Well I'm wondering if I should download firefox and I currently use Internet Explorer and I just want some reason why I should keep IE or get firefox.

well ijji only works with ie. but i think firefox is alot better getting it two days ago. plus if you like pron and are on the family comp, it has a nice clear history.

Firefox is faster, safer, and has more pwnage.

firefox plus ie add-on ftw!!

Firefox is superior, but only by a small amount. There's actually a plug-in now that allows you too launch IE embedded in tabs. No clue which one it is though.

IF IE 7 Had a plug in like Downloadthemall i would stop using Firefox thats the only reason i use it in the first place.

If FireFox would allow users to manually run Direct X plug-ins through it's system then I would say it's the best.

But for any Foreign MMOer, IE is the best.

Hopefully FireFox 3 will allow us to do that. As well as update the dictionary for it's stupid spell check.

It's like this.
IE has a few hundred active exploits in it, most of which can be exploited without the user's knowledge(happened to me one). Firefox just had two exploits found, one which only works on versions before 2.0, and the other one is just a phishing site able to trick the phishing filter into thinking it's the real site.
A quick look at the address bar can tell you if the site is a fake or not, and it doesn't effect your computer directly.


Also, IE supports about 50% of the web standards, while firefox supports somewhere around 98%
Basically what that means is that in IE, 50% of the web code does not work in it.
And then theres everything else thats been mentioned.
It's faster, more secure, and has extensions which allows you to pimp it out to work the way you want.


yea, there are a few sites that are "IE only", but the reason why is due to the coders. Whats going on there is that they are not following the web coding standards. Instead they are using special "IE only" tags which only IE can decode, and they are owned by Microsoft.
In truth, you could make a site much easier and it would look a lot nicer if you stuck to the standards, but some coders are still stuck in 1995, back in the days of the great browser wars.(IE vs Netscape)

I just swiched to firefox becuase for some reason about a month ago IE got *** slow on me, befor it was the otherway around anyone know why that might have been?

I just swiched to firefox becuase for some reason about a month ago IE got *** slow on me, befor it was the otherway around anyone know why that might have been?

I don't know, but after so many years without seeing your signature, I feel a bit refreshed.

Firefox,

shortcuts are easy to remember.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/

The IE Plugin.

Firefox. IE 7 always gives me an error everytime I close it. And making new tabs is slow. Simple and easy to use

actually I just downloaded fire fox and I like it so far it seems much cleaner and not as cluttered and now I'm tryiing to find a theme any recomendations?

actually I just downloaded fire fox and I like it so far it seems much cleaner and not as cluttered and now I'm tryiing to find a theme any recomendations?

Almost all of them look bad unless you're desktop is themed too. So I suggest sticking with the all-purpose default. :)

well maybe give me a good desktop theme build

best for fire fox users...

flashgot - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/220/
noscript - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/
ie tab - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/

Two themes I suggest are Mostly Crystal and Noia 2.0(eXtream)
I myself am fond of Mostly Crystal

I use firefox because of it's customizability. There are some extensions that I use too often to switch (mouse gestures being the major one).

kriff what other ones do you use cause that gestures one is really awsome

Adblock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/)

DownThemAll! (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/201/)

IE Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/)

Linkification (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/190/)

SmoothWheel (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/357/)

Tab Mix Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1122/)

URL Fixer (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2871/)

Adblock prevents ads from showing. You won't see the ads, and pages load faster because of that.

DownThemAll is a download manager that lets you download all of a specific file type on a web site. It also increases download speeds by splitting the file (like Flashgot does).

IE Tab lets you view the page in IE, but embedded in Firefox.

Linkification makes typed out links clickable.

SmoothWheel makes scrolling smooth and has customizable speed settings.

Tab Mix Plus lets you reopen closed tabs, and puts a loading bar on each tab.

URL fixer fixes typos (like google.con).

Ok thats it, im done hearing the details. Im DL foxfire now. Since its sooooo better than IE, i gotta try this out.

actually I just downloaded fire fox and I like it so far it seems much cleaner and not as cluttered and now I'm tryiing to find a theme any recomendations?

Black Japan. By far the sexiest. Google it.

Mozilla > Firefox.

The only problem is mouse gestures, which Mozilla Suite doesn't have (to my knowledge).

I just tried it out and so far i would say its 20% better than IE in speed. The plugins are aggravating the hell outta me, but the speed is better nonetheless.

I like the Clipmark extension. I can bookmark anything and go onto a different computer and get the book mark back.
Clipmark (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1407/)

what you mean by the plugin are aggravting and how is mozilla better elaborate

EDIT:Ohhh I see what you mean about the plugins can anyone help us?
yea its stupid flash player

plug-ins page:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/plugins/

yea the flash one doesnt work

yea the flash one doesnt work
What's wrong with it? Flash works fine on FF for me.

yea the flash one doesnt work
You downloaded the one on that page, restarted firefox, and tried viewing a flash?

Personally, I prefer IE. What ever was said about IE not supporting web standards...not sure where you got that info. I'm a web developer and, while you have to try to make everything cross-browser compatible, both browsers support web-coding standards (each is just a bit different, no better no worse).

Basically, Firefox is more secure, but doesn't allow for a lot of active content on the internet. If you know what you're doing, IE is great. If you're surfing blindly and checking out lots of warez and porn, Firefox will protect you from viruses.

P.S. Since viruses do tend to attack IE, I do also have Firefox (in case my IE is ever taken down). So I guess, I recommend both.

Personally, I prefer IE. What ever was said about IE not supporting web standards...not sure where you got that info. I'm a web developer and, while you have to try to make everything cross-browser compatible, both browsers support web-coding standards (each is just a bit different, no better no worse).

Basically, Firefox is more secure, but doesn't allow for a lot of active content on the internet. If you know what you're doing, IE is great. If you're surfing blindly and checking out lots of warez and porn, Firefox will protect you from viruses.

P.S. Since viruses do tend to attack IE, I do also have Firefox (in case my IE is ever taken down). So I guess, I recommend both.
Didn't say that it didn't support standards, just that it has one of the worst standards support of major browsers.

Web standards support:
http://www.proxy80.com/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/000000A/http/www.webdevout.net/browser-support (http://www.proxy80.com/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/000000A/http/www.webdevout.net/browser-support#summary)
If you don't want to look at all the details, a quick summery:
http://www.proxy80.com/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/000000A/http/www.webdevout.net/browser-support-summary

As for active content, java is able to do everything active X can and is more secure because it is not intergrated in the windows kernal

A good example of IE vs FF is this page:
http://www.4chan.org/nav.php
(after the "im old enough to view" thing)

Put your mouse over a link in IE
Then do the same in FF

See the difference?
This is a very basic CSS function that existed near the start of it's exsistance, but IE does not support it.



The only thing that I've noticed that IE handles real nicely are tables. But the rest? I've had countless hours of trouble to make something basic and simple that, by the W3C standards is a active tag, work in IE.

About the flash yea i restarted it and everything and it still doesnt work at all can u help me please maybe even PM me or something.

About the flash yea i restarted it and everything and it still doesnt work at all can u help me please maybe even PM me or something.
Do you have the extension NoScript installed? It might be set to not allow any Flash.