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Minuteman
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New Customer

"Mozilla" , posted Mon 17 Nov 19:12

Just wondering if anyone else here is using Mozilla currently to browse the Net? My friend has been going on and on about how great it is, so I finally DL'ed it (http://www.mozilla.org) and I am just trying it out to get used to it.

Can any current users offer any hints on how to get the most of it? Once I learn more about it, I'll post some neat findings (hopefully).

Cheers!

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Omar

296th Post

Copper Customer

"Re(1):Mozilla" , posted Mon 17 Nov 20:48

If by Mozilla you mean Firebird, then yes, I'm using it. Get browser extensions, they can do a lot of good stuff. I'm currently using the Tab Extensions and it's very handy and flexible.

Just find extensions that you may like. Check the mozilla pages or help for more info.

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Gen

2226th Post

Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(1):Mozilla" , posted Mon 17 Nov 21:48

quote:
Just wondering if anyone else here is using Mozilla currently to browse the Net? My friend has been going on and on about how great it is, so I finally DL'ed it (http://www.mozilla.org) and I am just trying it out to get used to it.

Can any current users offer any hints on how to get the most of it? Once I learn more about it, I'll post some neat findings (hopefully).

Cheers!

I use Mozilla, don't know any special tricks yet though. It's nice.

Useff
146th Post

Regular Customer

"Re(1):Mozilla" , posted Tue 18 Nov 06:06

Since Firebird is my browser of choice, yeah.
I'd say learning the hotkeys is a good way to get more out of it.
http://texturizer.net/firebird/
has a great amount of tips, keyboard/mouse shortcuts, themes and extensions.

Minuteman
23th Post

New Customer

"Re(2):Mozilla" , posted Tue 18 Nov 15:37

Well, I don't know what happend, but Mozilla went and completely messed w/ my PC. Everything loaded horribly slow, mail wasn't loading correctly, and for some reason IE wouldn't even open. I had to reset my laptop manually and I'm gonna give it a break. This is really weird...also, when I first DL'ed Mozilla even though i setup my preferences and email, once I closed the Mozilla browser, it would lost all my settings =\

Oh well, I wanted to use it for better security (esp. with Outlook email) but for now will wait...back to IE...

VManOfMana

256th Post

Copper Customer

"Re(3):Mozilla" , posted Tue 18 Nov 16:26

I don't think Mozilla is at blame for what happened to your computer.

If you want a seamless installation I recommend you to use the installer build instead of the zip build.

Anyways, back to the Mozilla topic (I am asuming you are using Mozilla 1.5):

In the preferences, check all the checkmarks of the Tabbed Browising section. Now, when you visit a forum or all that, press the Control key when you see a topic you want to read. The topic will be loaded in a new tab in the background. This way, you can "preload" all the topics you want to read, so you won't have to wait for pages to load before you read them.

Learn how to use bookmark keywords (you can make a google search). This is extremely useful for making quick searches from the location bar. If you want I can make a quick guide.

Bayesian Spam Filtering owns. It is pretty straightforward to use, so I don't think I have to mention much about it.

Jabel D. Morales - VMan of Mana.
http://vman.animecafe.net/

"Tameraeba makeyo!"

DarkZero

481th Post

Gold Customer

"Re(3):Mozilla" , posted Tue 18 Nov 16:58

quote:
Well, I don't know what happend, but Mozilla went and completely messed w/ my PC. Everything loaded horribly slow, mail wasn't loading correctly, and for some reason IE wouldn't even open. I had to reset my laptop manually and I'm gonna give it a break. This is really weird...also, when I first DL'ed Mozilla even though i setup my preferences and email, once I closed the Mozilla browser, it would lost all my settings =\

Oh well, I wanted to use it for better security (esp. with Outlook email) but for now will wait...back to IE...

Did you download the new IE patch recently, possibly on Windows 98? The new IE patch nearly took down my Windows XP system (I had to use "Last Known Good" from the boot menu) and someone I know loaded that patch and is now having the exact same problems that you're describing. They've described their computer as being very slow and said that IE won't open any more, but Outlook might be working for them.

Minuteman
24th Post

New Customer

"Re(4):Mozilla" , posted Tue 18 Nov 20:22

quote:
Did you download the new IE patch recently, possibly on Windows 98? The new IE patch nearly took down my Windows XP system (I had to use "Last Known Good" from the boot menu) and someone I know loaded that patch and is now having the exact same problems that you're describing. They've described their computer as being very slow and said that IE won't open any more, but Outlook might be working for them.

I generally DL any new updates. I have my XP first check for updates automatically, then notify me. Then I decide to DL the update if I want to. So, the answer to your question would be yes, I did DL the last Windows update/patch.

Once I uninstalled Mozilla, everything is working perfectly again, just as it was prior to installing Mozilla. Weird...and I was NOT getting Mozilla from the .zip, as asked before, so that couldn't have been it (I dont think anyway).

VManOfMana

259th Post

Copper Customer

"Re(5):Mozilla" , posted Tue 18 Nov 20:27

Well, if you ask me, I would trust a lot of things rather than Microsoft's updates, as they often breaks things up. For example, for a long while I had very common and annoying system lockups in my laptops (lockup as in freeze such that you have to turn off the computer to restart), and the reason of the problems was a patch that was included in XP SP1 which created problems with my laptop's BIOS. Heck, sometimes it is reported that the patch doesn't fix anything!

Why don't you give Mozilla a second try? Maybe something went wrong with the download so you have a broken installer, so I'd recommend downloading again.

Jabel D. Morales - VMan of Mana.
http://vman.animecafe.net/

"Tameraeba makeyo!"

Minuteman
25th Post

Rare Customer

"Re(6):Mozilla" , posted Wed 19 Nov 09:22

quote:
Well, if you ask me, I would trust a lot of things rather than Microsoft's updates, as they often breaks things up. For example, for a long while I had very common and annoying system lockups in my laptops (lockup as in freeze such that you have to turn off the computer to restart), and the reason of the problems was a patch that was included in XP SP1 which created problems with my laptop's BIOS. Heck, sometimes it is reported that the patch doesn't fix anything!

Why don't you give Mozilla a second try? Maybe something went wrong with the download so you have a broken installer, so I'd recommend downloading again.

Oh yes, I will give it another try. I know many good reasons to do so. I just gave it a break to see if anyone here or in my own snooping around had any similar problems.