Why Firefawks suck
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- jox
Firefox 1.07, Mac OS X
Right. I don't know what the big deal is. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is not my idea of a good browser:
- It doesn't view Flash, if it does it works for 2 seconds, then crashes the entire browser. They have been having this problem since the beta if I remember correctly, yet they still can't seem to fix it, some 10 versions later.
- It doesn't handle multiple frames , for instance more than 4, hence NT makes it crash.
- When you click a link and get a 404, you get a popup window saying the url doesn't exist, and when you okay the popup, the url isn't in the address bar anymore so you can't edit the spelling.
- It doesn't want to make friends with MediaPlayer no matter how hard you try to set them up. I have downloaded the plugin probably 5 times specifically for FF yet it doesn't recognize the file type when I click an Avi, mpg or a wmv.
- When you enter a safe page, a popup appears saying check this box if you DO want a warning when entering a https... I'm sorry - shouldn't it be if you DON'T want the popup??
- It doesn't support smoov scrolling inspite of what may have been okayed in my general settings.
- More than 4 tabs make it go slooow.
- Clear your cookies and your cache and have two exact computers entering Newstoday.com at the same time. One running IE and one running FF. You will learn that IE is several seconds quicker. (the same goes for all sites you try for that matter)
- The plugin downloader they have built in doesn't actually find plugins. It is only a simple script saying it can't locate the missing plugin and that you should try finding it manually instead.
- If you check the box asking if you would like to keep the tab bar there even though you only have one page open doesn't work if you restart your computer. Once you get FF up and running again, the tab bar is gone.
I don't want cheese with this whine, these are just observations I've made over the past few weeks and I have yet to be told what makes Firefox good. Surely I can use other browsers -- and i do-- but please enlighten me if this is all on my end or if Firefox really sucks this badly.
Love,
- version30
try installing the plugins for netscape, this works for me
- jox0
The Flash plugins, or the MediaPlayer ones?
- version30
in regards to ie being faster
http://www.hackaday.com/entry/12…
- jevad0
Firefox 1.07, Mac OS X
get the new release you nob
- version30
both flash and media player problems
firefox is built off the netscape platform i believe
- jox0
Are you kidding - there's a new one out AGAIN? I fetched the .07 saturday!
- jox0
Thanks version, I'll give both suggestions a go! The speed boost thingy sounds interesting.
- ********0
jox youre a knucklehead
- jevad0
hahahaha
- jox0
*curses at über*
- version30
i don't get why there is a version 1.5 for mac and pc in english
but a version 1.0.7 for both mac and pc in english (british)
what's the difference and why don't you just use the 1.5 non british version?
anyone know the difference?
- spiralstarez0
"I have yet to be told what makes Firefox good. "
Well I'm using it on a PC so I'm sure to have a diff perspective, but FF has made my life in web development a hell of a lot easier with developer tools, and its extensible/customizable nature. RSS feed bookmarks, tabbed browsing, etc.
Now I open firefox and I can launch FTP, IRC, my calendar app, dom inspector, javascript debugger, all in the same browser. Edit CSS on the fly.
I can synchronize my FF bookmarks at work with home too.
Anyway, I've heard it's not as good on a mac, but I'll defend Firefox to its death so be it :-)
- kaiyohtee0
I agree with spiralstarez: "i'll defend firefox."
the only problems I have had (I run it on a PC) is with media player pages (but then I use the open page in IE extension and it works).
sometimes it runs slower with a page of say, 50 pics on a page, but this is rate even when I do go to these big site with mucho images.
yea ff!
- SaintWalker0
Admitedly I haven't used FireFox much at home, on OS X. But here at work I am thankful every day that I don't have to use IE, and for windows I have no problems with FireFox not being able to view anything or crashing. The only issues I experience are the initial launch slowness compared to IE, and some PDF viewing issues...that goes slooow. At home I still like Safari better.