Convince Me To Switch to Firefox

[lauriek]

One word - needlesearch - this did it for me a few weeks ago - lovely search toolbar which allows you to integrate pretty much any online search into your toolbar - http://needlesearch.mozdev.org/

[vgarcia]

Prize of a one pixel spacer image to someone who can think of something interesting to say about Firefox which hasn't been said already Judge's decision is final!

Using accesskeys in Firefox (and IE even) is far easier than the unholy shift+escape combination in Opera.

[DougBTX]

Using accesskeys in Firefox (and IE even) is far easier than the unholy shift+escape combination in Opera.

Can't say I've ever used an access key

Douglas

[Firestorm2003]

A few things annoy me in Firefox, but overall I prefer it over IE.

[DougBTX]

Well it's needlesearch from lauriek, or Using accesskeys from Vinnie so far. Time is running out, deadline is 11:59 20-4-2004 CET!

Douglas

[someonewhois]

I'm 99% sure this has been said, but when I see the ... after page 5 it makes me not want to read past page 1. So... my 2 cents:

How the hell is ActiveX beneficial? It's gotta be the worst thing about IE!

[Dan Grossman]

It makes some neat things possible, like an entirely online, always updated virus scanner.

[Sahajin]

yeah and all that spam loaded behind your back. funny, not sure what virus scanner you use but mine doesn't use IE. in fact it doesn't use a browser at all to update. any of them that I see do. you can do anything and everthing on the net without IE.

[cfm]

yeah and all that spam loaded behind your back. funny, not sure what virus scanner you use but mine doesn't use IE. in fact it doesn't use a browser at all to update. any of them that I see do. you can do anything and everthing on the net without IE.

McAfee VirusScan Online requires Internet Explorer and ActiveX.

When the ActiveX security settings are set correctly (as mine are... ), there's little chance of something installing that you don't want. The only ActiveX controls I use are Windows Update, Office Update, and the Flash installer. And for the first two, ActiveX is beneficial because there's no other convenient way to do it.

I sense circular debate...

[DougBTX]

I sense circular debate...

That'll be because the same functionality which lets a virus scanner scan you computer, is the functionality which lets a virus scan your address book

Hmm, winners... I think my deadline is padded.

Winner is: needlesearch, though you will get a red spacer image instead of a transparent one due to the fact that needlesearch relies on a feature already brought up: extensions in FF. You have a PM

Douglas

[lieut_data]

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166900

[jax502]

You won't get the dreadful pop ups! And yes..."Tabbed Browsing"

[Sahajin]

McAfee VirusScan Online requires Internet Explorer and ActiveX.

When the ActiveX security settings are set correctly (as mine are... ), there's little chance of something installing that you don't want. The only ActiveX controls I use are Windows Update, Office Update, and the Flash installer. And for the first two, ActiveX is beneficial because there's no other convenient way to do it.

I sense circular debate...

again, I still don't need IE. I update virus scan with mcafee's update. You choose to use ActiveX and online scanning, I do not and I still surf happy. I install ServicePacks at my convenience, I do not let windows choose for me. so yeah you can still do it without using IE or activeX.

[weirdbeardmt]

Oops first time for everything I guess...

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[DougBTX]

Another reason I use Opera: If it crashes (or something else crashes your computer, or you just press the "off" button etc etc) then it remembers what you were doing, which pages were open, any emails you are half way through writing and all that

Douglas

[megamanXplosion]

Another reason I use Opera: If it crashes (or something else crashes your computer, or you just press the "off" button etc etc) then it remembers what you were doing, which pages were open, any emails you are half way through writing and all that

Douglas

Yes, that's undoubtedly my favorite feature of Opera. The snap-back (back and forward navigation) is my second favorite feature. Paste+Go for form-fields is my third (come on browser developers, put this option in other browsers, I hate having to rightclick->paste then switch to the keyboard to press enter, it's annoying). I could keep going but that gives a pretty good estimate of the reason I use Opera. It doubles, if not triples, my productivity.

[Jspew]

What a discussion, I lost half my life reading all this! I gotta quit smoking. I prefer opera, but on some of the pages I visit for work, for whatever reason the javascript doesn't work and then the pages are all "wonky". Anybody know why? I know javascript WORKS in opera, cause I have seen it work before, the box is checked in options and everything.. The forward and rewind ROCK! I use them all the time. I can't say enough good things about Opera, I don't use IE.. EVER. Primarlily use Opera, but use FF when I need something done at work. Funny I haven't found too many pages that go all "wonky" in my casual surfing with opera..

[vgarcia]

What a discussion, I lost half my life reading all this! I gotta quit smoking. I prefer opera, but on some of the pages I visit for work, for whatever reason the javascript doesn't work and then the pages are all "wonky". Anybody know why? I know javascript WORKS in opera, cause I have seen it work before, the box is checked in options and everything.. The forward and rewind ROCK! I use them all the time. I can't say enough good things about Opera, I don't use IE.. EVER. Primarlily use Opera, but use FF when I need something done at work. Funny I haven't found too many pages that go all "wonky" in my casual surfing with opera..

If Opera can't handle the JS on a site, it's probably because the person who coded those scripts didn't have Opera in mind. It's unfortunate, but many developers don't specialize in Javascript, and fewer still don't know how to code for the widest variety of browsers possible. Now if you're using Opera 5 or 6 that's another story .

[Jspew]

I am using the free opera off of the site.. Does that matter?? cause if the paid version is better they should have that built into the free one. I sure wouldn't buy a browser (when FF is free) that didn't do all the things FF could do for me..

[vgarcia]

I am using the free opera off of the site.. Does that matter?? cause if the paid version is better they should have that built into the free one. I sure wouldn't buy a browser (when FF is free) that didn't do all the things FF could do for me..

The only difference between the paid and free version of Opera is the ads.

[moonchild]

2 words: TABBED BROWSING

Exactly. I made the switch, and I don't miss Internet Explorer really. I am still having a few problems adjusting to the toolbars, but that is about it. I also like the way it seems to be more standardized as far as W3C specs in coding.

I.E. If you using a xhtml 1.0 strict doctype in I.E. and try making a horizontal line by using <td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="1px.gif" width="1" height="1"></td>, I.E. will display that, but in Firefox, it will look horrible. Now by switching to xhtml 1.0 transitional, the problem is solved. I like that a lot, seems like things are more standards-compliant in firefox.

[DougBTX]

The only difference between the paid and free version of Opera is the ads.

That's a big thing tough! Now my toolbars take up less space than the ads by themselves You can't do that in FF without loosing functionality! I can't see the tabs in O, but I can stil use them via the scroll wheel on my mouse

I got a new T610 today - beautiful

Douglas