Straycat Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Just to let you know that the IMO best browser now is out in a new version; 0.8. I've used the betas and can tell you it's quite a leap forward. Some of the new features includes a brand new installer and an excellent download manager. But there's lots of other bells & whistles too, all in a small and easily managed package. Download size: circa 6 MB You can read about it here: http://mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvarpala Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Straycat said:Just to let you know that the IMO best browser now is out in a new version; 0.8. I've used the betas and can tell you it's quite a leap forward. http://mozilla.org/products/firefox/ I would have to agree with this, it's very good - I prefer it to IE. Among other things, it has a pop-up blocker, which stops sites opening new windows all over the place. I might have a go at the new e-mail client as well..(Thunderbird?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Looking forward to the upgrade when I get home now. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvarpala Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 I think you'll be impressed. I did get around to looking at Thunderbird ( the e-mail client) as well, but in all honesty, I prefer Outlook Express. Regards, dvarpala Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 Tanks for the hint. I just switched to the Opera 7 browser which is better than IE explorer IMHO, but I will try mozilla as well. I just read that there is the first exploit out to hack into Windows, taken from the just leaked Windows source code. It just took 4 day to find a vulnerabiltiy within 28 million lines of code . Therefore there is more to be expected soon. In contrast MS currently needs 5 to 6 month to fix a known bugs. (five or six bug are currently known since 5 months but not fiexed yet). As a German computer magazine just wrote: there is only one secure way dealing with this: don't use neither IE nor any version of Outlook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keekwai Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 I agree with you 100% and was about to post the same thing about Thunderbird email. OE is much more configurable for IMAP email server. Not sure how they compare regards pop3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvarpala Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 keekwai said: Not sure how they compare regards pop3. pop3 is easy enough to set up ( isn't it always?), what I didn't like was the fact that I couldn't set up Thunderbird to open straight into "inbox", I had to select it each time. Sounds picky, I know - but the little touches are sometimes what "sells" a program, aren't they. Maybe later someone will have gone through it and tidied it up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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