Geoid Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 For all of you people who are still using Internet Explorer - Change to Firefox or an other browser now! There has been a major flaw found in Internet Explorer, which could allow people to take over your computer! More info here Firefox download Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I heard this on the news earlier and thought i must change. Just logged on here using Internet Explorer. So just downloaded firefox, so thanks for the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Firefox is brilliant. We have used it for a couple of years now & would never go back to IE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thanks Fred I have just heard about this on the radio so have changed to firefox.........................May take me a while to get used to it but it looks good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Ahhh, but will Firefox take on all the favourites and links that you have saved to IE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Yes! It will import them all for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thanks Fed, I might just change. If I don't like it, is it easy enough to change back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Yes, just delete it. But the chances are that you will like it and you wont want to change back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 You can keep IE too Clare. I use it for the Abbey banking online thing, which won't work with FF, but only use it for that. FF is worth it for the extra applications & add ons alone, but is also less clunky,quicker & easier to use than IE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 There is an add on for FF that lets you view webpages in IE , incase they dont work on FF . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Is there really? That sound brilliant....will it work if you need to sign in,like for online banking do you think? And do you know what its called? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thanks Guys, I've been meaning to switch for a while. Just need to find the time to sit and tinker.. may do it here at work first, then on my own machine at home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 We've had FF for a while and i prefer it to IE. My brother inlaw is a techie and adviced us to us FF. Guess what i'll be doing next time im at my parents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thanks Guys, I've been meaning to switch for a while. Just need to find the time to sit and tinker.. may do it here at work first, then on my own machine at home i just did it took couple minutes much faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 We've just changed but we also use Windows mail for email and it won't connect now as it is linked to Internet Explorer. Any ideas which settings I need to change to make it work with Firefox, Fred? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I have Safari on my Mac but DH has IE so will show him the link. Thanks Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 We've just changed but we also use Windows mail for email and it won't connect now as it is linked to Internet Explorer. Any ideas which settings I need to change to make it work with Firefox, Fred? Thats strange....Ditch it and change to Thunderbird, its make by the same guys who make Firefox and its very quick and easy to use. Thunderbird Download Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thanks Fred. I have been using Firefox for ages. Much easier to negotiate than than Explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cammy73 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I use Firefix too....my new computer didn't like the other one.... sharon x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thanks Fred. I have been using Firefox for ages. Much easier to negotiate than than Explorer. Ditto but OH who is a technophobe will not give up IE as he might get confused! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 We've just changed but we also use Windows mail for email and it won't connect now as it is linked to Internet Explorer. Any ideas which settings I need to change to make it work with Firefox, Fred? i didn't think you could delete IE or are you saying you have to have it open to use windows mail? because i don't. if you can delete IE let me know please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Whatever you do, Do Not delete IE, it is needed for windows to run smoothly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 thats what i thought so i wouldn't without checking, so why wouldn't their windows mail work, strange maybe they did delete it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 No, I didn't delete it. I don't know why it wouldn't work but it wouldn't check for email when I was using Firefox rather than IE. We are using IE again but have boosted our security settings to max as advised on the BBC news website. They seem to think that as long as your computer has good security, it should be OK to use IE. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Fred, thanks for this topic, many of us will have heard it on the news but not acted yet. Now, can you explain slowly; if I download Firefox and browse I'll be OK, but IE is still there running windows? But, is that all I need to do? Previous browsing via IE won't still be there providing criminal access? Sorry, it's beyond me.... Plus, should I def. go & download that now, is there anything I won't understand when I get there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
