[Big-K]

Maybe its the version I have. Firefox Version 1.0 Preview Release?

[I Fix 4 U]

I'm in the normal 1.0 and updated.

[Big-K]

Eh..I guess my reason for not updating was that when I updated to this version from .9(which was on another computer, this one was fresh when I first installed firefox), I couldnt use any of my extensions and had to reinstall them all. I'm just lazy like that.

[I Fix 4 U]

Truth is i only had to remove 1 extension. I installed the new firefox w/o removing the old or removing my extensions. Still works for me.

[betterpc]

Originally Posted by TechGuy

Alright, I admit it. I'm an Internet Explorer kind of guy. I just never cared much for Netscape, Mozilla, etc. I just downloaded Firefox for the very first time tonight. I've never used a previous version. This is version 1.0PR. I love it. It's fast. Very fast. Not only do web pages load twice as fast as in IE, and seems to run much more smoothly, but it also doesn't take forever to load the program (as was my experience with Mozilla). I really like it. We'll see which one I end up using as my primary.

If you liked FireFox, take a look at K-Meleon too: http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net

It's also based on the Gecko layout engine (the rendering engine of Mozilla). Eats less computer memory than FireFox. Still, FireFox interface i like better.

[blues_harp28]

Just to add my two pence,the change from IE to firefox was well worth it,a far better
brower,thanks betterpc,will check out K-Meleon.
Take care guys and girls..

[dmonixed]

first, whoever wondered why smoothscrolling didnt change anything, it changes scrolling with the page down button instead of jumping down a page it scrolls with page up and page down like up arrow and down arrow, it tells you this in your help contents(F1)
and just wanted to put my two cents in about ff, i think it is great, love the tab browsing, popup blocking and i dont use any extentions at all for it but i dont really care about ads on website, sometimes i click on those google ads if i like the site im at they got them there for a reason and its not for looks they are tryin to pay the bills, but since i switched from IE ha what a joke i cant believe i waited til the begining of this month to do so, i have not had a single adaware or spyware since, and oh how dont missing scanning for thos f*ckers everyday
there was something else that i actually might be able to help somebody with too but ill have to go back and check and post again

Originally Posted by php guy

Well, I went to the settings for the scroll wheel... Still couldn't get it how I asked Oh well, must sacrifice for better serves, ill just have to click in again to stop the scrolling, besides that, great browser

i dont know if i missed a post but when you click the scroll whell button where your mouse pointer is locate a circle with an up and down arrow appears in its places if you scroll to where you want and then return your pointer to this circle it will stop scrolling or you just have to click again, how much of a sacrifice is that?and ill go back and see if i missed something and try it out on my pc and see if i can help your more


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Originally Posted by jima
Okay, really, this could be MY anomaly - like I don't know what the heck I'm doing, BUT....

I've made Firefox my default browser. Yesterday I tried to use Firefox to get into my bank's secured site. This was my first time to use Firefox to do this. When I entered my user id and password and pressed enter, the site came back with the standard "we didn't find you in our database" error page. Tried several times - no deal. Fired up IE and did same thing - boom! - logged in first time, no problems.

Might this have something to do with the lack of ActiveX support in Firefox? How can I prove that this is the case? Obviously Firefox was not communicating my id and password to the logon page when IE did with no problem.

Anyone had any similar experience?

its prolly the website, since firefox is fairly new some websites will not be compatable that would explain why IE works and firefox doesnt, you should contact the website to find out, you also may want to check java and java script in options-webfeatures

[I Fix 4 U]

Well, it would be nice to have those last 3 posts merged but it doesn't really matter. Lets not talk here but its good to see another FMA fan. wanna talk more use private messages tho so we don't hijack thread.

[beau909]

like others, i've had problems logging on to my bank's site via firefox due apparently to javascript handling errors - when i enter my credentials and click on login, it just sits there. when i check i see that i've experienced some sort of javascript error

subsequently, based on information i've gleaned from here on this forum, i went to mozilla's plugin, extension, and addon site and downloaded the javascript plugins - however when i try to run them, i am notified that i already have this verion of java and to please un-install and re-install it. how can i get javascript plugin(s) to load into firefox without having to uninstall my current java installation (afraid of not being able to access my bank at all then!!) my gratitude in advance for any helpful information that anyone might be able to provide regarding this issue. thanks,
beau909

[I Fix 4 U]

JAVA and JavaScript are two different things.

[LauraMJ]

Actually, for pages like that (my husband's company timesheet page that he has to fill out for his employees is like that) I find it easier to simply download the extension that adds a "view this page in IE" option to the right-click menu. That automatically opens the page in IE, we do whatever we need to on that website, and then just close the IE window. It's quick and convenient.

[I Fix 4 U]

Yah some sites just don't support firefox as they use the proprietary code of IE.
Tell ya this tho, only found two and i've been using firefox for a veery long time.

[MSM Hobbes]

Just to throw in another favourable comment/review of FF. Been using it now for some time [~2 months?], and to date it is great! The only prob is at times, when I have ~10 tabs in each of 3 different windows, and a Word doc and/or Excel file, all will freeze up. But that is due to RAM, not FF. But, in a way it is FF's fault, since they make it so durn easy to have all of these tabs available, and then just to open yet more just by highlighting and right-clicking... they've made my net cruising much too easy. Must install more RAM... durn that FireFox...

[I Fix 4 U]

IDK i'd say its your fault for not having enough ram
LOL j/k but i still thing you should get more ram i don't have those lag issues with multiple tabs and i only have about 448 mb how much you have it must be hardly anything to freeze the entire system...

[dugq]

Originally Posted by LauraMJ

Actually, for pages like that (my husband's company timesheet page that he has to fill out for his employees is like that) I find it easier to simply download the extension that adds a "view this page in IE" option to the right-click menu. That automatically opens the page in IE, we do whatever we need to on that website, and then just close the IE window. It's quick and convenient.

An alternative to the "view in IE" extension is optool 2.

Its a freeware program and it allows you to switch between most common browsers to another browser, not just FF to IE, but IE to FF, FF to Opera and so on.

The firefox supporting version is still in a alpha release, but I've been using it for a while and haven't had any problems.

Its available from

http://www.kreacom.dk/tools/optool/index.htm