Re: OT: Mozilla/Firefox (was:Re: Windoze ends year with a major cert ...)


BRAD wrote:
> AEF wrote:
> > BRAD wrote: I guess too
> >>many folks are used to beating themselves over the head with Internet
> >>Exploder, and have gotten used to the dull ache of Windows.
> >
> > [Normally, I really hate Microsoft, but there are some exceptions. This
> > is one of them.]
> >
> > Well, some of us prefer Internet Exploder. It does some things Mozilla
> > can't. If you hate the mouse, and I surely do, IE is better. In most
> > cases, you can move the focus to a link, press Enter, then read that
> > page. Then alt-left-arrow to go back to the original page, tab, and
> > you're keyboard focus is on the next link and you can press Enter to go
> > to that next link. Repeat. You can't do that with Mozilla or any other
> > browser I've tried. These other browsers always put your keyboard focus
> > on the first link on the page when you go back one page. Then you have
> > to hold the tab key and wait for the focus to move through all the
> > links on the page!!! I've been shown workarounds, but they either are
> > too much bother (and often don't cover some situations) or they rely on
> > your having to ALWAYS anticipate whenever you might want to go to the
> > next link on the previous page (which in Mozilla would create an
> > unmanageable amount of tabs). Sorry, IE wins this point.
>
> First of all, nice post. I tried the above on Mozilla _and_ Firefox
> 1.5. Mozilla behaves as you describe, but Firefox works as you describe
> IE working. I _do_ keep IE around on my XP Pro laptop, so that I can
> read the few pages that won't render properly under other browsers, but
> I find that with Firefox, I don't need IE at all. I've sent a
> suggestion off to the SWB folks, asking them if they have any plans to
> port Firefox/Thunderbird. :-)

Well, this is a big step forward!!!

Firefox and Mozilla are different browsers? On my PC at home: The
shortcut is Mozilla Firefox. The title bar says Mozilla Firefox Start
Page - Mozilla Firefox. The Help About title bar says About Mozilla
Firefox. In the window it says Firefox version 1.0.

And now your telling me that there is Mozilla, and then there's
Firefox. I don't think it's confusing enough!!! ;-) Please clarify.
(And who are SWB?)

>
> I notice that your post seems to deal with Mozilla vs. IE. Give Firefox
> a try on your Windows box (presuming that's where you are using IE).
> Perhaps someday we will see Firefox/Thunderbird on OpenVMS. I can't
> really speak to the rest of your points in this post.
>
> <snip>

Well, I have Mozilla Firefox 1.0, or Firefox 1.0, or I really don't
know what the hell I have in the context of your post! The start page
says Firefox 1.5 is ready (is that Firefox or Mozilla). Maybe I'll try
that and report back, but not now. Oh, I see: Firefox is really
Firefox, unless it's Mozilla. and vice versa! unless it's not. So tell
me who's on first.

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