Firefox Rules!

[AJ]

Took the advice of all you "sharp" members today and made the switch to Firefox this afternoon. So far, I really like it. Quite fast. Very easy to configure. Glad I took the plunge.

AJ

 

[zfox]

I also installed it today. Easy as a hot knife thru ...

Thanks Ken!
Julian

 

[yam]

If you guys like Firefox, you'd probably like the e-mail program they have too .... Mozilla Thunderbird. It has a very good built in, easy to use spam filter. It's a pretty darn good stand alone mail client IMHO.

Oh yeah, I like Firefox too.

 

[AmadeusM]

I have always been a skeptic when it comes new browsers...

I'm sorry..I was salivating at your avatar..what was that you were saying?

 

[d37fan]

Have been using Firefox for a while and I have only had one problem and the Mozillazine Forum was a great help. For the newbies to Firefox that comes in the bookmarks area. BYE-BYE Microsoft. :barf:

 

[JD Mandrell]

Anyone know how to import my bookmarks from Opera to Firefox????

 

[Blackwatch]

In Firefox, try going to File | Import and go from there. It should let you choose Opera and import the bookmarks.

 

[Fisher of Men]

Best Browser Ever.

I've been using it for over a year now. I love it. And yes, Internet Explorer does stink.



I use the following extensions:

Forecast Fox
IEView
AdBlock
Download Manager Tweak
Disable Targets in Downloads

Adblock is the best ever.

 

[JD Mandrell]

In Firefox, try going to File | Import and go from there. It should let you choose Opera and import the bookmarks.

No mine only let's me choose I.E. or "file" and I can't seem to find which file.

I have been using it about an hour and already love it!

 

[Psychopomp]

I used Internet Explorer for years. When I got a new computer it came preinstalled with Netscape and I hated that piece of crap with a passion, so I went back to IE.

About six months ago, I said "hey, this Firefox thing looks pretty nifty, I'll give it a whirl." Haven't opened IE since.

 

[zfox]

HI LC,
if you still have Opera, open it and see if you can Export the bookmarks to IE. Then import that file into Foxfire. (Good move! It's the only one I use now.)
Hope that helps,
Julian

 

[Blackwatch]

HI LC,
if you still have Opera, open it and see if you can Export the bookmarks to IE. Then import that file into Foxfire. (Good move! It's the only one I use now.)
Hope that helps,
Julian

You also could export the Opera bookmarks as a file (File | Import and Export), either HTML or whatever else it wants. That should be able to be imported into Firefox.

Which versions of Opera and Firefox do you have? Maybe you noted it above, but I just hopped back into this thread last night.

 

[Danbo]

Ok, maybe this has been covered before, but where do I get this Firefox browser? Can somebody add a link?

 

[JD Mandrell]

www.firefox.com

 

[JD Mandrell]

You also could export the Opera bookmarks as a file (File | Import and Export), either HTML or whatever else it wants. That should be able to be imported into Firefox.

Which versions of Opera and Firefox do you have? Maybe you noted it above, but I just hopped back into this thread last night.

My version of Opera doesn't have an "export" option, I guess I am gonna have to transfer them one at a time as I need them.

 

[PhilL]

I jumped on the Firefox bandwagon and I liked it quite a bit, but then started running into problems. For one I was getting some real strange looking pages here on BFC. Different people's avatars started appearing all over th place and other wierd stuff. Someone suggested clearing the cache, and I did and it cleared it up for a bit, but then got wierd again. I have since gone back to Safari as my main browser.

 

[Blackwatch]

I jumped on the Firefox bandwagon and I liked it quite a bit, but then started running into problems. For one I was getting some real strange looking pages here on BFC. Different people's avatars started appearing all over th place and other wierd stuff. Someone suggested clearing the cache, and I did and it cleared it up for a bit, but then got wierd again. I have since gone back to Safari as my main browser.

Phil,

The same stuff happens to me on this forum, in Firefox. I just Ctrl + F5 (hard refresh) and it usually gets into some kinda better order. Glad to hear it isn't just me, though.

 

[PhilL]

Phil,

The same stuff happens to me on this forum, in Firefox. I just Ctrl + F5 (hard refresh) and it usually gets into some kinda better order. Glad to hear it isn't just me, though.

Blackwatch, are you on a Mac? I tried Control + F5 and nothing happened. I looked through the menus and Firefox Preferences and saw nothing about hard refresh. Funny though I haven't had Firefox open for a while and the BFC pages look just fine.

 

[Deadhead Archer]

Although Firefox isn't as heavily targetted for security risks as Microsoft products are, that doesn't mean that vulnerabilities still don't exist for certain versions:

Mozilla Firefox Remote Code Execution
Affected:
Firefox version 1.0.2 and prior
Date of notice: 04/22/2005

Description: Mozilla Firefox has been steadily gaining market share among browsers. The Firefox browser contains multiple flaws that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged-on user. The following are three of the more severe flaws:

(a) The "<link" tag can be used to load a custom image as a site's icon in Firefox. However, Firefox does not sufficiently validate the source for the custom image. Hence, by using "javascript:" URL as the image source, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands on the client. A proof-of-concept exploit has been posted. Note that visiting a malicious web page is sufficient to leverage this flaw.

(b) The "<embed" tag's "pluginspage" attribute is used to load the URL for installing a plug-in. By using a "javascript:" URL, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands on the client.

(c) A malicious webpage can open privileged pages such as about:config in the sidebar, and then use javascript URLs to execute arbitrary code on a user's system.

Status: Mozilla confirmed. Firefox version 1.0.3 has been released. This version fixes many other security vulnerabilities.

Council Site Actions: Just a handful of sites officially support or use Firefox. One site has already patched, as they received notification over the weekend. The other sites have advised their users to patch.

References:
Mozilla Advisories http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-34.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-35.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-36.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-38.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-39.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-40.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-41.html
Posting by mikx
http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/ http://www.mikx.de/index.php?p=14 Mozilla Firefox MarketShare http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=6263
SecurityFocus BIDs
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13211
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13228
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13229
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13230
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13231
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13232
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13233

Bottom line is that you still need to keep security concerns in perspective no matter what browser you use.

 

[Ryan8]

Although Firefox isn't as heavily targetted for security risks as Microsoft products are, that doesn't mean that vulnerabilities still don't exist for certain versions:

We're going to be seeing a lot more as time goes on. They Mozilla organization offers $500 for anyone who find a new serious security problem. The source code is available to everyone.

But the big security advantages over Microsoft -

• The Mozilla Organization has quickly worked to correct security problems. Microsoft has often dragged their feet for a long time until users actually get screwed over.
• No ActiveX, a major source of spyware.
• So far there really hasn't been any exploitation of Firefox's vulnerabilities. This could change as it becomes more popular.
• It's not part of your $%#@ operating system so you can uninstall it if necessary.

Bottom line is that you still need to keep security concerns in perspective no matter what browser you use.

Amen.