Posts Tagged With: Internet-Explorer
· April 1, 2008 at 6:33 am · Firefox News
I got a surprise in the mail yesterday, there was a large Publishers Clearing House sized check laying by my mail box from our friends at Microsoft. Seems like they think they can buy me off and have me sell Internet Explorer to the masses.
You know what, if you saw all the zeros that came after the one on this check you would do the same thing I am about to do. Who needs Firefox and Mozilla? Here are your Internet Explorer Facts!
Who Wants to Customize the Look and Feel?
Internet Explorer doesn’t bother me with the ability of being able to decide what the browser looks like. That damn Firefox keeps tossing themes and customizations I can make to the browser interface. Who needs it? I just want a browser with an address bar and those wonderful Internet Explorer icons.
Add-ons? Extensions? Who Needs Them?
Oh please Mozilla. Are you doing to tell me that your users know best when it comes to picking additional features to add via extensions or addons to the browser? Sure if somebody wanted to download a web developer toolbar and the next guy didn’t, is that really a good thing to do?
I know with Internet Explorer I don’t have to worry about getting to customize too much.
Standard are for Sissies!
Come on, Microsoft doesn’t have to live up to standards. IE7 only supports 54% of the CSS 2.1 standard, as compared to 52% in IE6 and 93% in Firefox 1.5 and 96% in Opera 9. Internet Explorer went up two percent, is that not good enough for you? I guess next you are going to say you want the menu bar back on the top of your Windows.
Microsoft has done what is best for you hidden it because you don’t need it. If you do need it, well - we can toss it in the middle somewhere because the day we were working on that was also “cake” day at Redmond.
On an additional note I wanted to let the Opera guys know I got their buyout offer too for my soul. Unfortunately, the bank said they couldn’t cash the “I OWE U” note you left, sorry!
*cough* April Fools! */cough*
Tags: browser-wars, customize, firefox, Internet-Explorer, standards
· March 25, 2008 at 12:03 pm · Firefox News
In a comparison with Internet Explorer 8, Safari, and Opera 9.5 I think Firefox 3 so far wins hands down. To get a better idea of what you can expect though from the next generation of browsers, Cnet has put up a nice round up of all the latest for you to browse through and see what you like and hate about each.
The section on how it compares to the others was the most enlightening of all:
Firefox remains the best browser on the whole, with great features, impressive improvements all-round, a revised bookmarking system and thousands of add-ons to make it easy to perfectly customise.
The improvements in performance are stellar, it’s got some well-integrated features than everyone will use (resumable download manager, tag-ready bookmarking) and it offers, overall, a better, richer Web experience. We’re behind Firefox and we hope that when the final release is out it’ll be just that little bit better to boot.
More great news for the Mozilla crew! Is there something the other browsers are getting or doing that you wish Firefox 3 would try to do too?
Tags: best, CNet, Firefox-3, Internet-Explorer, opera, roundup
· January 1, 2008 at 7:40 am · Firefox Themes
Love it or hate it, you can not argue with the fact that some people like the basic look and feel of Internet Explorer 7. To give it a little ‘bit of credit, it is different than it’s previous versions and does get the job done. Now if you like the IE7 interface, but your using Firefox - most would say your out of luck. Not me though!
What if you could turn your Firefox browser into Microsoft’s browsing behemoth?
The IE Look-a-like Contenders
There are a number of Vista/IE7 inspired themes for Firefox out there, as we have touched on that topic before. Vista-aero claims to be the most IE7-like theme with the Vista aero style. Then you have myFireFox who’s claim to fame is perfectly simulating Internet Explorer 7+ by far. It can work perfectly in Widnows Vista Ultimate.
Tweakable IE Themes?
Did you know though that using either of these two themes comes with an extra perk? If you are doing so I would also highly suggest picking up the myFireFox & Vista-aero Modifier extension. It will allow you to edit key parts of the theme not accessible to your usual drag and drop default personalization from Firefox itself. Here are some of the tweaks you can make:
- Change the Theme Color
- Change the Tab Bar Icons and Functions
- Show or Hide Search and Zoom
- Make the Default Tab Icon Different
Any Internet Explorer 6 Fans Out There? Now for those of you who might miss Internet Explorer 6 - there is one alternative for you too. Check out the Looks Familiar theme to reclaim that design for Firefox.
Tags: design, firefox, Internet-Explorer, myfirefox, tweak, vista-aero
· January 12, 2007 at 5:00 am · General Posts
If there any reason why you can not use more than one browser? No. A lot of folks get caught up in being “uber fans” though and don’t realize that all browsers have some good points and some bad points. This article I found yesterday really got me to thinking - it might have the same effect on you as well.
Naturally, all of this has generated a bit of contention among users of Microsoft Windows where Firefox fans put down IE and users of IE 7 say they don’t want to bother with changing anything on their computers that is working. I’m an unlikely Solomon, but I do know what I would order if I were in charge: Use them both.
+ Continue Reading Firefox or Internet Explorer? Why Not Both?
Tags: browser-wars, browsers, firefox, firefox-2, IE7, Internet-Explorer
· January 2, 2007 at 8:15 am · Firefox Themes
Now if the Looks Familiar theme makes Firefox look more like Internet Explorer 6, then what does my Firefox do? It makes your Firefox experience a little more like Internet Explorer 7.
There is no reason you shouldn’t like the IE7 theme, even if you are the biggest Firefox fan in the world. Don’t hate the player, hate the game. Now you can have the slick interface of Internet Explorer 7 with your favorite Mozilla browser under the hood. Some might say it is the best of both worlds.
+ Download and Install the myFirefox Theme for Firefox!
Tags: 7, firefox, IE7, Internet-Explorer, skins, theme
· October 31, 2006 at 5:00 am · Firefox Settings
One thing that I have not missed since moving over to Firefox is all the beeps and bloops Internet Explorer makes while you are navigating through your Web pages. Some people may like getting these dinging sounds though, even if they just make me feel a little dingy. That is where the Navigational Sounds extension comes into play.
+ Learn More About the Navigational Sounds Extension!
Tags: extensions, firefox, Internet-Explorer, navigation, sounds
· September 11, 2006 at 10:23 am · Firefox News
This is some good news for anybody who is a fan of Firefox.
Mozilla’s Firefox gained half a percentage point in market share at the expense of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer during August, continuing the steady climb of the open-source browser, a Web metrics firm said.
Firefox now owns 11.8 percent of the global browser market share, said Net Applications, a jump of .5 percent from July’s 11.3 percent. Internet Explorer, meanwhile, now accounts for 83 percent of browsers used to surf the Web; that’s down from July’s 83.5 percent.
[Read More About Firefox's Gains!]
Tags: firefox, Firefox News, ie, Internet-Explorer, mozilla, user-stats
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