NE1 looked into skinning firefox or thunderbird? (mozilla)
Tuesday, June 22, 2004 by TYBSP | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Firefox has some pretty cool skins. Can we make skins for firefox or thunderbird?
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tjesterb
Reply #3 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:59 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:59 PM
DW is always on the lookout for an opportunity to give a Google plug 
Tirelessly he searches the boards...and when he spies an unwitting post-er he pounces with all the speed af a jungle cat... and the efficacy of a jungle elephant!
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Tirelessly he searches the boards...and when he spies an unwitting post-er he pounces with all the speed af a jungle cat... and the efficacy of a jungle elephant!
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Hus
Reply #5 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 8:03 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 8:03 PM
The "next generation" browser and mail client...though I'm still stuck on IE. 
http://www.mozilla.org
http://www.mozilla.org
tjesterb
Reply #7 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 9:22 PM
Reply #7 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 9:22 PM
Opera is also skinnable, though I haven't tried making any.
DW, you need to get out more!
DW, you need to get out more!
TYBSP
Reply #10 Wednesday, June 23, 2004 12:52 PM
Reply #10 Wednesday, June 23, 2004 12:52 PM
Yea right, like that will help. 
Whats the deal DWatson, you own stock or something?
Whats the deal DWatson, you own stock or something?
Watson
Reply #11 Wednesday, June 23, 2004 12:57 PM
Reply #11 Wednesday, June 23, 2004 12:57 PM
I build and sell custom computers, hook up stereos, sell underbody kits, and host my own competition called HALO WARS once a month where i give away a 36" flat screen to the winning team and/or person.
No stock yet, but working on it.
No stock yet, but working on it.
lovesblessing
Reply #14 Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:18 AM
Reply #14 Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:18 AM
DWatson, you should try EHarmony.com.....you might find a lady you could make beautiful music with!
tjesterb
Reply #15 Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:20 AM
Reply #15 Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:20 AM
Nothing wrong with IE....if you don't mind security holes you could drive a truck [or browser hijacker] through!
I also think you have to be at least 18 to use Eharmony!
I also think you have to be at least 18 to use Eharmony!
Watson
Reply #16 Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:32 PM
Reply #16 Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:32 PM
Yeah, I will probably go to the mall and talk to some hot girl I don't know
Orion
Reply #17 Thursday, June 24, 2004 6:16 PM
I guess ignorance is bliss.
Once I (we) finish ironing our some compatibility and porting issues with mission critical web apps, I'm deploying FireFox 1.0 enterprise-wide. Even with all the patches (witch we're religious about deploying), so much stuff (hijackers, bogus search helpers, downloaders, etc.) comes through with IE it's just pathetic. It is MUCH better with SP2, but it's still no Firefox...or Mozilla....or Opera....
Reply #17 Thursday, June 24, 2004 6:16 PM
| #13 by Skinner kona0197 - 6/24/2004 12:26:16 AM Nothing wrong with IE... |
I guess ignorance is bliss.
Once I (we) finish ironing our some compatibility and porting issues with mission critical web apps, I'm deploying FireFox 1.0 enterprise-wide. Even with all the patches (witch we're religious about deploying), so much stuff (hijackers, bogus search helpers, downloaders, etc.) comes through with IE it's just pathetic. It is MUCH better with SP2, but it's still no Firefox...or Mozilla....or Opera....
kona0197
Reply #18 Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:34 PM
Quite the oppisite... with my high speed connection and my tough firewall I don't really care what browser I use because on such a fast connection everything is fast including IE. As far as security issues: I have nothing of value stored on my PC so I care not about that too.
Reply #18 Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:34 PM
| I guess ignorance is bliss. |
Quite the oppisite... with my high speed connection and my tough firewall I don't really care what browser I use because on such a fast connection everything is fast including IE. As far as security issues: I have nothing of value stored on my PC so I care not about that too.
DesignCaddy
Reply #19 Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:04 PM
Reply #19 Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:04 PM
all abrowser needs to do is view a web page.
that being said.. ease of use, and a wide range of compatability, should be the foremost featers of any web browser. not extra bells and whistles that only a limited field of browsers can use.
yes i use MYIE.
that being said.. ease of use, and a wide range of compatability, should be the foremost featers of any web browser. not extra bells and whistles that only a limited field of browsers can use.
yes i use MYIE.
Orion
Reply #20 Saturday, June 26, 2004 11:21 AM
A firewall won’t do squat in protecting you from the holes in IE. For instance, yesterday I had hundreds of threat warning (infection attempts) pop-ups on my AV console at work. Our IE installations are patched religiously, and there are numerous firewalls and router ACLs. Even with all those security measures, these attempts (http://news.com.com/Researchers+warn+of+infectious+Web+sites/2100-7349_3-5247187.html?tag=nl) still got through. The only thing that saved our ass was Symantec AV Corp. and updated virus defs. The only infection attempts that were noted were users that use IE. No attempts were recorded for users of Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
So you use one of the most insecure browser by choice? Also, I'm not sure about the others, but browers based on the Mozilla codebase are slower at rendering pages than IE. It has very little to do with the speed of your connection.
With the widespread infections of trojans noted in the article linked to above, your and usernames, passwords, credit card info, etc. could have been compromised simply by USING the computer…it has nothing to do with storage of information. Also, by your statement, I guess your time isn’t very important to you…the time it would take to fix, restore, or rebuild your system when you get hit.
Thank you for reinforcing my statement in my original post.
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Reply #20 Saturday, June 26, 2004 11:21 AM
| #18 by Skinner kona0197 - 6/24/2004 8:34:26 PM Quite the oppisite... with my high speed connection and my tough firewall I don't really care what browser I use because on such a fast connection everything is fast including IE. As far as security issues: I have nothing of value stored on my PC so I care not about that too. |
| with my high speed connection and my tough firewall |
A firewall won’t do squat in protecting you from the holes in IE. For instance, yesterday I had hundreds of threat warning (infection attempts) pop-ups on my AV console at work. Our IE installations are patched religiously, and there are numerous firewalls and router ACLs. Even with all those security measures, these attempts (http://news.com.com/Researchers+warn+of+infectious+Web+sites/2100-7349_3-5247187.html?tag=nl) still got through. The only thing that saved our ass was Symantec AV Corp. and updated virus defs. The only infection attempts that were noted were users that use IE. No attempts were recorded for users of Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
| I don't really care what browser I use because on such a fast connection everything is fast including IE |
So you use one of the most insecure browser by choice?
Also, I'm not sure about the others, but browers based on the Mozilla codebase are slower at rendering pages than IE. It has very little to do with the speed of your connection.| As far as security issues: I have nothing of value stored on my PC so I care not about that too. |
With the widespread infections of trojans noted in the article linked to above, your and usernames, passwords, credit card info, etc. could have been compromised simply by USING the computer…it has nothing to do with storage of information. Also, by your statement, I guess your time isn’t very important to you…the time it would take to fix, restore, or rebuild your system when you get hit.
Thank you for reinforcing my statement in my original post.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:20 PM