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Why FireFox? - 5/4/2006 18:53:29
Just noticed that quite a few of the experts on this site advocate for FireFox in their signatures (e.g. Kitka, Jabee, etc.)
Why FireFox? How is it superior? Why not Mac Browser or IE or dare say Netscape?
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RE: Why FireFox? - 5/5/2006 2:58:18
On the PC I use Firefox. On the Mac I use Camino or Safari depending on my mood - both of which are excellent!
I do most of my work on the PC and primarily use FF for that so I'll concentrate on that.
Firefox is one of a few "standard compliant" browsers - that is to say a browser that interprets the web page according to regulations laid down by the World Wide Web consortium. IE doesn't so, for my initial site building that browser would be a no-no. I always build according to the "rules" so I need to check my sites on a browser that follows the same rules.
Firefox has a nice interface plus, and this is what separates it from the other "good" browsers such as Opera is that it has endless extensions that you can add to add functionality to your browser. For instance my most used extension is the Web Developer extension which gives me all sorts of clever extras which make my life as a website designer much much easier.
I also use Adblock all the time too to cut out those pesky popups, popunders, flash animations (I can choose to see these or not) or anything else that I don't want to see.
I use IE to test my sites during the build process but that's all. I don't use it for fun while browsing.
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RE: Why FireFox? - 5/5/2006 11:15:48
why firefox is a two pronged question.
1. why should a developer use firefox? ans. all the reasons given.
2. Why should the average surfer use firefox? ans. Im not sure. we know that ff renders sites that proclaim a doctype according to the w3c specs of that doctype but what about loose doctype or no doctype? which bowser renders those "better"? those represent probably 90%+ of the sites on the net. the criteria for the average surfer is which displays the sites I want to see - not code, not standards
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RE: Why FireFox? - 5/5/2006 12:21:45
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I switched to FF when all the security issues with IE came up.
Amen sister. More importantly, I threatened bodily harm to my wife and kids if they didn't use Firefox. It has drastically cut down on the spyware and other nasties that I was getting before. That and explaining to the 9-year old he didn't really win a new X-Box and to please not click the popup saying he had.
Having said that, I do use Opera about 30% of the time as well. Not sure why, but for some reason it suits my eye. At work, IE my only choice which makes development a bit easier since it is also everyone else's only choice. I shudder to think how some of the intranet pages I have done may render outside IE.
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RE: Why FireFox? - 5/5/2006 20:19:03
I absolutly love the portable version of FF. I just stick my thumb drive in any compter and use portable FF without leaving a trail on that computer.
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RE: Why FireFox? - 5/7/2006 3:34:12
(Blimey you're up early Taz - let me guess, you haven't been to bed yet right?)
I'd just like to add for the 3 people on this forum who use Macs that Camino is such a lovely browser - it's made by the same people who make Firefox and you can get firefox for Mac but Camino is purpose made and just reaaaally smoooooth.
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RE: Why FireFox? - 5/8/2006 9:53:56
I'm learning to love FF... I was an advocate for Opera (always hated IE) but Opera sometimes is a pain, needs extentions, and doesn't open everything etc. so I'm all about the clever fox... Although my favorite part of the two is the tabbing I love those silly litte tabs (crtl+T, a god send)
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