Trying out the Firefox browser

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Trying out the Firefox browser

I've had a couple of viruses recently, a Trojan and a 'sploit, despite being meticulous about security updates
anti-virus, firewall, and using the usual anti-spyware programs, Ad-Aware and Spybot - Search and Destroy.

I'm typing this blog using Firefox now and I have to say I'm pretty impressed!
It tells you a lot more about the web pages you're looking at than Internut Exploder which has been crashing
on me for a couple of weeks now.
I can see now why IE kept crashing everytime I tried to view Jolie Mae's space and why these spaces are so
slow to load...
Man, these spaces are pulling in data from 1001 different sources and use loads of scripts.
I like how Firefox tells you when a script has stopped running, which they often do here on Spaces, and gives
you the option to terminate it. It's a better option than an IE crash dude!

As I recall, Firefox was deeply trendy in some circles a year or so ago, so to some people this will be nothing
new, and others will have no idea what I'm banging on about!
Funnily enough, yesterday, Bob mentioned it in the comments to the blog below, AND I struck up a conversation
with a shop assistant in ASDA who has a degree in computer science, (go figure ;-) and when I told him about my
problems he said, "I use Firefox because it's not Microsoft coding so it gets ignored by viruses".
Makes a lot of sense I reckon.

A couple of downsides:
1 - BG Sound* doesn't work in Firefox. (You're quite right Bob!)
* the html code in the blog below that plays background music
2 - Spybot Search and Destroy doesn't seem to like it, but if Firefox is as good as I hope it is, I won't need
Spybot anymore :)

All in all, so far so good.
I'd recommend it! It's free, it's under 5MB to download and it's amazingly quick and easy to install.
Degree in Computer Science definitely NOT REQUIRED!!!

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	Noelleha scritto: Hi Mark..Just read your update yes everything does have a downfall somewhere I am still staying with IE and spybot and AVG and all the other thingys.. I get red alerts now when a hacker or virus is on the way.. hay just popped in to give you a little gift I made for Halloween. http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j250/Noellenightsclub/bannergift.gif Have a good one and enjoy your week hugs Noelle xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1 Ott.
	ღ♥APRIL♥ღha scritto: ur 2 kind ~ how u been?? thanks for ur uplifting comment!! i'll be ok soon ~ and bak to spacing and rocking right hard soon enuff... 11 Set.
	Peter Prezgotha scritto: Hey Mark. The advantage of a 7 string is that the extra string is a low B on standard tuning. Gives metal heads like myself that extra low end sound. But mine is actually dropped to A, which is even cooler. Sounds so heavy and dark. On the downside, with the extra string, the neck is a lot wider so my hand is not big enough to reach the top B string.. so it took some time to get used to it. 8 Set.
	Slapper Bobha scritto: Thanms for visitin Mark. I use Firefox as default, but I use IE as editor for Spaces. Many other people appreciate the background sound (and one ro two other odds and ends) and its easier toput background sound in, if you can actually hear it. If you find that you cant hear mediaa player with Firefox, ther is an add on that I've got somewhere, probably in my work arounds dept. However, I would hang on to Spybot for the time being, 'cos Forefox does attract a few nasties. Nowhere near as many as IE, but some. I owe you a cetificate,'cos it registered when you couldnt get on my space - and you were joint 20000th hit!!! See ya Have a mighty fine Labour day weekend (whats left of it) Bob 3 Set.

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