I dare you to try and use Internet Explorer again!

ThatGoblin · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:27 pm

For all you Firefox users, I dare you to use Internet Explorer for 1 day. The first 5 seconds you use it, you'll get hit by a pop-up.

So take the dare, use IE for a day.

ModestlyHotGirl · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:28 pm

I don't get pop-ups. Maybe IE likes me?

mynameisbill · **Joined:** Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:53 pm **Posts:** 23

I haven't used IE in months, and I'm happy to say I don't miss it at all. Firefox is 100000000 times better.

ramrod · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:39 pm

I use Firefox at school and IE at home, and Firefox so owns IE. I just can't download it on the compy at home because it isn't mine.

TheNintenGenius · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:19 pm

ThatGoblin wrote:

For all you Firefox users, I dare you to use Internet Explorer for 1 day. The first 5 seconds you use it, you'll get hit by a pop-up.

So take the dare, use IE for a day.

That's not quite as true anymore with the advent of Windows XP's SP2 (which finally gives Internet Explorer a pop-up blocker), but I still don't much care for Internet Explorer.

Also, I must be the only person on the entierity of the forums that uses Opera, given how much I hear about Firefox this and Firefox that.

sticklyman · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:02 pm

I don't really see a huge difference between IE and Firefox. Firefox loads a bit faster, but that's it. It seems like a waste of space on my compy to me.

Oh, dear God, I fear I may have opened the gates of the Inferno with that comment...

Tompkins · **Joined:** Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:37 pm **Posts:** 1391

I'm not even going to try using EI.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:08 pm

sticklyman wrote:

I don't really see a huge difference between IE and Firefox. Firefox loads a bit faster, but that's it. It seems like a waste of space on my compy to me.

I take it you've never tried middle-clicking on a link in Firefox?

the_stolker · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:09 pm

Midddle Clicking?
Could you explain this Do you mean Right clicking?

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:13 pm

the stolker wrote:

Midddle Clicking?
Could you explain this Do you mean Right clicking?

Well, you see, modern mice have what's called a scroll wheel. If you don't have a scroll wheel, then you're missing out. Anyway, that wheel is also a button -- you can click with it just like the left or right mouse buttons.

Waffle_on_One · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:27 pm

So what happens when you click a link with the scroll wheel?

breadtangle o' pizza · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:49 pm

Try it and find out.

The result will be Firefox's coolest feature ever.

Lunar Jesty · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:05 pm

Tabbed browsing isn't anything new with Firefox. I like it because it's the friendly browser. And no security holes.

TheNintenGenius · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:09 pm

I think part of the reason I've never bothered to try out Firefox is just because one of Firefox's supposed killer benefits (tabbed browsing) is something that Opera has too.

Señor · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:22 am

I think IE likes ModestlyHotGirl and I. She says she doesn't get pop-ups and neither do I. But my friend has Firefox and he says it's great.

Evin290 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:28 am

I think IE likes ModestlyHotGirl and Senor and I. I don't get those popsups neither.

porplemontage · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:42 am

InterruptorJones wrote:

I take it you've never tried middle-clicking on a link in Firefox?

Man I love Firefox. I'm constantly opening new tabs.

No Loafing · **Joined:** Fri May 21, 2004 12:54 am **Posts:** 718

Heh. I'm using IE right now. I'm always taking that dare. Witness the suckyness compared to Firefox.

breadtangle o' pizza · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:37 am

I updated to SP2 a month ago (needed new atapi driver for 250gb hard drive grumble grumble was running the original xp for 3 years no reinstalls grumble grumble). I haven't checked out the "updated and secure" IE yet, nor do I intend on it. If I come across a site that needs IE, I find an alternative. Quite simple, really.

the_stolker · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:37 am

InterruptorJones wrote:

the stolker wrote:

Midddle Clicking?
Could you explain this Do you mean Right clicking?

Well, you see, modern mice have what's called a scroll wheel. If you don't have a scroll wheel, then you're missing out. Anyway, that wheel is also a button -- you can click with it just like the left or right mouse buttons.

OH I Have a mouse which has ball which you move with your index finger and a left click with your thumb

breadtangle o' pizza · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:20 am

An ergonomic trackball? Those are annoying.

Super Orange! · **Joined:** Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:05 pm **Posts:** 186

I always use IE, and I never get pop-ups. So nyeh!

SapphireWolf · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:59 am

I ain't switching back to IE because I'm using firefox.

I think IE hates me.

Rob · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:39 am

InterruptorJones wrote:

I take it you've never tried middle-clicking on a link in Firefox?

That'll speed things up for me. I always use tabs, but I always just press Control + Left Click. Now I can just middle click! Also, a question related to the middle button in FireFox: Is there some plugin that lets you use the middle button for scrolling, like in Internet Explorer or Word or whatever?

ed 'lim' smilde · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:25 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

the stolker wrote:

Midddle Clicking?
Could you explain this Do you mean Right clicking?

Well, you see, modern mice have what's called a scroll wheel. If you don't have a scroll wheel, then you're missing out. Anyway, that wheel is also a button -- you can click with it just like the left or right mouse buttons.

Doesn't work with my laptop's scroll wheel. That's okay. Pictures are displayed different (better) in Firefox.

JumbleCaper · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:38 pm

Just thinking of using IE makes me want to vomit.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:41 pm

Rainer wrote:

Is there some plugin that lets you use the middle button for scrolling, like in Internet Explorer or Word or whatever?

Your scroll wheel should work fine out-of-the-box in Firefox. I can't imagine why it wouldn't, unless, maybe, you had a really funky mouse with some propreitary driver or something.

No Toppings · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:36 pm

I use Netscape, i tried IE yesterday and was swamped with inappropriate popups...ive been scarred for life

racerx_is_alive · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:55 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

Rainer wrote:

Is there some plugin that lets you use the middle button for scrolling, like in Internet Explorer or Word or whatever?

Your scroll wheel should work fine out-of-the-box in Firefox. I can't imagine why it wouldn't, unless, maybe, you had a really funky mouse with some propreitary driver or something.

I use the middle button thing all the time with my regular old optical dell mouse, but it doesn't work at home with my Logitech MX700. It's a pain, but oh well. Also, I don't use IE much at all, but when I do, I don't get popups. I think it's because I religiously use Spybot S&D and Ad-aware, and I don't click on dumb things.

Dark Grapefruit · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:58 pm

ThatGoblin wrote:

For all you Firefox users, I dare you to use Internet Explorer for 1 day. The first 5 seconds you use it, you'll get hit by a pop-up.

So take the dare, use IE for a day.

Done and done. I had to use IE again after my comp was reformatted and we lost a lot of stuff, including the Fox. I found myself automatically middle-clicking links and then saying AAAAARRRGGGBLLBLBLBL when they didn't work.

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