alternatives to IE
would I be able to run this alongside IE? would I be able to transfer my bookmarks from IE to firefox and accordingly back to IE6.
since you seem to be more knowledgable than the average computer user what are the features/benefits of running mozilla instead of IE with windows? thx.
I was over looking at mozilla's firefox a couple of nights ago after I downloaded the latest microsoft patch. would I be able to run this alongside IE?
would I be able to transfer my bookmarks from IE to firefox and accordingly back to IE6.
since you seem to be more knowledgable than the average computer user what are the features/benefits of running mozilla instead of IE with windows? thx.
Mozilla is much less suscpeptible to hijacking.
FireFox is often faster (but not always).
Firefox is much more flexible when it comes to customizing settings.
Firefox has TABBED BROWSING. Yeah!
The mozilla project as a whole supports & conforms to the W3C, which is the most unified group regarding web standards and technologies. IE, technically is horrible at properly rendering websites. This DOES make IE seem better to the lamen, but in reality, it is fostering poorly coded websites which is the LAST thing the web needs more of right now...
There's a lot more. My suggestion is to simply try it alongside IE. Use them both, I do. I also use several toher browsers, but mainly IE and Firefox.
Chris
also can this privacy window be set up for quick access from the toolbar (without having to go thru tools options etc)? and is this about the right size for the cache setting? thanks.
2. This happened the first time that you used IE or its predecessor. If you did not check the box, you never saw it again. The padlock icon on the page for a site that is https:// also shows the secure nature of the page. The closed padlock will appear in the lower right hand corner of the browser border next to the cookie symbol when the page is encrypted.
3. 50 MB is where mine is set. On a 40 GB drive, it would be slightly more than one percent of the drive space.
In Edit, Preferences, Privacy and Security, SSL you can set how you want the browser to behave in many situations concerning security.
Hope this helps.
I wish there was more unity with browsers and 3rd party components, including such programs as WinMediaPlayer.
I am a AOL hater, and Netscape was destroyed by AOL.
Once I found out that Mozilla was what Netscapa v.6.0 & up was, I have never used netscape since. I wish Opera offered their program for a lower price for the ad-free version. I used it for a while, but found the interface to difficult to customize or reduce to useful functions (more that super essntials but not the full set).
I await the day MS releases v.7.0 of IE. Their software updating proceedures are on my list of most anticipated improvements.
My $.025
gj
When I first started using my bank's web site for Internet banking, I found that I could not initiate a bill payment with Netscape. Using IE worked every time, but something about their coding prevented Netscape from working. I complained to them and they kept trying to tell me it was my fault (I hate working with tech support, especially when I know more than they do). I finally got them to realize and admit that it was a problem on their end . I don't know if they ever fixed it, I just use IE when I set up bill payments and have no problems.
If you do go with a third party browser, do not uninstall IE. There are still some web sites that do not work properly with other browsers. This is unfortunate, but a fact of life, I suppose.
Chris