Firefox Myths?

Tallgeese · Post by **Tallgeese** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:34 pm

casualsax3 wrote:Opera is meh, and Opera users are often more intolerable than the Firefox zealots.

I find the reverse to be true, especially the last statement. Firefox has more of a presence of assholery due to its size.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:45 am

Metatron wrote:
casualsax3 wrote:Opera is meh, and Opera users are often more intolerable than the Firefox zealots.
I find the reverse to be true, especially the last statement. Firefox has more of a presence of assholery due to its size.

Think Mac and Linux people.
The True Believers on BOTH sides are jackasses, they just shout different things.
...
Though only the Linux side can format your drive and install their OS while you aren't looking.

The Church of Windows just goes "We're number one, bitch!" and laughs.

Rashidi · Post by **Rashidi** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:58 am

how about Cult of DOS ??
i was the member myself, until i have to upgrade everything...

Martin Koth the author of NO$GameBoy, NO$GBA also lament the demise of Cult of DOS....
even ZSNES was in Cult of DOS

Post by **Agozer** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:24 pm

The Cult of DOS was great for the time it lasted.

TheMst1c · Post by **TheMst1c** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:00 pm

I've totally forgot I created this topic, lol. But here my rundown on firefox in my own experience.

Personally, for a while I've used IE, then I heard firefox was good so I switched. Then it was ok for a while, but evil came out of firefox and started to plauge the speed. And I've twitch the thing according to websites to increase speed, but nothing works and trust me I've tried everything...and it just lags horribly. (And due note this is on my XP computer (new), not WinME computer(old))

So now I officially hate firefox, for it is the fail browser at the speed of a snail.

IE7 ftw.

Fin

aprad046 · Post by **aprad046** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:13 pm

Used IE5, but was annoyed at how it didn't clear the cache (it actually hides it in a hidden Content.IE5 folder) Even newer versions of IE don't fix this.
Tried Fx(back then firebird), liked the good cache cleaning, hated the slow start-time. However, loved the fact that it would ask me what to do with all cookies.
Then I got a newer, spanking computer, and I couldn't tell if Fx loaded slowly (for those of you using a stopwatch with nanosecond precision, stop it: it's unhealthy)
Tried IE7, didn't see any motivation to keep it in my XP box. Vista is another matter.
That's my $0.02

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:24 pm

FireFox user here. It can be slow at times, especially with the extensions (AdBlock, CuteMenus, Fission, Flashblock, Linkification, Long Titles, Tab Mix Plus, UI Tweaker, UnPlug). I especially don't like that rendering a page freezes the entire interface.

But it's still better than IE7 (which won't register on my home PC, for some reason...) or even IE6.

Oh, and Cult of DOS FTW.

TheMst1c · Post by **TheMst1c** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:37 pm

aprad046 wrote:Used IE5, but was annoyed at how it didn't clear the cache (it actually hides it in a hidden Content.IE5 folder) Even newer versions of IE don't fix this.

But that way you can retreive stuff you've downloaded or pictures you've viewed for example, it takes time to get them but for me it's worth it.

Mark7 · Post by **Mark7** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:07 pm

I'm using Opera because:
- it's not IE
- it starts fast
- loading of pages is really fast
- i like how you bookmark
- tabs work nicely. Never a new window

corronchilejano · Post by **corronchilejano** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:17 pm

Mark7 wrote:I'm using Opera because:
- I don't like Microsoft
- I hate Microsoft
- I dislike Microsoft
- I disdain Microsoft
- I think Bill Gates is queer

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:20 pm

oh yeah, well I'm not even USING a web browser, I post via telepathy. FOO

Mark7 · Post by **Mark7** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:29 am

Corronchilejano wrote:
Mark7 wrote:I'm using Opera because:
- I don't like Microsoft
- I hate Microsoft
- I dislike Microsoft
- I disdain Microsoft
- I think Bill Gates is queer

I don't hate microsoft. I just hate things that are hyped. By hyped i mean things that are used by many people without a good reason. So yeah, that would be most products by MS, lol.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:33 am

Mark7 wrote:
Corronchilejano wrote:
Mark7 wrote:I'm using Opera because:
- I don't like Microsoft
- I hate Microsoft
- I dislike Microsoft
- I disdain Microsoft
- I think Bill Gates is queer
I don't hate microsoft. I just hate things that are hyped. By hyped i mean things that are used by many people without a good reason. So yeah, that would be most products by MS, lol.

Oh, and who are you to say that whatever reason other people have to use microsoft products isn't "good"? I'll give you "my" reason: They are easy to use.

