Goodbye Internet Explorer

[anileve]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3804493.stm

For those of you who are interested, the above is an article about an Internet Explorer hole.

I hate Internet Explorer with a passion. But do remember a time when I used to equally despise Netscape for it’s painfully slow loading and used IE instead. A lot has changed since then. IE experienced a severe influx of popup ads, spyware and adware and more importantly those annoying hijacking sites which cling to your browser like drunks at a bar. It also generates more errors than any other browser.

So instead of complaining and giving into frustration and violent behavior towards my keyboard I decided to come up with a solution. I decided to switched to the most amazing browser out there, it’s called “Firefox.” Created by Mozilla, it’s one beautiful piece of work, with absolutely no errors, no hijackers, no spyware and no popup sites at all. Unlike IE it allows you to customize your profile to a tee. You can chose from a variety of several skins, make it IE viewable, assign it to have tabs instead of having 200 minimized windows. I strongly encourage everyone to download this fabulous baby.

Here is the site:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

This is a link to themes, which will give your browser a different look:

http://update.mozilla.org/themes/?application=firefox

The link below is to the extensions which will add interesting components to your browser.

http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox

And this is what my browser looks like.

[dusken]

I will certainly consider it. Are there any good open-source browsers?

[anileve]

My dear, Firefox Reloaded is Open Source.

[dusken]

Ah. Cool then. (I have never heard of it and have not gone to the site yet.)

[Emil]

I just downloaded this Firefox thing a bob. It seems cool so far, just have to play around with it a little.

[Anonymouse]

I do not want to uninstall IE.

[Emil]

You can't uninstall IE. Like an old pair of slippers, it will just sit there.

Anileve, which theme do you use?

[anileve]

I do not want to uninstall IE.

Ha ha ha ha, uninstall IE???? Good luck buddy! And while you are at it, try to uninstall Windows Media Player. They are even hidden from Control Panel Windows components so that you can’t even think about it.

Emil, you are a very wise man, you’ll be very satisfied. Also, please let it be known that nothing I deliver is ever unsatisfactory. The theme is Noia 2.0 (eXtreme).

[Emil]

Darnit, I d/led a theme, but didn't like it. So now when I go back to the default theme, all the little icons next to my websites are the same. Some used to be different.

[anileve]

You can have several themes. Just go to Tools-->Themes and you should see the list of all themes that you have downloaded.