Re: Browser conflicts?

PerfectReign wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 04:12:24 +0000, magnus took a five-minute break from
> flipping burgers to boot the etch-a-sketch and scribble out:
>
> > I've downloaded the latest version of Firefox (saved to my to my
desktop)
> > and want to go ahead and execute the install file and play around with
it
> > and install the plugins, etc but can I also keep IE 6 as a backup
browser
> > without suffering any conflicts? Can I just choose which browser I
want to
> > use at the time and go with it?
> > Knowing Microsoft, it'll detect I'm using something other than it as a
> > browser and output error and compatability messages :/
> > I have no expendable experimental pig box to play with anymore thanks
to a
> > lightning strike in the backyard so I do NOT want to screw this one up
and
> > have to uninstall and reinstall or reformat.
>
> Nah - just download it and then after unzipping it to a tar -xvf command.
> You can run it right from the commandline ./firefox
>
> I have mine in /home/kai/downloads/firefox, which I am running on
occasion
> to test things out. Typically I just use FF 1.0.7 and Opera. I do keep IE
> 6 around for laughs. (I did have to use it the other day to download
Visio
> since the MSDN site wouldn't let me do it without - you guessed it -
> another stupid ActiveX control.)
>
> HTH!

I've read all of the replies and, other than some sites which won't
properly run without using IE as a browser, I guess it'll be ok to install
firefox. Mara mentioned the plugins though...I think I'll download one of
two at a time and get used to them, etc before downloading all of them.
I'm getting done with IE anyway. I've also heard good things about Opera
so I might get that too (after I've gotten used to FF).


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