGO GIRL))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[thomas7g]

awwwww..... its too bad. But thank you for at least trying. :D

I'm sorry it didn't work out, it must be some conflict with something. Or the ezboards.

:(

[nightscape2112]

this looks like a cool program. d-loaded it tonight and works good. i will let you know if i find any sites that have a problem with firefox.

thanks,

nightscape

[thomas7g]

Thanks for giving it a try! :D