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Undertoad · 07-25-2009, 10:14 AM

There is no reason not to switch. Firefox is superior.

TheMercenary · 07-25-2009, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

There is no reason not to switch. Firefox is superior.

I think I may try to go for it. Can I just save all my favorites so I don't loose my links?

Cloud · 07-25-2009, 10:16 AM

Firefox FTW.

Undertoad · 07-25-2009, 10:43 AM

Yup, Firefox will import all bookmarks/favorites. Don't know about cookies and passwords.

TheMercenary · 07-25-2009, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Yup, Firefox will import all bookmarks/favorites. Don't know about cookies and passwords.

How about disk space on the HD? more, less, or about the same?

Undertoad · 07-25-2009, 11:54 AM

Less. Its hard disk footprint is tiny compared to IE.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-25-2009, 12:05 PM

How many times a week do you have to update it?

Undertoad · 07-25-2009, 12:11 PM

Maybe once a month?

I consider that a good thing, as there are updates for just about every major security breach. That's how it should be. IE6 went three years before MS decided to upgrade. As a result, for a long time, the biggest reason to move to Firefox was security problems in IE6.

mbpark · 07-25-2009, 01:25 PM

The scary part is that IE6 will receive security updates until 2014 due to the fact that IE6 SP3 was included in Windows XP Service Pack 3, and most other browsers, including Firefox 3.x, won't.

Undertoad · 07-25-2009, 01:32 PM

"Automatically check for updates" is the default setting in Firefox... that's probably just about as effective as Windows Update.

Besides, if people are still running a 2003-style interface in 2014, that will be terribly sad. Hopefully Windows 7 will be an acceptable platform...

Beest · 07-27-2009, 12:54 PM

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Besides, if people are still running a 2003-style interface in 2014, that will be terribly sad. Hopefully Windows 7 will be an acceptable platform...

My SEM runs windows 98 (2nd ed) on a 233MHz PC, I have upgraded the EDX from NT to 2000. other equipment runs on 98 and can't be 'upgraded'.

In fact it is terribly sad, one of the drivers for replacing a $100K piece of scientific apparatus is that the $500 PC can't be upgraded to the current security protocols.

TheMercenary · 07-25-2009, 01:41 PM

So UT, are you a Windows supporter or an Mac supporter? Why one over the other?

I have seriously considered changing to MAC for my next laptop. If nothing else because of the lack of viruses being written to attack them, not that they are immune, just significantly less.

mbpark · 07-25-2009, 02:34 PM

UT,

There are people still running Mac OS 8.5 and OS 9 for jobs they need. There still will be people running it for embedded control apps or healthcare IT in 2014, specifically because the cost of certifying certain apps for FDA compliance is ridiculously expensive when you change a component like a browser.

I hope that the only IE6 that I see running by then will be Windows Server 2003 R2 with its own version of IE6 running in Citrix to support those apps

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Undertoad · 07-25-2009, 10:38 PM

There is no real problem choosing either Mac or PC, except that more games are written to the PC platform. Mac is particularly well-suited to the laptop platform where there aren't many hardware upgrades and such. The latest Mac displays are beautiful.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-26-2009, 08:30 PM

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The scary part is that IE6 will receive security updates until 2014 due to the fact that IE6 SP3 was included in Windows XP Service Pack 3,~snip

I had changed to IE-7, and when I upgraded to Service Pack 3, it didn't change it back to 6. Should it have? Not that I wanted it to, just wondering if Service Pack 3 installed properly

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

"Automatically check for updates" is the default setting in Firefox... that's probably just about as effective as Windows Update.

If this is open source, where everybody can have their hand in the pot, how do you get updates automatically? Is there somebody running the show?

07-25-2009, 10:16 AM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Firefox FTW. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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07-25-2009, 01:41 PM	#12
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	So UT, are you a Windows supporter or an Mac supporter? Why one over the other? I have seriously considered changing to MAC for my next laptop. If nothing else because of the lack of viruses being written to attack them, not that they are immune, just significantly less. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-25-2009, 10:14 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	There is no reason not to switch. Firefox is superior.

07-25-2009, 10:43 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yup, Firefox will import all bookmarks/favorites. Don't know about cookies and passwords.

07-25-2009, 11:54 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Less. Its hard disk footprint is tiny compared to IE.

07-25-2009, 12:11 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Maybe once a month? I consider that a good thing, as there are updates for just about every major security breach. That's how it should be. IE6 went three years before MS decided to upgrade. As a result, for a long time, the biggest reason to move to Firefox was security problems in IE6.

07-25-2009, 01:25 PM	#9
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	The scary part is that IE6 will receive security updates until 2014 due to the fact that IE6 SP3 was included in Windows XP Service Pack 3, and most other browsers, including Firefox 3.x, won't.

07-25-2009, 01:32 PM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	"Automatically check for updates" is the default setting in Firefox... that's probably just about as effective as Windows Update. Besides, if people are still running a 2003-style interface in 2014, that will be terribly sad. Hopefully Windows 7 will be an acceptable platform...

07-25-2009, 02:34 PM	#13
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	UT, There are people still running Mac OS 8.5 and OS 9 for jobs they need. There still will be people running it for embedded control apps or healthcare IT in 2014, specifically because the cost of certifying certain apps for FDA compliance is ridiculously expensive when you change a component like a browser. I hope that the only IE6 that I see running by then will be Windows Server 2003 R2 with its own version of IE6 running in Citrix to support those apps .

07-25-2009, 10:38 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	There is no real problem choosing either Mac or PC, except that more games are written to the PC platform. Mac is particularly well-suited to the laptop platform where there aren't many hardware upgrades and such. The latest Mac displays are beautiful.

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