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Bertie Magoo
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Posts: 40
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:26 am |
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Interesting that a few Firefox users seem to use Opera for baiting.
Any particular reason for that? |
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Ivor Grimey Colon
"Trophy slut"
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Posts: 1338
Location: England
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:41 am |
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The main advantage of Firefox over other browsers in my opinion (especially with regards to baiting) is the massive extensibility. You can get extensions to block adverts, check multiple GMail accounts, anonymise Google's cookies, manage proxy connections, and all sorts of other things.
I seem to remember Opera having some scope for extensions, but has nothing like the variety that Firefox does. |
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thud419
Baiting Guru
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Posts: 3193
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:12 pm |
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Firefox. 2.0 at work on Windows, 1.5 at home because Ubuntu Linux is still in the dark ages. 2.0 has an auto spell-checker so your posts to eater don't have silly mistakes. Never had any stability problems.
Ditto DrWho; there is no way IE could be made as secure as FF et al, due to the way it is integrated into Windows. I don't doubt that it's more secure than IE6, and if they really get their fingers out it could approach FF et al but, with Microsoft, backward compatibility trumps security every time. If a security patch break backwards compatibility then it will not be accepted.
When you open a Windows Explorer window to browse your hard disk, you're using IE. When you read your emails with Outlook, you're using IE. Even your desktop is IE. The various incarnations are supposed to have different security levels, but in reality past bugs have allowed emails to start ActiveX programs and so forth. It is far better to have one program for one function rather than to fix all the ways one function can leak into another, added to which a simple program is more easily fixed.
Popular open source programs are generally fixed within hours of a bug being reported. Some serious Microsoft bugs stay open for months. |
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Rodus
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
Posts: 3685
Location: Back under the cold shower
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:43 pm |
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Firefox on the Mac can be a pain if it is set to open new pages in a new window cause these take ages to open (even on a core2duo). If you set it to open in a new tab instead it is about 3-4 times faster. |
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Bertie Magoo
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Posts: 40
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:44 pm |
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I've just had to switch back to IE to log on here. For some reason I can't log in when accessing the site through Firefox but can when using IE with exactly the same username & password.
I didn't have a problem last night logging in using firefox but no joy this morning, very strange |
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Ivor Grimey Colon
"Trophy slut"
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Posts: 1338
Location: England
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:49 pm |
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That doesn't make a lot of sense... What's the nature of the problem? Does it say "Incorrect username/password", or does it look like it's logging you in, but then it doesn't?
If the former, it's not a browser-related issue. It's either a server-side problem, or you're entering the username/password wrong.
If the latter, then the only problem I can think it could be is that you don't have cookies enabled of Firefox. If that's the case, under the "Privacy" tab in the Preferences dialogue, make sure "Keep cookies from sites" is ticked. |
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Bertie Magoo
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Posts: 40
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:58 pm |
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@ Ivor
Logged on last night using Firefox without problem (ticking the keep me logged in button) and didn't have any problem.
Accessed the site this morning via Firefox without problem and made a post. Switched off and came back a little later and I was back to the login page. When I try to log in the page just refreshes and clears out the username & password I've entered. No error messages.
Switched to IE and logged in without a problem. I've been trying periodically since to get in using Firefox but to no avail. Very strange
EDIT: Back in with Firefox now, I cleared the cookies out and bingo. Ah well, problem solved (for now) |
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Yochanon
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 05 Aug 2004
Posts: 16
Location: TN
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:23 pm |
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Any of the web browsers on a Linux system are good. I use Konqueror, FF (sometimes), Opera, Mozilla and even Ditto, links and Lynx once in a while for troublesome sites (mostly sites that are made with that worthless piece of garbage called FrontPage).
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remmy223
Elite Baiter
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
Posts: 1734
Location: butt f*** middle of nowhwere
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:35 pm |
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definate FF user
but always clear your download manager history out every now and then(found thru tools/options) this helps FF to run abit smoother.
