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moo says:
Firefox is truely the most amazing thing since sliced bread. I can't say enough to praise it. How I ever managed to live and breathe before I discovered the wonder of it I will never know. Thank you so much Joe for inviting me to this group, I can't imagine how it passed me by.
posted Aug 1
Androo002345 says:
I love Firefox...but I've been using Flock as my default browser for some time now. :)
posted Jul 18
Jake says:
Has anybody tried out the Gran Paradiso Alpha 1? I'm a bit reluctant to give it a look; I'd hate to lose my precious my plug-ins and bookmarks.
posted Jun 19
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Tremolo says:
Hmm... off the top of my head, I can think of a suggestion.
First of all, I don't think you'll lose your bookmarks, because ultimately you'll be (and SHOULD be) installing Gran Paradiso into an entirely separate directory from you original Firefox installation. However, if you're still worried about losing your bookmarks, you should export your bookmarks.
This is done by going into Firefox, choosing Bookmarks, then Organize Bookmarks. A new window will open. From there you choose File, then Export, and save it to a location of your choosing, but not anywhere inside the Firefox directory (just in case).
The bonus in all this is you can then import those bookmarks into Gran Paradiso (if it didn't do it automatically) by doing the same procedure in Gran Paradiso and choosing Import instead of Export - that's assuming they didn't change it much from Firefox.
As for plug-ins, if you don't have very many, just write down the names of the ones you use. If you have tons, then there is a plug-in that will save information about the ones you use. It won't actually save the plug-ins, but it will manage their names and the URLs so you can find and install them later. I forget the name of it. Help, anyone?
I did notice the warning on the GP alpha 1 page that reads "Current users of Mozilla Firefox should not use Gran Paradiso Alpha 1". So, I understand the reluctance. If you export your bookmarks and make a record of all your plug-ins... er... add-ons, you should be able to recover them later.
Hope that helped you out! Let us know what you think of Gran Paradiso. I haven't had a chance to try that yet.
posted Jun 20
Jake says:
Thanks for the help, but the stupid little bugger crashed as soon as it opened. Looks like I'll probably wait until the beta release.
posted Jun 20
Smif-N-WEssun says:
Firefox is the best browser out there not making it my default browser. Sometimes i need IE to view certain sites
posted Jun 1
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Tremolo says:
I use Firefox all the time and just use the IE Tab add-on for those sites that need it. Maybe give that a shot. :)
posted Jun 1
shelly says:
IE tab add-ons = good. You'll never have to open Internet Exploiter again. :D
posted Jun 1
Joe says:
if my profile looks fine in FF but breaks in IE am i allowed to be lazy and let IE users suffer?
posted May 28
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I Love Birdy - Leesa Leva says:
I think it sort of depends on what you use your profile for. If its completely a personal profile then screw it (maybe put a link to FF and an admonition about using IE). But if you're pushing yourself as a designer, web or otherwise, I think you've gotta try to fix it.
Mine was really wonky in IE and it just kept bugging the crap outta me until I had to fix it just to stop thinking about it...
...only to have someone tell me its broken in Opera. Oy, it never ends.
sigh.
posted May 31
Joe says:
yeah, im not a designer in the way that i would ever make money from it...
*it works mostly good in IE now anyways
posted Jun 6
Deuterium says:
I have a similar problem. My profile looks good in Firefox, but the whole profile shifts in IE. I just can't be bothered fiddling with the CSS again, so I'm going to leave it probably.
posted Jul 18
Androo002345 says:
hells yeah! I've been guilty of this in the past. I'm sure they'll live, lol :)
posted Jul 18
Just Because iCan says:
So, Firefox has been my main browser for a long time now, however I [used to] constantly use Camino and Safari also. Not because I wanted to or liked them, but I needed a way to manage multiple instances of myself (personal, work, podcast, etc...) on the same sties without having to log in and out of all of them.
Well, this is no longer needed as I just started experimenting with using multiple profiles in Firefox. Now I have several different profiles all complete with it's own set of bookmarks / plugins.This has made my life so much simpler and, most importantly, eliminated my need to ever launch those other inferior browsers. I simply love it.
Anyone else using multiple profiles in Firefox?
P.S.
If so, anyone know how to switch between them without having to quit and relaunch?
posted Apr 28
P. Bookworm; Graduation in two weeks! says:
i love firefox, it is much faster than internet explorer
posted Aug 3
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.RFO - Radio Flash* Online says:
Firefox is the best! Faster, more simply and more functionally ;)
posted Aug 16