Been trying out the latest beta of the infinitely cool Firefox browser and really liking it.
The history command on the top is a nice touch. If you've opened up several windows, it remembers them all. Much handier than clicking the back button. If you've inadvertently closed a window, it's still there to click in another.
A built in spell checker! As I type this, little red lines similar to a word processor highlight the errors as you go. Neat if your on BBs like this one or use web based emails.
Most of the popular Firefox extensions work with it and the ones don't tell you and don't install, thus keeping problem with incompatibility from popping up.
so far...I LIKE! Rapid
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
Yes,, this open source hit is a good one. I remember when a few were saying that it was a fad and that virus writers would exploit it. However, the exploits simply are not there.
This along with a few others are comming along with some powerfull features. The big name authors are still using the "snob" factor trying to keep us from taking a look. OpenOffice.org has a really good offices suite. And there is a couple of FREE Photoshop clones that are making a mark on the photo manipulation arena.
Posted by Mark Tucker (Member # 6461) on :
Ray, I may ask you to give me some pointers on Firefox when you get here, if we can find time. I have 2.0 but am not entirely comfortable with it yet.
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Thanks for the update Ray- but I'm using version 1.0.7, and under the <go> drop down menu are the last 10 pages/sites you visited, and below that is HIstory where you can click on any site you've visited over the past 2 days. It's been quite handy since I found that there.
Posted by bruce ward (Member # 1289) on :
been using firefox for bout 8 months now. formatted comp 1 month ago and used IE for a lil bit. I cannot beleive all the pop ups that Ive been missing NONE with firefox.
There are a couple of issues I have it doesnot open some pages. Dont know why. love it though no comparison
Posted by Patrick Whatley (Member # 2008) on :
Firefox is awesome, even if it does crash everytime I go to a Flash website.
Posted by Al Checca (Member # 2216) on :
I have had nothing but great luck with Firefox... All I use any more... I'll have to download the new version.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
I love the tabs feature in Firefox. Way better than having multiple pages open. When I want to go to the desktop, there's only one page to hide instead of multiple pages.
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
How do I load the new version and keep my bookmarks? I think their instructions say to delete any previous version before installing the new one.
Posted by Checkers (Member # 63) on :
Hiya Rick, You should be able to open (manage) you bookmarks and export them as a HTML Bookmarks file and save them someplace safe. Then you can do what you need to do to install the new program.
Havin' fun,
Checkers
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
Is it me or does 2.0 seem to load slower than 1.5x?
