To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Firefox browser
From: shofmann at mindspring.com (Scott Hofmann)
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:47:28 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

>>>>> "NL" == N Lynch <N> writes:

 >> I've been using both Mozilla and Firefox for the
 >> past few months.  They
 >> both work well, but Firefox is FAST.  I like it a
 >> lot better than IE...
 >> Stan

 NL> Well, they must like you because they don't like me!
 NL> I downloaded Firefox and installed it.  Got on line
 NL> and into e-mail CRASH.  Got back on CRASH.  So I
 NL> uninstalled it.

 NL> I downloaded Mozilla and installed it.  Got on line
 NL> and into e-mail CRASH.  Got back on CRASH.  So I
 NL> uninstalled it.

 NL> For all the praises I've heard about Mozilla, I was
 NL> very disappointed.  I expected better and got
 NL> inoperable.

 NL> Windows 98 on a Gateway.

I've had no problems with either Firefox or Thunderbird, and I've been using
them all year on several different systems. (Heck, Firefox has been my primary
web browser since it was known as Phoenix over a year ago.)

The big difference between your system and mine, however, is that all of my
computers have been running Windows XP Professional. As someone who supports
retail software on Windows 98, it's been my experience that it's not uncommon
to have one program killed by another through no fault of the first program
(that is, one program can cause another unrelated program to crash). This has
caused me no small amount of heartburn when trying to guarantee that my
software will operate correctly.

I would strongly suggest upgrading to some flavor of Windows XP since it wasn't
until then that Microsoft included robust protections against rogue programs in
the operating system. I would also check on a weekly basis to make sure that
one of the many Windows viruses and worms haven't infected your system,
especially if it's been connected to any sort of network at any time.

scott

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