 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| HomeDiscussion GroupsGeneral TopicsCat AnecdotesHealth and BehaviorRescue CatKB.com Contact UsLink To UsSearch & Site Map |
Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2004OT Firefox
I have just downloaded Firefox as I seem to have a lot of trouble with my old browser Netscape 4.7 A lot of pages refuse to come up. I have Netscape 7.1 but dislike its interface. I know that a few people here use Firefox and was wondering whether it has mail and newsgroups or is just a browser i.e. Internet Explorer has Outlook Express? Bev  SignatureThe email of the species is more deadly than the mail. > I have just downloaded Firefox as I seem to have a lot of trouble with > my old browser Netscape 4.7 A lot of pages refuse to come up. I have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bev I beleive Firefox is just a browser, the email/news client companion is Thunderbird. SignatureNik Simpson > I have just downloaded Firefox as I seem to have a lot of trouble with my > old browser Netscape 4.7 A lot of pages refuse to come up. I have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bev I *think* you're looking for Thunderbird: http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ (I don't use it, but if I used GUI interfaces for mail and news, that's what I'd use!) Signaturemonique, caretaker of Oscar > I *think* you're looking for Thunderbird: That's the one I use... :) > (I don't use it, but if I used GUI interfaces for mail and news, that's what > I'd use!) It took me a while to get used to GUI clients instead of my good old pine and rn. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> (I don't use it, but if I used GUI interfaces for mail and news, that's >> what I'd use!) > > It took me a while to get used to GUI clients instead of my good old pine > and rn. In my case, mutt and slrn. I use them because I can log in to any machine in the world, jump onto my home machine, and have these running just as they were thanks to 'screen'. Doing that with GUIs is possible, but requires more infrastructure and is much laggier. Signaturemonique, caretaker of Oscar > It took me a while to get used to GUI clients instead of my good old > pine and rn. I *still* use a Unix shell! I use tin (for usenet) and mutt for email. I do have Eudora on hand if I need to download an attachment, but most of the time, mutt does the job. Unix shell email is virus-proof!! I'll keep using it until nobody in the universe supports it any more. Joyce > > It took me a while to get used to GUI clients instead of my good old pine > > and rn. > > I *still* use a Unix shell! I use tin (for usenet) and mutt for email. slrn and mutt, here. My .muttrc goes on and on and on ... > I do have Eudora on hand if I need to download an attachment, but most of > the time, mutt does the job. Well, I actually run my own mail server, and I just copy files wherever from mutt ... of course I have share access to the linux boxen from windows =) > Unix shell email is virus-proof!! I'll keep using it until nobody in the > universe supports it any more. Not a risk, I don't think. There are plenty of folks who think like us. Besides, while it's not an inherent gui vs. console thing, it sure seems to me that most console apps are made with far more comprehensive options than are GUI apps. The flexibility of mutt is almost unbelievable, and I have slrn configured, among other things, to set different sigs for different newsgroups. I'll be impressed when a GUI can handle things like the command to "display only the messages received in the last 5 days", which mutt can do easily, and without forcing me to take my hands off the keyboard. Signaturemonique, caretaker of Oscar "Monique Y. Mudama" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> had some very interesting things to say about Re: OT Firefox: >I'll be impressed when a GUI can handle things like the command to "display >only the messages received in the last 5 days", which mutt can do easily, and >without forcing me to take my hands off the keyboard. That's my big gripe with GUIs, the need to be on and off the keyboard [I'm a touch typist]. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > "Monique Y. Mudama" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> said: >>I'll be impressed when a GUI can handle things like the command to "display >>only the messages received in the last 5 days", which mutt can do easily, and >>without forcing me to take my hands off the keyboard. > That's my big gripe with GUIs, the need to be on and off the keyboard > [I'm a touch typist]. Me, too! Joyce (literally posting a "me too" post) > I'll be impressed when a GUI can handle things like the command to "display > only the messages received in the last 5 days", which mutt can do easily, and > without forcing me to take my hands off the keyboard. Mozilla thunderbird can do that. Knowing the hotkeys allow you to turn it on or off, change to a different view function, or customize it without removing your hands from the keyboard. > It took me a while to get used to GUI clients instead of my good old > pine and rn. I still use pine and tin for most things. At work, I use OE, and sometimes, very rarely, only if I can't reach tin, use Mozilla for newsgroups. I much prefer to read newsgroups using straight text. It's much faster than the alternatives. SignatureCheryl > I still use pine and tin for most things. At work, I use OE, and > sometimes, very rarely, only if I can't reach tin, use Mozilla for > newsgroups. I much prefer to read newsgroups using straight text. It's > much faster than the alternatives. It is. At work we have to use Outlook and supposedly IE. Some of our internal java websites give Firefox problems, but I can't send the bug report because the offending code is confidential and behind a firewall. At home I use Firefox and Thunderbird. