[kj] OT: Firefox

The Exorcist killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com
Fri Dec 19 10:09:50 EST 2008


Plug-ins are awesome for FF. I just find Opera
Easier on the eyes, more streamlined and very very fast. Real snappy!
You can have FF masquerade as any browser you want.

Let's not forget lynx. LOL. Old School!

At 09:52 AM 12/19/2008, Brendan Quinn wrote:

>Firefox allows you to masquerade as IE, I reckon

>that’d do away with most need for it entirely.

>

>My Firefox is really pumping now, if I had a

>chest it’d be all swelled with geek pride.

>

>

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>

>I love my Opera!

>(Though I do use the FF and IE as well. Opera is my main)

>

>At 11:52 PM 12/18/2008, Brendan Quinn wrote:

>

>This is a good defence to the recent article I

>posted about Firefox being a top security risk

>(which just doesn’t sound right):

>

><http://www.dailytech.com/Mozilla+Disputes+Bit9s+Claim+That+Firefox+is+Most+Vulnerable+App/article13717.htm>http://www.dailytech.com/Mozilla+Disputes+Bit9s+Claim+That+Firefox+is+Most+Vulnerable+App/article13717.htm

>

>

>Gotta admit I wondered at the bias when I didn’t

>see M$ operating systems, browsers, or Office in the list

(!)

>

>I also had a tweak and got FF 3 working much

>snappier, quite noticeable even on a fast (10-15Mbps) connection:

>

><http://www.nzherald.co.nz/compute/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501832&objectid=10548570&pnum=2>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/compute/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501832&objectid=10548570&pnum=2

>

>

>(I used the 2 add-ins and found some other

>config tweaks on another site cos these ones aren’t all FF 3 current

)

>

>I’m gonna install Chrome and see how that goes



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