Comments on: Firefox Redux http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/firefox_redux/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:16:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Skillzy http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/firefox_redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14777 Skillzy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5670#comment-14777 Luddite! IE and MT are <i>soooo</i> 2002. Just pickin, I know a lot of people who feel the way you do. At least you gave it a shot. Luddite! IE and MT are soooo 2002. Just pickin, I know a lot of people who feel the way you do. At least you gave it a shot.

]]> By: Paul http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/firefox_redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14778 Paul Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5670#comment-14778 That was fast... I don't use Firefox everyday because I want a computer that will actually run so I drive a Mac. (sorry you knew it was coming ;-) But anyway, a few of my customers have used it and they liked it. I think it might be a case of, "It ain't wrong it's just different." You might want to use it for a week or so and see if your attitudes change. It is getting great reviews from what I hear. That was fast...

I don't use Firefox everyday because I want a computer that will actually run so I drive a Mac. (sorry you knew it was coming ;-)

But anyway, a few of my customers have used it and they liked it. I think it might be a case of, "It ain't wrong it's just different."

You might want to use it for a week or so and see if your attitudes change. It is getting great reviews from what I hear.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/firefox_redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14779 James Joyner Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5670#comment-14779 It's not just that it's different--although that's part of it--but that it lacks a lot of useful features that comes with or built for IE: -Several right click applets -Automatically filling out all sorts of things for me based on stored info (Firefox will do some of that, but I have to put all the info back in for the next several weeks to get to 80% of where I am now) -It's much harder to construct blog posts without right click functionality. I need the MT applet in order to ping various sites, easy blockquoting, and all manner of other fixes. Firefox doesn't support it. That's the problem with using non-standard equipment--like Macs--nobody is designing for them. It's not just that it's different--although that's part of it--but that it lacks a lot of useful features that comes with or built for IE:

-Several right click applets

-Automatically filling out all sorts of things for me based on stored info (Firefox will do some of that, but I have to put all the info back in for the next several weeks to get to 80% of where I am now)

-It's much harder to construct blog posts without right click functionality. I need the MT applet in order to ping various sites, easy blockquoting, and all manner of other fixes. Firefox doesn't support it.

That's the problem with using non-standard equipment--like Macs--nobody is designing for them.

]]> By: BigFire http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/firefox_redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14780 BigFire Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5670#comment-14780 But that's a function of MT not writing an Mozilla extension for their application, thus locking their user into this obsolete tool. Once you've written something for Mozilla browser (like Firefox) it works on ALL platform. But that's a function of MT not writing an Mozilla extension for their application, thus locking their user into this obsolete tool. Once you've written something for Mozilla browser (like Firefox) it works on ALL platform.

]]> By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/firefox_redux/comment-page-1/#comment-14781 James Joyner Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5670#comment-14781 Big: Sure. But that's like saying it's the movie industry's fault they didn't make tapes for the BetaMax, forcing people to use VHS. If someone were to offer me a car that was slightly more reliable and got 25% better fuel economy than my present model, but didn't come with a CD player, sunroof, and air conditioning, I'd turn it down. A browser that's unfriendly to blogging just doesn't suit my needs very well, although I will likely keep it around for regular surfing. --- Big: Sure. But that's like saying it's the movie industry's fault they didn't make tapes for the BetaMax, forcing people to use VHS.

If someone were to offer me a car that was slightly more reliable and got 25% better fuel economy than my present model, but didn't come with a CD player, sunroof, and air conditioning, I'd turn it down. A browser that's unfriendly to blogging just doesn't suit my needs very well, although I will likely keep it around for regular surfing.

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