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eamonn
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 14 May 2005
Posts: 621
Location: Standing on the edge, looking down
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:08 pm |
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Bertie Magoo wrote: |
Interesting that a few Firefox users seem to use Opera for baiting.
Any particular reason for that? |
it has a wand feature for logging on so that I can log on to any of my gmail accounts with a couple of clicks.
plus all my baiting bookmarks are on it so no chance of other people stumbling onto them. |
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Gilbert-Ratchet
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Posts: 44
Location: Crashed & burnin' on the learnin' curve.
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:43 pm |
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I'm almost exclusively Linux at home and Firefox is my browser of choice, but I wanted to use something completely different for baiting, so I can be sure everything gets kept separate and I don't accidentally respond to something from the wrong account. Opera has a cool 'wand' which makes it a breeze to log into multiple Gmail accounts. |
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RUSTY
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 29 Dec 2006
Posts: 22
Location: Lost in Space
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Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:35 pm |
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Firefox for Mac
Firefox for Windows
There are just slight differences between the two -- mainly in the keyboard shortcuts.
The choices of extensions for Firefox provides functionality and flexibility that is superior.
I keep IE 7 handy for those odd times where a commercial web site is still using Active X or if they haven't standardized their code to make it pretty on FF. A handy FF extension called IE View enables you render the page in Firefox using the IE engine.
I have quit using Safari. It hasn't kept up with the others. Maybe Leopard will change that. |
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jojobean
Baiting Guru
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Posts: 7586
Location: YOU WILL DRINK YOUR URINE IN A COMERCIAL BUS
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Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:57 pm |
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I use IE and Firefox. I don�t really do enough on the internet to really care about either of the differeneces between them. Honestly, I don't prefer one to the other. |
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Scam Patroller
Baiting Guru
Joined: 08 Jul 2004
Posts: 11857
Location: UK
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Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:59 pm |
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Roycropper
Baiting Guru
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
Posts: 7992
Location: Luxury Coffin
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Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:26 pm |
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FF 2.0 rocks for me. I 'specisally like the popup blocker.
I keep IE for when I really have to use it, But when I first started using it with XP I got so many viruses lads could have started using a picture of my PC in their 'dying old lady' scams.
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The False Italian
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Joined: 10 Jan 2004
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Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:09 am |
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Scam Patroller
Baiting Guru
Joined: 08 Jul 2004
Posts: 11857
Location: UK
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Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:29 am |
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Dott. Giascopato
Elite Baiter
Joined: 09 Sep 2005
Posts: 1174
Location: Germany
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Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:34 pm |
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Scam Patroller
Baiting Guru
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Posts: 11857
Location: UK
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Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:36 pm |
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Don
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Posts: 3045
Location: Italy, 87.2.222.132
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Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:39 pm |
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Dareth Ioggmao
Master Baiter
Joined: 18 Dec 2006
Posts: 171
Location: Somewhere In Time
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Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:20 pm |
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There is a version of firefox, called firefox portable that you can run from a usb drive. Actually, there is a growing number of applications available in a "portable" format. This allows you to run it from a usb key from any computer. (Mostly windows apps) Great for anyone who likes to check their mail and such from work, not that I know anyone who does.
Just google "portable applications". |
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Splooshy
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Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Posts: 135
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Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:25 am |
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I prefer FF, but sometimes I have to use IE. |
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iMike
Elite Baiter
Joined: 21 Jan 2005
Posts: 1371
Location: Ministry of Serendipity
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Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:12 pm |
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Just gone back to FF 1.5. Too many problems with 2.0.01 - can't print from browser window, periodic lock-ups & now the Gmail plug-in's gone mad - continually checking accounts, no matter what the preferences are set to & reporting non-existant emails. |
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Dionysius
Elite Baiter
Joined: 24 Mar 2004
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Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:47 pm |
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Ring Wraith
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
Posts: 15
Location: Cracks of Doom, Mordor, edge of the World
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Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:39 pm |
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No problems with FF2 with fasterfox running.
Need to use IE7 to open mail and add attachments for work.
Hate it with a vengeance for its security issues.
Never got on with Opera though
All in all only personal preferences
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