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rchtyp
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Please, if you insist on still using IE
#9443878 - 12/16/08 01:43 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Download Sandboxie, it's the only (OK, not only, but most user-friendly) tool that will truly protect you.
If you want to switch browsers and don't know what to get, look here.
If that's too much, here's a quick rundown: Firefox: Fast as a base install, slowish with addons depending on what you install. Safari: Fast, but I don't like it personally because of the crashing issues with my machine. Opera: All around very stable and fast, a lot of ways to customize it. Chrome: Quickest browser on the WWW. Has all of the same features of IE without all of the (known) security vulnerabilities. If you're going to switch back to IE after it's patched and the patch is stable, use this.
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Edited by rchtyp (12/16/08 01:44 PM)
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badchad
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: rchtyp]
#9443952 - 12/16/08 01:57 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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What's everyone else's favorite?
I'm formatting for a re-install soon, convince me to switch from IE 8, and which browser to switch too.
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: badchad]
#9443997 - 12/16/08 02:04 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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> convince me to switch from IE 8
If you need convincing, then keep using IE... you deserve what you get. The list above is pretty good and accurate.
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rchtyp
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: badchad]
#9444019 - 12/16/08 02:07 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: rchtyp]
#9456568 - 12/18/08 02:59 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Stupid microsoft update took firefox off my quick launch taskbar and now I can't get it back on. Any ideas? Sorry for the thread jack. RR
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: RogerRabbit]
#9456896 - 12/18/08 04:01 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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make a shortcut for Firefox and then drag and drop it in quick launch
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: SheerTerror]
#9457110 - 12/18/08 04:37 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks. Didn't think of that one. Computer geek I'm not. RR
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: RogerRabbit]
#9457205 - 12/18/08 04:52 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Maybe I am wrong, but I am going to guess that anyone not willing to switch from IE is probably not willing or aware to download a sandbox for it.
I'm curious if Ythan has stats about what browsers we use the most here.
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: tak]
#9457397 - 12/18/08 05:21 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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I would like to put out a big thank you to all of you who kept saying how bad IE is. I switched a few months ago to FireFox 2 and couldn't be happier! I've almost no problems with Firefox unlike the regular problems I had with IE. Again, thank you!
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: tak]
#9458041 - 12/18/08 06:59 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
tak said: Maybe I am wrong, but I am going to guess that anyone not willing to switch from IE is probably not willing or aware to download a sandbox for it.
I'm curious if Ythan has stats about what browsers we use the most here.
he does, ive seen the report a time or two, it even breaks down what OS people have...
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: supra]
#9458277 - 12/18/08 07:41 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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The second chrome gets a master password option and the google toolbar I will abandon firefox.
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badchad
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: downforpot]
#9519698 - 12/30/08 06:20 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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*bump* for a quick follow up.
I've been trying other browsers for a little while now. For my purposes, they are are pretty similar except for ONE (rather annoying thing).
Compared to IE, the fonts in chrome and firefox look like garbage. CNN is a good example.
Messing around and changing defaults in firefox doesn't seem to change all of the text (only some).
Any rememdies/similar experiences?
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: badchad]
#9531080 - 01/02/09 07:30 AM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I use Firefox, Opera, and on occasion IE. I only use IE if I am having trouble with my codec installations and I want to view media now! I mainly use opera.
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: thebrain]
#9538542 - 01/03/09 03:43 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Is no one aware that chrome spies on you? Your every keystroke gets sent back to google. They are as bad as ms, except ms doesn't have the nerve to do all that. I'm sticking with FF.
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: rchtyp]
#9543517 - 01/04/09 12:22 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I recommend Firefox by default. For ex-IE people its very easy to switch and it shows plenty reward for most people.
A friend of my father got his first laptop and I was showing him around on it. He got a small lecture on the evils of Microsoft, why Open Source is important and why one really should not be using Internet Explorer.
And really, its very easy to grasp for a newbie. Simply point to how much trouble you are spared with something like firefox (most aggressive popups, hijackers etc only attack IE), assure them its just as user friendly then point out its free
Said friend of my father became a believer overnight. He visited a lot of adware intensive sites and was spared the usual barrage of popups he was usually welcomed with. And he found the argument that catching a virus (trouble!) was somewhat less likely quite convincing also.
Its simply EASIER. Everybody wants easy, especially newbies.
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: badchad]
#9557845 - 01/06/09 01:48 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
badchad said: What's everyone else's favorite?
I'm formatting for a re-install soon, convince me to switch from IE 8, and which browser to switch too.
Did you end up switching from IE?
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badchad
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: SheerTerror]
#9559983 - 01/06/09 07:49 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
SheerTerror said:
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badchad said: What's everyone else's favorite?
I'm formatting for a re-install soon, convince me to switch from IE 8, and which browser to switch too.
Did you end up switching from IE?
Sure did.
I still somewhat prefer the appearance of fonts with IE, but now that I've been using firefox for a while I'm getting used to them. The add-ons and skins available for firefox make up for the fonts.
The most dramatic difference for me though, has been switching from Safari to firefox on my mac. Really, I think everything about firefox is superior to Safari.
All-around a good move and I probably won't go back. While we're at it, does anyone have any "must-have" firefox add-ons?
-------------------- ...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge. It is an indellible experience; it is forever known. I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did. Smith, P. Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27. ...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely. Osmond, H. Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: badchad]
#9560174 - 01/06/09 08:14 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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yea i been on Firefox for 4 years. i haven't ever tried any add-ons. yea does anyone know of any good add-ons?
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: SheerTerror]
#9560696 - 01/06/09 09:32 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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for those of you who need to use IE with firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419 it will give you a button and a bunch of other options to quickly switch the current page your looking at to IE, best add-on I've found. I only use it for Netflix and it saves some time when you have to open the same page in IE.
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: magicbastard]
#9561876 - 01/07/09 12:48 AM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Addons are awesome. Here's the ones I have installed at the moment.
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: zouden]
#9566302 - 01/07/09 06:00 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I tried adblock with FF. Works well, plus a super tough popup was killed by putting the domain in the special box and banning it.
-------------------- “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.” (attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville political philosopher Circa 1835) Trade list http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18047755
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Re: Please, if you insist on still using IE [Re: Stonehenge]
#9568663 - 01/08/09 12:46 AM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Adblock is great. About the only time I ever see ads is on this website, since I've got it whitelisted.
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