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Post by fwalum on Oct 8, 2008 12:20:28 GMT -5
I was using Firefox as my browser and it did disappear when I clicked on the image. I tried it in Internet Explorer just now and it doesn't work in IE. I hope they get this fixed soon... For all of us fans older than 40, er 50, what the heck is Firefox or for that matter, Google Chrome?? If they expect us to know about, or for that matter have to use, these things, then the website is, well "far out"!! VU72 how could you use the internet as much as you appear to and not know that Firefox is a web browser??? It is considerably safer and faster then IE and can be configured using addons to do many different things and have many different looks. Not only is it better then IE, it is FREE. Most of the IT professionals that I know (myself included) do not use IE unless forced to by a poorly coded website. Go here to take a Firefox look see, Firefox browser it is worth your time to take the video tour and see what you have been missing. Google Chrome is a new browser in beta testing that is suppose to be even better the Firefox. That remains to be seen at this point but it looks very promising.
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Post by stlvufan on Oct 8, 2008 12:27:52 GMT -5
stlvufan the IE Tab extension actually works pretty well in my experience. I only use IE as a last resort. IE Tab extension? What's that? I was talking about a more obscure way to trick websites into thinking my browser is IE. There's a property you can set to either "Mozilla" or "IE". I'm not even sure what "IE Tab extension" means.
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Post by fwalum on Oct 8, 2008 12:43:27 GMT -5
stlvufan the IE Tab extension actually works pretty well in my experience. I only use IE as a last resort. IE Tab extension? What's that? I was talking about a more obscure way to trick websites into thinking my browser is IE. There's a property you can set to either "Mozilla" or "IE". I'm not even sure what "IE Tab extension" means. An addon that allows Firefox to open sites using an embedded IE engine. You can either open them manually in a new "IE tab" or tell the addon to allways open certain sites using the IE engine. Check it out IE Tab addon
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Post by stlvufan on Oct 8, 2008 12:56:43 GMT -5
IE Tab extension? What's that? I was talking about a more obscure way to trick websites into thinking my browser is IE. There's a property you can set to either "Mozilla" or "IE". I'm not even sure what "IE Tab extension" means. An addon that allows Firefox to open sites using an embedded IE engine. You can either open them manually in a new "IE tab" or tell the addon to allways open certain sites using the IE engine. Check it out IE Tab addonEh. "Great tool for developers". Not sure it's of interest to me as a user. The whole point is to avoid using IE, not to embed IE inside Firefox. That's just my gut reaction, mind you. I think I'll pass for now. Thanks.
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Post by fwalum on Oct 8, 2008 13:04:55 GMT -5
It comes in very handy if you frequent IE sites that are not as W3C compliant as Firefox would like them to be (like my online banking site). It is really easy to use. If you read the reviews you would see that most people almost consider it to be a must have addon.
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Post by valpo04 on Oct 8, 2008 13:22:08 GMT -5
I have been using Google Chrome Beta since it came out and must say, its the fastest starting, loading, bug free browser I have ever used. Its so clean and smart!
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Post by vu72 on Oct 8, 2008 15:31:48 GMT -5
VU72 how could you use the internet as much as you appear to and not know that Firefox is a web browser??? It is considerably safer and faster then IE and can be configured using addons to do many different things and have many different looks. Not only is it better then IE, it is FREE. Most of the IT professionals that I know (myself included) do not use IE unless forced to by a poorly coded website. Go here to take a Firefox look see, Firefox browser it is worth your time to take the video tour and see what you have been missing. Google Chrome is a new browser in beta testing that is suppose to be even better the Firefox. That remains to be seen at this point but it looks very promising. Thank FW, I'll give it a look. True I spend way to much time on this site but that is also the extent of my internet experience other than checking on a recruit from time to time! Mu son-in-law is fond of saying to me, when I have trouble with my cell phone, "don't be afraid to push the buttons"!!!
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Post by fwalum on Oct 8, 2008 15:40:49 GMT -5
Hey, no problem. Us 50... ahhh... older guys have to look out for one another.
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