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Tebor
Moderator
Title: Master of the Universe
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: Gotham City
Posts: 6088
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I'm starting to hate all browsers. I try never to use IE, I use Firefox the most, but I also use Opera (cause some sites crash Firefox) and Safari (mostly for reading). Luckily, those three have yet to betray me. They're like my companions on some sort of barbaric quest, each with their own strengths and weaknesses; some sidetracking me on side quests - *mumbles into complete obscurity*.
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 "If you will not tell me, I will hurt people!!!" -Nuclear Man
"Do you hear? The alpha and the omega. Death and rebirth. And as you die, so will I be reborn!" - Skeletor
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Kacen
Joined: Dec 18 2007
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Kacen
Joined: Dec 18 2007
Posts: 154
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NO DOWNLOADS! NO PLUGINS! FIREFOX ONLY! final destination  |
Firefox is overrated use Maxthon or Opera.
Or like me have every browser known to man installed on your comp.
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Chrisby
Joined: Mar 31 2006
Location: Where my computer is.
Posts: 1262
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I used to get pop-ups for that WinFixer malware, but I haven't in like months. And I'm not sure if Norton 2008 is just better at preventing that crap or I've learned what sites to avoid.
Also whenever that happens I unplug my internet connection and then close out of the window afterwards so the bastard doesn't try to install install even though I say "NO FUCK YOU", because it will.
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FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Joined: Jun 07 2006
Posts: 12294
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
Location: Robot Boombox HQ
Posts: 7542
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I use Windows Firewall and AntiVir, and it seems to work pretty well.
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crookshow
Title: Donkey Kong Savage
Joined: Mar 29 2008
Location: bay area, CA
Posts: 573
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I heard a lot of good things about comodo's firewall and it seemed to work well, expect for the fact that it slowed the shit out of my computer's start up time (literally added like 2 minutes to it). Also, installing anything was a headache because it would ask me to approve each individual file that was being changed or created. I decided I had enough and went back to using Windows Firewall. I know the XP version sucks, but on Vista it's a decent option...
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
Posts: 1179
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One Answer. Three Letters. M A C.
Hardly any virus bullshit.
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Tebor
Moderator
Title: Master of the Universe
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: Gotham City
Posts: 6088
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| JEW wrote: |
| to hell with opera. |
Yeah, it just feels wrong.
Edit: That's what she said.
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"If you will not tell me, I will hurt people!!!" -Nuclear Man
"Do you hear? The alpha and the omega. Death and rebirth. And as you die, so will I be reborn!" - Skeletor
8341 unread forum updates since I left (2/7/14)... Uh-oh. |
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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I use IE mostly out of spite. Firefox is nice and all, but I'm sick of all the bullshit hype. People are always like "Blah blah blah Firefox! Use Firefox!" And it's like, who the fuck cares? It's a fucking piece of software. Anyone who takes pride in the fact that they use one browser over another or who has some sort of emotional attachment to their browser needs get the fuck away from their computer and go outside once in awhile.
And if you don't browse like a fucking retard (like I did two days ago), there aren't any problems with IE.
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Ross Rifle
Title: Rock N Roll God
Joined: Oct 29 2006
Location: Chilliwack, BC
Posts: 4844
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Yeah, computers come with IE, I see no need to change.
PS. My OCD makes me hate format changes like that. That's why I won't go Mac, because I've used a PC my whole life.
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
Location: Robot Boombox HQ
Posts: 7542
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I just like Firefox because I'm a lazy asshat and there are extensions that do shit for you.
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erock
Title: likes to party
Joined: Dec 21 2007
Location: Phoenix. its hot outside
Posts: 1219
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
I use IE mostly out of spite. Firefox is nice and all, but I'm sick of all the bullshit hype. People are always like "Blah blah blah Firefox! Use Firefox!" And it's like, who the fuck cares? It's a fucking piece of software. Anyone who takes pride in the fact that they use one browser over another or who has some sort of emotional attachment to their browser needs get the fuck away from their computer and go outside once in awhile.
And if you don't browse like a fucking retard (like I did two days ago), there aren't any problems with IE. |
I use firefox mainly for how its search is done. When your trying to find words on a page it goes in the lower corner unlike opera and ie that sorta have the floating boxes. It seems less messy when trying to read faqs or find where you left off in articles or such.