Is that good enough for you? Hmm?

corronchilejano · Post by **corronchilejano** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:50 am

Mark7 wrote:
Corronchilejano wrote:
Mark7 wrote:I'm using Opera because:
- I don't like Microsoft
- I hate Microsoft
- I dislike Microsoft
- I disdain Microsoft
- I think Bill Gates is queer
I don't hate microsoft. I just hate things that are hyped. By hyped i mean things that are used by many people without a good reason. So yeah, that would be most products by MS, lol.

WHY do you need a good reason to use a web browser? IE is easy to use, Firefox is a memory monster. Nobody tells you to use IE, it just comes with Windows, HOW EASY IS THAT?
Maybe you can complain about how it´s unfair, bla bla bla, that´s different.

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:56 am

Mark7 wrote:
Corronchilejano wrote:
Mark7 wrote:I'm using Opera because:
- I don't like Microsoft
- I hate Microsoft
- I dislike Microsoft
- I disdain Microsoft
- I think Bill Gates is queer
I don't hate microsoft. I just hate things that are hyped. By hyped i mean things that are used by many people without a good reason. So yeah, that would be most products by MS, lol.

IE, hyped? GAAAAA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAH HAHA AHAHA AHAHAHA AHAHA HA

good one man, seriously.

whicker · Post by **whicker** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:36 am

Panzer88 wrote:
Mark7 wrote:
Corronchilejano wrote:
Mark7 wrote:I'm using Opera because:
- I don't like Microsoft
- I hate Microsoft
- I dislike Microsoft
- I disdain Microsoft
- I think Bill Gates is queer
I don't hate microsoft. I just hate things that are hyped. By hyped i mean things that are used by many people without a good reason. So yeah, that would be most products by MS, lol.
IE, hyped? GAAAAA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAH HAHA AHAHA AHAHAHA AHAHA HA

good one man, seriously.

you jujst truth is sort of like raisin lsog.

hahaha.

kuthhhhhhghsdk
.

gjgg..

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:19 am

I have no idea what that means.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:09 pm

Corronchilejano wrote:IE is easy to use, Firefox is a memory monster.

not to mention IE is the most exploited web browser.

also, let's ignore the fact that bugs in IE take months to fix, for Firefox, it only takes a few days at most.

corronchilejano · Post by **corronchilejano** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:05 pm

adventure_of_link wrote:
Corronchilejano wrote:IE is easy to use, Firefox is a memory monster.
not to mention IE is the most exploited web browser.

also, let's ignore the fact that bugs in IE take months to fix, for Firefox, it only takes a few days at most.

So what? At least the version Im using (2.0.0.7) crashes when using anything java-related half the time. I still use it though, as I don´t really use any type of anti-viral or bot program and there are very few for firefox. That doesn´t mean I don´t have trouble, it just means I have a little LESS.

creaothceann · Post by **creaothceann** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:11 pm

Corronchilejano wrote:At least the version Im using (2.0.0.7) crashes when using anything java-related half the time.

Doesn't happen here, but then again I'm not aware what sites are using Java heavily, or maybe certain exotic features.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:08 pm

Corronchilejano wrote: ....as I don´t really use any type of anti-viral or bot program and there are very few for firefox.

What? i don't get that last statement. anti-virus programs don't have to be browser-compatible.

corronchilejano · Post by **corronchilejano** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:09 am

sweener2001 wrote:
Corronchilejano wrote: ....as I don´t really use any type of anti-viral or bot program and there are very few for firefox.
What? i don't get that last statement. anti-virus programs don't have to be browser-compatible.

I actually just meant it for the bot part.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:18 am

spybot doesn't have to be browser compatible, either. i run java sites all the time and don't have problems with my FF. your issue may not be with the browser at all. if FF is up to date, then your java may need to be updated, or your computer is so full of bloat/mal/spy-ware that it happens. especially if you're not running basic protection programs.

corronchilejano · Post by **corronchilejano** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:12 am

sweener2001 wrote:spybot doesn't have to be browser compatible, either. i run java sites all the time and don't have problems with my FF. your issue may not be with the browser at all. if FF is up to date, then your java may need to be updated, or your computer is so full of bloat/mal/spy-ware that it happens. especially if you're not running basic protection programs.

I do run spybot every week, and ever since I went with firefox, the ocurrences have gone way down, that's the only reason I keep using it.
If it were for speed, I'd be using IE.

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:27 am

adventure_of_link wrote:
Corronchilejano wrote:IE is easy to use, Firefox is a memory monster.
not to mention IE is the most exploited web browser.

also, let's ignore the fact that bugs in IE take months to fix, for Firefox, it only takes a few days at most.

except for text shadows, those have only been in the bugfix requests since the late 90s.

see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10713

Oh SNAP!

it's funny I seem to be the IE advocate here, because I never use it and think it's kinda crappy. oh well. I've always loved a good argument.

EDIT: Ironically enough being an IE advocate and the devil's advocate aren't really that different are they?

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Firefox Myths?

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