firefox... good browser?

[Guest Jesusjacquez@gmail.com]

Just wondering about firefox.

 

Can I have IE and Firefox installed at the same time? What about

emailing in firefox, does it have a 'outlook express' type of thing?

 

Is firefox better? faster?

 

I use an XP pentium4.

 

Apreciate your opinion.

 

thanks

 

Botti

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

Jesusjacquez@gmail.com wrote:

> Just wondering about firefox.

>

> Can I have IE and Firefox installed at the same time? What about

> emailing in firefox, does it have a 'outlook express' type of thing?

>

> Is firefox better? faster?

>

> I use an XP pentium4.

>

> Apreciate your opinion.

>

> thanks

>

> Botti

 

You can run Firefox and IE at the same time. No conflict.

Firefox is a replacement for IE.

Thunderbird is a replacement for OE.

 

As far as faster, I think its a dead heat. I think its more a *feel*

and *feature* issue than it is a speed issue.

 

Since FF & IE work side by side, load it and try it. You can always

remove it.

Since TB & OE work side by side, load it and try it. Just set in TB

the "leave a copy of mail on server" setting so you can pull the mail

into OE also. That way if you toss TB you'll still have all your mail.

 

FF when loaded should import all your IE bookmarks.

Not sure if Thunderbird will import mail from Outlook Express?

Someone else might have an input.

[Guest John McGaw]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

Big_Al wrote:

> Jesusjacquez@gmail.com wrote:

>> Just wondering about firefox.

>>

>> Can I have IE and Firefox installed at the same time? What about

>> emailing in firefox, does it have a 'outlook express' type of thing?

>>

>> Is firefox better? faster?

>>

>> I use an XP pentium4.

>>

>> Apreciate your opinion.

>>

>> thanks

>>

>> Botti

>

> You can run Firefox and IE at the same time. No conflict.

> Firefox is a replacement for IE.

> Thunderbird is a replacement for OE.

>

> As far as faster, I think its a dead heat. I think its more a *feel*

> and *feature* issue than it is a speed issue.

>

> Since FF & IE work side by side, load it and try it. You can always

> remove it.

> Since TB & OE work side by side, load it and try it. Just set in TB

> the "leave a copy of mail on server" setting so you can pull the mail

> into OE also. That way if you toss TB you'll still have all your mail.

>

> FF when loaded should import all your IE bookmarks.

> Not sure if Thunderbird will import mail from Outlook Express? Someone

> else might have an input.

>

 

Yes, ThunderBird has an import function for Outlook Express mail. Haven't

used it though so I can't comment on its abilities.

 

John McGaw

http://johnmcgaw.com

[Guest Elmo]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

Jesusjacquez@gmail.com wrote:

> Just wondering about Firefox.

>

> Can I have IE and Firefox installed at the same time? What about

> emailing in Firefox, does it have an 'Outlook Express' type of thing?

>

> Is Firefox better? faster?

>

> I use an XP Pentium4.

>

> Appreciate your opinion.

>

> thanks

>

> Botti

 

You can have many browsers installed, and run them all simultaneously,

if you want. No one browser cares what others are doing at the time.

Firefox (Mozilla) has an email/newsreader client named Thunderbird. Two

things I prefer with Thunderbird over OE:

 

1. If your account goes south, you don't lose all your emails, address

book, and settings till you repair or recreate the account. At least I

haven't seen that happen with Thunderbird, and it has happened a few

times with OE.

 

2. One email rule allows you to divert all emails from those not in your

address book. You don't have to update this every time someone is added

to the address book. You do have to create a new rule for each addition

with OE. Outlook works similarly to Thunderbird in this respect.

 

--

Joe =o)

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:22:38 -0700 (PDT), "Jesusjacquez@gmail.com"

<Jesusjacquez@gmail.com> wrote:

> Just wondering about firefox.

>

> Can I have IE and Firefox installed at the same time?

 

 

Yes. You can not only have both installed, you can run both at the

same time.

 

> What about

> emailing in firefox, does it have a 'outlook express' type of thing?

 

 

 

I'm not a Firefox expert, but I believe that Thunderbird is usually

considered to be its "'outlook express' type of thing."

 

> Is firefox better? faster?

 

 

That's like asking whether a Ford is better than a Chevrolet.

Different people have different opinions. I prefer IE to Firefox, but

Maxthon, which is actually a shell running on top of IE, to either.

