IE7 vs FF3
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Sunday, August 24, 2008 by skybright | Discussion: Personal Computing
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Reply #22 Monday, August 25, 2008 2:50 PM
Just recently Hotmail is coming to recognize FF3 as a browser. I still get some random 'use these 3 browsers since you aren't using a recognized one', even though the FF link they send you to has 3.0 lol. For thelongest time, FF3 and Hotmail full version weren't working, microsoft actually was blocking any unrecognized browser from full version. When contacted, they said that they were resolving the issues with mozilla and things should work by the next live.hotmail software update 'later this year'.
Reply #23 Monday, August 25, 2008 8:09 PM
Gah what gave you that idea? The last time I used Opera was like.....5 years ago and it still had ads on it, yuck.
Reply #24 Monday, August 25, 2008 10:59 PM
Reply #25 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:08 AM
NoScript - sort of does to undesired java, flash, silverlight, et al., what AdBlock Plus does to 3rd party site ads.
Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper - an addon to the AdBlock Plus addon (same author).. lets you select specific page elements to block, including text-based ads that otherwise fall through AdBlock Plus.
NoScript in particular is a must-have, imo.
I've a few other browser security related addons, but they tend to be more "twiddly" in their configuration requirements and would really only suit the truly paranoid tin-foil hat brigade members (such as myself).
Reply #26 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:02 AM
LOL....Cavan1 that was my solution for the past couple of months also!
Reply #27 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:03 AM
Welll.....maybe it was your reply on my post about how to speed up FF3:
"I used that like, 3 years ago."
Reply #29 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:55 AM
I have been using FF for a few years now. Once I got the hang of it I just couldnt see myself going back to EI unless necessary and with IE add-on for FF, I hardly come across any reason.
I love the tabs, the multitue of add-ons that can do just about anything and everything and basically many of the great features such as saving the last tabs before closing, recovery of the last tabs if the system (or FF) crashes, much more secure than EI, hardly an pop-ups; the features are endless almost.
I have a nice set of add-ons that make my more than satisfied. Best of all, I am able to use FF3 at work with the portable version on my portable apps software installed on my Western Digital 250 GB Passport. All my music, some of my videos and software and access to all of it with the portable software on it.
Reply #31 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 11:57 AM
Hey Kenwas,
Thanks for the link. I checked it out and while I had many of those add-ons there were a few I didn't that were worthy of installing. I do have a few I don't see on your list I thought you might find interesting
Split Browser - pretty interesting when wanting to compare 2 sites side by side.
Cooliris Preview - I like not having to click on links to go into sites only to find it's not what I wanted, this program lets me open a window without losing the page I was on before.
Fission - makes the address bar into a statue bar as well. I like visuals
Flashgot - Download multiple things at one time from a site.
Forcastfox - Good weather program for FF
ScreenGrab - Never know when you need to grab the screen you looking at
Scribefire - If you blog, this program is great for writing articles while browsing a site you think has something worth blogging about. It's a great replacement for Livewriter or Microsoft Word 2007 and if you use the portable version of FF, then it's even better to blog while away from your PC.
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Reply #33 Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:23 AM
I'm sorry kenwas, I meant bebi bulma who put a link to the add-ons she uses. I do look forward to 3.1 though.
Reply #34 Monday, September 29, 2008 11:12 AM
Just wanted to follow-up on my comment about FF3 & Hotmail. It seems that they have resolved each other's differences and now the full version of live.hotmail is working under FF3 (I'm running 3.0.3 right now). I can now finally install FF3 on my wife's laptop. I didn't want to hear her complain on how it wasn't working with her email and why did I install this POS on her computer...lol.
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Reply #21 Monday, August 25, 2008 2:01 PM
Ah okay. Thanks again.