[High Max]

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[chief1983]

Bill Gates hasn't really run much at MS in ages.  Ballmer has been at the helm for quite a few years, and now he's really steering the boat.  Gates just sat in his office and sent out memos when Windows was giving _him_ a hard time.  Wish I could dig up the references for that...

Aha, found it

[Scooby_Doo]

Opera!

Here here!

Damn beat me to it LOL

[Nuke]

one thing i like about firefox is how easy it is to back up user settings.

[colecampbell666]

Even better:

[ssmit132]

Even better:

[chief1983]

I ran across that at work and my coworker has been making sure _everyone_ sees it now.  He thinks it's the funniest thing since Richard Pryor.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Trust Mozilla to breathe up Microsoft's hide when it comes to a web browser.

Let's see if Google can do the same.

[High Max]

^^

[colecampbell666]

Nope, it's universal.

[Mr. Vega]

I ran across that at work and my coworker has been making sure _everyone_ sees it now.  He thinks it's the funniest thing since Richard Pryor.

Pryor was overrated.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Actually now I decided to use Firefox. I will get used to it. I got tired of IE8 having two iexplore.exe running at the same time. I'm hoping to get more speed when using Firefox. I just noticed that when using it on this site when typing posts, it has spell checker. Like a built in MS Word. Maybe the same holds true for other websites or maybe they have to be Firefox compatible to do that.

If you're going to switch to Firefox, you may want to use these add-ons with it:

BBCodeXtra, which adds extended formatting options when you right-click on a typing field;
AdBlock+, which can block (almost) anything you want on any web page;
ChatZilla, a functional chat client that works inside Firefox; and
Download Statusbar, which generates a little bar above the status bar whenever you start a download.

[High Max]

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[asyikarea51]

Or NoScript...?

Sort-of thankful I didn't upgrade to IE8 after reading a bit about it. The only reason I use IE now is to surf websites that simply don't render correctly in FF or Opera.

If FF has any drawbacks, it's when you bomb a whole jack load of add-ons on it, and then the loading time will seriously lag...

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Or if you use a Mac and open ten tabs to HLP, which may cause a crash.

[High Max]

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[Androgeos Exeunt]

...some addons are not good and should be removed or disabled.

Like Windows Live.

[MP-Ryan]

Essential Firefox Plugins:
-Adlblock Plus
-No Script
-Stealther
-Tab Mix Plus
-All-in-One Sidebar

[chief1983]

There's quite a few guys around here that would kick your ass for using an ad blocker.  You realize HLP is funded by ads right?  I don't think the ad blockers are selective about letting the good ads through and just blocking the bad ones, but I might be one.  I prefer something more like FlashBlock, since flash ads are about the only ones that are really that annoying these days.  Helps cut down on a lot of annoying autoload B.S.  Firefox 3.5 will have a Privacy mode similar to other browsers, so you probably won't need Stealther anymore.  I use WebDev Toolbar on the rare occasion I might need to turn off Javascript, but I'm a web developer.  Chatzilla?  Meh.  Get a real client.  It's probably ok if you don't use IRC much, and you don't have builtin IRC with a multi-protocal IM app like Pidgin.  My must haves are Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, IE View Lite, and CoolIris (not as much as the first three).  Again though, Firebug is only really useful if you like digging into the guts of a page once in a while.  Tamper Data can be fun for form hacking too.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

ABP requires you to provide input if you want to. That's what I do, which is why I've yet to block any ads on HLP.

What's Stealther?