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| Thread ID: 46722 | 2004-07-03 06:38:00 | Tell me about Mozilla | Rosie1 (3743) | Press F1 |
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| 249447 | 2004-07-03 06:38:00 | My recent readings, email and browser problems, have led me to accept it's time for a change away from IE and OE. I have a PC World disc with : Mozilla 1.6 Firefox 6.8 Thunderbird 0.5 Opera 7.23 ............ As a home user, for general browsing and email, which of the above should I select...or is there a better choice available.. |
Rosie1 (3743) | ||
| 249448 | 2004-07-03 08:05:00 | Rosie - I am sure you will get lots of replies on this. I am one of the less experienced members but from all I have read and experienced my pick would be to start with Firefox but get the latest version 0.9. Some who are quicker than me will guide you to the site for downloading but if that, for some inexplicable reason does not happen, then I will. I am weary tonight, but may well be invigorated tomorrow ! You are a brave lady, but keep with it, exploring the boundaries will pay dividends. I am learning about Firefox and am fully confident that I will not only feel safer but will feel freer and more adventurous. I read recently in the "NZ Herald" that some worldwide body in the IT sphere was recommending that users for a short while use browers other than I.E. (because of the risk) so there you have it from some conservative people. Good luck ! Misty :) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 249449 | 2004-07-03 08:18:00 | MyIE2 (http://www.myie2.com) | Megaman (344) | ||
| 249450 | 2004-07-03 08:22:00 | Go for Opera, Rosie, once you get used to it,it leaves the others for dead. DD |
dumdum (4965) | ||
| 249451 | 2004-07-03 08:28:00 | Opera. ;-) | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 249452 | 2004-07-03 08:34:00 | > Opera I tried it, but didn't like it. 1. The program loaded slower than IE 2. It loaded pages slower then IE But back on track, I suggest you use trial and error. I did this, and found the only problem I found was the programs squabbling to be the default browser. MM |
Megaman (344) | ||
| 249453 | 2004-07-03 08:44:00 | Hi Rosie, i use "Firefox" and before that "Firebird", personally i wouldn't be without it now ;-) . If you are thinking about going to "Firefox" i would recommend going for a newer version - as others will tell you . Version 0 . 9 has recently been released, however i have stayed with the previous version of 0 . 8, mainly because i use certain addons/extensions that aren't yet available in 0 . 9 . But if you are a new user, i would probably recommend going for the latest version available of v0 . 9 Here ( . net/firefox/download . html#release" target="_blank">texturizer . net) Supergran also recently posted on this subject Here ( . pcworld . co . nz/thread . jsp?forum=1&thread=48787" target="_blank">pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz) so there may also be some helpful imfo there too :-) . It pays to keep I . E installed (if xp you haven't got much choice) as you will still come across pages that will not be viewable in "Firefox" ocassionally :-) . Overall i couldn't recommend "Firefox" more highly, it suits my browsing habits exceptionally, i couldn't do without the "tabbed browsing" now, which is a main feature that people enjoy from it :-) . So give it a go :-) , i am sure you won't regret it, and if you do run into probs theres always plenty of help available here and you can always just fire up I . E again ;-) . I have only used "Firefox" (browser), so can't comment on which e-mail client would be better as an alternative, however i am sure others will be able to help with that - the Mozilla suite is popular i think, don't know if that includes "Firefox" or not though ?:| . |
J ZEP (336) | ||
| 249454 | 2004-07-03 08:48:00 | Mozilla has browser and email with the same setup where as Firefox is a stand alone browser and Thunderbird is a stand alone email client both based on the Mozilla code (and good). Opera is a web browser. To be honest you would probably find Mozilla more convenient |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 249455 | 2004-07-03 08:50:00 | Can you email with Opera now. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 249456 | 2004-07-03 08:51:00 | MyIE2 still uses the guts of IE though so you still end up with all the vulnerabilities | mikebartnz (21) | ||
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