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re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 7:34 pm Posted by joe (7018 messages posted) IE based!!!!!! that says it all, use IE. the reasoning why firefox is so safe is that it is not IE based!!!! jeeeesh! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 7:42 pm Posted by werner (7061 messages posted) if its IE based its just another Swiss-Cheese-like Browser using Active-X,which Firefox does not.Thats why Firefox is so much safer. lol werrner [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 7:43 pm Posted by tinman (268 messages posted) I've been using it for over a year with no problems at all. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 8:39 pm Posted by MattJ (24 messages posted) uh what ok, then...i'll turn off Active-x. problem solved.. good terminology..I like that swiss cheese thing..doesn't firefox have vulnerabilities now too? My thinking is..if you're online, you're not safe..and that's it....doesn't matter which browser..someone will find a way to exploit it. Only way to be safe is to stop smoking, drinking, and run 2 miles under 12mins 54 secs, and then try not to get shot. I got the NIS, Windows Anti-lactose, and Spybot S&D with TeaTimer. Anymore programs protecting me would require heavy duty armor protection from a HMMWV. Thanks for your comments. But, I really enjoy the tabbed windows and right click. this quote is cool [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 8:44 pm Posted by Wildcat (1314 messages posted) Windows XP Powertoys Mozilla Firefox Correction: Mozilla Firefox is based on Gecko (the Mozilla engine), not on IE Falcon's Malware Removal instructions Microsoft Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 8:49 pm Posted by Wildcat (1314 messages posted) Windows XP Powertoys Mozilla Firefox Yeah. It uses Mozilla's Gecko engine, not "MSHTML.DLL" (a.k.a. "Microsoft HTML Engine DLL/ActiveX control for Win32 and MSIE"). And it is the best browser I've ever used! (Avaiable for Win32, MacOS, Linux, etc. operating systems) Falcon's Malware Removal instructions Microsoft Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 8:51 pm Posted by MattJ (24 messages posted) uh what Sweet ...then I can select "use Gecko Engine" in maxthon. Thanks. this quote is cool [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 8:55 pm Posted by Wildcat (1314 messages posted) Windows XP Powertoys Mozilla Firefox What happened to Netscape? It is now a shell for MSIE! All the people who used IE will use the IE engine for Netscape because they don't understand engines! Firefox, fortunately, uses the Gecko engine. And Firefox is the coolest browser for Win32(95+/NT4.0+) and Linux! MSIE 7.0 will NOT be as good! Never! Falcon's Malware Removal instructions Microsoft Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 9:03 pm Posted by joe (7018 messages posted) "I like that swiss cheese thing" ok, and yes, ff does, but guess what, if or when one or some are found, they put out a new version, plugged, and not an itty bitty patch, look dude, if you like it, ok, fine, pushing it here is your right, just the thing is, it is a browser like IE, but not like IE, but still has more vulnerabilities where as ff does not have, cest la vie...you like swiss cheese, then ok....im sure the scumware code writers like your kind of thinking, as it keeps them in business and not to mention, people like me to whom get a lot of money on the side cleaning up computers....rock on, and thank you for making it a better Christmas for my wife and kids.. ;-) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 9:06 pm Posted by MattJ (24 messages posted) ok good..just tell me that you've tried maxthon..and then I'll assume you're not brainwashed into Firefox...like others with IE. I tried Firefox...but it just didn't fit well with what I need. I won't get into a pee match with you bud, just wanted to spread the joy of what I feel is a superior browser. I agree to disagree with you. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 9:13 pm Posted by werner (7061 messages posted) and what is this?Found it in the Freeware section at Snapfiles. :) werner Our Rating: 5 stars Popularity: popularity Updated: 08/01/2005 Maxthon is an Internet Explorer based web browser that adds a lot of new features as well as a fresh new look to your standard Internet Explorer browser interface. Among the added features are a tabbed interface that allows you to quickly switch between multiple web pages and create groups of pages that you can launch with a single click. In addition, it offers several privacy features like cookie and history cleanup as well as an option to delete the typed address bar URLs (either all or only selected). There are many other features, most of them small, but very handy. For example, it offers a RSS sidebar, supports URL aliases and keyboard shortcuts, quick proxy switching, auto-scrolling, network speed display as well as content filtering and a popup window killer. Maxthon supports plug-ins (some come included). [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 9:19 pm Posted by MattJ (24 messages posted) Proxy set up. Mouse gesturing. Flash get. Right click enabling. SMS to any cell phone free. Use Gecko Engine. Ctrl+ to zoom the browser. I can right click swipe left to go back. I am writing this in Maxthon using Gecko Engine. Where can I send the check for you to clean up my computer? Obviously I'm out of my mind using this crazy browser..and can still stay connected to the internet. Searches all major search engines at one time for software/pics/general/mp3's/coding/news/filemirrors. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 9:24 pm Posted by werner (7061 messages posted) think i might have misread your post. lol werner [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 9:40 pm Posted by werner (7061 messages posted) who gives a good dump. lmao werner [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 9:49 pm Posted by MattJ (24 messages posted) just me [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 9:50 pm Posted by joe (7018 messages posted) i love the reviews....IE, IE, IE, shares the same vulneralbilites as IE, IE, IE, aka, MyIE2.....crap! http://www.download.com/Maxthon/3640-2356_4-10370033.html?tag=tab_ur [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 10:02 pm Posted by MattJ (24 messages posted) yep... Firefox Goes for Profit http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/08/03/mozilla-firefox-forprofit-cx_ld_0803mozilla.html [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox.. Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 10:25 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32685 messages posted) Uh, what?? You're advertising, and it's against Annoyances forum rules... Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 10:39 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32685 messages posted) That's old news, but it's not the whole story. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox.. Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 10:46 pm Posted by MattJ (24 messages posted) Correct...Joe's icon on every post for a Profit organization is an advertisement. My point exactly. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox.. Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 10:52 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32685 messages posted) Nope, he's not advertising...you are. You don't like FF, nobody here gives a rip. Your only reason for posting was to push, advertise Maxthon. No, it's going to be a non-profit orgranization. Why don't you get all the facts together, so you know what you're talking about. You're clueless and short-sighted. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox.. Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 11:07 pm Posted by MattJ (24 messages posted) you nailed me Carol. Sorry for posting anything against all the FF lovers here. Again please forgive me for giving my opinion...when someone calls my favorite browser crap I'm not backing down. Punto y fin. I never placed a link to maxthon, in contrast, others against my opinion posted links to download the software whilst posting user reviews. I'm giving good factual information about my favorite browser..You should open your mind a little and consider my point of view. You push your stuff and forbid someone else give a different opinion. I did my best not to "push" but when everyone here seems hung on software that will sell out in the near future, I must respond in the posts to try to make my point that my favorite software is not bad. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox.. Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 11:29 pm Posted by MattJ (24 messages posted) Frank Hecker, director of policy for the Mozilla Foundation, said the for-profit arm will give the project more options. Already, Google Inc. pays Mozilla an unspecified amount to ship Firefox with a version of Google's search engine as the default home page. In the future, the project could consider letting other companies hire its employees to develop new features, Hecker said. There are no plans, though, to offer paid technical support services. Non-profit! I don't want Google in my stuff...I want google if I choose! Google is the next Microsoft. Wanna bet google comes out with Operating Systems using the Firefox browser. Then there'll be the Googley Annoyances Forum. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox.. Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 11:32 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32685 messages posted) The point isn't whether you're for or against FF. The point is you dropped in and started this discussion about your 'favorite' browser. What were you expecting, a warm welcome and friendly chat? I'm sure others are aware it exists, so what's the point? These kind of discussions only start arguments and conflicts. You had no good reason for posting, unless that's what you wanted was to get something going. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox.. Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 11:42 pm Posted by MattJ (24 messages posted) I wasn't trying to get something going, although I had a dream last night that I got into a political argument at work..maybe this is it. I found many constituents that had never heard of it and figured it was worth sharing here. Lesson learned though. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox.. Thursday, August 18, 2005 at 11:54 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (32685 messages posted) The thing is, any browser that's based on IE is no better/safer than IE. That's our main reason for telling users about FF. Hijackings would be a thing of the past. Security experts recommend FF more than any other alternative, so there must be some reason for it. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Friday, August 19, 2005 at 1:18 am Posted by Bill Hartwell (4 messages posted) I have Maxthon installed on my system, but after putting it through its paces as my exclusive browser for a couple months, I now use it only for those web sites that require IE to view. Even though Maxthon has added features that mitigate the IE drawbacks some, it's still using IE as its rendering engine, which means it is vulnerable to the viruses, trojans, and other hacks that use the IE weaknesses to exploit your system. I use Mozilla as my primary browser (I used to use Firefox and Thunderbird, but discovered that I used fewer resources opening one program than opening two), and so I do not have the vulnerabilities that any browser using the IE rendering engine has. That alone makes any browser using the Mozilla core superior to any browser using the IE core, even if you don't take into account the open source, collaborative development, and active community supporting Mozilla and its associated projects. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Friday, August 19, 2005 at 2:44 am Posted by Gilzean (567 messages posted) Thanks to everyone for contributing to this thread - great reading, but..... Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum????? Whether I prefer one browser to IE or not, one graphics program to mspaint or not, one text file reader to notepad or not, has little , if anything to do with..... Windows XP Annoyances. There, now i've managed to unite you all - against me LOL Too old to die young [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Friday, August 19, 2005 at 4:21 am Posted by joe (7018 messages posted) you need to use an ActiveX control to allow Maxthon to use Gecko?????? Swiss Cheese????? i do believe! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Friday, August 19, 2005 at 6:33 am Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (6749 messages posted) AOL Explorer (also based on MSIE) has some pretty good stuff, too. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Friday, August 19, 2005 at 1:49 pm Posted by werner (7061 messages posted) well,Emmenthaler is Emmenthaler is Emmenthaler,even though my family is from nearby and I practically grew up on that stuff. LOL werner [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Firefox..Try Maxthon Monday, August 22, 2005 at 9:58 am Posted by MattJ (24 messages posted) Ran a search in my Firefox home page set at Google and found out what you're talking about. LOL [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 XP Discussion Forum