Dexter Sinister said:
I don't understand the negativity about Firefox in here. I've tried a lot of browsers, based on the first rule of intelligent computer use (i.e. don't use any Microsoft software if you don't have to), and it's the one I've found works best on my system and with the way I like to do things. By any measure, like speed, ease of use, appearance, security, features, plugins...it's the best one I've seen. I've never had a problem with it, and for me it works superbly in all five versions I've used, on both Windows and Linux.
Maybe it's just a matter of personal style and preferences? I dunno. But I like Firefox.
Firefox has been a pain from the day I installed it. I have since installed 3 times, one an upgrade, and it still makes me sick. I would like to start the "I Hate Firefox Club."
I still use Firefox for sensitive things, since I'm not sure IE has finished dealing with all the exploits. Inevitably, when I am logged in to a secure site, Firefox will interrupt my session, close out the window I am working in and open a new, temporary window asking me for feedback! Of course, it includes a statement at the bottom stating that you can always click on cancel and send feedback later. But, my secure session has already been closed out completely and I have to start over again. The window it opened doesn't have any cached pages or history, so I have to reload Firefox all over again. :x
Sometimes I will do a search for a word or phrase, and it says phrase not found. Sometimes I know that's not true, because I'm searching a page in my own site and I know the phrase exists there. Some days it finds them. There seems to be no logical explanation for when it decides to find the words and when it just won't find anything. It's a real will o' the wisp program. :x
Firefox is much slower than IE in opening the browser and in loading pages. If a page takes a while to load because of pictures or media, Firefox returns a message that it "can't be found." If I click on reload, it won't even try to load the page again, just keeps putting out that same nasty message that it can't be found. I find myself screaming at it: "You didn't even look!" It's like one strike and you're out. :x
I have media on my home page which plays fine in IE. Firefox shows a box with a notice that additional plug-ins are required and a link to download the plug-ins. I download the plug-ins recommended, go through all the motions and end up with the same thing I started out with - a box that says you need to download additional plugins; click here. I say okay, I don't need to hear the media, so I close out the box, but Firefox reopens it. Installing the plugins from the toolbox doexn't work either. The plugin's icon shows on my taskbar but there is no sound. I have also had computer experts look at this, and the answer they give me is I can't play media on my page in the Firefox browser.
I can't edit my html pages in Firefox. While looking at one of my html files on my computer in IE, if I find an error, I can quickly correct it by editing it from the source. Using Firefox, I have to open up an html editor.
When I installed Firefox it copied all of my IE saved Favorites. Problem is I have a whole lot of them. Looking at the bookmarks in Firefox, it didn't put them in the order they were listed in IE, alphabetical order, IP order, date order, no order - they're just there! I have to search to find what I want. There are so many, I hate the thought of trying to rearrange them again. Why couldn't it copy them in the order I had them in? :x
The only good thing about Firefox is the Google search box, and for all the other trouble it gives me, I'd just as soon find Goodle from the IE browser Favorites.
