In a Cave...

[dick]

Was thinking to myself... "hmm... haven't updated ol' IE for a while..." and wandered off to the Microsawft site, where I eventually found this:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/product...ternetexplorer

I feel like I've been living in a cave... I had no idea...

Of course, I use Safari, so I don't give a rip... but still...

[pzarquon]

Re: In a Cave...

I use Firefox, so hadn't noticed either. I always thought the ol' MSIE 4 logo and interface looked quaint on OSX. I guess I'll upgrade, though. I remember once coming across a site that required MSIE.

Usually, though, such sites aren't worth visiting.

[dick]

Re: In a Cave...

I use Firefox, so hadn't noticed either.

Soon thereafter I downloaded Firefox. Pretty spiffy, actually. Kinda Netscape-esque in its look and feel. And things seem to load way fast...

...or maybe it was just me having an episode...

[Glen Miyashiro]

Re: In a Cave...

Soon thereafter I downloaded Firefox. Pretty spiffy, actually. Kinda Netscape-esque in its look and feel. And things seem to load way fast...

...or maybe it was just me having an episode...

Firefox is Netscape-esque because both browsers are based on the Mozilla engine.

[Linkmeister]

Re: In a Cave...

Huh. It's been so long since I used Netscape that I hadn't noticed any resemblance. For a while there I was stuck (or a creature of habit) with a proprietary Yahoo browser that was mostly IE. I went to Firefox pretty early in its development, though.

[cezanne]

Re: In a Cave...

Any Firefoxers using THunderbird for their email too? Am using Firefox but still use Outlook Express for email.

[Linkmeister]

Re: In a Cave...

Any Firefoxers using THunderbird for their email too? Am using Firefox but still use Outlook Express for email.

I've thought about it, but I'm too used to Eudora to switch, after nearly six years. I never did like Outlook, so when a client was buying Eudora for his company I said "add me in, please," and I've been there ever since.

[dick]

Re: In a Cave...

For mail I use "Mail." Easy to use for the most part. Wondered about Thunderbird, though... might fiddle with it and see...

[flying snow]

Re: In a Cave...

I use Firefox, husband uses asnd praises Opera. He's been trying to get me to convert for years now. For mail I use google. and hotmail.

thas my 2 cents.

[craigwatanabe]

Re: In a Cave...

I still use IE only because I'm too friggin' lazy to tackle that relearning curve when it comes to navigating around different browsers. In my internet beginnings I was a Netscape user simply because our company was using it. Then they switched to IE and everybody had to learn Outlook.

I'm considering going to Firefox too (heck it's an icon on my desktop) and will probably try it tonight. Still trying to figure out that Linux disk I got in the mail. Oh the brain hurts when you gotta think

[Konaguy]

Re: In a Cave...

I use Firefox (with 30 extensions) and Thunderbird primarily. I ocassionally
use IE as there is certain things like Windows Update that I have to use
IE.

I tried Mandriva Linux..probably the easiest to use Linux wise
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/en

[Konaguy]

Re: In a Cave...

Firefox 1.5.0.2 has been released http://tinyurl.com/6ph8b

[pzarquon]

Re: In a Cave...

Um. I take it we're not all talking about Mac browsers at this point? Ah well. "In a Cave..." can mean anything, I guess.

FWIW, the FileForum site also lists Firefox 1.5.0.2 as being out for OSX today, as well. But the official site is still listing 1.5.0.1 as current for both platforms. I tried changing the current main download link URL to manually specify 1.5.0.2 and something started downloading... but I'm not going to upgrade just now.

[Konaguy]

Re: In a Cave...

I upgraded to 1.5.0.2 with no problem.

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozi...eases/1.5.0.2/

[craigwatanabe]

Re: In a Cave...

Well the fact that Apple is heading towards integrating XP into their systems and Microsoft well...isn't...tells me that Bill Gates vision may come true that in time: There will only be one.

And please remember Xerox was the first when it came to a GUI interface...not Apple.