Comments on: Now here’s some good tech news http://freepressblog.org/blog/2005/12/28/now-heres-some-real-good-tech-news/ I was syncing my Facebook status here for a while, but now I'm boycotting them over the FriendConnect fiasco... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:52:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: FreePress Blog http://freepressblog.org/blog/2005/12/28/now-heres-some-real-good-tech-news/#comment-3715 FreePress Blog Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:54:20 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2005/12/28/now-heres-some-real-good-tech-news/#comment-3715 <strong>Why Firefox?</strong> In response to Kristi’s question here, let me outline my personal take on why everyone should use a browser other than IE… There are several reasons to choose Firefox (or any Gecko-based browser) over IE. One that impacts most of the &#8... Why Firefox?

In response to Kristi’s question here, let me outline my personal take on why everyone should use a browser other than IE…
There are several reasons to choose Firefox (or any Gecko-based browser) over IE. One that impacts most of the &#8…

]]> By: JB http://freepressblog.org/blog/2005/12/28/now-heres-some-real-good-tech-news/#comment-3716 JB Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:52:37 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2005/12/28/now-heres-some-real-good-tech-news/#comment-3716 I believe that Firefox may be a little faster than Mozilla at loading pages (especially the latest version - 1.5), but if you're talking about just the time it takes to load the browser (as in opening the application originally), IE has an advantage because it's built into Windows, so a lot of the components it needs to load are already loaded before you start IE. If it's taking 10 seconds to actually load a page, then I think something may be wrong - I've never seen any noticeable difference in the page loading times between IE and Firefox (or Mozilla, which I used before Firefox came out). I believe that Firefox may be a little faster than Mozilla at loading pages (especially the latest version - 1.5), but if you’re talking about just the time it takes to load the browser (as in opening the application originally), IE has an advantage because it’s built into Windows, so a lot of the components it needs to load are already loaded before you start IE.

If it’s taking 10 seconds to actually load a page, then I think something may be wrong - I’ve never seen any noticeable difference in the page loading times between IE and Firefox (or Mozilla, which I used before Firefox came out).

]]> By: Kristi http://freepressblog.org/blog/2005/12/28/now-heres-some-real-good-tech-news/#comment-3717 Kristi Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:14:06 +0000 http://freepressblog.org/blog/2005/12/28/now-heres-some-real-good-tech-news/#comment-3717 Why does firefox/mozilla seem like it takes longer to load than internet explorer? Randy has tried to get me to use Mozilla like he does but it drives me crazy having to wait (ok- so it takes 10 seconds to pull up a site vs. IE's 3 seconds- but still!). And why is it so much better to use? I have no problems (popups, spam, etc...) with IE. Why does firefox/mozilla seem like it takes longer to load than internet explorer? Randy has tried to get me to use Mozilla like he does but it drives me crazy having to wait (ok- so it takes 10 seconds to pull up a site vs. IE’s 3 seconds- but still!).
And why is it so much better to use? I have no problems (popups, spam, etc…) with IE.

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