Alternative Browser to IE?
Soux
United Kingdom
Have been reading other posts regarding Firefox and Opera etc. Hear it solves alot of problems with spyware/adware/ popups etc. Should I change from IE and if I do can I try Firefox and leave IE operational on my machine incase I want to revert back to it?
Help much appreciated - I'm no computer techi!
Help much appreciated - I'm no computer techi!
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when u open firefix it asks you to import your cookies, favorites, history and a few other things from IE to FF, its great, and firefox 1.0's bookmark managements is fantanstic
But for the most part, like GH said, once you switch to Firefox, you will use IE less and less. Once you start browsing in "tabs", you'll wonder how you ever did it before
For an easy download, click the link in my signature or in GH's above, and enjoy your new browsing experience.
Dexter...
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all you do is follow the wizard when you install it asks you what u wana transfter over
Like the post above said, a wizard pops up the very first time you run it, and it asks you what you want to import - Favorites, Cookies, etc. Just import everything. Importing your cookies is very handy since many people keep cookies for sites (like here at Short-Media) on their systems so that they do not have to log in again. The import process is very fast, and after you do it once, your Firefox will have everything your IE had...except the bugs and security holes...;)
Dexter...
I have heard that even if you don't ever use IE, you should still download the security updates to prevent certain types of back door issues but I don't know how true this to be; though an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Yes, because certain applications will use IE by default, or will make calls straight to IE for modules within the app. So you will want to keep doing Windows Updates to IE, just always do all Critical Updates, or let Automatic Updates handle it for you.
Dexter...
One question is that there are a few user accounts on the comp, so will the Wizard for transfering cookies, favourites etc come for each account?
Thanks
Yep. And conversely, if you never run it on the other account, it will never run the wizard, and other users don't need to switch over to it. On my home computer, my account and my son's both use FF (although my son uses IE a lot as well) but my wife still uses only IE, and does not use FF at all.
Dexter...