OT:Firefox

Coursedesign wrote on 7/20/2005, 5:00 PM

Firefox 1.6 is now available and works great.

Funnyfox is a good way to tell friends about it, and it has an information and download link.

Two recent studies hypothesized that Firefox's share may now be as large as 23%.

The uncertainty is about whether most bots say they are a type "IE" browser.

Comments

rextilleon wrote on 7/20/2005, 8:08 PM

Thanks---just downloaded 1.05--now onto 1.06--the release rate is fast and furious.

Coursedesign wrote on 7/20/2005, 8:51 PM

Yep!

...and the three videos at the Funnyfox link above are pretty funny too.

:O)

RexA wrote on 7/21/2005, 1:46 AM

One sad part is that I still have to use IE from time to time because of lame web page designers.
The Firefox extension "ieview" makes it easy, though.

RexA wrote on 7/21/2005, 2:10 AM

As long as we are talking about Firefox, how about sharing extensions that are great for you.
I'll start with 4:

AdBlock -- self explanitory

ieview -- a right click lets the current page open up in IE

BugMeNot -- instant login privilages to some sites like newspapers, without providing your info

WebDeveloper -- if you do your own pages this tool will give you fantastic insights

jlafferty wrote on 7/21/2005, 9:19 AM

I use both AdBlock and NoScript which, now with 1.06, seem to work flawlessly. QT 7, on the other hand, crashes my browser every 5th time something loads from Apple's site.

Oh well.

- jim

B.Verlik wrote on 7/21/2005, 11:39 AM

I like the extension called "Session Saver". It will save the last page in memory, so if you accidently shut it off, or get the "Blue screen of death", it will save everything for you and when you next open it up, there it is.
http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/sessionsaver