21 replies to this topic

[Dark_Sniper]

I just dled it and I am very I'mpressed though it is slower the IE it is much better in terms of quality.  I also dled the ad-blocker as an extension and it is working wonders, for example on Neopets I just block all those annoying ads and bingo there is no more ads on Neopets. I suggest if u dont want ads on neopets then u should dl Firefox 

[BlackHawk]

though it is slower the IE

It's not... tweak your pipelining settings

[Dark_Sniper]

where do I do that?

[Ashaide]

OOOOOh yeah gonna find that post to do it

[BlackHawk]

Type about:config in the address bar, then type 'pipelining' in the filter box and change 'network.http.pipelining' from false to true, and 'network.http.pipelining.maxrequests' from 4 to 100...

[Dark_Sniper]

ah I c thx so much

[Hydrogen]

blackhawk is right, that will make firefox a lot faster...firefox is better than ie in all respects including safety since it blocks a lot of scripts being run on ur computer from websites along with stability.

[Ashaide]

I cannot play solitaire in IE at all. But when I diwnloaded Firefox.. It was magic.. back to game playing :-)

[Gargar]

yes firefox is the best hyro converted me from my old evil ie ways and now I see the light of firefox

[BlackHawk]

www.stopie.com

[Ashaide]

Is it safe enough to uninstall it then from add / remove programs?

IE that is

[Hydrogen]

Is it safe enough to uninstall it then from add / remove programs?

IE that is

uhm...see...thats the thing...microsoft doesnt want you to uninstall it so they dont allow it to be listed in the add/remove programs

[Gargar]

yes is should jsut die off in a little hole all alone its the worst thing ever

Edited by HydroGen, 12 February 2005 - 01:34 PM.

[Ashaide]

So I can't remove it?

[Hydrogen]

So I can't remove it?

nope.

[Ashaide]

Bloody Bill Gates

[BlackHawk]

So I can't remove it?

You can... use X-Dotec (formerly X-Setup), it shows the 'hidden' add/remove list...
But I'm not sure if removing IE won't make your windoze self-destruct or something

[Ashaide]

Best not then.... Typical really..

Microsoft got the monopoly over it then..

Oh well

[Hydrogen]

Best not then.... Typical really..

Microsoft got the monopoly over it then..

Oh well

thats really the only way ie got such a big monopoly...because it comes bundled with windows...and people are too lazy to download a better browser and just use ie because its already there...

[Ashaide]

if given a choice, I wouldn't have it.. If only that choice was available

[BlackHawk]

thats really the only way ie got such a big monopoly...because it comes bundled with windows...and people are too lazy to download a better browser and just use ie because its already there...

So true... I have PocketIE on my HPC and I'd get rid of it INSTANTLY if not for the fact that I can't find a browser for WinCE2.0 :ranting:

[xx_WLT_xx]

Ah, you can't really get rid of IE it's needed by most Microsoft softwares and other software...