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NERO
Title: Mark Hamill
Joined: Apr 28 2008
Location: Chilliwack
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I use Firefox for the extensions. And because I find Oprah cumbersome.
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Bluey
Title: 99 Beserkers
Joined: Jul 18 2007
Location: Thirteenth Street
Posts: 309
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| I use IE mostly out of spite. Firefox is nice and all, but I'm sick of all the bullshit hype. People are always like "Blah blah blah Firefox! Use Firefox!" And it's like, who the fuck cares? It's a fucking piece of software. Anyone who takes pride in the fact that they use one browser over another or who has some sort of emotional attachment to their browser needs get the fuck away from their computer and go outside once in awhile. |
This is the same reason I really hate Mac-fanatics (Macatics?) and militant anti-Vista or anti-Java programmers. Okay, so you like Macs better, so Vista has flaws, so you think C++ is superior to Java, fine, I really don't want to listen to you bitch about it for an hour.
I use Firefox myself because I don't like Internet Explorer, but I'll admit I don't really remember why I don't like it. I've always used Netscape over IE, and then when Netscape started falling apart I moved over to Firefox. I still use Netscape's Composer for making HTML files though.
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My Sydapedia page lists my game collection and friend codes, if you're interested. |
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S. McCracken
Moderator
Title: Enforcer
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2171
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| I use Firefox for the extensions. And because I find Oprah cumbersome. |
Was this a typo? Fuck it, I don't care. I agree; Oprah IS cumbersome.
And I stick with FireFox for the cool add-ons and I don't get bombarded like I did with IE.
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FNJ
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Joined: Jun 07 2006
Posts: 12294
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
I use IE mostly out of spite. Firefox is nice and all, but I'm sick of all the bullshit hype. People are always like "Blah blah blah Firefox! Use Firefox!" And it's like, who the fuck cares? It's a fucking piece of software. Anyone who takes pride in the fact that they use one browser over another or who has some sort of emotional attachment to their browser needs get the fuck away from their computer and go outside once in awhile.
And if you don't browse like a fucking retard (like I did two days ago), there aren't any problems with IE. |
this wasn't always the case. IE used to suck monster balls. a lot of the improvements that they've made have been directly taken from firefox to begin with.
It's not a matter of pride, it's a matter of not wanting to reformat your PC.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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Kacen
Joined: Dec 18 2007
Posts: 154
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I use Maxthon now.
It has none of the incompatibility problems non-IE browsers have and lots of features and good speed, plus it doesn't hog up your memory.
I like Opera but sadly so much stuff is incompatible with it.
Have to agree that Firefox users are sometimes annoying like Mac users always are...speaking of which...
| Shut up, Dorn wrote: |
One Answer. Three Letters. M A C.
Hardly any virus bullshit. |
GET OUT
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Murdar Machene
New Member
Title: bimmy
Joined: Nov 06 2005
Location: the black warriors turf
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Formatting should be your first option, it's in no way "extreme". What's extreme is wasting two days trying to remove self-replicating trojans that drop themselves into anything from uninstallers to NES emulators.
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Douche McCallister
Moderator
Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
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Rather than try and talk to some indian people I have a Compaq Presario and it refuses to let me format or do a pc recovery. I don't have a disc to restore the computer to its default because its on an included drive in the laptop. Everytime I click on format or try to do it through the DOS menu/in and out of safe-mode, it says the drive is currently in use. I never had this problem before, any ideas?
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Tebor
Moderator
Title: Master of the Universe
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: Gotham City
Posts: 6088
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| Kacen wrote: |
| Have to agree that Firefox users are sometimes annoying like Mac users always are |
Fail.
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"If you will not tell me, I will hurt people!!!" -Nuclear Man
"Do you hear? The alpha and the omega. Death and rebirth. And as you die, so will I be reborn!" - Skeletor
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
Posts: 24887
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Going back to my apparently unrelated dead second hard drive... Is there any way I can recover the information off it? I'd rather not re-rip all my mp3s...
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
Location: Robot Boombox HQ
Posts: 7542
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There isn't Mac viruses because there isn't really any point. Most people use PCs (I know a lot of Mac users who hate that fact, but it's true), so that would be the logical group of people to write viruses for. Unless the only point of your virus is to piss people off, and not to steal information or take a computer into a botnet or anything.
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