How Do I...

Open up firefox
go to tools - options - advanced - General - System Default - and click on Check Now

Thanks guys

I looked there and can't find it, Nursy needs a little more clarification lol

Kim did you mean, how do I do my marketing when I can't work out how to use firefox as my browser. I can't use IE for my marketing because my marketing ideas don't work.

Kim,

I just changed mine for the same reason.

Go to Start => Set Program Access and Defaults

There you will see to set your default browser.

Thanks,

John

PS If this needs to remain a marketing thread, send me $20 for the consult.

Hi Paul

It can't possibly be more than the amount of times IE does the same for me lol

Then enjoy the fun of even more problems with FF....

By the way, make a text file of your favorites. FF has managed to "lose" my "bookmarks" twice now.

Enjoy that peaceful moment or ten as you wait for it to eventually load, then experience the joys of frequently updating the thing which will promptly kill most or all of your precious plugins. Fret not, for next time you load the thing it will, when it finally loads, subject you to blissfully frequent reminders that it's found updates for those plugins you rarely use (but not those you were using).

Such trifles are a small price to pay for a browser that frequently mangles sites that Explorer figures out and displays correctly. After all, nearly 20% of actual visitors using the various different versions of FF can't be wrong, so it's always a pleasure to rebuild my site for every damn new version they choose to spit out.

Unless of course you're talking about IE 8, which is no better tha FF. Uninstall the thing and go back to IE 7.

Tip - if you've loaded it up with plugins, addons and extra gumpth, get rid of it all except Roboform, Acrobat Reader and Flash.

You know the little thingy you get when you report it not responding and they say to kill the addons and check your machine for trojans and the like? They mean it.


B.

Ah, you replied as I was writing and I see you are indeed using IE8.

It's crap because it works the same as FF (damn "standards", as though the world has EVER been a better place due to some pointyhead's "standards"?) Innovation and working with what people already use is always better, IMHO.

You should find you can download IE7. Do so and save the file, then uninstall IE8, reinstall IE7.

Unless you're still on Win95 and Explorer is part of your operating system but I suspect that's not the case



B.

Internet Explorer: Get It Now

There ya go. Says right there that V8 is a Googleque "beta", ie doesn't work properly.


B.

I used firefox for a long time until it crashed on me really bad, time after time.

I then switched to Opera and Avant. Works good, but somehow didn't feel like firefox, so I switched back. Havent had a problem since. But it's always better to keep one or two other browsers, for those "just-in-case" moments.

Usually for me, when I open up a browser that isn't my default, I just get a box when I open it asking if I want to switch it back to default.

Hope it helped a little.

Steve.

The Off Topic Forum

-- recommended forum for "Men & Washing Machines"
& people with too much time on their hands in general.....

Kim,

Adding "numpty" to my English-to-American dictionary.

Also adding MaskedMarketer to my ignore list. You might want to do the same - I doubt it will be any great loss.

All I want to know is.....

What's a numpty ??? :-)

Where is that ignore thingy again?

LOL, BIG Mike. Like you, I'm quite adept at washing and ironing my own duds. We probably learned how in the same place (Marine Corps boot camp) where it was one of the first things we were taught. Woe unto him who didn't excel at it

A friendly word to the wise for MaskedMarketer: In addition to affecting your reputation here in this forum, did you know that any post you make here is almost instantly indexed by the search engines and disseminated across the entire web? Just "google" your forum user name and 'see yourself as others see you'.

As for the topic at hand, I use FF for the part of my daily efforts that involve telephoning people. I like the clickable speed dial function.

I use Google Chrome when I just want a quick look at a page (usually one in a folder on my hard drive) It has limited functionality but it sure does load fast.

I use IE as my primary browser. I recently installed IE8 bta and I'm not pleased with it. I'll probably roll it back tonight. If I had my way, I'd roll my entire OS back to Windows 98