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KohlyKohl on 27 October 2007

It would be nice if more people used Firefox and not IE if only for the built-in spell checking.



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Avinash_Tyagi on 27 October 2007
KohlyKohl said:
It would be nice if more people used Firefox and not IE if only for the built-in spell checking.

 I hate it when the firefox spellchecker tells me names and such are spelled incorrectly, even when I know they aren't



 

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zackblue on 27 October 2007

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PS3: 22M

360: 25M

wii: 40M

KohlyKohl on 28 October 2007

Yeah sometimes I wonder if OpenOffice uses the same dictionary source. So many words out there that it thinks are two separate words when clearly it is supposed to be one.



outlawauron on 28 October 2007

I still use IE, but only because i dislike the firefox interface. personal preference.



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KohlyKohl on 28 October 2007

Sometimes you have to look past your personal bias and realize what is best for you. I know it can be difficult to stop using IE but it really is the best thing you can do for computer and your personal information.



Sqrl on 28 October 2007
epsilon72 said:
It's kind of sad that people are uninformed enough to still be using IE...

 Too true! 

Sadly though, one thing I have learned in my efforts to convert friends and family to safer computing habits is that people are wierd about their browsers.  Sometimes they get all offended or act like its going to be some big hassle like buying a new car.  Then even if you explain how simple and easy it is they have already built it up in their mind to be this big thing...and by then its too late...

Now, when I build computers for people I just install firefox and add the basic plugins like adblock etc.. and remove the IE icon from the desktop and start menu.  I haven't had any comlaints, but occasionally I get asked where IE is and I just show them the firefox icon which usually prompts an "Oh IE changed their look!"...and its always funny when a week later they are explaining how much better this new version of IE is =P 



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SamuelRSmith on 28 October 2007

http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html

That'll tell you if your browser complies to standards. Opera renders it perfectly.



Game_boy on 28 October 2007

Sqrl said:
epsilon72 said:
It's kind of sad that people are uninformed enough to still be using IE...

Too true!

Sadly though, one thing I have learned in my efforts to convert friends and family to safer computing habits is that people are wierd about their browsers. Sometimes they get all offended or act like its going to be some big hassle like buying a new car. Then even if you explain how simple and easy it is they have already built it up in their mind to be this big thing...and by then its too late...

Now, when I build computers for people I just install firefox and add the basic plugins like adblock etc.. and remove the IE icon from the desktop and start menu. I haven't had any comlaints, but occasionally I get asked where IE is and I just show them the firefox icon which usually prompts an "Oh IE changed their look!"...and its always funny when a week later they are explaining how much better this new version of IE is =P

Keep it up! What I do is go to other people's computers at school, tell them I can get around all the network censorship, install FF but change the skin, title and icon (through add-ons) to IE6 (my school refuses to even use IE7) and then they can use MySpace, YouTube or whatever else without blocks without the teacher knowing. Oh, and they suddenly gain a search bar and tabs, which they just take as IE6 hidden features.



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SamuelRSmith on 28 October 2007

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/8030/acidcomparisondk5.jpg

Acid comparison, look at that and you'll learn why Fx and IE just don't cut it.

The versions I used:

Opera: 9.23
Firefox: 2.0.0.6
Internet Explorer: 7.0.6000.16546
Safari: 3.0.3

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