[caffinephreak]

I just got Mozilla Firebird, now that i have a computer and internet again ...what do you guys think?? I like it a LOT better than IE, i think it renders pages better, cuz DIC looks a lot sharper, and everything seems to load faster as well, i dunno, maybe its just me, but what do you guys think??

P.S. Sorry if this has already been posted, but i looked and didn't find anything on it

[Jbssfelix]

welcome to the mozilla world, my friend! it's great isn't it. now you just have to make the shift from outlook to thunderbird

[Trakker]

i'll never go back. not even if you pay me.

[Acid Reign]

just downloaded it.

no complaints so far.

<edit> scratch that. can someone help me figure out how the hell to install shockwave?</edit>

This post has been edited by Acid Reign: 30 January 2004 - 02:21 AM

[Jbssfelix]

Acid Reign, on Jan 30 2004, 03:24 AM, said:

just downloaded it.

no complaints so far.

<edit> scratch that. can someone help me figure out how the hell to install shockwave?</edit>

i don't feel like explaining, so i'll let mozilla do it for me:

http://plugindoc.moz...phoenixwin.html

[caffinephreak]

OK, I downloaded thunderbird and extracted it to the directory i want and everything, set up my account, but its not working, is there anyone who uses thunderbird for their dream-studios account that got it to work? Sorry, its still too damn early for me to be thinking clearly...i probably just missed a stupid check box or something,...

[Fygar]

Sounds a ton easier than IE installation... What? IE usually comes installed already and integrates into windows? that's tough stuff.

[Acid Reign]

ah, thanks. worked wonders.

[supersloth]

Fygar, on Jan 30 2004, 12:57 PM, said:

Sounds a ton easier than IE installation... What? IE usually comes installed already and integrates into windows? that's tough stuff.

IE is also bloatware due to the intergration with the explorer.exe which means that it is simultaneously slower because its running windows operations, and explorer is slow because its running internet options when neither really need them. not using ie makes your browsing faster. if it wasnt integrated into the shell your computer would also be faster.

it also has about thousands more security holes that you dont have to worry about with firebird because of its tight coding, and you dont have to deal with bullshit lets use windows media player to play every file because its made by microsoft.

you dont wanna use firebird and feel like being stuck in a world where a company should have control over how you view your computer fine, start a thread about it. leave this one for those who dont feel like wading thru that bullshit.

[hitokirisn]

firebird is awesome(can't beat advanced tabs support), and i've been using thunderbird for a while now too. Still still like the name Phoenix though.

I never really got into myIE and such after using firebird, it just blew everything away.

[caffinephreak]

supersloth, on Jan 30 2004, 03:45 PM, said:

you dont wanna use firebird and feel like being stuck in a world where a company should have control over how you view your computer fine, start a thread about it. leave this one for those who dont feel like wading thru that bullshit.

SLAM! Sorry nick, but sloth has a big point...and besides, you know how easy it is to unstall...guess what, you just extract the zip to the directory you want it in, and BAM, installed....i'd like to see a MS product do that!!

[caffinephreak]

Ok, can someone tell me where the hell i install the shockwave plugin for firebird?? I put it in the plug-ins, the main dir, the default, the components...WTF?

[supersloth]

if you extracted the .exe into the plugins folder there is no reason it shouldnt work. it was the shockwave for netscape/mozilla and not the one for ie right?

[Trakker]

supersloth, on Jan 31 2004, 11:28 AM, said:

if you extracted the .exe into the plugins folder there is no reason it shouldnt work. it was the shockwave for netscape/mozilla and not the one for ie right?

shockwave and flash both automaticaly detect your default browser and install accordingly.

This post has been edited by Trakker: 31 January 2004 - 10:49 AM

[supersloth]

i remember it detecting mozilla and ie, but that i had to personally select where to install it for firebird.