Re:Browsers was: what Forest Pharm says about using Armour

December 8, 2008

I dumped Netscape without even trying it when AOL bought them...seems

like a lifetime ago...I tried Seamonkey at the time, but felt too

restricted with it...I actually d/l and tried about a dozen different

browsers. I liked Firefox best. Oh gosh...I'm trying to think of

another one that I liked almost as well,...ah...it was Opera...clean

mean and fast...but no frills and whistles, which is why it was so

fast--was a good choice at the time when I was still on dial-up.

Firefox also has a built in email client if you wish to use it...I

just prefer my Outlook...it's handy and interfaces well with the rest

of my Office pkg. The most important feature I like of Firefox is

that it has given me control of my computer, with a minimal amount of

effort...I use to do remote tech support (volunteer work and for a

while as part of one of my jobs); during that time, I really became

aware of how important security is...sure Internet Explorer (I don't

know about the other browsers any more) allows you to decide if you

want to run scripts...always, never or ask permission. The problem

is, they don't tell you 'who' the script that wants to run belongs to

if you say 'always ask'...with NoScript in Firefox, all the scripts

that waiting in the que to run are listed...with an option to

allow...always, temporarily or configure for never. The ones that are

junk...ads...data harvesters, etc. I set for never...then I only give

permission (temporary if it's a one time visit) to the specific site I

am at that is listed directly above in my address bar. Any others are

only allowed on an as needed basis and then only temporarily. Works

beautifully for me, and I don't keep getting calls to come fix my

computer from relatives & friends once I get them set up this way too.

But it sounds like you are probably in pretty good hands if you're

also running a Mozilla product. :-)

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> I used Netscape for many years, until AOL bought it and killed it. The

> last version was IMHO all AOL and little Netscape so I didn't use it.

> Instead I went with Seamonkey, which is what Netscape would be if AOL

> hadn't bought it. It has the email client and the browser combined.

> It's also made by Mozilla. Thanks for the suggestion.

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