 

Try them all, and decide for yourself which *you* like best. Nobody

else's opinion matters.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

Please Reply to the Newsgroup

[Guest Pete]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

I use FF, but I think IE is faster to load.

 

 

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message

news:4t3s945gd10e6a028l0u75biu4369v9hr3@4ax.com...

> On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:22:38 -0700 (PDT), "Jesusjacquez@gmail.com"

> <Jesusjacquez@gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Just wondering about firefox.

>>

>> Can I have IE and Firefox installed at the same time?

>

>

> Yes. You can not only have both installed, you can run both at the

> same time.

>

>

>> What about

>> emailing in firefox, does it have a 'outlook express' type of thing?

>

>

>

> I'm not a Firefox expert, but I believe that Thunderbird is usually

> considered to be its "'outlook express' type of thing."

>

>

>> Is firefox better? faster?

>

>

> That's like asking whether a Ford is better than a Chevrolet.

> Different people have different opinions. I prefer IE to Firefox, but

> Maxthon, which is actually a shell running on top of IE, to either.

>

> Try them all, and decide for yourself which *you* like best. Nobody

> else's opinion matters.

>

> --

> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>

[Guest Jesusjacquez@gmail.com]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

On Aug 9, 6:00 pm, "Pete" <p...@nospam.com> wrote:

> I use FF, but I think IE is faster to load.

>

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in messagenews:4t3s945gd10e6a028l0u75biu4369v9hr3@4ax.com...

>

>

>

> > On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:22:38 -0700 (PDT), "Jesusjacq...@gmail.com"

> > <Jesusjacq...@gmail.com> wrote:

>

> >> Just wondering about firefox.

>

> >> Can I have IE and Firefox installed at the same time?

>

> > Yes. You can not only have both installed, you can run both at the

> > same time.

>

> >> What about

> >> emailing in firefox, does it have a 'outlook express' type of thing?

>

> > I'm not a Firefox expert, but I believe that Thunderbird is usually

> > considered to be its "'outlook express' type of thing."

>

> >> Is firefox better? faster?

>

> > That's like asking whether a Ford is better than a Chevrolet.

> > Different people have different opinions. I prefer IE to Firefox, but

> > Maxthon, which is actually a shell running on top of IE, to either.

>

> > Try them all, and decide for yourself which *you* like best. Nobody

> > else's opinion matters.

>

> > --

> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup- Hide quoted text -

>

> - Show quoted text -

 

Thanks for your advice!

 

I now have enough feedback to make my mind.

 

Yoy guys are great!

 

Thanks again

 

Botticelli

[Guest Kayman]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 16:19:27 -0700 (PDT), Jesusjacquez@gmail.com wrote:

 

<snip>

> I now have enough feedback to make my mind.

 

Really?

 

Microsoft says Internet Explorer more secure than Firefox :-) :-)

http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/99955

 

Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration changes the browsing

experience

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815141

 

IE7 safe/secure settings

Internet Explorer7 Desktop Security Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6AA4C1DA-6021-468E-A8CF-AF4AFE4C84B2&displaylang=en

 

The Internet Explorer 7 Security Status Bar

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ev/security.mspx

 

Extended Validation SSL Certificates

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ev/default.mspx

 

*Tight security settings will break down some websites. You need to add

these websites into the Trusted Zone for smooth access.*

 

How about:

Opera™

http://www.opera.com/download/

--or--

The SeaMonkey® Suite (Internet Browser)

http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

 

Reconsider using OE

Good alternatives are:

 

Good alternatives are:

Opera's built-in e-mail client

http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/m2/

 

Firefox's built-in email client - Thunderbird™

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

 

SeaMonkey's Mail and Newsgroups

http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

 

Pegasus Mail™

http://www.pmail.com/downloads.htm

 

Windows Live Mail™ (Version 2008)

http://www.windowslive.com/?ocid=TXT_MSCOM_Wave2_MSCOMDLCNotifEm

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ba346005-45f6-4d14-a7dc-51e13d11a950&DisplayLang=en

[Guest GKW in GA]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

I couldn't disagree more about it being a dead heat when it comes to speed. I

have found FF to be much faster than IE. I am not sure if FF has all the

security advantages of IE, but that's the trade off. I use them both but I

will use FF if I am in a hurry or feeling impatient.

