Re: Browser conflicts?

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:13:31 -0000 (GMT), "magnus"
<magnus-no-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Onideus Mad Hatter wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 03:55:28 -0000 (GMT), "magnus"
>> <magnus-no-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >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).
>>
>> Opera?
>>
>> BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... `, D
>
>Ok, so what's wrong with it? Your experience with it as a browser is...?

Nothing, nothing at all is wrong with it, you just go ahead and use
it, mmmkay? ^_^

....by the by, my experience with it isn't from a browsing perspective,
it's from a web development perspective.

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