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Post by Dabbit on Apr 8, 2006 6:51:50 GMT -5
I currently run fire fox, and also have the almost obligatory IE installed which I use form time to time. However, I was wondering whether it would be 'safe' to install any more browsers to see what sites look like in them (i.e. Netscape (if it still exists etc). I am not sure whether there is an workable limit to the amount you can use or whether they all use similar bits and bobs of your pc?
Also I am currently having problem with fire fox in displaying pdf files, I am not sure whether fire fox simply doesn't show pdf files or if I need to add something to my fire fox?
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Post by sandy on Apr 8, 2006 16:24:31 GMT -5
Dave, I can't answer your question but I get several newsletters from www.komando.com She has 4 different newsletters and loves firefox. There is an archives you can get questions answered also. Sign up they are free.
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Post by Mark on Apr 8, 2006 18:20:33 GMT -5
Dave, I think Firefox is a fine browser. The reason I use IE exclusively is that most programs and websites are written with IE in mind, plus I think Microsoft is going to be around for the duration, thus while Firefox has some advantages in the short run, the long term dictates IE. However, both are free, so they are equal in that respect. As for adding Netscape, I can see no advantage to have more than one or two browsers. When I first started out I was using Netscape exclusively, but soon started seeing the proverbial handwriting on the wall and went with IE, even though I preferred the other. The more software you add, and that includes browsers of course, the more of your hard drive they use up. As far as memory goes, however, if you only run one browser at a time, then that browser is the only one that will be taking up memory. However, having said that, one's registry tends to get all boogered up the more competing types of software one has registered on one's PC and the easier it is for it to get fouled up. Lean and mean is the better way to go, I decided, and then got rid of Netscape and kept the one browser - IE. Not the best in every regard, but a good choice overall.
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Post by Dabbit on Apr 9, 2006 3:01:14 GMT -5
I do like IE as it opens pdf files, but I also quite like FF, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to open certain things that i want it to (such as pdf files) - which is when I open my IE.
I am not very adventurous when it comes to putting things on my pc - as I have very little knowledge of computer type stuff and have been offline before hand - so I do try now to keep things to a minimum. But I just wondered about viewing my web site in different browsers to check what its like...
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Post by Mark on Apr 10, 2006 10:35:03 GMT -5
There's a site somewhere you can submit pages to in order to find out what they'll look like in various browsers - if I come across it I'll let you know Dabbit.
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Post by Dabbit on Apr 10, 2006 11:25:53 GMT -5
Cheers mark
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Post by twiggs on Apr 10, 2006 11:44:35 GMT -5
I use Firefox and have had no trouble with the pdf files. My daughter is the computer person and the last time she came to town, she set me up with FF. Everything works ok for now.
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Post by Dabbit on Apr 10, 2006 11:49:40 GMT -5
Pdf files simply refuse to open up when I use FF, but do in IE...
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Post by Mark on Apr 10, 2006 13:19:50 GMT -5
These browsers can be tricky. I don't know much about FF, but in IE. if you click on Tools and then Internet Options, there are all sorts of Tabs across the top of the resulting window, all of which contain 'tweaks' for various bits of the browser - the last being 'Advanced'. In FF, there very well could be something similar which must be properly set to handle PDF files. Another thing to look at is whether there is something in FF akin to that in IE wherein you associate each type of file ending, such as PDF with a particular program such as Adobe's PDF Reader. In IE, if this has not been properly set, (look in Windows Explorer, Click on 'Tools', then 'Folder Options' and then on 'File Types', you'll see what I mean), then Windows will simply not know what to do what that type of file. The point being that there is probably a similar mechanism in FF - but I don't know for sure.
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Post by Anita on Apr 15, 2006 11:59:34 GMT -5
Dabbit, I only use yahoo's toolbar. I like it very much, it has a search web and 3 buttons you can put your own websites. I use 2 for my emails and one for Boomer's website. It's very small across the top of your web page and it's fast. It'a a small download too. www.toolbar.yahoo.com.
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Post by Mark on Apr 15, 2006 20:28:09 GMT -5
What type of browser is it on Anita? Google also has a nice toolbar - what they are called are 'add-ons', and are, well, 'added on' to browsers. Do you think yours was originally just the Internet Explorer browser? You cana tell by clicking on the 'Help' tab at the top of the window. What does it say on the bottom of the drop-down menu?
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