Whoo hoo I just installed Mozilla Firefox and have to say I like it very much. It has a different feel, for sure. I’m not quite used to downloading files yet, but I like how easy it has been to get Quicktime and Flash running as far as plugins go. Also tabbed windows are good. Also you can select a URL that appears as text in a webpage (not as a hyperlink, but just select the text), and drag it to the top of the Firefox window and it will open the URL. That’s something I always thought a web browser should do. On top of that I have a G-Mail account (the last E-Mail address I’ll ever need) (but what about privacy and security!?) (go compile a kernel, you dweeb) (awww)
In any case where I would normally just pass this over as another attempt at weening people off of Microsoft because they are Evil, I have changed my mind and endorse this browser! It feels like it is ahead of I.E.
if you’re using firefox and gmail, you might want to check out the GMailCompose extension. you can right click on a mailto: link and it’ll give you the option of going straight to a gmail compose screen.
i’ve got a gmail account too. don’t really use it for much yet. i set up procmail to forward a copy of everything that comes to my regular address to the gmail account so it’s basically just a big online archive.
trevorw - 2004-07-07 20:13:15
Whoo hoo I just installed Mozilla Firefox and have to say I like it very much. It has a different feel, for sure. I’m not quite used to downloading files yet, but I like how easy it has been to get Quicktime and Flash running as far as plugins go. Also tabbed windows are good. Also you can select a URL that appears as text in a webpage (not as a hyperlink, but just select the text), and drag it to the top of the Firefox window and it will open the URL. That’s something I always thought a web browser should do. On top of that I have a G-Mail account (the last E-Mail address I’ll ever need) (but what about privacy and security!?) (go compile a kernel, you dweeb) (awww)
In any case where I would normally just pass this over as another attempt at weening people off of Microsoft because they are Evil, I have changed my mind and endorse this browser! It feels like it is ahead of I.E.
anders pearson - Wed 07 Jul 2004 21:44:50
if you’re using firefox and gmail, you might want to check out the GMailCompose extension. you can right click on a mailto: link and it’ll give you the option of going straight to a gmail compose screen.
i’ve got a gmail account too. don’t really use it for much yet. i set up procmail to forward a copy of everything that comes to my regular address to the gmail account so it’s basically just a big online archive.