 

"Big_Al" wrote:

> Jesusjacquez@gmail.com wrote:

> > Just wondering about firefox.

> >

> > Can I have IE and Firefox installed at the same time? What about

> > emailing in firefox, does it have a 'outlook express' type of thing?

> >

> > Is firefox better? faster?

> >

> > I use an XP pentium4.

> >

> > Apreciate your opinion.

> >

> > thanks

> >

> > Botti

>

> You can run Firefox and IE at the same time. No conflict.

> Firefox is a replacement for IE.

> Thunderbird is a replacement for OE.

>

> As far as faster, I think its a dead heat. I think its more a *feel*

> and *feature* issue than it is a speed issue.

>

> Since FF & IE work side by side, load it and try it. You can always

> remove it.

> Since TB & OE work side by side, load it and try it. Just set in TB

> the "leave a copy of mail on server" setting so you can pull the mail

> into OE also. That way if you toss TB you'll still have all your mail.

>

> FF when loaded should import all your IE bookmarks.

> Not sure if Thunderbird will import mail from Outlook Express?

> Someone else might have an input.

>

>

[Guest Daave]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

"GKW in GA" <GKWinGA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> I am not sure if FF has all the security advantages of IE <snip>

 

Now that's a line I don't see too frequently!

[Guest Stephen Harris]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

Jesusjacquez@gmail.com wrote:

> Just wondering about firefox.

>

> Can I have IE and Firefox installed at the same time? What about

> emailing in firefox, does it have a 'outlook express' type of thing?

>

> Is firefox better? faster?

>

> I use an XP pentium4.

>

> Apreciate your opinion.

>

> thanks

>

> Botti

 

Firefox is open source so gets lots of free goodies.

 

This helps for people who are visually impaired.

Fonts can be made larger for IE webpages or OE mail.

 

But I think only Firefox and Thunderbird allow for

the customization of larger File, Edit, View, etc.

menu bars and their drop down menu lists. All of

it can be made bigger and bolder, not just part.

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

Jesusjacquez@gmail.com wrote:

> Just wondering about firefox.

>

> Can I have IE and Firefox installed at the same time? What about

> emailing in firefox, does it have a 'outlook express' type of thing?

>

> Is firefox better? faster?

>

 

Firefox will cause your cat to develop warts. If you don't have a cat, you

should be okay.

 

As for Thunderbird, do you own a canary?

[Guest Sanford Aranoff]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

> Thanks for your advice!

>

> I now have enough feedback to make my mind.

>

> Yoy guys are great!

>

> Thanks again

>

> Botticelli

 

Why no mention of Opera? Fast, better than anything else,

can configure it as you wish!

[Guest Kayman]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:07:06 -0400, Sanford Aranoff wrote:

> Why no mention of Opera?

 

You'd better read the threads :-)

[Guest ToddAndMargo]

Re: firefox... good browser?

 

Jesusjacquez@gmail.com wrote:

> Just wondering about firefox.

>

> Can I have IE and Firefox installed at the same time? What about

> emailing in firefox, does it have a 'outlook express' type of thing?

>

> Is firefox better? faster?

>

> I use an XP pentium4.

>

> Apreciate your opinion.

>

> thanks

>

> Botti

 

 

Hi Botti,

 

Here is an excellent flash video showing you

the new features of Firefox 3. It takes about

three minutes:

 

http://people.mozilla.com/~beltzner/overview-of-firefox3.swf

 

I love Firefox and have spread it across two

counties and Windows, Linux, and Apple. Firefox's

main problem is that its programmers left out Active X

support, which is a HUGE SECURITY HAZARD and is not

platform independent. So, some of the older web site

that have not updated their code won't work. But, not

worry, FF has a plugin that will allow you to run a

single IE window inside FF:

 

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

 

And, Firefox is considerably faster that IE. feels

like about 50% faster

 

On the Thunderbird front, you can download a plugin

called lightning that will give you a calendar:

 

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/releases/lightning0.8.html

 

And, TH is considerable more secure that OE. TH

will not "auto execute" viruses just by downloading them.

But, you are still vulnerable to human engineering viruses

(ones with a sob stories that tricks you into manually installing

them).

 

And, the Mozilla Foundation pays a bounty for

security bugs. They get fixed very, very rapidly.

 

If you need more help, their is an excellent newsgroup

for Firefox and Thunderbird over on news.mozilla.org

 

HTH,

-T