My PC (circa '98) didn't come with NetScape on it, only IE, but rather with a 'software CD' that you could install NetScape with. (Which I did.) However, to me, IE is crap (between crashes, spyware, and having my homepage hijacked) and NetScape (You think 6.2 is old... the CD came with version 4.:p) is just plain old SLOW.
Then I discovered FireFox, and my life has never been the same. Goodbye days of Spyware! (Although I still have peers that claim IE is the best...)
As for desktop searching as a feature in FireFox: NO!! What I love about FireFox is that it's a browser, does everything a browser should, and nothing more. Nor should it. If they want desktop searching, well, that's what extensions are for.
...bundle of joy for just $3500. 'The hypoallergenic cats produced by ALLERCA will allow consumers to enjoy the love and companionship of a pet without the cost...
SCOTUS? Is that 'Supreme Court of the United States'? Where do you people get these acronyms...?
Almost as bad as the other one I've heard: POTUS President of the United States. I mean if you say: "I went to the SCOTUS and spoke to the POTUS." You'll get a 'Huh/Good for you/English please' back...
1) Switching tabs does not update the window title. WTF?! I don't want my window to have the wrong title! It isn't the first tab or anything like that. Just whichever one it likes.
Hmm... works fine for me.
2) I don't want a fucking top bar every time a popup is blocked. What was wrong with the icon at the bottom? Oh yeah, SP2 added their "Information Bar" crap, so Firefox has to have it! What if the popup comes up after a few seconds? Does all the page content move down to allow for their Information Bar thing? (I don't know, somebody tell)
It is a pretty nice looking bar, but I agree it's annoying. Try click on the bar, and hit 'Don't show info message when popup are blocked.' (The little icon will still appear in the lower right corner.)
5) I stay focused in this text box, switch tabs, and I can keep typing into this box. Obviously I should be find-as-you-type-ing into the new tab.
I also can't reproduce this... and find-as-you-type was disabled on my installation. But you can re-enable it through Tools-->Options, Advanced, Accessability. (Or you can use Ctrl+F to bring it up.)
I design in FireFox first, and then I worry about getting it to work in IE. (If I worry at all.)
And yes, I hate those 'Your browser is not supported' messages as well. There is an extension called the User-Agent Switcher though, that allows Firefox to say it's IE.
And it could mean more than that. Our house downloaded the Firefox 1.0 PR twice. Once for OS/2 and once for Windows. However, both installation were put on a drive that is visible to the entire network. So, we have one Windows computer, and two OS/2 computers running FireFox. And then I put FireFox on my removable media / key / thumbdrive / whatever-you-call-it, and that came from the Windows download. So it's only two downloads, but it runs on three computers (plus where ever I decide to take it.)
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My PC (circa '98) didn't come with NetScape on it, only IE, but rather with a 'software CD' that you could install NetScape with. (Which I did.) However, to me, IE is crap (between crashes, spyware, and having my homepage hijacked) and NetScape (You think 6.2 is old... the CD came with version 4. :p) is just plain old SLOW.
Then I discovered FireFox, and my life has never been the same. Goodbye days of Spyware! (Although I still have peers that claim IE is the best...)
As for desktop searching as a feature in FireFox: NO!! What I love about FireFox is that it's a browser, does everything a browser should, and nothing more. Nor should it. If they want desktop searching, well, that's what extensions are for.
...bundle of joy for just $3500. 'The hypoallergenic cats produced by ALLERCA will allow consumers to enjoy the love and companionship of a pet without the cost...
Without the cost? Oh no, $3500 is no cost at all.
SCOTUS? Is that 'Supreme Court of the United States'? Where do you people get these acronyms...?
Almost as bad as the other one I've heard: POTUS President of the United States. I mean if you say: "I went to the SCOTUS and spoke to the POTUS." You'll get a 'Huh/Good for you/English please' back...
I design in FireFox first, and then I worry about getting it to work in IE. (If I worry at all.)
And yes, I hate those 'Your browser is not supported' messages as well. There is an extension called the User-Agent Switcher though, that allows Firefox to say it's IE.
And it could mean more than that. Our house downloaded the Firefox 1.0 PR twice. Once for OS/2 and once for Windows. However, both installation were put on a drive that is visible to the entire network. So, we have one Windows computer, and two OS/2 computers running FireFox. And then I put FireFox on my removable media / key / thumbdrive / whatever-you-call-it, and that came from the Windows download. So it's only two downloads, but it runs on three computers (plus where ever I decide to take it.)
For 1 million dollers:
Is there a big smoking hole?
A) Yes B) No C) Duh D) I want a cookie.