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MarleysGh0st · #1 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:28 am

I've been having ongoing problems with my home PC; either Windows tells me it found and repaired a corrupted file during power-up or some other random program suddenly has a fatal error. I suspect one of my programs (maybe ZoneAlarm or AVG Anti-Virus) is behaving badly. I don't think it's malware.

Anyway, since it was Internet Explorer's turn to start crashing every time I tried opening a thread this morning, I tried installing Firefox this morning. It installed without a hitch, successfully copied over all my IE bookmarks and appears to be working great!

Any other Firefox users want to mention particular features about this program I should be aware of? I already see, from typing this post, that it has a nifty spellchecker!

goongas · #2 Post by **goongas** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:43 am

The main advantage of Firefox over IE is the extensions you can use with it. One extension I use is called Foxmarks, which allows instant synchronization of your bookmarks on each machine you install the extension. Firefox supposedly is also faster than IE.

kayrharris · #3 Post by **kayrharris** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:08 am

What Eric said. I only use IE for a few programs that won't run on Firefox. I forget which one it is that I run into on occasion, but it's rare.

I love the Firefox extensions and you can tailor it to what you want to use.

ulysses5019 · #4 Post by **ulysses5019** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:17 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:I've been having ongoing problems with my home PC; either Windows tells me it found and repaired a corrupted file during power-up or some other random program suddenly has a fatal error. I suspect one of my programs (maybe ZoneAlarm or AVG Anti-Virus) is behaving badly. I don't think it's malware.

Anyway, since it was Internet Explorer's turn to start crashing every time I tried opening a thread this morning, I tried installing Firefox this morning. It installed without a hitch, successfully copied over all my IE bookmarks and appears to be working great!

Any other Firefox users want to mention particular features about this program I should be aware of? I already see, from typing this post, that it has a nifty spellchecker!

Clint Eastwood was great in the movie.

mrkelley23 · #5 Post by **mrkelley23** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:56 am

Firefox is Da Bomb, officially. I can't think of an IE function that isn't duplicated, usually better, in FF.

Did you get FF3? I haven't DLed it yet, because when I initially tried, all the servers were too busy with other geeks trying to DL it at the same time.

peacock2121 · #6 Post by **peacock2121** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:02 am

Maybe you need a different color computer.

kayrharris · #7 Post by **kayrharris** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:03 am

I downloaded FF 3 last week without any problems.

ulysses5019 · #8 Post by **ulysses5019** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:06 am

peacock2121 wrote:Maybe you need a different color computer.

Maybe we need to see your avatar in color.

MarleysGh0st · #9 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:20 am

mrkelley23 wrote:Did you get FF3? I haven't DLed it yet, because when I initially tried, all the servers were too busy with other geeks trying to DL it at the same time.

Yep. 3.0.1.

Firefox just set a record for most number of downloads in one day when they released this version, didn't they?

MarleysGh0st · #10 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:21 am

ulysses5019 wrote: Maybe we need to see your avatar in color.

I'm a gh0st. What other colors do you expect?

ulysses5019 · #11 Post by **ulysses5019** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:28 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote: Maybe we need to see your avatar in color.
I'm a gh0st. What other colors do you expect?

Was I talkin' to you?

ulysses5019 · #12 Post by **ulysses5019** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:29 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote: Maybe we need to see your avatar in color.
I'm a gh0st. What other colors do you expect?
Was I talkin' to you?

I can see right through you.

SportsFan68 · #13 Post by **SportsFan68** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:56 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote: I'm a gh0st. What other colors do you expect?
Was I talkin' to you?
I can see right through you.

Trying to find the post that goes with this avatar.

This ain't it.

ulysses5019 · #14 Post by **ulysses5019** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:58 am

SportsFan68 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote: Was I talkin' to you?
I can see right through you.
Trying to find the post that goes with this avatar.

This ain't it.

Good luck.

SportsFan68 · #15 Post by **SportsFan68** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:05 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:Trying to find the post that goes with this avatar.

This ain't it.
Good luck.

Thanks!

Got it.

ulysses5019 · #16 Post by **ulysses5019** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:08 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:Trying to find the post that goes with this avatar.

This ain't it.
Good luck.
Thanks!

Got it.

You did? So you know that it's a fox that caught on fire.

SportsFan68 · #17 Post by **SportsFan68** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:10 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote: Good luck.
Thanks!

Got it.
You did? So you know that it's a fox that caught on fire.

I actually thought it was the post about the cheesy fries.

AnnieCamaro · #18 Post by **AnnieCamaro** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:14 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:
I actually thought it was the post about the cheesy fries.

I believe you are correct, Miss Sports. Mr. Uly is a jokey guy.

/:P\

SportsFan68 · #19 Post by **SportsFan68** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:16 pm

AnnieCamaro wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:
I actually thought it was the post about the cheesy fries.
I believe you are correct, Miss Sports. Mr. Uly is a jokey guy.

/:P\

There we go -- Annie will set us straight on these things.

lilyvonschtupp26 · #20 Post by **lilyvonschtupp26** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:02 pm

I use Firefox too. I read that the reason it's faster is that it pre-caches the top few hits on a Google search, so it's already loaded the top few which are usually the ones people want.

I use Delicious i/o the Firefox synching. i find it's handier and I can tag my bookmarks to search them.

secondchance · #21 Post by **secondchance** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:31 pm

Can any of you tech-savvy gods help me catch that GSN stuff???
pretty please with sugar on top...

And Uly, - your avatar - what's with the hairy warthog in a beanie? lol

ulysses5019 · #22 Post by **ulysses5019** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:35 pm

Second Chance wrote:Can any of you tech-savvy gods help me catch that GSN stuff???
pretty please with sugar on top...

And Uly, - your avatar - what's with the hairy warthog in a beanie? lol

That ain't no warthog......that's a squogre!

MrJokeyGuy · #23 Post by **MrJokeyGuy** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:57 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
Second Chance wrote:Can any of you tech-savvy gods help me catch that GSN stuff???
pretty please with sugar on top...

And Uly, - your avatar - what's with the hairy warthog in a beanie? lol

That ain't no warthog......that's a squogre!

And I am the winner of Greatest American Dog.

takinover · #24 Post by **takinover** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:02 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:
mrkelley23 wrote:Did you get FF3? I haven't DLed it yet, because when I initially tried, all the servers were too busy with other geeks trying to DL it at the same time.
Yep. 3.0.1.

I downloaded Firefox 3, but one of my favorite extensions (Dog Ears) didn't work, so I went back to Firefox 2.

I started using Firefox for sweepstakes and now I use it for all things.

#25 Post by **littlebeast13** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:40 pm

When I was having some kind of spyware/malware problems 2 years ago, I downloaded it one Wednesday night and gave it a whirl for a few minutes before I went to bed. It was weird, but I figured I'd get used to it....

I never got the chance. When I woke up the next morning, the hard drive blew to kingdom come. Never bothered to download it on the new computer I got.....

lb13

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