Switch from IE to Firefox (and vice versa) ?

[tina33]

Hi There

I'm considering giving the ForeFox browser a try, and I currently have IE6 on Windows XP. I would like to be able to go back to IE whenever I want to, without too much hassle.

I understand Firefox will port my Favourites contents from IE, but but will the same happen on switching from FF? Is a complete Undo possible?

Thanks

[mendhak]

No, IE does not automatically import your FF favorites.

What do you want a complete "undo" of?

If you are apprehensive about installing FF, in that it may hijack some of your computer's settings, you needn't worry much about it. It will only ask you if you want to make it the default browser. You can say No at first, and when you finally realize that it's one of the best browsers out there, you can always post here and ask us how to make it your default.

[NoteMe]

You can always have both browsers running at the same time. But choosing one as default. Yes you can import all your bookmarks to Fx, but I am not sure if IE has a function like that. But you will of couse have all the bookmarks you have today in IE even after installing Fx, but you don't get the new bookmarks. So I guess you have to import them one by one manualy from Fx if you add new bookmarks after you have started to use Fx.



[Edit]Grrr that frog writes faster then me....but he calls it FF though..something that is completly wrong.....it is Fx...grrrrrr...

ØØ

[skv_noida]

ya M3nDh/\K

[tina33]

Thanks for that guys. Been contemplating for weeks, and was a bit apprehensive. I didn't know it was possible for the 2 to co-exist, given that IE is native to Windows. I thought I'd have to get rid of all things IE first. Being a newbie to the concept of alternative browsers, I didn't want to completely lose the look and feel of IE (yet). Nostalgia for the IE diehard.

[NoteMe]

Well, you better look forward to IE 7 then...or what it is going to be called. Except I bet it will be looking pretty different? Tabdbrowsing? Anyone heard any rumours, or maybe Mendhak has seen it in action all ready?


ØØ

[Ideas Man]

It's got tabbed browsing, it's confirmed.

[NoteMe]

Finaly they found out what was best for them. Now only MSN need it....

[Ideas Man]

What do you mean MSN needs it? The new version of the MSN toolbar will also support tabs for older versions of IE in the comming months.

Keep in mind, Microsoft DOES use tabs quite a lot i.e. VS, MSDN Library, Excel etc.

[visualAd]

In Firefox you can export all your bookmarks to a separate HTML file which can then be viewed in Internet Explorer. Also if you want easy acess to IE from FF, you can download the ieView extension. This adds an item to your context menu "View Page in Internet Explorer", when clicked, it does the obvious .

[NoteMe]

What do you mean MSN needs it? The new version of the MSN toolbar will also support tabs for older versions of IE in the comming months.

Keep in mind, Microsoft DOES use tabs quite a lot i.e. VS, MSDN Library, Excel etc.

Yeah but not in IE and not in MSN...it would clean up my start menu a lot if I didn't have to have 1000 MSN convos on it, if I only had one with tabs that would be much better....I.E you have 2 convos, then you have one message window with 2 tabs...


ØØ

[Ideas Man]

I think i'd rather the two MSN convo windows than one with tabs personally. Especially with dual monitors, tabs don't seem all that useful.

[mendhak]

That's assuming everyone has 2 monitors...

[mendhak]

[Edit]Grrr that frog writes faster then me....but he calls it FF though..something that is completly wrong.....it is Fx...grrrrrr...

ØØ

I was going to correct you on that (yes, I said correct you), but decided against it.

I'm still calling it FF. Fx is too marketing-savvy. It seems these days whenever you want to make your product more attractive to end-(l)users, just add an "x" in there. Just look at the pr0n industry!

I rest my case.

[NoteMe]

I think i'd rather the two MSN convo windows than one with tabs personally. Especially with dual monitors, tabs don't seem all that useful.

Even if I have two monitors at home, I like to have all my applications running on one, and have media player and extra toolbars for IDEs and Photoshop on the other. It is the same with Fx as with MSN, I like to just have ONE instance of it running in stead of 15 of each, that is 30 windows open at any time, included all the other apps I am running. Totaly messy.


Øø

[NoteMe]

I was going to correct you on that (yes, I said correct you), but decided against it.

I'm still calling it FF. Fx is too marketing-savvy. It seems these days whenever you want to make your product more attractive to end-(l)users, just add an "x" in there. Just look at the pr0n industry!

I rest my case.

It was in the laste 90's that was in...get over it. It says so in their FAQ....get used to it...

[Madboy]

Give Opera a try, if you are like me, you wont be dissapointed

Though FireFox is great, as its Free and Open Source, though ill stick with Opera

[sciguyryan]

Give Opera a try, if you are like me, you wont be dissapointed

Though FireFox is great, as its Free and Open Source, though ill stick with Opera

Opera is good but I don't like the ads in the free free version otherwise its good

I just got my new Computer Shopper Magazine and they told about 4 people in the questions page to change from IE and also, to change to that Mozilla Outlook alternative too

Cheers,

RyanJ

[Madboy]

Cheers,

RyanJ

Cheers,

RyanJ

are you a parrot?

[sciguyryan]

are you a parrot?

Copy / Pasted that twice, sorry....

Cheers,

RyanJ

[nebulom]

Try installing all browsers available. That way, you can test pages from a browser to another. Though I belive there's not much change in terms of output when it comes to Gecko-based browsers.

Does IE renders XHTML now?

[NoteMe]

Hasn't it done that for a long time? My page is XHTML (www.noteme.com) and that page renders, at least with some tweakes to make it work the same way in Fx and IE...


ØØ

[agmorgan]

In Firefox you can export all your bookmarks to a separate HTML file which can then be viewed in Internet Explorer. Also if you want easy acess to IE from FF, you can download the ieView extension. This adds an item to your context menu "View Page in Internet Explorer", when clicked, it does the obvious .

Something else you should add if you want to switch back and forth is FirefoxView
This puts a link in the IE context menu to switch back to Firefox.

[nebulom]

Hasn't it done that for a long time? My page is XHTML (www.noteme.com) and that page renders, at least with some tweakes to make it work the same way in Fx and IE...


ØØ

Does your IE renders http://stud3.tuwien.ac.at/~e0226430/...al/index.xhtml? Can't view it from here.