Re: New Fire Fox Update
"Shane" <shanebeatson@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23yDsS9kyHHA.312@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Heather wrote:
>> FF is my main browser, and my man Willy went and put IE7 on here
>> which I detest, but I rarely use it. I suppose I will get used to
>> it. But it doesn't matter.
>>
>
> I wouldn't be at all happy if he did that without consulting you,
> Figgs. What, does he think it's *his* computer?
LOL!! Willy is 6' 4 and gruff and from the Congo.....you think this 5'
3" sweet-talkin' little old white lady is going to argue with him??
Well, yes I do. I boss him around something fierce usually. He told me
he put it on and thought I was having a brain-f**t and has forgotten to
put it on. I gave him HELL!! He really is a good guy, honest.
Any tricks to taking it off?? I told PA Bear and he gave me some links,
one of which was Sandi's, and it seemed to be more bother than leaving
it alone.
Kissies....Figgs
>
> Get used to it? I grew to hate it - but then found Pro's Group Policy
> allows a few adjustments that I never found elsewhere, that enable me
> to make it look a *little* more like I want my browser to look, peform
> a little more like I want one to perform. But after a few weeks - it
> is small potatoes. I thought for a moment there I might place it on
> level footing with Firefox, but it's still not in the same league.
> There are one or two things Internet Explorer does better - like the
> way it gives saved pages a friendly name as opposed to the meaningless
> cipher FF gives them, but that's hardly a basis on which to choose!
>
> I have all three now. I also had Opera but can't get on with that one
> at all - it ranks with Avast! for me cosmetically and I think its
> performance is similarly reminiscent. And I have a copy of Firebird -
> which I wish they hadn't renamed - it was about the only nice unit
> BSA!
>
> But basically I run Firefox, IE6 and IE7. And that's the order I rank
> them in (again!). Who knows what IE6sp2/IE7 would be like without the
> stupid security warnig barrage! What M$ are doing since XP SP2, is
> turning the whole of Windows into the OS for the AOL-grade schoolers.
> I guess that's why they've persisted with the CDO! I dunno, its almost
> the OS you'd get if you listened to the Mental Minority (I guess
> they're still around, seeing as how their man and pal of Uncle
> Charlie's still in the White House).
>
> Unless Willy is really trying to wrest control of your machine from
> you, Figgs, you can uninstall IE7 and automatically go back to 6. As
> with all M$ installations in the IE7 ballpark, you get warned that
> every prog you've installed since *might not work*! but I've never
> known that happen, and even if it did in all likelihood all you'd have
> to do is run the setup again. Or sue Willy. Jeez. Not like you to take
> that kind of noive, Figgs! I'd tread on his knackers.
>
>
> Shane
>
>
>> You do NOT need to uninstall SpywareBlaster, but can do so if you
>> wish.
>> Heather
>>
>>
>> "webster72n" <webster72n@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OGW5kxYyHHA.5964@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Thanks for the 'BOT' and the 'FF', Heather and Alias.
>>> The FF is installed, but I only use it 'just in case' and for the
>>> 'Blaster'.
>>> Must one uninstall the old, before installing the latest version?
>>> I know its 'old hat', but need the reminder. <H>.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Heather" <figgyd@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:O8unC2UyHHA.1568@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Nope....I have 2.0.0.4....is that the one?? Came out a week or two
>>>> ago.
>>>>
>>>> Figgs, older and faster, grin.
>>>>
>>>> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanonymous.info> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23bjoyjTyHHA.4640@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Alias
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