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Mozilla Foundation Seeking Switch Success Stories
maggeth writes "mozillaZine has a story about how the Mozilla Foundation is looking to know if any organizations have switched to Mozilla products. Is your organization among them?" Can anyone point out an example of a library system switching? Lots of public libraries use PCs set up as kiosks running a web interface to their catalogs, and they all seem to use IE -- so, no tabbed browsing.
I'm writing to share a tragic little story.
My Dad has a webbrowser that my sister and I used to use for our homework assignments. One night, I was browsing a website on it, when all of a sudden it went berserk, the screen started flashing, and some really weird pictures just appeared. Lots of them. And I was at a good website! I had to reboot and find it again really quickly. Needless to say, my rushed webbrowsing wasn't nearly as good, and I blame IE for the trouble I got into when my Dad checked the cache.
I'm happy to report that my sister and I now share Mozilla Firefox. It's a lot nicer to work on than my dad's webbrowser was, it hasn't let me down once, and my cache has been really clean.
Thanks, Mozilla.
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Hope they dont make it like that annoying apple switch campaign...
Lots of public libraries use PCs set up as kiosks running a web interface to their catalogs, and they all seem to use IE -- so, no tabbed browsing.
and they would be real useful if anyone could actually see what they are browsing past all the pop-ups and ads!
. . . maybe Microsoft will counter with some people who switched from Mozilla to MSIE, a la the infamous Windows switcher ad.
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Well, I switched a few years back and I must say Mozilla and I keep telling my organization that it's the same as Netscape but without all the extra AOL crap. They just look at me sideways... *sigh*
It's always the same, I say, "Hey guys look at {technology A}," and they look at me sideways. That's what I get for working for computer peasants.... *sigh*
Maybe if Mozilla shipped standard on IBM computers it'd be easier? (that's all they'll buy)
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I used I.E. for a long time, and it was a terrible terrible time.
Everytime I click on a porn-site, a zillion pop-ups appeared, covering the important pics of naked hot chicks. If nothing else, the pop-ups did a wonderful job lowering my saluting penis. It was horrible.
But then, my girlfriend recommended that I use mozilla! Boy, it was a dream come true. No pop-ups. And the amazing thing called "TABBED BROWSING". Now, I don't have to open multiple windows of I.E., I can have multiple PICS of naked hot chicks in the same browser! I tell ya, nothing turn on my libido then being able to stare at the naked hot chicks in various positions, all at once! !
So, thank you Mozilla! I love you!
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No, but we did switch to Acme Lightninggecko. Well, at least until one of us restarts our browser or pops up a new window, anyway.
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I for one have never had a problem with Mozilla. It has performed flawlessesly from day one without a single hiccup or burrrrr8~ ^%@ ..^ & ! # # ,, ~ 8 j ,,, NO CARRIER
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I'm sorry, Apple owns a patent on "switch" advertising, we have cases pending against proctor and gamble
you can however advertise switching to apple products, speaking of which, have you tried safari?
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Internet Explorer may have some problems, but I can look past those since MS graciously supplies me with FREE patches.
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while it wasn't exactly their intentions, my school is slowly switching over to firefox. basicaly the first thing i do when i sit down at a 'fresh' computer is install firefox as the default broxser
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At my school library, I work as a semi-admin (well, I know all the passwords and help out a lot).
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With Mozilla, productivity has nearly doubled! Employees report that due to reduced administrative downtime and popup windows, their fantasy teams are dominating, they're whacking twice as many moles, and gambling away entire paychecks before lunchtime every payday.
Thanks Mozilla!
Give the man a break, he is probably a MCSE. What the hell does he know about login scripting.
evil is as evil does
Before Mozilla, my PC was getting 0wn3d three times a day. I kept getting virus after malware after popup. Every time I turned around, there were a dozen popups on my screen, multiplying by the second, and my home page kept changing to random porn sites.
Now that I have Mozilla, my computer is getting 0wn3d only once a day! New technology has come out to save me from my own gullible self, but the power of human stupidity prevails. Thanks Mozilla!
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You should have clubed her to death for the good of all humanity.
Nope, sorry. Not full of shit. Check your facts. Windows 2000 Terminal Server has a display limitation of 256 colors.
Citrix does not. Windows 2003 Terminal Server does not. We don't currently use them.
Currently I can easily change IE security settings on all computers on my network with a couple mouse clicks
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IE security setting?
Thanks man, I can't stop laughing
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>I'd say it depends - I use FireFox because of the tabs (especially Open Link in New Tab - very useful for pr0n, among other things) but it tends to crash/freeze sometimes.
He's got a point! IE never tends to crash!
could somebody just smack me around the head please?