Skem9 .^. Forum .^. Mozilla Firefox

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Posted at 02/11/08, 1:23pm

Every now and then I get messages asking why use Mozilla Firefox over Internet Explorer. Now I have nothing against IE but in my opinion and experience from using both web browsers I've found FF to be more safer and faster than IE. If you don't have Mozilla Firefox then try it out. Even John recommends using Firefox over IE when viewing Skem9 [happy]

Mozilla Firefox:
Download Firefox

And the add-ons alone are what make FF better than IE. Here are some of the ones that are more popular and some of the ones I use.

Browse through many plug-ins, Popular Add-ons for Firefox

Some you should have:

Adblock Plus - This add-on will blocks virtually all Ads you come across on the net. This helps by decreasing loads time on your browser as well as protecting you from harmful Ad's which may install ad/spyware onto your PC. I love this add-on so install this one ASAP.

McAfee SiteAdvisor - When you do web page searches such on like Google or Yahoo it will let you know if that pages that come up in the results are safe to visit or not byt giving either a green circle with a check mark (page is safe) or a red circle with an "x" (page is unsafe). Not all web sites will have results but most will.

Greasemonkey - One of the best add-ons out there. Allows you to install various scripts which chance the way you browse different popular web pages out there. E.g. You can install a script for Myspace that would re-design your homepage so that it's fully customizable. You can find Greasemonkey scripts here.

Google Toolbar - The best toolbar out there. You accomplish complete google searches of web, image and more. Also I prefer the google spell check over the Firefox 2 spell check. =)

IE Tab - Pretty simple add-on. Gives you the option while on any page on Firefox to right click on that page and choose to tab over to IE so you can see that page in Internet Explorer. Comes in handy.

Faster Fox - Helps improve the performance of Firefox by giving it a few tweaks to make it go a bit faster when loading web pages.

StumbleUpon - Allows you to do quick random searches of the top reviewed sites on the net. More of a fun add-on to mess with when you're bored.

Download Helper - This one is optional, you don't really need it. But if you ever browse through sites like YouTube it gives you the option to download videos from their site.

Download Statusbar - Instead of having the small download window pop-up which I found a bit annoying this has a little bar that appears on the bottom left corner of your browser showing the progress of your download.

Colorzilla - Definitely a must have if you a web designer or simply design layouts as a hobby. This will allow you to get any color hexadecimal code from a webpage. Always comes in handy.

Web Developer - This one is for the more advanced users who dabble in web page design/coding. Definitely makes coding a lot easier for those who either create their web pages or code on Myspace.

Screengab! - Takes full-page screen captures of any web-page you're on. Another optional add-on you don't necessarily need but does come in handy if you do create layouts for example and you want to give fully page preview.

MeasureIt - Lets you measure most objects you view on a web page. I don't think it works with flash objects.

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Below are a couple of John's favorites also that arent listed above

BBCodeXtra - for when you're typing in textboxes you can right click and choose to paste BBCodes, or HTML codes. Makes some f the typing a little easier in forums and emails

Foxy Tunes - lets you play the music on your computer from any program (WMP, iTunes, Winamp, etc etc) within firefox

Better Gmail - enhances your gmail and adds lots of very cool extras to gmail. Including saved searches, different themes, folders, right click email preview and a lot more. If you use Gmail, I highly recommend using this one

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Smiley Xtra - This one is a pretty cool add-on. Gives you a large list of smileys to choose from to post in forums such as these. [happy]

Linkification - Let's say you come across a page with a typed out web page link. Instead of having to copy the link and paste it into your broswer this add-on turns it into a link for easy clicking.

Unofficial MySpace Toolbar - I use this one among other myspace toolbars out there. This allows you to quickly login to myspace as soon as your browser opens. You can also access your Honme / Profile / Messages/ Comments and more from the toolbar from any page while not on myspace and it also has a drop down menu for easy access to someone's profile contact links upon visit.

Cookie Swap - This add-on allows you to have multiple accounts (MySpace, Skem9, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, etc.) logged on at the same time with the ability to switch through different accounts from the add-ons icon on the bottom right of the browser. Up to 3 accounts can be logged on at once, there are additional instructions for adding more at the link above.

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8,941 ~ Offical Skem9 Addict

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Posted at 02/11/08, 1:24pm

If anything is missing that was mentioned in the old thread please re-post it here. If any of you have questions post them here and I or someone else will try to assist you.

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8,941 ~ Offical Skem9 Addict

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Posted at 02/11/08, 1:26pm

haha, I was hoping this thread would be posted again. :)

32,448 ~ Offical Skem9 Ninja

29/m

Posted at 02/11/08, 1:28pm

Yah.. Luckily I had it saved in notepad. [happy]

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8,941 ~ Offical Skem9 Addict

29/m

Posted at 02/11/08, 1:34pm

Flock Web Browser - This is a nice alternative to Mozilla Firefox, which is heavily based on that browser. It's known as a social networking browser for it's features which allow you to intergrate with sites such as Flickr, Facebook, Photobucket and YouTube. You can actually use most of the add-ons listed here with Flock.

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MeLiE

28/f

Posted at 02/11/08, 2:13pm

if you don't get firefox then you're just missing out on some good s*&t!

i love their add-ons. i got the foxytunes on mine. i love how i can control my music through the window and not have to minimize it to get to my itunes.

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Shayne

33/f

Posted at 02/16/08, 1:19am

I [love] ad blocker... [yay]

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12,317 Insane Maniac Ramblings

17/f

Posted at 02/18/08, 8:02pm

[love] [love] [love] Mozilla Firefox [love] [love] [love]

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CopperLynn

34/f

Posted at 02/19/08, 11:13am edited

I [love] Firefox.
one add-on I really like...
Codetch--https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1002
"Get the feel of Dream weaver in a Firefox extension. Edit your documents right next to your web pages as you surf."

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2,103 Years in Rehab

18/f

Posted at 03/19/08, 5:42am

I have never heard of colorzilla before but I am DEFINITELY adding that. I cannot tell you how often I could have used that!!!

Yeah in general people always ask me why I use FF instead of IE, but I can't exactly pinpoint it... there's just something about FF that I think is so much better than IE. Of course when I first got FF, I liked the tabs, and IE didn't have tabs at the time.

And I believe FF is faster.

I just don't like it when people I know use layouts that look GREAT in IE but are horribly distorted in FF, and I have to deal with that. iaggh.

plus FF has a cooler icon. [happy]

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I chugged 98 Canadian Beers

18/f

Posted at 03/19/08, 5:44am

oo and the cookie swap is something I have. to. have.

cannot believe I've never heard of it before this! [big_eyes]

Once upon a Dream, there was a Faerie Tayle

I chugged 98 Canadian Beers

21/f

Posted at 03/21/08, 8:21am

I just got it today & I agree skem does look better in ff, & I think it runs faster too, it's great [happy] , I also recommend it too [lol] as i'm using I.E. right now.