Firefox security update. lol

[Faustus]

http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-10-01-02.html

I love this part best.

According to Secunia, an independent security monitoring organization, Firefox currently has 1 open security issue, out of a total of 13 security advisories filed in 2003 and 2004. 0% of these are labeled "extremely critical", 15% are labeled "highly critical". For the same period, Secunia lists 16 open security issues out of 44 advisories for Internet Explorer 6.0, 14% of which are labeled "extremely critical", 34% are "highly critical".

But then if you use Firfox its likely popped up to tell ya already.

[racer-x]

I've been using Mozilla for 3 years now. I can't understand why anybody would still us IE.

[Faustus]

I can't understand why anybody would still us IE.

Me either.

[Invader Bugs]

i hate IE. and the thing is, now, when i try to do some things on IE that i cant do on firefox, it wont even open. it always happens on my pc.

[Jayhawk]

I've been using Mozilla for 3 years now. I can't understand why anybody would still us IE.

I'm not making a case for buggy IE but I can give you one reason, at least in my case. I make money fixing PC's and it helps to use the same products that 99% of my customers use. I have several machines so I suppose I could set up one up to "practice" on but it wouldn't be the same.

[Jayhawk]

By the way, I love the straightforward terminology the industry uses. This bug is extremely critical but that one is just highly critical. I suupose from there we go to very critical, pretty critical, fairly critical, sorta critical, kinda critical, not too critical, etc.

[waheed]

I've been using Mozilla for 3 years now. I can't understand why anybody would still us IE

Realistically, how many people know about Mozilla? Ive been using IE (which i hate) since ever and have only stated to use Mozilla Firefox for only a few days. The reason being i never even knew about it until someone mentioned it on this site.

Im sure there are countless numbers out there who haven't even heard of Mozilla.

IE is only popolur because it comes with your operating system as standard (as well as being Microsoft).

[bazooka]

I've been using Mozilla for 3 years now. I can't understand why anybody would still us IE

Realistically, how many people know about Mozilla? Ive been using IE (which i hate) since ever and have only stated to use Mozilla Firefox for only a few days. The reason being i never even knew about it until someone mentioned it on this site.

Im sure there are countless numbers out there who haven't even heard of Mozilla.

IE is only popolur because it comes with your operating system as standard (as well as being Microsoft).

You must not read the newspaper or watch the news or surf newssites very much.

The news has been talking about firefox and holes in Internet Exploder for months.

[waheed]

You must not read the newspaper or watch the news or surf newssites very much.

The news has been talking about firefox and holes in Internet Exploder for months.

I live in the UK. And yes, i do watch the news and read newspapers, theres no mention of firefox much here in the UK, or none that ive come across.

[bazooka]

Do you visit www.msnbc.com or www.cnn.com?

[SLICK RICK]

I am now using Mozilla, I find that it is a little slower than IE. For ex. when I visit newegg.com the product pictures take about 5 secs to load, with IE it was instantly. I am using a DSL connection. 5 secs is not going to kill me but I was just wondering if it was slower for anyone else. Or could it be that I may have to change something in the settings.

SLICK RICK....

[IAIHMB]

I see and hear about Mozilla everywhere. I cannot go 5-10 pages without seeing one of the following:

[bazooka]

You can also find it mentioned at www.zdnet.com
www.news.com.com
www.pcmagazine.com
www.pcworld.com
www.computerpoweruser.com
www.smartcomputing.com
www.dallasnews.com
and various other websites.

[waheed]

Yes i can see, but the majority of the sites you mentioned are US sites. Most of the sites i mainly visit are uk sites ending in co.uk

it is possible i could of easily missed it too.

[Garibaldi]

I am now using Mozilla, I find that it is a little slower than IE. For ex. when I visit newegg.com the product pictures take about 5 secs to load, with IE it was instantly. I am using a DSL connection. 5 secs is not going to kill me but I was just wondering if it was slower for anyone else. Or could it be that I may have to change something in the settings.

Are you using firefox or regular mozilla? Firefox should be faster than IE because of its streamlined design.

[golfnut]

Hi guys. You really have my interest on firefox/mozilla. I am now using IE but would like to try one of these. I am new at this so please be easy and patient with my questions. Do I have to remove IE before installing mozilla, if so how do I do it? How do I install mozilla and make it override IE? If I install mozilla and do not like it can I go back to IE, if so how do I do it? Thank you for your help and advice or if you can simply direct me to a website which will answer these questions that would be great. Thank you.

[bazooka]

Do I have to remove IE before installing mozilla, if so how do I do it?

No

How do I install mozilla and make it override IE?

Install it and it will ask if you want to make it the default browser and select yes.

If I install mozilla and do not like it can I go back to IE, if so how do I do it?

Just launch IE and it will ask if you want to make it the default. Tell it yes

[golfnut]

Thanks Bazooka.

[bazooka]

No problem.

[golfnut]

Bazooka hate to bother you but can you tell me how to change back to IE from Mozilla if I should decide to do so in future. Thank you.

[SLICK RICK]

Bazooka hate to bother you but can you tell me how to change back to IE from Mozilla if I should decide to do so in future. Thank you.

You can use both at the same time.

SLICK RICK....

[golfnut]

Slick Rick thanks for the reply, how do I do that?

[bazooka]

Bazooka hate to bother you but can you tell me how to change back to IE from Mozilla if I should decide to do so in future. Thank you.

You can use both at the same time.

SLICK RICK....

You are right.

You can use both, but one will want to be the default.

[SLICK RICK]

Slick Rick thanks for the reply, how do I do that?

As bazooka stated one will be the default. You can have Mozilla as your default and go to Start-All Programs if you want to use IE.

SLICK RICK....

[golfnut]

Got it, thanks guys. Have a great day.