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i agree on most of your points, except that spyware has prety much become a household term. As for me i do set up firefox on any system i build/repair personally because the 30min it takes to train the users to use firefox saves me hours removing spyware/malware and in extreme cases repairing os'es. and in the end most people are impressed with how well firefox works once you getthe started.
I am posting this using Firefox.
I have been using Netscape, Mozilla and now Firefox on and off throughout my career and have to say I like what they've done with this latest iteration.
The problem is, home users will not feel comfortable if they don't see exactly what their buddies see on screen. Even if it is the superior product, market adoption is going to be hard to do when a tech has to put back IE because "that's not what the Jones' have on their screen".
I've been using Firefox since 0.7 on my personal box. I've installed it for many of my customers, especially the porn fans :) Once set up with Flash , Shockwave, Acrobat plugins and a bunch of useful extensions, it's simple enough for complete beginners to use.
Someone commented about the scroll wheel /button thing. That's one of my favourite features! ... to the point where I get annoyed if I have to use an IE machine. The tabs I love too. IE was a pain with multiple windows open, I've always surfed that way, read one while the others load in the background, hangover from dialup days.
About the only grouse I've got is that some extensions stop working when upgrading to a new version. It's a small price to pay for the freedom from crap installing itself without so much as a by your leave.
I've been using it for about a month or two for personal use and really like it a lot. My spyware has been reduced to ZERO (not that I had that much before, but still). :cool:
Firefox has been great. Been using it for some time now. I make sure I install it on my new PCs that go out of the shop.
Been playing with it the past couple days. For the most part I am going away from it.
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With XP IE in forum use, a simple back button press checks for new posts and clears the ones I have read. I like that feature a lot, doesn't do this with this program
Was at another forum and every page I got script errors, it went slow, and had problems. Switched back to IE, all was good and fast.
Ditto. Try Mozilla and do a copy and paste op. Prepare to use key combos instead of a simple right click.
Err...I never use right click anymore to begin with. Heck, I pride myself on days I get through work without using the mouse at all.