Firefox

[Jessika]

2 years ?? I had no idea it was around that long! I downloaded it yesterday and while I haven't used it much yet (using IE at the moment, out of habit) it does look very friendly. I figured out the tabbed feature and that does seem very cool!

Here's a tip -- if you have a center mouse button, using it to click on links will open them in a new tab! Also clicking on tabs with the center mouse button will close them. This REALLY is convenient while browsing!

There are also a LARGE number of extensions available.. the ones I find most useful are:
- forecast fox (tells your current local weather AND a 3 - 5 day forecast!)
- BBCodeXtra (adds BBCode to your right-click context menu!)
- AdBlock (blocks annoying ads on websites)
- IE View (adds 'view this page in IE' to your right-click, so you can easily open a webpage or link in IE)
- SyncMarks (backs up your bookmarks)
- Linkification (converts text URLs and email addresses to clickable hyperlinks)

Those aren't all of them though! You can download extensions from https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...cation=firefox

Also a program every FireFox user must have: MozBackup. It backs up your entire profile so in case something happens or your profile becomes corrupted you have a safe copy! http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

[K9karen]

It's FireFox for me!

[Uabassoon]

I never knew that you could change the theme! Thanks I know have a kitty theme

[AlleyCat]

I never knew that you could change the theme! Thanks I know have a kitty theme

I have that too !!

I've been using Firefox pretty much since I originally started this thread, and I noticed that when I am in Yahoo mail it crashes a lot. Only when I'm in Yahoo mail .. Otherwise I'm happy with it.

[Lady's Human]

I love firefox. It is far more secure than IE, and the popup blocker works better than many of the aftermarket IE add ons.

Our Brigade has essentially switched all our computers over to firefox, mainly because of the stability and security that the browser allows. (Now if we can just get the army web site on line with us)

[gkristian]

Here's a tip -- if you have a center mouse button, using it to click on links will open them in a new tab! Also clicking on tabs with the center mouse button will close them. This REALLY is convenient while browsing!

There are also a LARGE number of extensions available.. the ones I find most useful are:
- forecast fox (tells your current local weather AND a 3 - 5 day forecast!)

is it possible to get weather from around the world (ie Australia)?, not only from the US

[Jessika]

is it possible to get weather from around the world (ie Australia)?, not only from the US

Yes there is, you type in your information and it tells you the weather for the city you give information for

It uses accuweather.com so if it covers Australia then I would imagine ForecastFox will give you the information!

[gkristian]

Yes there is, you type in your information and it tells you the weather for the city you give information for

It uses accuweather.com so if it covers Australia then I would imagine ForecastFox will give you the information!

i just downloaded the program and a couple of extras, and the weather thing does work...thanks
do you know any extras that would be useful to download?

[Jessika]

i just downloaded the program and a couple of extras, and the weather thing does work...thanks
do you know any extras that would be useful to download?

Well I have A BUNCH of extensions downloaded.. but most are just personal preference type things.. I listed the MOST useful ones (in my opinion) in the other post of mine but if you look at https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...cation=firefox there are TONS!

[gkristian]

Well I have A BUNCH of extensions downloaded.. but most are just personal preference type things.. I listed the MOST useful ones (in my opinion) in the other post of mine but if you look at https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...cation=firefox there are TONS!

thanks again

[AllAmericanPUP]

I use firefox.
It's much better than IE.
I very very rarely(like once in a blue moon) get a pop up and it runs faster.

the only thing i dont like is that i cant change font and ad smileys on yahoo mail, and in MSN groups i cant ad pics directly to a post, i cant change the font and i cant use the chat....wich is all a big bummer to me because i belong to quite a few msn groups...but oh well...whenever i want to do that stuff i just use IE