Hi Troy, I'll see what I could find. I live and die by that little app. Tom www.isaserver.org/shinder Tom and Deb Shinder's Configuring ISA Server 2004 http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- ISA Firewalls > -----Original Message----- > From: Troy Radtke [mailto:TRadtke@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:31 AM > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > Tom, > > There's probably a plug in somewhere that does that... You'd be > surprised at all the stuff people have made..... It just > takes time to > locate it and make sure it's what you are looking for. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:24 AM > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig > > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > Hey Shawn, > > Agree with you there. One thing that will probably make FF hit the > dustbin of history for me is the inability to send a web link in an > e-mail. I use an IE plug in that you can find at > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/Mailto_URL.zip > that allows me > to right click on the page, and it sends only the link, not the hork > that the native IE e-mail page thing does. > > Tom > www.isaserver.org/shinder > Tom and Deb Shinder's Configuring ISA Server 2004 > http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 > MVP -- ISA Firewalls > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Quillman Shawn (RBNA/CSA1) * > > [mailto:Shawn.Quillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:13 AM > > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > > Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig > > > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > > > > > I'll second you on these points. I like FF for the general > > surfing, but > > I'm a MS developer and since my highest comfort level in in their > > languages and API's I like IE to develop for. I'd never > > write a public > > web app like I do for internal ones, though :) You use > what does the > > job best in any given environment and situation. Windows, > Linux, Mac, > > IE, FF, gotta have it all sometimes. Holy wars are for > > people with too > > much time on their hands. > > > > > > ----- > > Robert Bosch Corporation > > Technical Systems Analyst (RBNA/CSA1) > > Corporate Sales Reporting Systems > > 38000 Hills Tech Drive - Farmington Hills, MI 48331 - USA > > phone: 1 (248) 553-1164 fax: 1 (248) 848-6969 > > shawn.quillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.bosch.us > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Troy Radtke [mailto:TRadtke@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:53 PM > > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > > Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig > > > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > > > LMHOST/HOST file is use (by some people, I use to) for > resolving some > > URL's just to 127.0.0.1, but you get that slight lag for > loads because > > of it. I don't really get pop-ups per say, but banners or > > side ads that > > load a JPG or something like that it's good for. Also good for > > blackhole's if you want to keep someone's kid from going to *ahem* > > "places" that they've found..... > > > > FF isn't for everyone, but at least it worth looking at to > see if they > > have something you like. If so, send an e-mail to your > favorite MSFT > > person and ask them to add it in. > > > > *Disclaimer: I think I still have Netscape on floppy disk > from back in > > the day.... So I show almost no brand loyalty to any browser > > (or company > > for that matter of fact these days)..... It's all about > the features > > and getting my job done faster. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ball, Dan [mailto:DBall@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 4:37 PM > > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > > Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig > > > > > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > > > Yep, four 17" monitors, at 1152x864 resolution, definitely a > > nice setup. > > I keep trying to talk them into letting me get a LCD panel > array (one > > with like nine screens), but they won't buy it for me... > > > > I used to have 10-20 windows open at a time back when I was using a > > dial-up connection, just because they loaded so god-awful > > slow. But now > > I don't have nearly as many, just the ones I'm actively using. If I > > pursue a new train of thought (web research), I open a new > window, and > > browse from there. If there are several links on one page > that I want > > to review, I right-click each of them and open them in a new window. > > Then, when I'm done with following that line of research, I > > simply close > > that window. I know the ones left open are the ones I'm not > > done with. > > Right now I have several windows open, of which four of them are IE > > windows. I need to have one open for our website (for some > > reason they > > want me to change something hourly or so...). I have > another one open > > on www.isaserver.org (was researching certificate > > information). I have > > another one open on a forum I was asking for help on. And > one more on > > our website where I'm not logged in, and viewing > anonymously. So yes, > > the concept of following multiple web threads is very well known to > > me... > > > > The difference between that and tabbed browsing? Not much, > I can move > > the windows around a lot more, each window has its own tab > on the task > > bar instead of in one window... In all, not much at all is > different, > > in fact the "lack" of "tabbed browsing" seems appealing to me... If > > there is some other aspect of it that I'm missing, please > let me know. > > > > Agreed, the alt-tab feature can be quite