13 Reasons to Switch to Firefox

[jgbishop]

I have seen a few posts here recently asking about reasons to switch to Mozilla / Firebird (now Firefox). Here is a good article providing 13 reasons to switch:

13 Reasons to Use Firefox Over IE

Just thought I'd share the link.

 

[AnyMal]

Let em get this straight, if I'm using Firebird 0.6 now I CAN'T upgrade? I have to do a new install and reinstall all the plugins too?

 

[Mitzi]

I upgraded from Firebird and yes, I did loose all the plugins, themes and bookmarks. Bookmarks were easy to recover though...simply export them to .html in Firebird and import them in Firefox. I can live with the loss of the plugins/themes.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Mitzi
I upgraded from Firebird and yes, I did loose all the plugins, themes and bookmarks. Bookmarks were easy to recover though...simply export them to .html in Firebird and import them in Firefox. I can live with the loss of the plugins/themes.

Why can't they develop an upgrade? This makes no sense to me at all.

 

[Need4Speed]

interesting....i installed firefox without uninstalling firebird, and it detected the plugins from firebird....ill have to try it on my home machine to make sure its not a fluke.

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: AnyMal

Originally posted by: Mitzi
I upgraded from Firebird and yes, I did loose all the plugins, themes and bookmarks. Bookmarks were easy to recover though...simply export them to .html in Firebird and import them in Firefox. I can live with the loss of the plugins/themes.

Why can't they develop an upgrade? This makes no sense to me at all.

Because FireFox is not a finished product. The underlying code is still undergoing significant changes. One the program hits 1.0 in the summer, things should slow down and such upgrades will be possible. As great as FireFox is, it's still in beta.

 

[Sunner]

I installed Firefox on a box with 0.6, I didn't have any plugins installed, so I don't know about that, but it automatically imported the settings and bookmarks from Firebird.

 

[AnyMal]

So what would be the benefit of me going from Firebird .6 to Firefox? Should I just wait til version 1.0 comes out?

 

[OZEE]

I upgraded from Firebird 0.6 to Firefox 0.8 without any problems. It detected/enabled all of my extensions. It found my bookmarks. Everything went great.


Until I tried to install ZoneAlarm yesterday. That killed my profiles for both Firebird/Firefox and Thunderbird.

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
So what would be the benefit of me going from Firebird .6 to Firefox? Should I just wait til version 1.0 comes out?

.8 is much more stable and has a few new features that are nice (take a look at the changelogs). If reinstalling plugins is too much of a hassle, then don't bother, but .8 is a far more developed browser than .6.

 

[Sid59]

just make a copy of the folder and the profiles. put htemo n the desktop and try installing firefox. if it doesn't work out .. uninstalled and copy your folders back.

 

[jgbishop]

I've been sticking with Mozilla 1.6 for now. Firefox is a cool idea, and I will switch once it gets stable enough. But there are still too many small annoyances for me to make the permanent switch.

 

[krackato]

Firefox is the bomb.

 

[neilm]

I'll stick with FB 0.7 until there are more developed plugins/themes for 0.8, I'm in no rush.

 

[Mitzi]

Originally posted by: Need4Speed
interesting....i installed firefox without uninstalling firebird, and it detected the plugins from firebird....ill have to try it on my home machine to make sure its not a fluke.

I didn't have to uninstall Firebird...it just didn't port my themes, plugins or bookmarks across. No big deal. Great browser btw

 

[Toothpick]

Hi Guys
Just wondering, will Firebird be able to import my I.E. cookies?

Thanks, TP