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| Thread ID: 42091 | 2004-01-31 20:18:00 | Alternatives to IE | Chris Randal (521) | Press F1 |
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| 211889 | 2004-02-01 09:53:00 | Add one for MozillaFirebird Been using it for alomst 16 months now! Here's a quick story you might like: I'd been securing down the Family's PC after catching the Blaster Virus. As part of it, I convinced my parents to use MozillaThunderbird (The Email Client). They liked it, and the built-in Spam filter.. It looked "like Outlook Express only with prettier icons" to quote my Father. Then over the Christmas break (some 2-3 months later) while they were on Holiday I installed Linux on their PC and made it the default OS.. Imported their emails (MozillaFire/Thunderbird work in Windows and Linux) and bookmarks and left them with MozillaFirebird and MozillaThunderbird (The two most used apps on the PC). My Mum freaked out when she say it and started screaming "Whats all this Mozilla crap we've got... I know we use the Thunder thingy for email, but whats this about Firebird?". I politely explained she'd been using MozillaFirebird for the last 2-3 months, I'd just renamed the Desktop shortcut and changed the Icon to the Internet Explorer one.... Its so similar she never knew the difference...! |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 211890 | 2004-02-03 05:34:00 | Mmm.. I've been using firebird for a while Started using thunderbird, the familys gotten used to it & I really like it. Mozilla Firebirds the best... Forrest44. |
forrest44 (754) | ||
| 211891 | 2004-02-03 06:22:00 | Can someone explain to me how to change the skin/theme of firebird? Also how to install the java plugin, because I tried that and it wanted to re-install the whole sun java virtual machine - whereas I had already installed sun java for Internet Explorer. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 211892 | 2004-02-03 06:32:00 | sun java is sun java virtual machine. uninstall and reinstall it. its the same thing for IE,mozilla,netscape and opera. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 211893 | 2004-02-03 06:57:00 | > Can someone explain to me how to change the skin/theme of firebird? Have a look in Firebird's Tools, Options, Themes. ;-) > Also how to install the java plugin, because I tried that and it wanted to re-install the whole sun java virtual machine - whereas I had already installed sun java for Internet Explorer. Have a look at Mozilla Firebird's FAQ pages (texturizer.net). Lots of good tips there. ;-) |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 211894 | 2004-02-03 09:01:00 | Thanks Fire-and-Ice, a small reg key fixed the java issue :) Also figured out where to download the themes from the link, Cheers for that! > sun java is sun java virtual machine. uninstall and reinstall it. its the same thing for IE,mozilla,netscape and opera. Of course I know that sun java is the same thing. What do you take me for - a f-ing retard? |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 211895 | 2004-02-03 09:06:00 | >Of course I know that sun java is the same thing. What do you take me for - a f-ing retard? natually. you'll be surprised how many simple things people overlook. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 211896 | 2004-02-03 09:58:00 | This is going to be unpopular but I tried Opera and Mozilla and kept running into problems with both, either unstability or having to fire up IE cos the other two couldn't access some sites. I've given up on them, more trouble than they were worth to me and I find IE is the best for me. | Danger (287) | ||
| 211897 | 2004-02-03 18:05:00 | For me, anything that is made by Microsoft needs to be questioned. My choice is Operam which I went into years and years ago. Internet Explorer is just too basic. Opera is rich with features, and it tells you what is happening. In IE, I feel a little out of the loop. Mouse gestures are another of my favourites. They're so ingenius! It's unique to Opera, and that would probably put me off any other browser. I've heard a lot about Mozilla, but I've never had any reason to move, so why should I? All the sites I go to work, it's far more stable and has frequent updates. |
Jaguar (4442) | ||
| 211898 | 2004-02-03 21:41:00 | I see noone has mentioned Netscape. I have used it for at least 8 years and have no reason to switch. I am currently using 7.1 and it is great. Oxie (Lyn) |
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