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > I *think* you're looking for Thunderbird: > > http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ > > (I don't use it, but if I used GUI interfaces for mail and news, that's what > I'd use!) I do use it, and I wouldn't dream of using anything else! Of course I use a command-line client (elm) when I log in to my UNix box, but on the laptop I use only Thunderbird for news and email. Dan It is good to see other people trying and using FireFox. It's such a great browser! I myself wouldn't run buggy, hole-filled MSIE if I were paid to. Anyway, try Thunderbird. It's what I use and it rocks. It still has a few kinks to work out, but they're minor and shouldn't affect your newsreading. -Z > I have just downloaded Firefox as I seem to have a lot of trouble with > my old browser Netscape 4.7 A lot of pages refuse to come up. I have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bev > It is good to see other people trying and using FireFox. It's such a > great browser! I myself wouldn't run buggy, hole-filled MSIE if I were [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> >> Bev Thanks for the advice gang. I have downloaded Firefox and Thunderbird and so far they are working well. A friend had sent me a felix animation and I couldn't get it, which is why I decided to give up my old browser. Here's the animation btw :) http://www.catslikefelix.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=21 Is there any way of changing the type face in Firefox and Thunderbird? I suspect the way is in there somewhere but I can't seem to find it. I hate small curly print and the type on my old browser was fairly large and plain (one of the reasons I stayed with it) As far as bubbels goes I have only one thing to say "BUGGER BUBBELS" (Apologies for swearing but extreme circumstances promote strong words, lol. Bev SignatureThe email of the species is more deadly than the mail. Bev wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes >> It is good to see other people trying and using FireFox. It's such a >> great browser! I myself wouldn't run buggy, hole-filled MSIE if I were [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > I hate small curly print and the type on my old browser was fairly > large and plain (one of the reasons I stayed with it) Tool, options (at the bottom) then General, then Fonts and Colors. SignatureDick #1349 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin Home Page: dickcr.iwarp.com email: dickcr@comcast.net > Is there any way of changing the type face in Firefox and Thunderbird? > I suspect the way is in there somewhere but I can't seem to find it. I > hate small curly print and the type on my old browser was fairly large > and plain (one of the reasons I stayed with it) You may want to check out Tools - Themes - Get more themes and Tools - Extensions - Get more extensions on both Firefox and Thunderbird, as the Themes give them a new appearance and the Extensions tweak the ease of use to how you like it. SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 > I have just downloaded Firefox as I seem to have a lot of trouble with > my old browser Netscape 4.7 A lot of pages refuse to come up. I have > Netscape 7.1 but dislike its interface. I know that a few people here > use Firefox and was wondering whether it has mail and newsgroups or is > just a browser i.e. Internet Explorer has Outlook Express? Hoping for a better way to win at Bubbel? :) Joyce >I have just downloaded Firefox as I seem to have a lot of trouble with >my old browser Netscape 4.7 A lot of pages refuse to come up. I have >Netscape 7.1 but dislike its interface. I know that a few people here >use Firefox and was wondering whether it has mail and newsgroups or is >just a browser i.e. Internet Explorer has Outlook Express? Thunderbird is the mail/news client that goes with Firefox, but Firefox alone is an outstanding browser - it's just that it's a single purpose program and therefore can be much better at what it does than if it had to do many things. I received an interesting newsletter today "Secrets of Firefox 1.0" (Windows Secrets Newsletter) - there is a web version: <http://windowssecrets.com/041202/#top1>. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. Does anyone here know if FF will work with RoboForm? I'd like to use it more but I miss having RoboForm handy when I do. Pat wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes > Does anyone here know if FF will work with RoboForm? I'd like to use it > more but I miss having RoboForm handy when I do. I just found it on the web, and there is a banner at the top of the page that tells you to make it work with Netscape/Mozilla Firefox to download an adaptor. SignatureDick #1349 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin Home Page: dickcr.iwarp.com email: dickcr@comcast.net > Pat wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > page that tells you to make it work with Netscape/Mozilla Firefox to > download an adaptor. I found it. Now the trouble is I can't get FF to open. It was fine before I upgraded to version 1.0. Now it just won't open, period. I even uninstalled it and reinstalled, with same result. The first thing I was going to do with it was mend the "memory leak" mentioned in a page linked from a message in this thread. What happens is I click to start FF and it appears to be loading - that is, it appears in the taskbar - but no matter how long I wait, the window never opens. And can only be closed with the Task Manager. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.