-=PCTechTalk=- Re: downloading
- From: "Cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:26:43 -0500
The newsletters that I've read are saying that the other
browsers are now being targeted as easily as IE, and they
aren't necessarily as fast getting fixes out, because they
didn't think they would be needing them.
So this concerns me -
At least with IE, you know you have holes in it!!
I would want the bells and Whistles - I'm that kind of gal !
LOL
My hard drive is a 200 gb.
Cris
----- Original Message -----
From: T. Hunt
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:26 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: downloading
Firefox is a nice browser but it is limited. The appeal of
leanness is
offset by the fact that it lacks a lot of features. Mouse
gestures,
pop-up blocking, the ability to limit graphics loading in
webpages. All
that can be added but that then makes the browser less lean
and more
like Opera, but not quite.
I've watched discussions of Firefox lately and, while I
agree that it's
a good browser, there has been a great deal of talk of
add-ons to make
it more functional. With each add-on, my thoughts were
usually that
Opera already had that built in. So I would recommend Opera
over
Firefox, especially if you're going to start adding
features.
The thing that makes IE necessary to view certain webpages
is ActiveX
scripting. This is a feature (bug?) developed by MS to
bring content to
webpages. It is also capable of being used for pushing
software
(spyware, Trojans, crap, etc.) to your system without so
much as a
by-your-leave. I would no longer view ActiveX as an asset
but more as a
major liability when surfing. IE is also vulnerable to many
exploits,
not because it's popular but because it is poorly written
and contains
old code that has been patched and repatched repeatedly.
It's an aging
'48 Hudson with high mileage and major body rust, held
together with
wire and duct tape. Rather than trying to drive that at 70
mph on the
interstate, better to get a new car.
The other reason to abandon IE is that it is tightly
integrated into
Windows, a major mistake if there ever was one, but
unavoidable given
the circumstances of its birth. Since it was always
integrated, it is
difficult to separate without writing a whole new browser
and why would
MS do that when they have 90% of the browser market now? (Of
course,
that's now slipping, some say to as little as 80% but it's
bound to slip
more and more as IE's vulnerabilities are made known and not
patched
successfully.)
You can do without IE but it's better to just leave it and
only bring it
up when you need to do Windows Updates. And you can do the
updates
without IE but it's easier with it. So use Firefox if you
like but
think seriously about Opera. A more complete package, to be
sure, but
the features are all focused on easier browsing and the
interface is a
bit less clunky, IMO. I don't like the bookmark editing
process in
Opera but maybe I'll figure that out soon.
I don't know how 'new' your computer is but you should have
room for
Firefox and a whole slew of other stuff. Firefox is only
4.9MB as a
download and 8.44MB installed. I haven't seen a 'new'
system lately
that had anything less than a 40GB harddrive.
Tom
ps-To download multiple items with IE, just open another
window, and
start the download. Or use the Back button. You wind up
with a lot of
little 'Download' windows open and it is a major source of
clutter on
the desktop. Also, IE doesn't start downloading the file
until you give
it a location, unlike Opera and Firefox, which start
downloading the
file immediately and do that in the background while you
create a
location of your choosing. And the download managers in
Opera and
Firefox also support resume.
Cris wrote:
> If I was going to change, I would go with the new Firefox.
> I've heard it is the best yet!!
> hmmm - and on my new computer, there is enough room to
> have
> both on it.
> I understand that some web sites are set up to only be
> viewed with IE.
>
> something interesting that I discovered the other day.
> Some
> web sites that I was having trouble viewing, my son can
> view
> under his screen name! so I need to compare our settings.
> Cris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: T. Hunt
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:47 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: downloading
>
>
> Use Opera. I know it can handle at least 15 downloads
> from
> different
> websites at once. Time to dump IE, if you haven't
> already.
> Using IE is
> like walking into a kickboxing with a 'Kick Me' sign on
> your
> back.
>
> Tom
>
> Cris wrote:
>
>>Does anyone know how we change the setting so that we can
>>download more than 2 items at a time? I remember that
>>there
>>was a way to change this, but not how! My computer can
>>handle more than 2 at a time.
>>Thanks!
>>Cris
>
>
>
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