Comments on: Helpful Internet Browsing Tips.

By: nathan

nathan — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:29:46 +0000

I might also add, I don’t see any ads in MySpace any more due to the ad blockers. I had to teach the blockers what to block, but it’s very nice now. No more scantily clad women–yeah!

By: nathan

nathan — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:28:34 +0000

Yes, Firefox is open source.

But open source does not necessarily mean free in price. It simply means the source code is open, and a programmer can have access to–and edit–the actual code of the program, changing it to their liking. (although a majority of open source is free in price, it isn’t all free in price.)

A lot of open source is free as in price, but some of it is not (Red Hat Linux is open source, but is not free in price).

The benefit of using IE Tab for Firefox is the increased security of Firefox plus the ability to view poorly-written website (evidently, like WebCT).

By: Todd Helmkamp

Todd Helmkamp — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:09:20 +0000

Isn’t firefox open-source? Not sure about it.

I saw the Firefox light a while back (thanks Nathan!!)and haven’t looked back since. With the wonderful IE tab, I don’t even have to use IE for work stuff.

@Tara, I use WebCt all the time for my classes too…if you switch to Firefox, you’ll probably need the IE Tab for WebCT.

@Nate: thanks for the add-ons recommendations. Some I knew, but I’m excited about the others!

By: nathan

nathan — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:13:35 +0000

Tara,
Yes, Firefox is free. It’s released under a license which prevents it from ever being charged for, so it will always remain free.
and i agree with your husband–i wouldn’t pay for a browser, either!

Also, all of the Add-ons I linked to are free as well.

I do love free stuff!

By: Tara Lilly

Tara Lilly — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:51:04 +0000

I have never used anything but Internet Explorer and I have never had any kind of problem with any website. I do keep updates current though. Are any of the browsers you listed free? I am willing to try something else just out of curiousity. My husband would never be willing to pay for anything beyond what we have unless he started having problems with it. He takes internet classes through IPFW and doesn’t even have problems on IE with WebCT (which I hear from other IPFW students often has issues).