Firefox 0.9 and Thunderbird!

Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

Well reccomended programs for your web browser and e-mails.. I've been using firefox for ages and think it's really good, tabbed browsing, password manager etc.

Just installed thunderbird now as I've lost my office CD so haven't been able to install outlook etc. and thunderbird is really good too.

Just thought I'd pass the info on if anyone wants to try it out.

Apparantly viruses etc aren't written for mozilla? or something similar so it's much more secure and safer etc from viruses!

You can download both from www.mozilla.org!
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carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

Been using them both for ages - highly recommended. Thumbs Up

It's Firefox 0.9 by the way, not 9!
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Craggles · Traffic Copper Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Yep I use Firefox. I have to say I perfer Outlook 03 for e-mail etc - partly because I get sent invatations/calendar things from other Outlook users. Junk Filter is also very good.

mr.z · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Karma :

agreed, firefox is a huuuuge improvement for browseing (for me at least)

anyone unaware and looking to avoid the usual mircrosoft fleaceing when getting office... https://www.openoffice.org go to downloads, 60mb or so, imo ***** all over office in most respects. you can save as pdf, its completely free and just as good as office, only thing to watch is saveing as microsoft files.
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AcIdBuRnZ · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

While on the topic - new security updates for Firefox and Thunderbird have just been released so anyone currently using remember to update at mozilla.org Thumbs Up

Apparently a major hole in the code has been found - but unlike Microsoft software someone has actually bothered to fix this one. Ah, the beautiful world of open source software!!! Very Happy

Mark
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NSR125-Kid-UK · Attention Whore Joined: 03 May 2003 Karma :

Woohoo!
Firefox seems to be immune to the problems I was having with Shittynet Exploder. Very Happy

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Uninstalling IE's, a bit of a pain though, It's like a cockroach, you can't kill it!

I've deleted files only to have them reappear in the window before my eyes, I've renamed them and deleted them, only to see them appear again, and uninstalling the damn thing says that "uninstalling this version will downgrade you to your previous version" Brick Wall

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carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

You want Linux my friend!
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Ant · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Karma :

i use firefox too such a better way to brouse the net Very Happy

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AcIdBuRnZ · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

Remember to check out mozilla.org for all the extensions for Firefox - some nice little things there, such as smooth scroll, launchy, and an add-on that allows you to play Tetris!!!

Worth checking out...

Mark
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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

I had Firefox and still would, it is a fantastic piece of software. i have one gripe though, you *have* to use Sun Java and personally I think Microsoft Virtual Machine wipes the floor from Sun's feet. I always found Sun Java to be sloppy. Smile

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