Firefox Issue
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Its like apple users. Some users like it because they understand its potential and its differing features. Others use it because they heard somewhere that it is better and more secure. And some want it because it is trendy. I have used it and Opera. Still not sold.
I have been a firefox user for a while, and it has alot of advanced features that I like, that microsoft doesn't let you mess with. Though alot of the features firefox has had for a while got put into ie 7 so it is not as bad now.
I thought CF did timeout. And rather quickly until the last few weeks. I've always had a problem staying logged in with IE at work and home. Not sure if the time has been lengthened or it's because I've been using Firefox lately.
As far as fixing the OP's problem, make sure you're cookie settings allow cookies. Not sure what else to suggest as I have not had this problem.
Is it a new issue or an ongoing one?
Why Firefox? From a site I used to help run in the past...I saved this for future reference to thwart the use of IE (and these little free spy-ware...I mean add-ons)...
Is it a new issue or an ongoing one?
Why Firefox? From a site I used to help run in the past...I saved this for future reference to thwart the use of IE (and these little free spy-ware...I mean add-ons)...
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Firefox runs much quicker than IE. 80% of the time Firefox will open up in 5-10 seconds, while IE will take 20-30 seconds just to open up. When browsing, if the network is acting the way it should, Firefox will load a page almost instantly, while on IE it can take anywhere between 10-30 seconds to load a page. I am not a patient person while online and I hate it when I could get quicker results using a dialup such as AOL than I would from my high-speed internet connection and IE (that's an exaggeration, but at times it feels like it). Firefox is also much more user-compatible in its tools than IE is. Just a much better program overall.
Yeah, that sentence amused me - however it is quite accurate. Personally I'm not a Mac fan - but love Firefox for it's security and flexibility.
And most of all, the speed....much faster browser.
And most of all, the speed....much faster browser.
I have used both, and developed web apps for both and I have not seen any of the issues/numbers you mention.
Since you are interested, I use IE most of the time, but as someone who is occasionally forced into doing a little web programming for my company, IE has driven me nuts. First, several years ago, for some reason, MS had to have their own Java VM. I found that a number of "traditional" java classes had functions that just didn't work. Not suprisingly, the equivalent function in the equivalent MS class worked fine. While browsing the MS TechNet groups, I saw that other users ran into the same problems. I wasted much time working around these issues. At least MS gave up on their Java VM.
My company has a small, very simple website that runs on the Programmable Logic Controller that we use in our equipment. The website provides an interface to monitor the equipment. The pages are actually pretty simple, and work fine in IE5, IE6, FF, Opera, and Opera mini. For some reason that neither we nor the manufacturer of the PLC could figure out, the wepages (not just ours) no longer worked with with IE7. The webserver in the PLC constantly refreshes the pages in the browser, and after a short period, IE7 just locked up and stopped updating.
It seems that on some computers, a recent IE7 update fixed the problem, but not on all computers. Since it's still not completely resolved, we just tell our customers to get FireFox (or IE6 if they insist on a MS product).
MS stuff is just...buggy...I'll spare you the details of another MS programming horror story...Bugs in Office 97 broke a number of critical Excel/VBA applications when we upgraded from Office 95 to Office 97 back in the late 90's. We lost a bunch of time and money making things work that shouldn't have been broken in the first place.
Everyone talks about speed and then doesn't use the fastest browser (Opera). That post must have been from a long time ago. You'd have to be dumb to have an ActiveX control run in IE and not know it.
Let Windows Update run automatically, Firefox will update itself, and get any decent AV/Spyware app and you'll be fine. IE and Firefox both have security flaws; just keep them patched.
Let Windows Update run automatically, Firefox will update itself, and get any decent AV/Spyware app and you'll be fine. IE and Firefox both have security flaws; just keep them patched.
I agree. I actually liked Opera better than firefox. I still prefer IE. As for security? I am not sold on the whole IE is dangerous phenomena. It comes down to the intelligence of the user.
