Ducati Sporting Club UK
Idle Chat
Still needs to be clean and of value to the club.
 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 02-Nov-2006, 09:44
Iconic944ss's Avatar
Iconic944ss Iconic944ss is offline
Registered Forum User
WSB Hero
Bikes: 1993 - 944SS & Aprilia Falco
 
Posts: 7,795
Join Date: Oct 2002
Computing - Firefox Version 2 released
An alternative to internet explorer - Firefox is well worth a look:

Release notes:

http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/f.../releasenotes/

Download site:

http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

Cheers - Frank
Quote+Reply
  #2  
Old 02-Nov-2006, 10:24
ali's Avatar
ali ali is offline
Registered Forum User
Ducati Meccanica
  
Posts: 2,463
Join Date: May 2004
Mood: Damp
Have been using it for about a week now and have noticed good improvements over 1.5. Either way it's got to be better that IE7 which checks every site you visit against an MS 'whitelist'.....

Incidentally, for those of you that have their PCs tied at work, you can download a version that doesn't require installing from http://www.portableapps.com and run it off a USB key. Works a treat.

Ali
Quote+Reply
  #3  
Old 02-Nov-2006, 10:30
Iconic944ss's Avatar
Iconic944ss Iconic944ss is offline
Registered Forum User
WSB Hero
Bikes: 1993 - 944SS & Aprilia Falco
 
Posts: 7,795
Join Date: Oct 2002
Good call with the portable apps site - quite wish I could use FF at work but, since I'm only scum level and have no priv's at all etc etc....

I love FF to bits but still prefare good old outlook express over Thunderbird, I like my email manager to be slim and fast - unlike myself in both aspects

Frank

PS - not being able to use Alt + s to save this is starting to irritate me though !!!!
Quote+Reply
  #4  
Old 02-Nov-2006, 11:18
dema582 dema582 is offline
Registered Forum User
  
Posts: 21
Join Date: Nov 2006
I would recommend it!!!

I've been using firefox for years at home on my Linux system.

Although has anyone tried Windows Vista with the new version of explorer yet??
Quote+Reply
  #5  
Old 02-Nov-2006, 11:21
TP's Avatar
TP TP is offline
Registered Forum User
MotoGP God
  
Posts: 15,644
Join Date: Apr 2004
Mood: 749 racebike MGP
Quote:
Originally Posted by dema582
Although has anyone tried Windows Vista with the new version of explorer yet??

Only an Alpha release ... lets just say that I had it blown away in less time than it took me to install it!



Latest releases are apparently quite stable though.
Quote+Reply
  #6  
Old 02-Nov-2006, 11:42
antonye's Avatar
DSC Member antonye antonye is offline
Administrator
Webteam
MotoGP God
Bikes: 748S, HM1100S, V4SP, Was: DD-A #111
 
Posts: 13,080
Join Date: Feb 2002
Mood: Passion Killer
We've been running tests and found that IE7 renders pages a lot faster than FF2, but the security of IE7 is a lot tighter than it ever has been before, and sometimes annoyingly so!

IE7 seems to do everything that FF2 does, and FF2 doesn't really have that many new features over 1.5 tbh, but I guess it's all down to personal preference.

I just want to try this...
http://www.msfirefox.com/

I'd rather die peacefully in my sleep like my Grandfather,
than screaming in terror like his passengers.- Jim Harkins

Ducati 748S | Ducati Hypermotard 1100S | Ducati Panigale V4 SP #876 | 600-620SS DesmoDue Racebike #111 <-- Sold!!
Quote+Reply
  
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Hybrid Mode Hybrid Mode
Postbit Selector
Switch to Vertical postbit Use Vertical Postbit

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Recent Posts - Contact Us - DSC Home - Archive - Top
Powered by vBulletin 3.5.4 - Copyright © 2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. - © Ducati Sporting Club UK - All times are GMT +1. The time now is 20:04.