Re: Browser conflicts?

On 28 Nov 2005 in alt.2600, ByteCoder <me@xxxxxxxx> made their
contribution to mankind by stating in news:Xns971C6DD3A88EFBCfromHolland@
213.75.12.135:

> "magnus" <magnus-no-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:c2FsZW0=.79672be4b2dd88d194bf29740c196402@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> 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).
>
> If you're into web development you definitely need these plugins:
>
> Web Developer
> <https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=60>
>
> HTML Validator
> <https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=249>
>
> And for general use the Tab Clicking Options plugin is very useful:
> <https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=260>
>
> And *of course* my all-time favorite: Adblock:
> <https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=10>
>
> Have fun! :)
>

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