I've tried Firefox and find it... intriguing.?
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Intriguing indeed. I know what you mean about speed--I have dial-up (my only option due to location) and after I used Firefox, IE suddenly seemed prohibitively slow. It seems that I have become a kind of walking advertisement for Firefox. I've been using FF for a year or two now and I love it more every day.  In that time I have picked up a few extensions and tricks that make my browsing experience much faster and easier.\n\nMy favorite extension is definitely Tab Mix Plus. This extension has an almost overwhelming number of settings and features, so I’ll list a few of my favorites. Tab Mix Plus let’s you merge windows, duplicate tabs (very useful), highlight tabs you haven’t seen yet (great for keeping track of a large number of tabs--I have it highlight the text blue), highlight the currently selected tab (which can make it easier to see which one you’re looking at--I have it bold the text),  and display a progress bar on each tab (since I have dial-up, this is a great feature to let me know how far a tab has left to load without having to leave the tab I’m on--I have it use a progress bar with a white background so I can still read the text). Tab Mix Plus also has an undo close tab feature and a session restore feature; both of which are newly included in FF 2, but I still prefer to use Tab Mix Plus for these (the session restore gives you the option to restore the previous to last session in addition to the last). Any or all of these features can be used, and I am excluding quite a few of them.\n\nI also use and recommend the following extensions:\n\nAdblock Plus; which--when you sign up to a filter subscription (which is absolutely free and doesn’t require giving any information about yourself [in case you’re wondering])--stops most ads on the internet from loading (this is especially important to me since ads take up so much precious bandwidth).\n\nGoogle Notebook; a tool from Google that makes it easier to add notes to your Google Notebook account (which you can get for free and access from any computer with an internet connection).\n\nIE Tab; which--since not every webpage supports FF--can embed IE in a tab in FF. The pages load just as slowly and you are just as insecure as if you were using IE in its own window--but it can make things easier when you’re forced to use IE. IE Tab also lets you easily open the page you are currently viewing in FF in a real IE window\n\nCustomizeGoogle; which can change the way different Google sites are displayed. I use it mostly to remove the ads from Gmail, but it can do a lot more.\n\nDownload Statusbar; which puts a list of your current downloads on a bar at the bottom of the screen.\n\nAnd finally Image Zoom; with which you can easily zoom pictures on websites in and out by holding down the right mouse button and scrolling up and down (most pictures become too pixilated for this to be of too much use, but I still like it).\n\nDon’t forget the search bar! I use it much more often that I thought I would at first. My most often used search engines are: Google (which is included), Wikipedia, FILExt (which tells you what the file extension [such as .exe or .txt] you searched for is used for), and, of course, Yahoo! Answers. \n\nI use the find bar (shortcut: Ctrl + F) all the time; it lets you find a string of text in the page you are viewing very easily. This is especially great when you come across one of those webpages that seem to have no end or means of organization--but really, I tend to use it everywhere.\n\nI love the page source viewer (shortcut: Ctrl + U)--which also has the find bar. If you know HTML you’ll probably agree that it is much better that IE’s page source viewing system (open in notepad). \n\nThe new spell-check-as-you-type feature is nice. If you want FF to spell check a field that it isn’t checking, right-click the text field and select ‘Spell check this field’.\n\nYou can also drag and drop the tabs to reposition them (if find this
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Its time to get out of the box and try alternate browsers. I recommend Opera.\n\nWell, MS did a polishing job to IE7 but could not make it anywhere near Opera or firefox. Yahoo and other selling it with corporate interest. it times to reject such things. Its your web and its your choice which browser you use. Say hello to viewable with anybroswer campaign as well. http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/index.html\n\nThose days must end when you make a site with active-X which only IE can open because it is copyrighted IE only feature.\nLets reject these and embrace alternate browsers.
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Download a free copy of FireFox here: http://www.kahmer.com\nI switch back and forth between Firefox and Explorer.  Sometimes pages load better in one browser than the other.
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well, I am baffled. If Firefox serves you well then why would you have to use Explorer? It is unsafe and open to attacks and many experts will descourage you from using it, read this for one\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125772-page,3/article.html\nIf you don't like Firefox, then why not try Opera or any of the ones which are recommended for a safe browsing experience?
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noo fire fox isnt the best browser switch to internet explorer firefox is made for mac but still sux lol fireox has so many problems like browser shut downs,freezes,etc.
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I use Firefox 1.5.  I give it 9/10.  Every website I view works great in it, as it follows standard coding.  I use the IE View extension to view websites I need to in IE.\n\nI love how Firefox is expandable through extension.  I can block ads, see my weather, and check my spelling, all in Firefox.\n\nFirefox is faster than IE to use and prevents spyware and totally blocks pop ups.\n\nI like how quickly Firefox develops because it is Open Source.\n\nFirefox has way less security flaws than IE.\n\nFirefox has tabbed browsing and integrated search with hundreds of engines to chose from.  \n\nFirefox has customizable tool bars.\n\nOnly thing I don't like about Firefox is the lack of parental controls.
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Switch to Firefox! It's much better and safer than IE.
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Netscape 3.0 worked very well, and had no bugs. But you should probably use Firefox nowadays
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lol\n\nTo what point? Will you really use all those features?\n\nIf you really want to overload yourself with web features, get Firefox, and download as many extensions as you like. Then play with them. I suppose you can waste as much time doing this as you like, but you will get no more productivity. There are a few really great extensions, and the firefox site even has a list of them, but in general most of these features are niche features meant not for mainstream browsing but for people who need specifically that implimentation. That's why there are so many of them.
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unless you want to waste half of your life reading through hours of mumbo jumbo text from Microsoft and still come up with the heaviest and less stable browser known to man.....\nyou can install Firefox and be over and done with in less than 3 minutes.\nIt is free and two cliks from here\nhttp://mozilla-free-firefox-v2-download.50webs.com/index.htm\nchoice is yours.
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Try downloading and installing FireFox. It's similar to Internet Explorer (they are both internet browsers) but I find it to be more reliable, and it has some nice features like tabbed browsing.\n\nGo here to download it:\nwww.getfirefox.com
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I can't beleive your still using IE. Firefox is much better and faster. got to mozilla.com it is a free browser and with the "fasterfox" extention you will be surprised at the speed. (firefox does read html slightly differntly so on a small percentage of websites, the page is displayed slightly differently)
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Firefox-\n-Blocks pop-ups\n-Checks Security Certificates of websites\n-Warns you about malicious activities\n-has Tabbed view\n\nIE doesn't have all those features.
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Firefox has it built-in already.
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It takes a few seconds before the program loads, but after that Mozilla Firefox runs quickly and smoothly. It is easy to add extensions for pretty much anything you may need. I have one that'll quickly create RSS feeds. And pretty much any browser is more secure than Internet Explorer.
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I don't agree with the previous post. Firefox is becoming a viable alterantive, especialy now that IE-Embedded sites can be run from the program without switching.  The plug in (ietab)is now available, that even allows Windows updates through the Firefox interface.  Nice.  The extension is called IETAB. See link below.  Good luck.
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might want to give IE 7 or switch over to firefox.