Topic: Web Browser THE BEST ?

[Simon]

:youch:  Rather you than me with that one, mate!   :peep:  

[chorleydave]

Lona.  If you want to restore your file associations (and "Open With" isn't doing it) try the longer route.

Open My Computer

From View menu choose "Folder Options"

Click the "File Types" tab and from the list choose the type you want to resore ie jpeg by highlighting it

Click the Edit button and then choose "Open" (or "Play"  for a sound file) by clicking it

Browse to the application you want to open the file with  and then OK and Close

[chorleydave]

I don't really want to put the spanner in the works, but as I am only five weeks from my six-monthly format I'm currently being adventurous and trying out various programs.  Already a first-choice Opera user with Mozilla also installed, I am currently downloading the Mozilla "Firebird" browser.  I'll report back when I've had a good fiddle with it.

[Tony]

Nar, I'm safe for now, I reckon all those changes in one days tuckered her out,looks like she's opted for an early night

[Lona]

There's life in the old dog yet, Tony  

[Lona]

Thanks, Dave I will try that. . I am blethering at the moment with the Night Hawkers.  

[Tony]

There's life in the old dog yet, Tony  

 

Must admit Lona, the red Zilla head is abit overpowering, I changed my image files to open in Microsoft photo editor, it's icon is more relaxing on the eye.  

[Lona]

Must admit Lona, the red Zilla head is abit overpowering

Yes Tony, that wee red baldy head reminded me of Simon everytime it popped up.  

[Sandra]

I have heard that he can be a real nuisance Lona poking that red ended thing in places that it shouldnt be in  

[chorleydave]

....I am currently downloading the Mozilla "Firebird" browser.  

Ah well, that was a total waste of time.  Downloaded it and found it comes packaged as a zip file.  When unzipped weighs in at 17.5MB, five times the size of Opera, and does nothing that Opera can't do.

Crappy bloatware - the type of software I will not tolerate.

[Lona]

Crappy bloatware - the type of software I will not tolerate.

What's bloatware, Dave and again that reminds me of Simon?

[chorleydave]

Bloatware is software that requires considerable disk space, but does nothing more than the alternatives, or is full of "features" which are useless gimmicks.  The classic example is Windows ME.  It does nothing that Windows 98SE isn't able to do and yet the full install is around 500MB compared to 98SE's 275MB.

[Michelle]

 I've never heard that before either lona.

Awwww Poor simon is getting a bashing in here  

Just to report back to the sales rep of mozilla.....

I had another odd thing happen last night     no, I was on im and in ie6 and moz and I lost all my pictures everything actually but the text in im ? Soon as I shut down moz it came back?   Does it not like ME or just me!

    .......... still trying though cos I do like the extras

[Simon]

Can't understand why you're having problems, Michelle.  The only thing I can suggest is try uninstalling Moz (with Add / Remove Programs), then re-install it.  Maybe something didn't go quite right the first time?

Dave, believe it or not, Firebird is supposed to be the slimmed down version of Mozilla!  I have tried it, and have to admit, I didn't like it all that much.  It seems too unfinished (which it is), and didn't inspire confidence, like Mozilla does.  Maybe I'll try it again, when they've put all the nuts and bolts on.  The same goes for Thunderbird, the stand alone mail client companion to Firebird.

[WhiteDevil]

Mozilla has done my system no harm, we're getting on great  

Ive got it set as my default browser, and its growing on me like a fungus (sorry, only expression that i could think of at the time 8) )