Hello holygeek, not sure if I posted this here so sending again just in case
>Downloading and installing Firefox 1.0 for the first time >--------------------------------------------------------- > > All you need to do is: > > 1. Open Internet Explorer. > > 2. Go to http://www.mozilla.org/ > > 3. Download Mozilla Firefox. > > 4. Close Internet Explorer > > 4. Install Mozilla Firefox onto your computer. > >How do you download Mozilla Firefox? Well, that depends upon which >operating system you are using. If you are using Microsoft Windows, >just click on the "Free Download" link in the green box near the top >of the Mozilla.org homepage. When the File Download window appears, >just save the Firefox Setup 1.0.exe installation file to your desktop. >The file is 4.68 MB, so it'll take approximately 23 minutes to >download over a 28.8 modem connection. And, yes, it really is worth >the wait. > >If you compute with fruit, skip the link on the Mozilla.org homepage >and instead go to > >http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox&os=osx&lang=en-US > >This will start the download process for the Mac version of Mozilla >Firefox. > >Finally, if English is not your native tongue, check out > >http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/all.html > >Mozilla Firefox is available in 20 different languages including the >Queen's English. > >------------------ >Installing Firefox >------------------ > >Firefox�s installation process is a snap: > > 1. Close any programs you may be running, including Internet > Explorer. > > 2. Double-click on the installer file you just downloaded. It > should be sitting on your desktop. > > 3. Follow the on-screen prompts [agree to the end-user license > agreement that no one ever reads, choose if you want to do a > standard or custom install, etc.] > > 4. Sit back and watch Firefox install. > >------------------------------------------ >Importing your favorites list into Firefox >------------------------------------------ > >One of the biggest concerns most Internet Explorer users have is how >to import their favorites list into Firefox. Guess what? Firefox >does this for you automatically. > >No, really. > >During the installation process, Firefox will open an Import Wizard >dialog box and ask you if you want to import your internet options, >bookmarks, history, passwords, and other data from Microsoft Internet >Explorer into Firefox. > >Cool, huh? > >Firefox will also ask you if you want it to be your default browser. >My recommendation is to choose Yes, but that decision is completely up >to you. > >------------- >Using Firefox >------------- > >Firefox works pretty much like Internet Explorer with a few >exceptions: > > - Favorites are now called "Bookmarks." > > - That little "G" box to the right of the address bar is a Google > search box, similar to the Google Toolbar we talked about two > Summers ago. Just type in your keywords and press enter, and > up pops the Google hits for those words. And if you click and > the "G" you'll see that you can also search Yahoo, Amazon, > Creative Commons, Dictionary.com, and eBay. You can even add > your own search engine to that list. > > - If you press Ctrl + F or go to Edit > Find in This Page, you > won't get a pop-up box. Instead, the find box is embedded in > the bottom left of the browser window. And when you key in a > word in the search box, that word is highlighted on the page. > >There are some more differences between Firefox and Internet Explorer, >and you can read about them all at > > http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/index.html > >------- >IE View >------- > >So, once you download and install Mozilla Firefox, should you >uninstall Internet Explorer? No, for two reasons: > > 1. You can't. Windows Explorer is so closely integrated into > Windows that uninstalling it is bloody well impossible. > >(Note from Lobster: It is possible to use a program >- usually when you first install Windows to remove >IE from your system - however though possible >it is not to be recommended because of some 'integration' issues >MS have recognised that the next OS will have to be browser based >Linux have not - YET - also see below) > > > 2. You shouldn't. Some web sites--like Microsoft's Windows > Update and Encarta sites--were specifically written to only > work in Internet Explorer. While these sites are few and far > between, you need to keep Internet Explorer around so you can > still access them. > >So, keep Internet Explorer but use Mozilla Firefox. > >============== >the above info was from Tourbus >http://netsquirrel.com/ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. 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