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re: browers Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 3:31 pm Posted by Brian (22 messages posted) IE is quite fast, and offers some useful tools, and is almost guarunteed to run on any Windows platform without bother (I think version 6 comes with XP?) If you can wait another second or two for FireFox to start up, it comes with some nice features like pop-up blocker, download history and tabs so that web-pages can be opened in one window. Unfortunately, I haven't used Netscape or any other browsers, so I can't comment on them. Really, the more talked about ones are a good bet to go for, but those two are my personal favourites. Hope you find one that suits you. On Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 2:47 pm, jb wrote: >any idea what the best browers is out there. >Thanks jb [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: browers Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 3:31 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) Firefox has been getting a lot of development, and I like it from the security stand point. The millions of Hijackthis logs posted on the internet are from people using IE. On Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 2:47 pm, jb wrote: >any idea what the best browers is out there. >Thanks jb [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: browers Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 8:55 pm Posted by dhm (1069 messages posted) My company's computer department--wait, let me admit that's only a little more than 2 people--want to go to Firefox and also a different email client than Outlook Express. The candidates so far seem to be Eudora or Thunderbird. Does anyone have any user info or recommendations on this? All I've found about the limitations of Firefox is that it can't handle any ActiveX controls which means that Macromedia Flash will not run on it. That's used for animated advertisements but there might be a site out there that uses it for an animated homepage. ActiveX is also needed for Microsoft's update pages but if you're using IE only secondarily I suppose you could relegate it to the Start >Programs. On Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 3:31 pm, Steve wrote: >Firefox has been getting a lot of development, and I like >it from the security stand point. The millions of Hijackthis >logs posted on the internet are from people using IE. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: browers Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 9:25 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) Firefox has a plugin for flash, if you visit a site that uses Flash you will get prompted to add flash, or Java for example. I have never installed the flash plugin, and don't miss it, but my sister likes to use the Yahoo Game site, and the flash and Java plugins are needed to make the online games work. Active X is why 10 million Hijackthis logs are posted on the internet because of IE. If you use Microsoft update site, then just use IE for that visit. On Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 8:55 pm, dhm wrote: > >My company's computer department--wait, let me admit that's only a little more than >2 people--want to go to Firefox and also a different email client than Outlook Express. > The candidates so far seem to be Eudora or Thunderbird. Does anyone have any user >info or recommendations on this? > >All I've found about the limitations of Firefox is that it can't handle any ActiveX >controls which means that Macromedia Flash will not run on it. That's used for animated >advertisements but there might be a site out there that uses it for an animated homepage. > >ActiveX is also needed for Microsoft's update pages but if you're using IE only secondarily >I suppose you could relegate it to the Start >Programs. > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: browers Monday, January 3, 2005 at 2:16 am Posted by Cyber Cowboy 009 (38 messages posted) Hello jb,here's a link: Firefox 1.0 rediscover the web On Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 2:47 pm, jb wrote: >any idea what the best browers is out there. >Thanks jb [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: browers Monday, January 3, 2005 at 2:41 am Posted by dhm (1069 messages posted) Okay, that helps! On Sunday, January 2, 2005 at 9:25 pm, Steve wrote: >Firefox has a plugin for flash, if you visit a site that uses >Flash you will get prompted to add flash, or Java for example. I have never installed >the flash plugin, and don't >miss it, but my sister likes to use the Yahoo Game site, >and the flash and Java plugins are needed to make the >online games work. Active X is why 10 million Hijackthis >logs are posted on the internet because of IE. If you use >Microsoft update site, then just use IE for that visit. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] ActiveX plug-in for Mozilla (and Firefox) Monday, January 3, 2005 at 10:52 am Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) >All I've found about the limitations of Firefox is that it can't handle any ActiveX > dhm http://www.google.com/search?&q=plug-in+OR+plugin+activex+mozilla+OR+firefox [Reply or follow-up to this message] Just install the FlashBlock plug-in Monday, January 3, 2005 at 10:54 am Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) >I have never installed the flash plugin > Steve The FlashBlock plug-in will put a little stylized F graphic where the Macromedia link is. It won't allow the Flash to download or display until you click it. Don't be afraid of Flash. Have it available for that 1 x 10^-6 occurance where you DO want to see the presentation. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Just install the FlashBlock plug-in Monday, January 3, 2005 at 2:12 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) Guess I'm still waiting for that one in a million presentation that I need to see :) Funning thing after I installed Firefox on my Sisters computer she needed Java, and Flash installed within less than 5 minutes of hitting the internet with Firefox. Whats amazing about her using Firefox is she has not had her puter messed up with Malware since she stopped using IE, and she is a very careless web surfer, so she is a great Test case for why people should stop using IE. On Monday, January 3, 2005 at 10:54 am, gewg_ wrote: >>I have never installed the flash plugin >> Steve > >The FlashBlock plug-in will put a little stylized F graphic where the Macromedia >link is. >It won't allow the Flash to download or display until you click it. > >Don't be afraid of Flash. >Have it available for that 1 x 10^-6 occurance where you DO want to see the presentation. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ActiveX plug-in for Mozilla (and Firefox) Tuesday, January 4, 2005 at 3:11 am Posted by dhm (1069 messages posted) Okay, that's useful. On Monday, January 3, 2005 at 10:52 am, gewg_ wrote: >>All I've found about the limitations of Firefox is that it can't handle any ActiveX >> dhm > >http://www.google.com/search?&q=plug-in+OR+plugin+activex+mozilla+OR+firefox [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum