Originally posted by B Ozanne
Besides importing my favorites, what else do I need to do? Once I'm happy with Firefox can I totally get rid of IE? What other folders can I dump that contain IE stuff I'll no longer need.
There are people on this forum who are
much more knowledgeable than me about these issues, but I'll offer my input anyway:
I don't believe you can totally get rid of IE. IE is apparently needed to open some apps like Control Panel. Also, I use Yahoo Messenger every night to talk to my g/f, and when she gives me a link to something in there, it opens with IE. I imagine there's a way to cure that, but I haven't yet discovered how. It's not something I worry about anyway, though. It's not like it ruins my day for IE to open a site every now and then.
When I first started using Firefox, loops wouldn't run at all. I fixed that by clicking Tools/Options/Web Features/Advanced (to the right of <Enable JavaScript>), then checked (Allow scripts to) Change Images.
There are a bunch of Extensions available to tweak your Firefox experience. I have installed two that I like and recommend.
http://www.iosart.com/firefox/#searchpluginhacks
The first one I recommend is SearchPluginHacks, which allows you to easily delete Search Plugins from your FF browser. What is a Search Plugin?
https://addons.mozilla.org/search-engines.p...ication=firefox
Let's say you prefer Yahoo maps. Download the Yahoo Maps search plugin. Then, click on its icon in the little Search Plugins window in the upper right of your FF browser, and enter, say, "Norman OK", and up comes the map. It just makes it a little easier to search than going to the Yahoo web site first.
The other Extension I use is NoScript
http://www.noscript.net/whats
I didn't even know what scripts are until I downloaded this, LOL! I feel safer surfing with that. It will also get your pages downloaded faster because it will block stuff like animated ads that appear on web pages. It basically blocks embedded links, too, but of course, it is all controllable.
Bob