-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox vs IE
- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:52:32 -0500
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From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 5:12 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox vs IE
> Well then, since my Febe backup is in My Documents on my Windows XP C
> drive
> I probably need to copy it to my Exterior hard drive F.
> I have had the exterior drive for quite a while but I have been afraid to
> use it! So it sits there empty and just keeps humming along. What is the
> easiest way to copy the Febe folder over to the F Drive? I know this is
> pretty elementary stuff for most of you but I have never done it. Maybe I
> am a wimp. :-)
> Sandi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:27 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox vs IE
>
>
>> Hi Sandi,
>> IE and Firefox take two different approaches to rendering multimedia.
>> IE relies heavily on ActiveX, which has always been and will likely
>> forever
>> be an easy target for malware writers to gain entry into your system.
>> Firefox and most other 'alternative' browsers completely ignore ActiveX
>> and
>> instead rely solely on individual plug-ins, many of which can be modified
>> through the use of extensions. This means that multimedia tools such as
>> QT
>> need to release their rendering systems as both ActiveX for IE and as a
>> plug-in for most other browsers. Apparently, the site you were using
>> needs
>> to use an ActiveX control to display certain items. Regardless of
>> whether
>> you're using QT or the QT Alternative, IE will still need that before it
>> can
>> 'talk'.
>>
>> FEBE deserves an article all to itself. For now, I'll just say that
>> it's a great extension that allows you to back up your present profile in
>> two very important ways. In order to use it, you must first tell it
>> where
>> you'd like to store your backups. Apparently, you did that at some point
>> after getting it installed. Then, you should tell it whether you want a
>> complete backup or a selective one. Complete will combine all aspects of
>> your profile into a backup stored within a single proprietary file ending
>> with a .fbu extension. This one file contains a backup of all the
>> extensions, bookmarks, passwords, cookies, preferences, etc. that were
>> present at the moment the backup was created. A selective backup can
>> selectively make a copy of any or all of these items, but they will be
>> stored in their OWN individual formats. That means you'll end up with an
>> HTML file containing your bookmarks, a bunch of .xpi files (one for each
>> installed extension), a cookies.txt file, etc.. If you you update
>> Firefox
>> from 2.x to 3.x, you'll need to also update FEBE to a version that
>> supports
>> Firefox 3.x's new method of storing certain items (.json instead of .html
>> for your bookmarks, for instance). Regardlless of which method you use
>> for
>> making these backups, FEBE can easily restore your carefully constructed
>> Firefox experience quickly, whether it's on the same system or on a
>> completely different computer. The trick is to store your backups
>> somewhere
>> other than the OS drive.
>>
>> Have fun, ask questions and learn. It's the only way to grow. :)
>>
>> Peace,
>> Gman
>> http://www.bornagainamerican.org
>>
>> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>>
>
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