Another great thing about Firefox is the developer tools! If you are working with R:Web Studio or R:Tango or Oterro with other languages to develop web sites or web pages, The Firefox browser has developer extensions that let you find problems in your HTML, or inspect your DOM hierarchy, or determine where your current CSS styles are coming from and what they are (or even steal style rules and statements you like from other web pages!), or "outline" form fields or table cells or other objects in the web page. It has built-in links to "tidy" and other validation tools for debugging your web pages, a pull down menu lets you resize your window to various standard sizes, options to manage session cookies and javascript debugging and java debugging and http authentication. Every day I find more features I didn't realize were there: like today finding the "zoom" keys that zoom in or out on the whole page (not just "text size / larger").
And as Vic points out, it's free. Bill On 15 Nov 2004 at 10:14, Victor Timmons wrote: > All the programs i talked about are free. That means really free no > bad over head like spyware. Oh yea firefox = no popups :-) also. > > > On 15 Nov 2004 at 18:46, Gunnar Ekblad wrote: > > > Victor > > I like your advice > > I will try the first to start, then maybe the second > > But remember most people are lazy therefore we stick to Explorer > > and > > outlook, but on this list are only clever people so we stick to > > R:Base and good advise > > > > > > Gunnar Ekblad > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor > > Timmons Sent: den 15 november 2004 17:07 To: RBG7-L Mailing List > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: Laptop woes > > > > > > 1. Get away from internet explorer that is your number 1 problem if > > spyware is causing the problem. Try firefox you can down load it at > > www.mozilla.org. Works great for this because i wont run activeX. No > > activeX much much less spyware/Adware > > > > 2. get away from outlook. I use pagasus mail. You can get it at > > www.pmail.com. mozilla has one called thunderbird that is good also. > > > > Just my 2 cents worth > > > > On 14 Nov 2004 at 12:10, Joe Sowers wrote: > > > > > Dick, > > > > > > Here is what you probably need to do: > > > > > > 1. Make sure you are using a firewall. I prefer Zone Alarm. You > > > can > > > > get > > > the free version on DOWNLOAD.COM, but their security suite is well > > worth > > the > > > price. At the very least, activate WINXP's firewall. If you do > > > use > > Zone > > > Alarm, deactivate WINXP's. Don't use them both at the same time. > > > > > > 2. Download Spybot Search and Destroy from DOWNLOAD.COM and run > > > it regularly. It is free and the best spyware remover available. > > > The developer lives on donations if you like his product. > > > > > > 3. Down Adaware PE from DOWNLOAD.COM and run it regularly. It > > > also > > free. > > > Between that and Spybot, there isn't very much that will get to > > > you. > > > > > > 4. Go to www.grc.com click on ShieldsUp and run all their tests > > > on > > your > > > computer. You will find out if you are really secure or not. > > > Using > > the > > > above products, I always check out as invisible to intruders. > > > > > > 5. For viruses I use PC-CILLIN by Trend Micro www.trendmicro.com > > > . > > They > > > were recently rated the best by ZD NET. They automatically make > > updates > > > available to you and it is not once a week or once in awhile. I > > > have > > gotten > > > as many as three in one day. They ask before downloading. > > > > > > If all else fails, send your laptop to me and buy another one. I > > > can > > always > > > use an extra one. > > > > > > Joe Sowers > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dick > > > Fey Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 3:16 AM To: RBG7-L Mailing > > > List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Laptop woes > > > > > > I know this is off-topic... but... > > > > > > before I throw my laptop in the R:Dumpster, maybe one of you > > > computer genius's can give me a clue. > > > > > > I am running a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop, with XP Pro, and 512 > > > memory. > > > > > > It has begun to 'choke' after a series of either keyboard or mouse > > > > > inputs. > > > > > > It just locks up for 15 to 20 seconds, and then usually comes > > > right > > back, > > > and like picks up where it left off, including going right on with > > > the > > > > key > > > strokes you had entered. Occasionally instead of coming back, the > > mouse > > > > > totally disappears. Keystrokes work, but the mouse just takes a > > > work > > break > > > I guess. > > > Only solution then is a reboot. > > > > > > I thought it was a memory problem & recently doubled it to 512, > > > but > > that > > > > > changed nothing. > > > > > > SO... its your chance to keep me from buying a new laptop. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > Dick Fey > > > Carpet Broker Inc. > > > Lenexa KS 66214 > > > > > > 800-228-4632 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Victor Timmons > > Tiz's Door Sales, Inc > > 425-258-2391 > > > > > > > > Victor Timmons > Tiz's Door Sales, Inc > 425-258-2391
