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Reviewer: jrjewhip
Company: Mozilla, Visit Site
Product: Firefox ... Version: 1
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Since 'discovering' Firefox last week I have installed it on about five computers in my administrative domain. I have had no problems up until today when I tried to access a pdf file on the internet. Both times Firefox froze and I had to ctrl-alt-del my way out. I am using Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and not the standard free Acrobat reader. I have not yet taken the trouble to see if the free Acrobat reader is a work-around but I would invite any comments from anyone who has had similar experiences.

I plan to continue to use Firefox but hope the bug, if it is a bug, gets fixed.

Added: October 10th 2004

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Firefox
Posted by JakeHall on 2004-10-22 06:47:54
My Score:

I have had hardly any problems with FF. The PDF problems must be computer specific. Once in a great while I get a page that doesn''t seem quite right displayed with FF and I may have to switch back to IE. But very few since the new release of FF. Great browser. No spyware take overs since I started using FF.

Firefox
Posted by seafsee on 2004-10-19 22:15:16
My Score:

My main beef with FF is the use of the BBCode extensions.
It will frequently just place code at the end of what s already typed instead of around highlighted text.
A small price to pay for a quick browser, with tabs and customization

Firefox
Posted by gewitty on 2004-10-12 17:10:41
My Score:

I also rate Firefox very highly, but have experienced similar problems with it hanging. This always occurs after I download a PDF (using Acrobat 6.0 free edition) and then try to close the file. The whole browser freezes and I normally have to use Task Manager to kill it.

Firefox
Posted by MIKELABZ on 2004-10-11 00:00:17
My Score:

firefox is hands down the safest way to surf the net. DUH. well after that statement from the obvious, i have to admit that having firefox has eliminated my need to use any other browser. netscape is slow in more then one way. iexplorer is full of holes. then there was firefox. the fort knox of internet browsers and deceptively quick if i may add. sure netscape has bells and whistles, but honestly they arent needed (ie- side toolbar), plus its full of ads. who wants to be bombarded by ads when ur browsing? its bad enough that u have to deal with the pop ups. sheesh. dont get me started with iexplorer... ok too late... iexplorer is a load of [insert low and malicious word here]... all i have to say is that if i want to get my computer shut down within a week of searching the net i would sign on to internet explorer and click on the various porn links and sales pitches that will bombard my screen. when u use iexplorer u r guaranteed one thing, the unknown. between getting ur computer shut down remotely, having ur connection reset due to the lag from pop-up ads, and just being a very viable target for any hacker with 2 cents worth of experience = just not worth it. anytime u have to keep updating ur product to make it usable, it means u screwed something up. firefox is timeless. it is its own perfection. just use it. u know how people say macintosh is unable to be hacked into? well firefox walks the walk and talks the talk. firefox is where its at. firefox is what iexplore aspires to be. the best part has to be the relative ease it takes to click a button download it and say goodbye to ur old browser. no need to install a pop-up blocker, no need to go to yahoo or google''s website, no need to surf on egg shells, just surf the net as it was intended. why? cause firefox has:: its own pop up blocker, its own search toolbar, its own web filter, and its free of useless buttons and doohickies u wont ever use.

nuff said.

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Firefox
Posted by sarahsays on 2004-10-10 08:38:14
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I''ve been using firefox for about two months and i also use the mail client with it, Thunderbird. I love both; however, mozilla runs in a similar way to netscape so i do have one piece of advice:

if you install, please make sure it hit custom install and see that Quality Feedback Agent is NOT installed with your program. I was on a webpage that happened to be really long and feedback agent would not stop opening itself.

I have never run into the PDF file problem so i would definitely say either install reader or see if there is an addon/extension that can help you with this.


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