I'm actually surprised that for a web programming class that your professor wouldn't want you to use the most widely used browser, generally you make sites compatible with it.

Oh well, I suggest Firefox because you can customize it really well. I have a couple of extensions installed that basically draws it down to the simple look of IE (main menu hidder + aero toolbars).

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Firefox.

Adblock+links toolbar= Internet awesomeness

I use Safari, but I'm not sure how well that works off a Mac. Other than that, I'd suggest Firefox

I'm actually surprised that for a web programming class that your professor wouldn't want you to use the most widely used browser, generally you make sites compatible with it.

You mean Firefox, right?

Oh, apparently not:

Oh well, I suggest Firefox because you can customize it really well. I have a couple of extensions installed that basically draws it down to the simple look of IE (main menu hidder + aero toolbars).

Seriously though, I had thought this generation was trying to push towards Firefox, but maybe that's just my Open Source faith coming out. Or that most of my friends use it.

Why is Firefox so good? Probably because of the customization. Like mine right now looks BLACK because of an add-on I downloaded. I've also downloaded a small box that sits in the corner out of the way and lets me know when I have new messages in Gmail, so I don't have to actually check Gmail every few minutes. There are a ton of other add-ons that pretty much allow you to do whatever you want. I've got one that lets me view two screens at the same time, side by side, so I can watch TV and surf the web all at once!

Now, all these add-ons are available because it is Firefox. Mozilla is part of a special idea called "Open Source." You know how when you download or install a new program there is that "User License Agreement" thing? That means that 1) If you mess with our program, we'll sue you or 2) If you mess with our program, we won't help you. Open Source is based around the idea that if you need to fix a program to work how you want it to for your needs, go ahead! And then tell the rest of the internet so they can benefit from it as well! Firefox is constantly being updated, and that's how the add-ons work too. You need something, it's probably already been done. (And if it hasn't then somebody smart just might soon make it.) (There are enough Open Source programs out there that, when combined with the Linux operating system, you probably just saved a plethora of money that you would have spent on programs that limited your use.)

Firefox.

 

Adblock+links toolbar= Internet awesomeness

Yeah, Firefox is great for adblock. And, if you noticed from my screencapture, I have a bunch of favorite links easily accessible just below my URL bar, taking up almost no room at all.

And once I started using Firefox, I never wanted to go back to IE. You may find it hard to take the plunge at first, but I think you'll like it. My friend is encouraging me to try out a new OS, Linux's Ubuntu, because those who use it love it. So I am, and if I don't like it I'll go back to Windows, but from what I can already tell it's going to be great.

-CF

Firefox, because of tabs.

Safari has tabs to but firefox's are batter.

Firefox, because of tabs.

Safari has tabs to but firefox's are batter.

IE has tabs too, doesn't it?

 

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Firefox's tabs > all other tabs.

OMG Firefox Fans!

Setting aside the obvious favortism here, I guess I'll look into downloading FF.

My problem is probably just being too used to IE. Same way that, although many people will complain about how Macs are so much better than PCs, I've grown up using a PC and I don't have any big reasons to switch. The only web browser I used besides IE was MSN (mostly because on our old home computer, MSN didn't get as many viruses as IE seemed to get, but that was before my parents broke down and actually bought virus protection software). When I made the switch from MSN to IE when I went to college, I prefered the latter due to the simplicity. I don't need features telling me when so and so's online or what the news it... I can find the right websites when I want to know that kind of info.

Seriously, the only main features I need are in the Google toolbar, with the quick search and spellcheck. On BZP, I adore spellcheck. I even like the favorites tab, which may be a few clicks away, but I got it on habit that when I'm on other computers I automatically click on the favorites tab before I realize that my website links aren't there.

But from a programming standpoint... for the basic web programming we're doing, IE seems to mess it up, whereas the recomended Firefox runs it more smoothly. So I guess I'll have to suffer and learn new habits.

Wait, does IE not have a built-in Google toolbar like Firefox does?

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MF fans are everywhere!!! *Cue twilight zone music*

Let me address some of your points:

What's funny is I had been using IE even after my parents downloaded MF, because I liked being able to alt+tab between pages, and I had no idea how to do that with MF. (At the time, IE did not have tabs. I guess it's smart on them for putting them there, though I doubt that got any "customers" back.) Then I figured out MF tabs were ctrl+tab and loved it!

Spell check? Guess what. MF has spell check in the text box itself! (Sounds like you have to put it in a little Google search box?) (I've actually changed my Google searchbar to a Dogpile one, with the option of instantly searching Flickr if I so desire.)

And my computer teacher said that there was something we needed to download for class, and it wouldn't work in IE and we had to use MF. Score one for Open Source!

You know what? You'll probably like MF so much, you won't want to use IE ever again. But then you realize the school computers use IE (*Sigh*), so you download "Firefox Portable" to your flash drive and you have a slightly limited browser (for size purposes) in your pocket all the time!

-CF

I use a Mac and Safari, with no problems.

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Uh, oh. All this discussion has made googleads put "Downlaod the new, better, IE 8!" at the top of the screen. Yeahno.

-CF