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Firefox usage increases

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http://www.onestat.com/html/aboutus_pre ... owing.html

Firefox has made a 2.82 jump since April 2005, 11.51 % of people use it now.

It's a very solid alternative I have been using for a while now, I suggest it. But you might still need ie for certain websites, I also fear more users can mean more exploits. :(

Also I don't know how I would surf with out adblock.
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ok
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Man, nearly 12% is a fucking lot of people.

Considering the number of workstations which will be corporate generic windows boxes, that cuts out a whole ton of units fro m the equation. I guess 'real' firefox usage statistics are up around the 1-in-5 home users level now, which is amazing.

EDIT: Looking at that list, the UK figures are dissapointing.
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Meh I've tried Firefox twice and still think it sucks. Mozilla 1.4 for the win
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Firefox is great.
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eepberries wrote:Meh I've tried Firefox twice and still think it sucks. Mozilla 1.4 for the win
What's different between them besides the icon?
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Bdw3 wrote:
eepberries wrote:Meh I've tried Firefox twice and still think it sucks. Mozilla 1.4 for the win
What's different between them besides the icon?
Mozilla was the predecessor to Firefox. Firefox has some cool features, but there are a changes about it that I don't like. For one thing, when I right click on a tab, I really don't want the "create new tab" to be on top of the list (why would I right click a tab itself if i wanted to create a new one?). Another thing is that its download manager is annoying. You have to use the manager to watch the file's progress, which I don't want to do. If you just click on a download link, it doesn't actually bring up any progress window. So you're left there thinking to yourself "is this actually doing anything?" There are a few other details here and there.
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On the download manager gripe: you can change that behaviour permanently with an extension.

You can probably do the same for the tab menu TBH.
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Yeah, you can set the download manager to pop up when you start a download. Don't even need an extension. Go to Tools, Options, Downloads.
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Post by seremtan »

frankly, all of those are pretty minor gripes

have 'new tab' at the top of the context menu is useful for the dickweeds who don't know to use MMB for opening links in new tabs
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BTW, it has 'New Tab' when you right click anywhere on the tab bar, not just in an existing tab.
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CTRL + T or double click on the tab bar.
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eepberries wrote:
Bdw3 wrote:
eepberries wrote:Meh I've tried Firefox twice and still think it sucks. Mozilla 1.4 for the win
What's different between them besides the icon?
Mozilla was the predecessor to Firefox. Firefox has some cool features, but there are a changes about it that I don't like. For one thing, when I right click on a tab, I really don't want the "create new tab" to be on top of the list (why would I right click a tab itself if i wanted to create a new one?). Another thing is that its download manager is annoying. You have to use the manager to watch the file's progress, which I don't want to do. If you just click on a download link, it doesn't actually bring up any progress window. So you're left there thinking to yourself "is this actually doing anything?" There are a few other details here and there.
as others have pointed out, these are not an issue.

configure the options in the download manager

ctrl + T for new tab
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eepberries wrote:Meh I've tried Firefox twice and still think it sucks. Mozilla 1.4 for the win
Sucks? Not even OK? You have pretty high standards.
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+JuggerNaut+ wrote:ctrl + T for new tab
yes, ctrl + T and ctrl + W for the win
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Goooooo Safari!!!!
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Post by Whiskey 7 »

ToxicBug wrote:Firefox is great.
Right there. I have never looked back :)
obsidian wrote:CTRL + T or double click on the tab bar.
:icon14: didn't know that. Thanks :icon25:
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Grudge wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:ctrl + T for new tab
yes, ctrl + T and ctrl + W for the win
i didn't know ctrl + W did such a thing. thx.
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+JuggerNaut+ wrote:i didn't know ctrl + W did such a thing. thx.
Try clicking on all the file menus, all the shortcuts are listed.
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lol noob
it is about time!
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+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
eepberries wrote:
Bdw3 wrote: What's different between them besides the icon?
Mozilla was the predecessor to Firefox. Firefox has some cool features, but there are a changes about it that I don't like. For one thing, when I right click on a tab, I really don't want the "create new tab" to be on top of the list (why would I right click a tab itself if i wanted to create a new one?). Another thing is that its download manager is annoying. You have to use the manager to watch the file's progress, which I don't want to do. If you just click on a download link, it doesn't actually bring up any progress window. So you're left there thinking to yourself "is this actually doing anything?" There are a few other details here and there.
as others have pointed out, these are not an issue.

configure the options in the download manager

ctrl + T for new tab
Download manager: tried that, doesn't work

Ctrl+t: I know this already, but what about when I want to close a tab? 8)
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ctrl + W
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Post by Chupacabra »

ctrl + w as stated above...

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Post by Foo »

eepberries wrote:Ctrl+t: I know this already, but what about when I want to close a tab? 8)
Also fuck shortcuts. Double clicking on the empty parts of the tab bar creates new tabs.

Middle-clicking on a tab will close it.
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eepberries wrote:Meh I've tried Firefox twice and still think it sucks. Mozilla 1.4 for the win
used mozilla for ages, but firefox is pretty nifty these days. worth giving another try depending on how much you use your browser for work. it's brilliant for web dev stuff, and there are tons of extensions that you can modify for custom tasks.
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