eta: Eek, I apologize for the length of this post. I'm sure someone who fully utilizes FireFox could write something ten times as long though :lol:
rileylovesalias said:
I downloaded it...but it says it can't make a connection. My network connection is perfectly fine and when i open IE, tis works...but Firefox wont :blink:
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Hmm.. It may have something to do with your firewall. Also go to Tools > Options and try playing around with the connection settings. My friend had the same problem, and downloading and reinstalling fixed the problem.
Moonlite Star said:
hmm interesting. i dled firefox a long while back. used it for a while...didn't like it. then went back to IE. of course, it may be my fault...but the reasons i didn't like it include: doesn't work with CSS coding, doesn't have certain plug ins already installed (err i had trouble installing them when it said missing plug ins...which made it even more annoying...) and it's not really that much better...in my opinion. i like the themes and all, I've used them, but in the end, the themese didn't really matter that much to me...
but maybe firefox is a lot better than i realize...and i am just was too lazy to figure out what i had to do to make firefox better...(suggestions welcomed?)
i still have firefox installed...but rarely use it...
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Actually, Firefox complies to web standards more. For example, look at this
website in both Firefox and IE. It may seem at first that Firefox can't read it properly, but actually IE is just displaying incorrect code correctly. Look at the results in the
HTML Validator--there are 69 errors. While it's great that IE may make screwed up sites look normal, as a webdesigner you definitely don't want to code incorrectly just because IE displays it normally. That leaves all the Firefox, Netscape, Safari, and Opera users with a screwed up website.
Like I said in my last post,
Adblock is a
great extension that removes ads from webpages. There are other extensions that I personally don't use but others say make Firefox even better. Among popular ones are NoScript which makes FireFox safer by white-listing websites with Javascript, Gmail Notifier lets you know when you receive an email, and Tabbrowser Preferences optimizes use of tabs (ie when a link is set to open in a new window, you can have it automatially open in a new tab instead).
Built in features include the pop-up blocker (I know there are others out there, but it's nice to have it built in). Bookmarks can be organized into categories. You can do quick searches such as "google alias" or "dict alias" instead of having to go to google.com or dictionary.com and then typing it. You can add your own custom quick searches, like I made one for thesaurus.com. You can create different profiles so if you share a computer, you aren't forced to have the same settings. FireFox doesn't let websites install software automatically. Passwords and usernames can optionally be saved so you don't have to type it every time. If you share a computer, you can set a master password to access those stored passwords so others can't use your login info. You can manage your cookies. One of the handy features that can be helpful for dialup users is only allowing images from the originating website to load--for example, if users on a forum have signatures on Photobucket accounts, they won't be loaded. And one of the more underrated features is it's a lot safer than IE. Since the majority of people use IE, it's the most targeted browser in terms of hacking, viruses, and trojans. FireFox is tons safer against those things.
There are many many many ways to customize FireFox, but even changing only a few things, it's made the Internet a lot better and safer for me.