i agree with this.

[Skelly]

A moderator on PB support posted this:

OK, so what is this all about !!

why all the 'my browser is better than yours ?

IE
there are thousands of users who don't have any problem with it.
There's a small percentage that do, and ask for help to fix it.

Firefox
Tends to be used by 'techie' people, because they know how to play with the source, and get bored if they can't twiddle with settings.
If you use IE, don't post on a board that has Firefox users, you MUST switch to Firefox to be accepted.

Umm NO!! i want to use IE, and if i have a problem with IE, i don't want firefox users to jump in my thread and tell me to change !!!!

From now on, if someone is having trouble with IE, it's OK to suggest an alternative browser, but leave it at that, unless you are prepared to try and help the IE user.

Warnings WILL be given if you push firefox in people's faces.

and no more 'which browser is better' threads.


a word about other browser users, maxthon, opera users for example seem to only suggest it's use. as with some others i forget.

I agree with this, I don't like it when people try to push firefox down people's throats. Those people just look like dumb firefox fanboys who don't contribute to the solution.

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admin said:

I agree with this, I don't like it when people try to push firefox down people's throats. Those people just look like dumb firefox fanboys who don't contribute to the solution.

not necessarily. many of those "dumb fanboys" (myself included) have actually contributed to the creation/fixing/upkeep/etc. of the firefox browser (my self included), and feel that they have a vested, personal, interest in seeing it grow (myself included).

however, those "dumb fanboys" who have nothing to do with the product, and are only riding the bandwagon (myself not included) definately deserve the title.

[Skelly]

exactly, there's way too many bandwagon fans.

in a way, Firefox is gaining a bad name due to this, as many sites are not liking the "GET FIREFOX IE SUCKS" posts anymore.

[Arcum]

Yes, now I do use firefox but that doesnt mean that I have to make people get firefox. People that shove anything down anybodys thoat are just stupid. It is moronic to try to force one to get somthing because, more than likely, you going to make the person sick of hearing the thing being shoved in there face. The reason why I use firefox is mainly because of the tabs. It makes it much easyer. Ok im not going into a big thing so Im just going to leave it at that.

[Skelly]

follow up on that:

Just an additional note: There is a current bug in the latest patch of IE causing random crashes on many websites (all proboards forums are some of those problem sites)

If you are using Win XP SP1 with the latest IE patch, or Win 2000 SP4 with the latest IE patch, this will be the reason you are getting additional crashes (i have seen a lot of posts about it)

For this reason, in the short term there will have been additional "don't use IE" replies, any user who has made a reply because of that need not worry, this thread is directed at those who create problems in regular threads.

If a thread is regarding that bug, then ProBoards official stance on the issue is the following:
We do recommend firefox for use with ProBoards, as the day to day use of ProBoards through testing phases has always been made using that browser, IE, like other browsers is only used for compatibility testing. Obviously IE (And other browsers) also works fine with the exception of the latest bug, just Firefox we know to be the 1 which has viewed every type of ProBoards page.

If however you do not want to change browsers, then you have the option of waiting for the fix from Microsoft, or disabling HTTP 1.1.

To do this, you need to goto tools->internet options->advanced then untick use http 1.1

If you choose this method, please ensure it is reversed after the patch. Additionally, it may cause problems on some websites as some make use of referral links, which is 1 of many things http 1.0 (Which you would then be using) doesn't support

The Microsoft article regarding this issue is at: support.microsoft.com/kb/923762/en-us

It claims a fix by the 22nd. We shall see tomorrow if the issue is resolved

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i like the way they suggested firefox, but didn't force it.

as you can clearly see from my sig/avatar, i am a firefox fan. HOWEVER, i will not SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR THROAT, other than the occasional joking LMFS post.

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agentt9 said:

The reason why I use firefox is mainly because of the tabs. It makes it much easyer.

i agree. that's why i first started using firefos, then i got into the whole customizing/optimizing/personalizing thing, and havn't looked back for one second.

[Skelly]

yeah, i mainly like FF for the tabs, and honestly, other than the extensions (adblock>everything), firefox really isn't that appealing to me. I have noticed that firefox actually crashes a lot on me (more than IE at times and it happens a lot on sites like myspace or sites that have a lot of junk on them), and it's not the extensions or themes, it's the program itself.

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no
you need to disable some of the rendering engines. they slow it down a lot

type "about:config" in the url space

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again, its all in the customization. also, speed hack >adblock

[Skelly]

logalog said:

again, its all in the customization. also, speed hack >adblock

speed hack is useless, it was before fasterfox came around.

it's now an extension called fasterfox.

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i know, but fasterfox only brings network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to 30. a true speekhacker brings it to 200 or 250.