10-06-2005 08:23									#1
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Who ranks lower on your personal scale of hellish n00bdom, people who still somehow use AOL to get online or people who still willingly use IE despite information on alternatives?

As an elitist from on high, with broadband and Firefox, I must say it is a tough decision. But the answer is: people who still use AOL. They are as strange to me as a man with a musket on the subway.

	10-06-2005 08:24									#2
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I liberated myself from AOL a year ago.

	10-06-2005 08:26									#3
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[As they ride along in the subway, Zkribbler takes careful aim at DerSchwarzfalke with his musket]

	10-06-2005 09:23									#4
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Neither.

People who still use FrontPage to "compose" Web pages are lower. They in turn are higher than those who write a document in Word and export to HTML. ::vomit:: You want to use a flamethrower on that pile of turd.

	10-06-2005 09:24									#5
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quote: Originally posted by DerSchwarzfalke Who ranks lower on your personal scale of hellish n00bdom, people who still somehow use AOL to get online or people who still willingly use IE despite information on alternatives? As an elitist from on high, with broadband and Firefox, I must say it is a tough decision. But the answer is: people who still use AOL. They are as strange to me as a man with a musket on the subway.

Neither is a good decision, but the decision to use AOL is more rational. There is still some reasons why one could prefer AOL. They have high speed now, and they have their own internal network you can't get without AOL.

IE, on the other hand, there is no reason why you would prefer it to Firefox.

	10-06-2005 09:26									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Shi Huangdi IE, on the other hand, there is no reason why you would prefer it to Firefox.

Sadly, some Web sites can only be accessed by IE...

	10-06-2005 09:49									#7
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That's why you keep IE as a backup browser. I should rephrase then, there is no reason to use IE as a primary browser.

	10-06-2005 09:51									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Shi Huangdi That's why you keep IE as a backup browser. I should rephrase then, there is no reason to use IE as a primary browser.

Complain to these sites if you must visit them (bank sites, etc.), now that Firefox is somewhere around 15% it needs to be considered. Otherwise just write them a note and go elsewhere.

	11-06-2005 12:23									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Neither. People who still use FrontPage to "compose" Web pages are lower. They in turn are higher than those who write a document in Word and export to HTML. ::vomit:: You want to use a flamethrower on that pile of turd.

The way Word exports to HTML is truly astonishing. The default XML export in Word 2003 is pretty amazing too.

	11-06-2005 14:03									#10
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Why would you switch to Firefox over IE? I mean what about IE makes it so bad that it would be worth the effort to use something else?

	11-06-2005 14:23									#11
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People who use Windows. I had to use it last week and it still amazes me what a useless piece of **** it is.

	11-06-2005 14:26									#12
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Eh? How so?

There's no reason I'd use any other operating system. That and it's free (read: already paid for).

	11-06-2005 14:36									#13
	Put an end to popups!

Trying to get anything done is a pain. Trying to get Classical Greek to work properly is a pain. The font rendering sucks. The UI sucks. The graphics are ****. There is no Exposé/Widgets. Crap search. No drag installs/uninstalls. Ugly as hell. I could go on.

Oh... and putting the task bar at the bottom was a stroke of genius.

	11-06-2005 15:34									#14
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That's big words from someone that would defend the coprolite known as Mac OS ...

Enlighten an ignorant furriner, but what's so terrible about AOL?

	11-06-2005 15:51									#15
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Nothing to see here, move along

	11-06-2005 15:51									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Victor Galis Why would you switch to Firefox over IE? I mean what about IE makes it so bad that it would be worth the effort to use something else?

Firefox is more secure, can be configured easily to suit your needs, has tons of extensions to do all sorts of neat things, and has nice themes. It also displays foreign characters without additional downloads.

Of course, don't forget about tab browsing.

Even Asher switched - isn't that reason enough?

	11-06-2005 15:56									#17
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Oddly enough, the reason I switched to FF is that it runs much more stable on my windows install.

	12-06-2005 01:29									#18
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So tons of features I never would use, and tab browsing which I hate.

	12-06-2005 01:42									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Victor Galis So tons of features I never would use, and tab browsing which I hate.

What are you talking about ? Tabbing is the second best to a paper version of documentation, or for that matter 18 instances of IE instead of those 18 tabs that I have active at the moment.

	12-06-2005 02:34									#20
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Who doesn't like tab browsing? Who dislikes Firefox?!

It seems Victor Galis has the lowest Pit of Hell position .

	12-06-2005 02:41									#21
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quote: Pit of Hell Question

Why does everyone always want to ask questions about Manchester?

	12-06-2005 17:11									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Victor Galis So tons of features I never would use, and tab browsing which I hate.

Huh?

You hate tab browsing? You have no use for a Flash blocker or popup blocking? You don't care if your browser is less secure?

Very, very, strange...