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It's at certain times of the day. And then I have to go back to using the hated IE.

Anyone else see this happening?
 
I have that problem sometimes. Mostly it's the ad pages or banners that are trying to load. If Mozilla can't connect to their source page it will churn for a while and eventually pop up an error (unable to connect to bannerad.com or something like that). I can usually just click OK and the page will load.

Other times it's just the hornfans web servers/database getting hammered or not responding. C'est la vie.
 
Why is Mozilla better than Internet Explorer? Why is Explorer "hated"?

Y'all must use your computers for different things than I.
 
Mozilla blocks pop-up ads, has tabbed browsing, allows you to restrict those annoying images from flashing/blinking/repeating, etc. Tons of features that IE doesn't have and wouldn't be in Microsofts' best interests to include anyway.
 
From a user perspective:

Mozilla advantages:

* Tabbed browsing. You can't know how awesome it is until you use it. IE doesn't yet have it.
* Built in popup blocking. IE depends on third party popup blockers, and most of them suck. Some will disallow popups even if you click on a link.
* Per site permissions.
* Ability to disallow certain javascript annoyances. Specifically it can disallow javascript the ability to hide menu/status bars, resize windows, move windows, etc. If you've ever been hit by spyware, you can see how that's a good feature.
* Less susceptible to malware. Because mozilla has its own set of bugs and exploits and because it implements technologies differently, spammers, hackers and spyware folks have to write special code to hit mozilla users. Because so few people use Mozilla, they usually don't bother.


Disadvantages:

* Many websites that run major web services disallow Mozilla.
* Few websites seem to bother to test on Mozilla and on many websites pages don't display properly. This problem is slowly going away.

Those two disadvantages are a big enough problem that many folks have to keep a version of Netscape or IE handy to be able to use those websites. The second problem is HUGE when it comes to javascript driven web pages.

* You have to reconfigure all your embedded objects. That usually includes Flash, Java, etc, etc.
* You have to download and install Mozilla. It also updates frequently and you'll want to keep it updated. Why go through that hassle if IE (already installed and configured) is good enough for you? This is an even bigger issue when you consider the first 2 disadvantages. Why download a configure new browser (and constantly update it) if it won't even fully replace the browser you already have and use?
 
IE was (and probably still is) full of security holes. A website being able to delete files on your computer can give you a bad rap. The fact that it's from MS will also engender a lot of dislike.

Mozilla's gaining fairly steadily. The slow bloated monster is slimming down and speeding up and usage is going up.

I use FireFox/Phoenix/Firebird/FlameAnimal for the majority of browsing but I won't hesitate to drop into IE if a site needs it.
 
"I use FireFox/Phoenix/Firebird/FlameAnimal for the majority of browsing but I won't hesitate to drop into IE if a site needs it."

I do the same. IE is kept around for that rare site that chokes on Firefox. I can deal with occasional layout issues as I'm usually more interested in the content.
 
Firefox is the best browser out there IMO

I use it 99.9 % of the time. I never have problems using it on this site and its rare that sites I visit daily ever have any problems

I love the features and its faster than IE on my machine
 
I use firefox and the only problem I'll have is the usual stuff...encountering a site designed for IE. I can do online banking just fine with Wells Fargo, my ccs just fine with Firefox.
 
I can recommend the best of both worlds: Avant Browser.

It's free. It runs on the IE engine but includes all of the things that IE left out and that Mozilla tries to do:
- popup blocker
- ad blocker
- tabbed windows
- url aliases (which I love. Type h and you get hornfans for instance)

Avant has all the safety features and then some for secure browsing. I have Mozilla Firefox and while it's nice and fast, it definitely does not conform to all specs out in the world. Maybe someday, but not now.

Because IE is so susceptible to hacks, we mandated Avant at work and a lot of headaches have gone away.
 
Nice recommendation Hollisdude. Web sites that Firerfox wouldn't load properly does and it does have all the benefits of Firefox. Good stuff.
 
safari has little power, but it is pretty good.
I use mozilla and I have had one problem... it seems when the cache gets big, the program just exits...
 
One thing that Mozilla has [or maybe had by now] problems with was when you had pop-up stopper running when you tried to fire it up, it caued some sort of conflict within the two systems and would cause Mozilla not to fire up properly sometimes.. I would assume it's been fixed by now, but you never know... I use Mozilla all the time and have no problems loading any web site, hornfans included.

It may be you need to relax some of the security settings, Mozilla is default no cookies, nor active X, no nothing, so you may have to play with some of those settings (you can set them website-specific if you want).
 
I have tried Avant

if your stuck to using IE for some reason. Avant is a nice thing to use for the features it adds on top of IE

but Firefox is still better IMO. Its a bit faster too
 
Here's another vote for mozilla!

Along with the fact that I never have to worry about malware and popups...

It also fills in forms for me. In my line of work, I send out a ton of fedex shipments and government forms ON-line. With Mozilla, it automatically fills in forms for me if I have entered them in just one time.

So a long # like SP0430-04-D-5435-0005... it will remember, so I don't have to retype it in every five minutes.

If you use fedex or another application like that, Mozilla will save you tons of time.
 
Does Netscape = Mozilla???

Everything yall are saying that is great about Firefox, Netscape 7.1 has as well. Is Firefox better?

How come no one ever talks about Netscape? It works great for me...never get any spy/adware, etc.
 
The codebase is the same for Mozilla, Netscape and Firefox.

Netscape is maintained and released by AOL. Mozilla is developed, maintained and released by the Mozilla Foundation, and Firefox is maintained and released by yet another group. Most of the development is done by the Mozilla Foundation and AOL provides some funding.

These are the differences:

Mozilla releases new versions fast and furiously. Netscape is a fork of Mozilla and newer versions are released much less often. Because of this, the latest Mozilla release almost always has fewer bugs and is more stable than the latest Netscape. Firefox is yet another fork of Mozilla. Firefox is a stripped down version without IM integration, a mail client, IRC client, newsgroup client, HTML editor, etc, etc. Firefox is just a browser, nothing more.
 
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