Firefox is completely compatible with about five different email programs. When you make it your default browser it adopts your present email. Whatever your isp uses for email - Eudora, Outlook, it still uses it. What you'll find however, certain plugins that worked with Windows IE you have to re-download some plug-ins. ActiveX and Macromedia Shockwave are two such programs. Mozilla has a password remembering program that is quite helpful if you have multiple sites.
I've been exclusively using it tonight! WOWSERS! The stuff that I can access and not get that stupid stopsign! It even appears to operate faster. Could be a figment....thanks to you guys for helping me. Will now address the moving of the 'favorites' to the bookmarks. Looks to be pretty easy. This is neat...
It is great to hear that Troy turned you onto Firefox. I have been using that for yrs since 0.9 version and now there is 1.0.7 and will never go back to IE again. I would also recommend using THUNDERBIRD for your email. This will replace your OUTLOOK and is much more secure than OUTLOOK. It looks very similar to outlook itself.
Please keep in mind one thing. Just because you have switched to FIREFOX does NOT mean you do not have keep IE out to date. I have been reading many articles showing people are still using the IE backdoor even though Firefox was their browser. The bad part is you cannot uninstall IE since MS built it into the OS. The new version of windows called Vista has IE a separate component.
Firefox is definitely the way to go. It's getting more popular and is close to 10% of the browser market now. Trouble is if it ever becomes even close to 30-40% of the market then spyware makers will really start to aim at it. That's the real reason it's more secure - it's being used by too few people to really attract the bad guys yet.
wallybob....you are partly correct but not exactly. Firefox does not allow any ACTIVE X to run and that in itself will eliminate a majority of garbage since these usually need Active X in order to run. Plus if you are behind a hardware firewall then you elminate these issues as well. You need to check out secunia for security info:
Linear Mode
