• Welcome to AlpineZone, the largest online community of skiers and snowboarders in the Northeast!

    You may have to REGISTER before you can post. Registering is FREE, gets rid of the majority of advertisements, and lets you participate in giveaways and other AlpineZone events!

Web browsers

What browser do you use mostly?

  • Internet Explorer 6.x

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Internet Explorer 5.x

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Internet Explorer 4.x

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Netscape 7.x

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Netscape 6.x

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Netscape 4.x

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Firefox

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Opera

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Safari

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • MSN TV (WebTV)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other (please post below)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    0

Greg

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Jul 1, 2001
Messages
31,154
Points
0
Just curious. I already have a good feel for this based on my logs, but geek talk is always fun. I use IE 6 and Firefox about equally. I like some of the functionalilty that both offer, but I find myself using FF more and more.
 

TenPeaks

New member
Joined
May 14, 2002
Messages
141
Points
0
Location
Hamilton, MA
Since Firefox came out that has been all I use. However, like Stephen, there are a few sites I need to open up in IE.
 

bvibert

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Aug 30, 2004
Messages
30,394
Points
38
Location
Torrington, CT
Firefox is a browser that is much more secure and stable than IE. Its also highly customizable. I haven't gone back to IE since I started using it (except for those rare sites that are poorly coded to only work with IE)
 

Greg

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Jul 1, 2001
Messages
31,154
Points
0
riverc0il said:
Question for you, riv. The only gripe I have with FF is when editing text in the post text field to add formatting (bold, URLs, etc...), the cursor will scroll up to the top of the window. In IE, if I add formatting to selected text, the cursor stays that the point of the edit. I usually need to add a fair amount of formatting for articles posted to the News section here, and it's cumbersome to have the cursor scroll the window up. Does the BBCode extension alleviate that?
 

bvibert

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Aug 30, 2004
Messages
30,394
Points
38
Location
Torrington, CT
Greg said:
riverc0il said:
Question for you, riv. The only gripe I have with FF is when editing text in the post text field to add formatting (bold, URLs, etc...), the cursor will scroll up to the top of the window. In IE, if I add formatting to selected text, the cursor stays that the point of the edit. I usually need to add a fair amount of formatting for articles posted to the News section here, and it's cumbersome to have the cursor scroll the window up. Does the BBCode extension alleviate that?

Yes it stops the cursor from moving up. I just installed the extension and tried it out while replying to this post ;)
 

Greg

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Jul 1, 2001
Messages
31,154
Points
0
Thanks bvibert. I'm so lazy. This will possibly convert me to FF for good. I also just discovered Sage which is an RSS reader extension for Firefox. Once installed, you can go to Tools --> Sage (or Alt-S) to open the pane. Then visit any AZ page with an XML link (e.g., the News portal) and click the "Discover Feeds" button (magnifying glass). It will then autmatically detect and prompt you to add the feed. Once added, it provides a really nice layout to browse the articles. 8)
 

bvibert

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Aug 30, 2004
Messages
30,394
Points
38
Location
Torrington, CT
No problem, I wasn't going to install it until you reminded me of that annoying quirk so I gave it a shot. It would be nice if it did the tags too though. I ussually just type out the tags anyway so I guess it doesn't matter to me too much.. :)

I'll have to give Sage a shot, sounds pretty good...
 

riverc0il

New member
Joined
Jul 10, 2001
Messages
13,039
Points
0
Location
Ashland, NH
Website
www.thesnowway.com
Except your Get the BBCode Extension is a mailto

i posted a corrected link in my blog prior to posting here, couldn't edit the post.

greg, i'm not sure what type of scrolling problem you are having but i haven't noticed any issues with functionality within text fields. certainly nothing different than IE from what i remember (it has been a while though). then again, i do all my formatting with the extension which is as simple as highlight and right click, very similar to editing in a word program. so i believe the answer is yes, it will fix it. i use lots of markup but only reply using the quick reply field since the extension has all the markup i could ever need.
 

Greg

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Jul 1, 2001
Messages
31,154
Points
0
I'm loving the BBCode Extension riverc0il.

bvibert said:
It would be nice if it did the tags too though.[/quote]
I was thinking this too, and then I found it! Copy the image URL into the clipboard and then select BBCode --> Clipboard --> Image 8)
 

bvibert

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Aug 30, 2004
Messages
30,394
Points
38
Location
Torrington, CT
Greg said:
I'm loving the BBCode Extension riverc0il.

bvibert said:
It would be nice if it did the tags too though.[/quote]
I was thinking this too, and then I found it! Copy the image URL into the clipboard and then select BBCode --> Clipboard --> Image 8)[/quote]

Cool! I guess I should have looked a little harder! :beer:
 

Greg

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Jul 1, 2001
Messages
31,154
Points
0
I did it! I set Firefox as my default browser today! So far so good.
 

hammer

Active member
Joined
Apr 28, 2004
Messages
5,493
Points
38
Location
flatlands of Mass.
Greg said:
I did it! I set Firefox as my default browser today! So far so good.

I didn't see it mentioned here, but I'd suggest that you get the extension that allows you to open up the current page in IE. It's a good extension to have for those sites that don't (yet) work with Firefox.
 

bvibert

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Aug 30, 2004
Messages
30,394
Points
38
Location
Torrington, CT
hammer said:
Greg said:
I did it! I set Firefox as my default browser today! So far so good.

I didn't see it mentioned here, but I'd suggest that you get the extension that allows you to open up the current page in IE. It's a good extension to have for those sites that don't (yet) work with Firefox.

Congrats on making the switch Greg! :beer:

Yes, IE View does come in handy from time to time...
 
Top