>>>Date:    Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:43:59 +1000
From:    Don Penlington <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Firefox and Roboform

Anna wrote:
>And I understand that there are some sites that will ONLY render with IE =
>because of activeX.  Are there a lot of sites like this?>>


Not many, in my experience, as ActiveX has so many security risks.  Anyway,
most people with IE would have ActiveX disabled in their security settings.

Keep IE---it's useful to have a 2nd browser in any event, as some pages are
still optimised for IE---and you never know when you primary browser might
go suddenly AWOL.

An alternative, my first choice, which you might like to consider is
Maxthon. That gives you the best of both worlds.  It's IE-based, but plugs
most if not all of IE problems, and has so many added functions and plugins
that  going back to IE is like going back 100 years. Its built-in security
and popup filters are superb.

Don Penlington


Date:    Fri, 5 Aug 2005 13:17:31 -0400
From:    Sue Clark <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Firefox and Roboform

Anna,

Your best bet for questions with Firefox is at the support forums for
Firefox.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=3D38
Anonymous/guest posting is allowed in this particular forum.
Also, you can download Firefox and give it a try. Add the extension =
IEView
to Firefox, and you can display IE in the same page when you need it for
page rendering problems or for using Roboform.
If you don't like it, you can always uninstall it and go back to IE
exclusively.

Sue Clark
Bristol, ME

> -----Original Message-----
> From: generalstuff [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:58 PM
> Subject: Firefox and Roboform
>=20
> Does anyone use Roboform with Firefox?  I don't want to give up =
Roboform
and
> they SAY it will work with Firefox, but I have read of problems.
>=20
> Will other apps (and there are a bunch), such as WinZip, add context =
menu
items
> to Firefox, as they do to IE?  What about apps like AVAST anti-virus =
that
> downloads IE pages first (using proxy) and cleans them before passing =
them
on to
> you - does this work with Firefox too?
>=20
> And I understand that there are some sites that will ONLY render with =
IE
because
> of activeX.  Are there a lot of sites like this?
>=20
> Anna Summers<<<


On another note concerning Firefox vs. IE, here is a link to a site that I
found that lists a few functions that Firefox is able to to within its
browser. I found this link quite by accident, and although some of the
differences listed are more of a programming nature or are a little
difficult to decipher, it makes for an interesting read. The link points to
a website about Firefox, but is not part of the Mozilla Foundation. Here is
the link: http://xulplanet.com/ndeakin/arts/reasons.html.
Hope this is of help to anyone on the "fence."

Chris Ryan
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