Comments on: firefox illusions http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/ addressing primarily "the liars, thieves, and murderers who style themselves the Government of the United States of America" Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:28:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: saltypig http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/comment-page-1/#comment-655 saltypig Wed, 11 May 2005 03:01:00 +0000 http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/#comment-655 i understand that it was for good reason, mark, but you don't think the bitching is often overboard and ignorant? much of the excess anti-MS shit is because they're successful. people hate that, and then they'll be the first to stand in line to suck some politician's dick. peculiar. i understand that it was for good reason, mark, but you don’t think the bitching is often overboard and ignorant? much of the excess anti-MS shit is because they’re successful. people hate that, and then they’ll be the first to stand in line to suck some politician’s dick. peculiar.

]]> By: Anonymous http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Anonymous Tue, 10 May 2005 17:54:00 +0000 http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/#comment-651 "y'know, i really don't understand this whole IE virus thing, and i should probably look into it more one day." It's actually more "IE -> trojan" (due to too-low security settings) and "OE -> virus" (due to brain-dead attachment/HTML handling). That said, a lot of it is PEBKAC; but I contend most of that PEBKAC was/is <a HREF="http://groups.google.fi/groups?hl=en&selm=1139c94p42f8r8e%40corp.supernews.com" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">enabled</a> by Microsoft's own bad decisions. "so far, i'm virus free for years -- a combination of luck and being very conservative with what i put on my computer." As a Eudora user, and as one who doesn't have either Internet Explorer or Outlook Express installed under Win95 (and never will have them installed under any Windows I ever buy), and as one who never opens unsolicited attachments, I feel equally immune. "i think a lot of the anti-MS talk comes from people who haven't used the latest from them." And for good reason ("fool me once," etc.). <a HREF="modellus(saltypig Comment)@pathlink.com" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Mark Odell</a> “y’know, i really don’t understand this whole IE virus thing, and i should probably look into it more one day.” It’s actually more “IE -> trojan” (due to too-low security settings) and “OE -> virus” (due to brain-dead attachment/HTML handling). That said, a lot of it is PEBKAC; but I contend most of that PEBKAC was/is enabled by Microsoft’s own bad decisions. “so far, i’m virus free for years — a combination of luck and being very conservative with what i put on my computer.” As a Eudora user, and as one who doesn’t have either Internet Explorer or Outlook Express installed under Win95 (and never will have them installed under any Windows I ever buy), and as one who never opens unsolicited attachments, I feel equally immune. “i think a lot of the anti-MS talk comes from people who haven’t used the latest from them.” And for good reason (“fool me once,” etc.). Mark Odell

]]> By: vnvsgvs02@sneakemail.com http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/comment-page-1/#comment-525 vnvsgvs02@sneakemail.com Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:00:00 +0000 http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/#comment-525 plug-ins: One killer app is Adblock, particularly if you go and grab a filter here:<br/><br/>http://www.geocities.com/pierceive/adblock/<br/><br/>This probably won't appeal to you because you go through and up all the security settings, disable javascript, etc. For normal people that don't know javascript from active x, and get some kind of malware installed, slowing down their PC and turning it into a zombie, Firefox will be a godsend.<br/><br/>I see coworkers saddled down with pop-ups, even when IE isn't being used, because if the default securety settings in IE <br/><br/>Firefox is -not- faster, particularly if you add a lot of plugins<br/><br/>another plug-in that I particularly like is Flashblock. It replaces flash animation with a button, click on it and it shows you whatever was originally there. Much nicer and faster to load those pages w/o the annoying flash banners plug-ins: One killer app is Adblock, particularly if you go and grab a filter here:

http://www.geocities.com/pierceive/adblock/

This probably won’t appeal to you because you go through and up all the security settings, disable javascript, etc. For normal people that don’t know javascript from active x, and get some kind of malware installed, slowing down their PC and turning it into a zombie, Firefox will be a godsend.