annoying, so I > rarely use it > > anymore. I find that if I'm browsing the web, I rarely > need to do any > > actual typing, so my hand is already on the mouse and I can > > click on the > > tab in the task bar to switch between windows. > > > > Pop-up blocker, yep IE has one, and it works pretty good. I see a > > couple of them get by occasionally, but I've almost forgotten what a > > pop-up looks like! > > > > Block Image, that is an interesting concept, possibly quite useful. > > Although, you shouldn't get all that many pop-ups to block in > > the first > > place... > > > > LMHOST files, I can't remember the last time I've had to > edit one. In > > Windows 3.11 I had to use them a lot, NT4 I used them a > > couple of times, > > but I don't think I've had to edit one in at least five > years now. I > > found that anything that required a redirection like that > > could also be > > done in the DNS server with a lot less manual labor. > > > > It's not that I'm "against" Firefox, it's just that > > personally I haven't > > found any good reason to switch to it. Tabbed browsing does > > not in the > > least sound appealing, and none of the other "features" people rave > > about seem like anything I'd use either. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Troy Radtke [mailto:TRadtke@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:40 PM > > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > > Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig > > > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > > > Ok, let's say I only have a one 14" monitor...... (4 > monitors! Wow...) > > > > First, I don't have 11 open tasks in the task bar. Right now > > other than > > FF and IE, I have 6 different programs in the task bar. > Add one more > > and not all of them are down there. Pain the butt to ALT+Tab > > through 18 > > different things to get to the one I want or switch my hands to the > > mouse just to click a window to have focus. > > > > Second (for me) is opening new links in a new tab in the > same browser > > window. Ever work on more than one thing at once? Like > > three different > > trouble tickets for completely different software packages? > It's nice > > to keep all the info I've found for one ticket all in one browsers > > window. No flipping through 15+ windows looking for that > > registry hack > > or that MS KB article that you found through Google because you're > > working on multiple things. All nice and organized. > > > > Third, built in pop-up blocker. It's awesome. IE has it, > > yes, I know. > > Does IE have tabbed browsing? Nope. > > > > Fourth, right click, block image. After doing it for a few > > days, banner > > ads and other things like that don't show up anymore. Nice > when you're > > at work and sometimes not so work friendly banners > sometimes pop-up on > > web pages from doing web searches. And not tracking and > editing LMHOST > > files anymore to keep up with things.... > > > > And I use a bunch of extensions at home for things (like > > adding ActiveX > > support for my gf so she can use all of her web game stuff > *eye roll*) > > and have it customized to heck and back. Do all of the > > extensions work > > flawlessly? No. But some of them are handy to have. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ball, Dan [mailto:DBall@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:15 AM > > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > > Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig > > > > > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > > > Tabbed browsing is something that I just don't understand how > > it is more > > useful. In IE I right-click on a link, choose open in new > window, and > > there it is. Since I have four monitors on my computer, I move that > > window to a different monitor and I can then compare documents > > side-by-side. If I wanted to switch between different open > > windows on a > > single-monitor system, there are tabs in the taskbar to > click back and > > forth between different pages. > > > > So, what is the advantage of "tabbed browsing"? Other than > > restricting > > everything to one window instead of being able to spread them > > out, I see > > no difference than IE. Actually, it seems like more of a hindrance. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Troy Radtke [mailto:TRadtke@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:17 AM > > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > > Subject: [isalist] RE: Firefox is a slow pig > > > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > > > I've had lots of photo editing software in the past do the > same thing, > > where they grab the file association and then when uninstalled, they > > don't put it back to the MS default or the last program before them > > (hint to any and all developers out there: a choice like that at > > uninstall would be nice!) > > > > Tabbed browsing has really changed the way I surf web > pages. It took a > > few days to get use to it, but now I have a hard time not using it. > > It's great to be able to right click and "open in tabs" and > > I've got all > > of the pages for all of my troubleshooting sites open, loaded, and > > waiting for me to flip around to when I want them, all in > one browser > > window that sits nice and compact in the task bar. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist > > ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp > > ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: > > World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com > > Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com > > No.1 Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org > > Windows Security Resource Site: 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