vole Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 I was wondering why my web surfing was becoming painfully slow and tedious but could not be ar**d to find out why.I left my ie7 for the mrs to use as she hates any new stuff on the pc and got Mozilla Firefox and it is the proverbial off a hot shovel.It does credit to the 4mb connection now,I am pleased to say.Can it be this simple and are there any pitfalls with it?Cheers chaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernie garland Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 I was wondering why my web surfing was becoming painfully slow and tedious but could not be ar**d to find out why.I left my ie7 for the mrs to use as she hates any new stuff on the pc and got Mozilla Firefox and it is the proverbial off a hot shovel.It does credit to the 4mb connection now,I am pleased to say.Can it be this simple and are there any pitfalls with it?Cheers chaps. been useing firefox now over a year, better than explorer and not owned and monopolised by gates, and his microsoft empire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_colt Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Yeah firefox is great, having a community like it does working on it means bug are fixed more quickly than M$'s corporate conscripts. Not to mention all the add-ons avaliable. mr_colt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernie garland Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Yeah firefox is great, having a community like it does working on it means bug are fixed more quickly than M$'s corporate conscripts. Not to mention all the add-ons avaliable. mr_colt. to true the M$'s corporate conscripts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazza Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 I use firefox and find it very good. However we also use linux andthat is too complicated for me Lucky we have a lad who's a whizz on the PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Only problem im having is Youtube wont open? comes up with a load of script on the screen Other then that Firefox in decent, with a lot of added security. Plus the options of turning off cookies etc etc.. Wont touch IE with a barge pole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Youtube works fine in Firefox, either upgrade it (shouldn't need to) or perhaps look at a new install of flash from Adobe.. Firefox by default is quick, try enabling pipelining and tweaking the memory cache, then you'll know what fast is Have a look here for a guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Pin Talk us through it as it makes no sence to me . all the best yis yp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Firefox is OK, but I don't get carried away with all this anti-Microsoft hysteria. Firefox is a long way from perfect, especially if you do a lot of online form-filling on websites. Many websites are not compatible with Firefox and there are many glitches with online forms. Somebody will come on now and say that they never have any problems, well hooray and jolly good show, but I get shedloads of problems with it. Consequently I have both on my PC and if I'm just surfing, I use Firefox but if I'm doing anything serious I use Explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuck1 Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Having read this post, I've taken the plunge. If I can post on all the forums boards I'll be a happy bunny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 yes firefox is very good, but as said, there are a few sites and applications that it is not compatible with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vole Posted September 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Anybody recommend a good and free parental control for Firefox?I had one for ie7 but it does not figure on Ff toolbar ,ta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Nothing is perfect, and despite hating microsoft as I do I recognise Ie7 is a major step forward for them. Firefox is becoming sufficiently popular that malware creators are targeting it now, and there have been gaffes already. I'd still rather take the risk with Firefox than IE. One reason, one only. Firefox source code is freely available for anyone to have a look at, no secrets, nothing to hide. Warts and all. Can't say that about IE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Pin Talk us through it as it makes no sence to me . all the best yis yp Too lengthy to go into. The analogy, I suppose, is tuning an engine. Default factory specification can be improved upon if you faff with the right things. Firefox comes "out the box" to work with most peoples setups. By changing a couple of things you can have it fetch more things at the same time (using your broadband more effectively [pipelining]) dedicating more memory to it [cache] and even making it draw what it has fetched sooner [perception]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelvebore Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 The only problem I've had with Ffox is occasionally it will block a pop-up from a site where I need to see the pop-up (ebay selling is a good example). But, in Ffox manner, it does show me a warning in the lower right of the screen (I think it's called the toolbar). Best part is the add-ons, masses of them and the ones I use worked first time and get updated without me having to check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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