I see coworkers saddled down with pop-ups, even when IE isn’t being used, because if the default securety settings in IE

Firefox is -not- faster, particularly if you add a lot of plugins

another plug-in that I particularly like is Flashblock. It replaces flash animation with a button, click on it and it shows you whatever was originally there. Much nicer and faster to load those pages w/o the annoying flash banners

]]> By: saltypig http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/comment-page-1/#comment-524 saltypig Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:21:00 +0000 http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/#comment-524 i laughed pretty hard when i read your "painfully slow" comment. jeez, it's nice to know there are other blogger users out there who've been through this nonsense.<br/><br/>y'know, i really don't understand this whole IE virus thing, and i should probably look into it more one day. so far, i'm virus free for years -- a combination of luck and being very conservative with what i put on my computer. i'm a chickenshit when it comes to that.<br/><br/>i've talked with sunni about how MS was late figuring some things out. i think a lot of the anti-MS talk comes from people who haven't used the latest from them. they are good with the pop-up blocking in XP, though i'm not sure why i never got that in my windows 2000. no big deal, since i have it locked down pretty hard except for trusted sites (something i didn't notice in firefox, perhaps because they aren't needed there?). i laughed pretty hard when i read your “painfully slow” comment. jeez, it’s nice to know there are other blogger users out there who’ve been through this nonsense.

y’know, i really don’t understand this whole IE virus thing, and i should probably look into it more one day. so far, i’m virus free for years — a combination of luck and being very conservative with what i put on my computer. i’m a chickenshit when it comes to that.

i’ve talked with sunni about how MS was late figuring some things out. i think a lot of the anti-MS talk comes from people who haven’t used the latest from them. they are good with the pop-up blocking in XP, though i’m not sure why i never got that in my windows 2000. no big deal, since i have it locked down pretty hard except for trusted sites (something i didn’t notice in firefox, perhaps because they aren’t needed there?).

]]> By: freeman http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/comment-page-1/#comment-523 freeman Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:06:00 +0000 http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/#comment-523 Oh, and if blogger runs faster with Firefox, then I don't even want to fathom how painfully slow it must be with IE! Oh, and if blogger runs faster with Firefox, then I don’t even want to fathom how painfully slow it must be with IE!

]]> By: freeman http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/comment-page-1/#comment-522 freeman Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:05:00 +0000 http://saltypig.com/2005/04/firefox-illusions/#comment-522 I'll admit that in many areas, I'm still computer illiterate. Part of the reason why you seem to like IE better than many is because you could probably write a book with all the tricks and whatnot for using it that the average web surfer simply doesn't know.<br/><br/>The two things that I like most about Firefox are the tabbed browsing (I'm aware that it can be done in IE, but I haven't bothered to figure it out) and the fact that upon starting it I don't get bombarded with viruses and pop-ups followed by having my computer freeze. In other words, my computer is seriously fucked up and Firefox allows me to continue doing what I want to do until I have time to fix my computer once and for all.<br/><br/>I agree that I don't see the difference between Firefox and IE in terms of speed, although I've heard that there are tricks out there that allow one to rapidly speed up Firefox. <br/><br/>I think much of the Firefox allure is based on the fact that it isn't Microsoft and there are plenty of people who hate MS. Combine that with the fact that most people simply don't know how to utilize IE the way some (like you) do, and I would think that the popularity of Firefox should be easy to figure out. I’ll admit that in many areas, I’m still computer illiterate. Part of the reason why you seem to like IE better than many is because you could probably write a book with all the tricks and whatnot for using it that the average web surfer simply doesn’t know.

The two things that I like most about Firefox are the tabbed browsing (I’m aware that it can be done in IE, but I haven’t bothered to figure it out) and the fact that upon starting it I don’t get bombarded with viruses and pop-ups followed by having my computer freeze. In other words, my computer is seriously fucked up and Firefox allows me to continue doing what I want to do until I have time to fix my computer once and for all.

I agree that I don’t see the difference between Firefox and IE in terms of speed, although I’ve heard that there are tricks out there that allow one to rapidly speed up Firefox.

I think much of the Firefox allure is based on the fact that it isn’t Microsoft and there are plenty of people who hate MS. Combine that with the fact that most people simply don’t know how to utilize IE the way some (like you) do, and I would think that the popularity of Firefox should be easy to figure out.

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