Mozilla vs. I/E

[Zenister 0]

not that i particularly care for microshaft but, IE will do both those too...its just not set up as defaults because most get annoyed at being asked about every cookie...

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[GigaBuist 0]

I'm a Mozilla zealot, but I think I've at least got good reasons for it.

- The popup blocker, which is why we're having this thread, is just great. It's in all the Mozilla variants -except- the name branded Netscape one. I don't really care for the NS builds anymore.

- The tabbed browsing. This seems trivial but it's really handy. Some of the Mozilla variants (like Galeon for GNOME/Linux) aren't quite up to par on blocking popups but at least all they get is a tab in the background that's easily closable.

- You can -stop- window resizing and focus changing through JavaScript. It's just another menu item. This stops the pop-under ads.

- It's great for dz.com -- when you click a link you don't get a new window coming up in your face (unless you want it) -- you just get another tab. So, you can click on 3-4 attachments and let them pull up in a window and view them once they all load.

- Fewer security holes; and the ones that are found aren't as serious as IE ones. There's no built in mechanism to spawn native code from Mozilla based browsers which means ActiveX stuff can't install. This is one way to get spyware on your machine.

- I don't know if this is of any use to you Skymama, but the tools built into it for developers are just great. One of the piles of crap I have to work on at work is IE only and when things go wrong I -really- miss being able to use some of my Mozilla tricks to find out what's wrong. They include: A DOM inspector which is great for finding out why something doesn't seem nested right, a plug-in that scoops up all the HTTP headers and shows them to me which is great for debugging cookie and session problems, and there's a JavaScript debugger that I've never quite gotten used to.

- It does render complex stuff pretty good, much better than IE in speed at times. Opera is still king when it comes to this though which is why they're getting the embedded market.

- Hey, it's cross platform. Not a big deal to most people but I like knowing that on my Linux machines at home and the Windows box at work I can use the same interfaces if I want to. I can toss Mozilla on a Mac OSX machine too and get that same comfortable feeling.

I'd head over to www.mozilla.org and download the Firebird browser if I were you in a heartbeat. It'll take zero time to learn how to use it like you did IE and probably a good 20-30 minutes of play time to get into some of it's better features.

[skymama 37]

Thanks for all the answers and opinions you guys. Y'all are great!

Now, I'm going to hijack my own thread and ask another question. I decided to defrag my computer when I went off to bed last night. I'd say it ran for about 8 hours, and when I just came back to it this morning, only 31% was done! Shouldn't it have finished by then?

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[akarunway 1]

if it works i'll by your next jump. thank you. i'll know in 10 mins. as they average 1 every 10

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[n2skdvn 0]

are you running the windows defrag or another program and did you leave your screen saver on?

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
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[skymama 37]

Yes, it was just the defrag on the start menu, and yes, my screen saver was on. Is that the culprit?

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[n2skdvn 0]

the screen saver can cause the defrag to reset it self.
turn the SS off and let it run. also you might want to get a third party software for defragmenting( norton system works..ect)they usualy work better than MS.

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
my site

[skymama 37]

thanks...if it works, you'll be my hero for today!

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[BASE813 0]

every so ofter run a program called ad-ware 6. It cleans all these shitty things up.

Can remember the site but just search google for the name.

You will be amazed at the shit on your PC!!

[freeflir29 0]

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the screen saver can cause the defrag to reset it self.

There are other things too. I have to use cntrl+alt+delete (Task manager) and shut down about 6 diffren't things so my defrag will run. The hard part was the trial and error figuring out what needed to be shut down and what didn't.