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flyer

I'm getting an alert saying "Firefox is preventing this site from installing software on your computer"

sra

flyer wrote:

I'm getting an alert saying "Firefox is preventing this site from installing software on your computer"

At the right of that message, you should see an 'edit options' button
If you click that then you should be able to give the site permission to install

Steve-182

Going to give Firefox a try since I've managed to somehow delete IE6 from my very poor PC in error.

shrek101

Yes go and give Firefox a try you wont regret it, far better than IE

blue-kat

Thunderbird ( the email prog ) is GREAT too !

much better than Outlook Express.

Art_2

How does Firefox compare with Netscape and Monzilla? I understand they are based on the same code.

I am presently using Netscape 7.2 and I am very pleased with it. I tried recently to upgrade to Netscape 8.0.2 and had problems with this version and had to go back to 7.2.
Has anyone else had problems with the new version?

Regards,
Art.

sra

Art wrote:

How does Firefox compare with Netscape and Monzilla? I understand they are based on the same code.

I am presently using Netscape 7.2 and I am very pleased with it. I tried recently to upgrade to Netscape 8.0.2 and had problems with this version and had to go back to 7.2.
Has anyone else had problems with the new version?

Regards,
Art.

Netscape and Mozilla are big, bulky suites filled up with lots of options you might never use.

The idea behind Firefox is different. You get a basic browser (although it has a lot more features than IE when you get it) and you choose from the thousands of Themes and Extensions that you can install in seconds.

(might post some screenshots of my fav features at work later if I have time)

slasher

I used Firefox for a while and it's definitely better than Internet Explorer for features and security...

..however, I then discovered Avant Browser which I think is both faster and more feature packed than both, and it's also completely free.

www.avantbrowser.com

Art_2

sra wrote:

Netscape and Mozilla are big, bulky suites filled up with lots of options you might never use.

The idea behind Firefox is different. You get a basic browser (although it has a lot more features than IE when you get it) and you choose from the thousands of Themes and Extensions that you can install in seconds.

(might post some screenshots of my fav features at work later if I have time)

Thanks for that info. Look forward to seeing some screenshots. Does Firefox have a mailserver? Netscape 7.2 has a good POP mailserver but I couldn't find one in version 8.

Regards,
Art.

spook

There's no built-in mail client in Firefox because it is just a browser.

Thunderbird is the companion mail software to Firefox and it's very good.