IETOOL for Firefox? Browser poll

Everything else that doesn't fall into one of the other PB categories.

What browser do you use?

Internet Explorer mainly
6
14%
Firefox or FireFox but sometimes FireFox
30
71%
Mozilla- I prefer suites ;P
2
5%
Safari/Opera/etc, etc..
4
10%
Firefox- Except when I need IETOOL, then IE
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 42

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Post by Berikco »

Jimbo_H wrote:I'd also have liked to see a Firefox only option, but I voted anyway.
Yeah, i Voted Firefox also, and changed the poll a little to suit my vote better :wink:

Since we install Firefox standard on all our new systems that go out, support calls dropped by 70 percent.....
Much less spyware to remove.....
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Post by Num3 »

I guess the diference between a normal user and a programmer is the fact a programmer understands why firefox is better ...
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Berikco wrote:[...]and changed the poll a little to suit my vote better :wink:
Thx, that helped me voting! ;)
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Post by PB »

> As far as I know IE is a part of the OS, and can't be removed

I haven't tried, but this app lets you remove most things from Windows,
including Internet Explorer (according to their screenshots, and from what
I've read on the net from satisfied users): http://www.litepc.com/

> installing Firefox just adds a lot of Mb's to my system, right ?

No more than any other good app. FF is far smaller than IE -- Firefox
is a 5 MB download, and IE6 is something like 90 MB.
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Post by utopiomania »

IE is widely used, it's a MS product (many hates MS and wants to harm them), and the creeps
out there have had a long time to learn how to create problems for people using it. :(

Firefox doesn't have to stand up to these massive attacks yet, and I can believe switching
to Firefox could help a lot in reducing support calls for example. :)

Which makes it better for some, but not neccessarily for me or others who haven't had a
problem with IE for ages. :roll:

As for Num3's remark, I don't understand why Firefox IS better, only that Firefox CAN be
better for some, IE CAN be better for others, and I respect that fact. :wink:
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Post by thefool »

okay ie isnt bad till you run adaware or so and see all that crap you have on your pc. i can hear you dont browse a lot. Tabbed browsing is really nice!
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Post by utopiomania »

thefool, maybe I don't browse a lot, I don't know what you mean by a lot, but I'm browsing say 3-4 hours
each day. I have a 1024/256 ADSL line, and the PC is connected for a few hours more each day. :)
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Post by Dare2 »

Browsers are one of those things that people get passionate about.


A long time ago Netscape ruled, dominated. It had some none-standard stuff that made a few tricks possible, these were called "extra features". They were called "neat, nice, nifty".

Then MS IE caught up. It dominated. It introduced some non-standard stuff that made a few tricks possible. These were called "dirty tricks". They were called "evil, nasty, bad".

:)

Back when NS ruled, some webmasters made their websites NS-Only. They even displayed messages saying this, and were rude to people who arrived with IE browsers. This was considered cool.

Now IE rules. Some websites use IE only features that make visiting with anything else a pain. This is considered arrogant.

:)


Go figure.


IE does have some iffy stuff, esp ActiveX. But FF and Moz are not bulletproof. Sheet-heads mostly target IE. And MS/IE make better news than FF. Moz.


Anyhow, nearly ALL modern browsers are nice and work well.


By the slightest of margins, and at the moment, I prefer mozilla over firefox and firefox over IE.

A little while ago I preferred FireFox.

Tomorrow ..?


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Post by Num3 »

MS IE cannot be removed...

Sooner or later other programs will start to crash because they need an IE component to work...
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