Firefox is a beast!
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hiccup
King of the Vagabonds
Global_Stoner said:
There's this, not quite the same thing though:
http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/opera/spellcheck/
mikeinworthing
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Thanks for that - it explains a few problems with memory I've been having recently.
Finally solved my firefox hogging the cpu problem with these two addons:
- Flashblock
- NoScript
Apparently it's not poor firefox that grabs all the cpu, but poorly designed JavaScript or Flash thingees.
The above two allow you to control what Script and Flash you want firefox to run.
Firefox has been behaving all night now
- Flashblock
- NoScript
Apparently it's not poor firefox that grabs all the cpu, but poorly designed JavaScript or Flash thingees.
The above two allow you to control what Script and Flash you want firefox to run.
Firefox has been behaving all night now
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I just use IE7, never had a problem with it.
Why should I use Opera/Firefox?
Why should I use Opera/Firefox?
Firefox 3 betas are very fast (improved rendering) and easier on memory (they've improved the memory de-compacter gubbins). Its also more stable.
There's also a much improved password manager, and better support for security cert exceptions.
It much, much better than Firefox 2.x...
I just use IE7, never had a problem with it.
Why should I use Opera/Firefox?
IE7 is better than firefox
gnoriac
lowly seer
How?
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Nope.
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
kmeleon is a nice browser I found for windows. Very lightwieght and based on the gecko engine.
www.flock.com
Can't beat it!
It's based on Firefox. Most firefox extensions work with it.
It's a social web browser that is well integrated with facebook, youtube and other big web 2 players.
It's a must!
Can't beat it!
It's based on Firefox. Most firefox extensions work with it.
It's a social web browser that is well integrated with facebook, youtube and other big web 2 players.
It's a must!
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Serious question - why?
I've never seen any difference between all the browsers - they all load webpages, you look at them, click on links and go to another page.
What am I missing here?
I'd be quite happy to change from IE7, given a suitable reason(s), but atm just can't see the point as they seem identical.
Serious question - why?
I've never seen any difference between all the browsers - they all load webpages, you look at them, click on links and go to another page.
What am I missing here?
I'd be quite happy to change from IE7, given a suitable reason(s), but atm just can't see the point as they seem identical.
Firefox conforms to stricter web standard (ask a web designer) and isn't a vector for malware... Firefox 3 has the advantage is that its much faster, complies with even stricter web standards, and (IMHO) has much better browsing experience. (Eg, asking if you'd like to remember passwords *after* you use them).
And both Opera + Firefox are under continued development for end-users, by end-users...
Or you can use Opera.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Serious question - how can a browser be "faster"?
I click on a webpage, it appears. How can that get any quicker?
And what do you mean by standards? Are the pages I'm looking at in IE wrong somehow?
And should I be worried about malware then? I'm using AVG and adaware, and have never had any problems...
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Serious question - why?
I've never seen any difference between all the browsers - they all load webpages, you look at them, click on links and go to another page.
What am I missing here?
I'd be quite happy to change from IE7, given a suitable reason(s), but atm just can't see the point as they seem identical.
Firefox doesn't do a great job of storing its images so it can get a bit out of hand memory wise. This has been addressed in v3 I see.
Firefox has the best set of plugins and has a great way of managing them. I tried Opera and its a good browser and very lightweight. But its not a free product in the same way as Firefox and does not have the same weight of people developing little quirky plug-ins.
The spell checker, Foxmarks, Ad block plus, IE Tab, Web developer toobar, are all essentials for me. There are others http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=109124&highlight=firefox+extensions
Its immensely configurable type about:config in the address bar to edit them.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Plugins 
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Web developer toobar is great ... i use that and fire ftp a lot... it alows me to look at pages twealk them then up load te changes all with out leaving firefox
it just adds a little more to a browser
it just adds a little more to a browser
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I just have a web browser and look at pages.
I think my browsing habits haven't changed since 1996.
I think my browsing habits haven't changed since 1996.
skunkboy69
Reverend of Eternal Light
I find all the extensions make my life so much easier.Auotocopy,password manager etc.It's certainly faster then IE on this dual core machine. Altho I do keep IE on only for Windows Update purposes you can actually update through Firefox.I've never seen any of the huge memory problems and I use a fair few extensions.I was one of those people that said "Whats the difference ?" until I used it for a few weeks and I've never looked at IE again.
MullahNasrudin
Kick Your Own Arse
I've been using Firefox 3 Beta 4 for a few days and it does seem to be a vast improvement on FF2 -- it's definitely not as much of a memory hog as it used to be.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
it does feel very nippy
not sure if i like the layout quite as much... but thats a minor thoing
not sure if i like the layout quite as much... but thats a minor thoing
stdPikachu
Plughole in bathtub curve
It much, much better than Firefox 2.x...
Agreed. But still nowhere near as fast as Opera
Whilst that comment should be taken with a pinch of salt, FF3 *still* gobbles up huge amounts of memory if you leave it long enough. I left the beta 3 running over the bank holiday weekend on my work machine (installed it on monday or tuesday I think) with about twelve tabs open, and it was chomping 1.2GB resident VM when I got in this morning (compared to opera 9.5 with ~40 tabs open which was chomping about 150MB). I'm used to measuring Opera's uptime in weeks.
Secondly is FF's inherent threading issues. Ever load a page and notice the entire interface becomes sluggish, to the extent that you can't switch to another tab or load a menu? This is because the JS interpreter used to render web pages is also used to render the UI, and because it's inherently single-threaded you can't render both at the same time. FF3 is an improvement, but gestures are still laggy enough to be unusable IMHO. Maybe I'm spoilt by Opera's "I'll do everything instantly".
Some may consider FF the poster-child for open source, but if so it makes me think of the children in the Childline campaigns.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
for some reason ijust never got on with opera
dunno why .. just wasn't my thing
perhaps partly because i tend to use windows over tabs and also only have two or three open...
dunno why .. just wasn't my thing
perhaps partly because i tend to use windows over tabs and also only have two or three open...
Previous versions of Opera have always crashed out quite regularly for me. FF3 has impressive uptime, although now that extensions are catching up with it I've had to keep restarting to install new, compatible versions...
I saw this on FF2 occasionally, and haven't seen this on FF3.
I've never really "got on" with the Opera. Just tried it again and I've noticed it doesn't have free text location search. With FF3 typing "iphone" into the location bar will match to all the pages I've visited with that either the url, or the title. Very, very handy...
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