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#1 Unread post by blues2cruise »

I am wondering if there is something that would make "surfing" the net a bit quicker.
I have IE #7 and ever since I put this on my system, it takes forever to load a webpage.

I could go back to IE#6, but before I uninstall I thought I would see what other options I have.

What do other folks use for their internet surfing?
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#2 Unread post by jonnythan »

www.getfirefox.com

Done.

Although, there are two "extensions" I recommend for it.

The first is AdBlock:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/10/

The second is the AdBlock filterset that automatically "Blacklists" lots of known ad servers:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/

Faster, better, more stable.
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#3 Unread post by logitech104 »

I have IE 6 as my main, Firefox as my secondary, because it can do thing ie6 can't. I have heard great things about the Opera browser, as it uses almost no computer recources. I will never downgrade to IE7, the tabs thing just drives me crazy!
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#4 Unread post by blues2cruise »

No kidding, logitech, about this IE 7. It sux.

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#5 Unread post by blues2cruise »

jonnythan wrote:www.getfirefox.com

Done.

Although, there are two "extensions" I recommend for it.

The first is AdBlock:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/10/

The second is the AdBlock filterset that automatically "Blacklists" lots of known ad servers:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/

Faster, better, more stable.
Thank you. I will go look at it right now.

About the extensions.....I have Ad-Aware on my machine. Is the adblock different?

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#6 Unread post by jonnythan »

blues2cruise wrote:
jonnythan wrote:www.getfirefox.com

Done.

Although, there are two "extensions" I recommend for it.

The first is AdBlock:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/10/

The second is the AdBlock filterset that automatically "Blacklists" lots of known ad servers:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/

Faster, better, more stable.
Thank you. I will go look at it right now.

About the extensions.....I have Ad-Aware on my machine. Is the adblock different?
Ad-Aware is an excellent program that can detect and eliminate spyware from your computer.

Adblock (with the Filterset) is a small "plugin" that automatically blocks the vast majority of advertising on web sites. Banner ads, flash ads, popup ads, etc etc, all get blocked. It also blocks "Tracking cookies" from advertisers which are files placed on your computer by advertising networks such as Doubleclick that follow you around the internet and report back to the advertising network, informing you of the websites you visit.
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#7 Unread post by blues2cruise »

So far, so good.

It is definitely quicker than using IE. The way IE was acting it was slower than when I was on dial up. :roll:

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#8 Unread post by Mintbread »

jonnythan wrote: Although, there are two "extensions" I recommend for it.

The first is AdBlock:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/10/

The second is the AdBlock filterset that automatically "Blacklists" lots of known ad servers:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/

Faster, better, more stable.
You are the man!

I have been using firefox for a few years now and love it. I just installed the plug-ins you recommended and could not be more pleased with the result.
It makes this site bearable again. Cheers.
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#9 Unread post by Loonette »

IE7 did suck!! We uninstalled it and put 6 back on. I had no idea that other people hated it as much as I did.

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#10 Unread post by Sev »

I love Firefox, and for the record, I haven't run into a webpage that it cannot display in almost 2 years.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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