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guitarnerd
May 28th, 2002, 05:05
Well today for the third time I downloaded Mozilla and am using it and this time I am gonna stick with it, I am beginning to like it more and more but I still need to get familiar with it. so far I like it though Yay, By the way where in the world do I go to edit settings in mozilla I can't figure it out
Jan
May 28th, 2002, 05:12
Originally posted by guitarnerd
By the way where in the world do I go to edit settings in mozilla I can't figure it out
edit/preferences :)

I still can't get mine to work nice at all it is as slooooooooow as :cry2: I have checked all settings to no avail :(
is0lized
May 28th, 2002, 07:33
i would use it if i could find a popup stoper and a cookie manager like surfpal for it
Jan
May 28th, 2002, 07:49
is0, you can disable unrequested windows (AKA popups) in the security settings :)
Toefur
May 28th, 2002, 08:36
Maybe I should download it and see what this big craze is.
is0lized
May 28th, 2002, 09:27
it isnt IE!

it displays like IE without the hidden features and extra features (bugs)
Toefur
May 28th, 2002, 09:31
But I like IE. :classic2:

Where can I download it?
Jan
May 28th, 2002, 09:41
Originally posted by is0lized
it isnt IE!
Ummmm...who said it was? Did someone delete their post? This is a thread about Mozilla anyway, let's keep it that way okay? :classic2:
is0lized
May 28th, 2002, 10:11
jan, are you crazy?


Originally posted by Toefur
Maybe I should see what this big craze is.

and i said it isnt IE, you get back on topic jan! :rolleyes: :D
Jan
May 28th, 2002, 10:19
I guess I am crazy......I cannot see where IE came into it :eek:

Originally posted by Toefur
Maybe I should see what this big craze is.
Does Toefur mention IE?

Okay I will go to sleep now, maybe I will see it when I wake, maybe I won't be so crazy then :cry2:
is0lized
May 28th, 2002, 10:30
no, i mean the big craze of mozilla is its not IE
guitarnerd
May 28th, 2002, 16:59
Yeah I am still using it but it won't open as my default browser where do I adjust that?
guitarnerd
May 28th, 2002, 17:02
Jan I just found something that might help you in preferences go to advanced and select "enable quick launch" If you haven't tried that already
Dusty
May 28th, 2002, 17:43
Yeah I am still using it but it won't open as my default browser where do I adjust that?It should ask you on startup if you want it to be default, but if it doesn't or you told it not to, go to Edit > Preferences > Advanced > System then check what you want Mozilla to be used for and click "OK".
guitarnerd
May 28th, 2002, 19:36
Originally posted by Dusty
It should ask you on startup if you want it to be default, but if it doesn't or you told it not to, go to Edit > Preferences > Advanced > System then check what you want Mozilla to be used for and click "OK".
Thanks I got it, I don't know why but I never saw that before. I like how I can customize the looks, but for some reason on a site I visit frequently the "fixed" background isn't "fixed"
niv
May 28th, 2002, 21:02
Mozilla is hella fast [1.0rc3]. :biggrin2:

I just don't like IE because it spawns a lot of pr0n and lop.com ads. :p
is0lized
May 28th, 2002, 22:05
thats because you keep looking at porn :rolleyes:
Coolin
May 28th, 2002, 22:21
Originally posted by is0lized
i would use it if i could find a popup stoper and a cookie manager like surfpal for it Umm... Mozilla already has a popup stopper and a cookie manager built-in.
is0lized
May 28th, 2002, 22:25
like surfpal?
trenzterra
May 28th, 2002, 23:47
Originally posted by Semi
Mozilla is hella fast [1.0rc3]. :biggrin2:
it's slow like hell to me.


I wonder how it would be like if Mozilla opened my jpg, gif and bmp files etc.
Coolin
May 29th, 2002, 00:15
Originally posted by trenzterra
I wonder how it would be like if Mozilla opened my jpg, gif and bmp files etc. If you've got it open all the time or have quicklaunch enabled, it'll be just as fast as if you opened it with IE.
guitarnerd
May 29th, 2002, 01:16
Yeah Mozilla is just as fast as IE for me, it is great. One thing I noticed though. It may be fixable but it doesn't scroll pages when you click on the mouse scroll wheel :( but besides that, that is my only complaint so far. Maybe I could program that into there source and send them a patch or something.
The Red Guy
May 29th, 2002, 01:18
How do you download Mozilla?
guitarnerd
May 29th, 2002, 01:20
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/ go there and scroll down to where it says

Mozilla 1.0 Release Candidate 3 - Completed May 23, 2002
Then look for Win32 and download your prefered version as in, the zip or the download installer
Homeygwiz
May 29th, 2002, 12:17
I'll have to download and check out Mozilla to see if I like it better than IE.

So far IE just has been a standard way I browse the web. I am a creater of habit.

Sometimes it takes something really cool to change my ways.
:)

HGW
Dusty
May 29th, 2002, 13:47
for some reason on a site I visit frequently the "fixed" background isn't "fixed"The reason why some background are fixed and others aren't is because some websites do it the correct way and others use IE proprietary "bgproperties" stuff.
it doesn't scroll pages when you click on the mouse scroll wheelMy mouse wheel scrolls the page. I don't ever use it, but it does. I've always been a fan of the up/down arrow keys, the page up/page down keys, and the home/end keys. I favor the keyboard more than I do the mouse.
I wonder how it would be like if Mozilla opened my jpg, gif and bmp files etc.Well, I'd imagine it would open your JPEG, GIF, and BMP files. What do you mean what would it be like?

I see you've got yet another name, Needcgispace. Just can't settle, can you?
guitarnerd
May 29th, 2002, 22:28
No no no, it scrolls with the mouse wheel it just doesn't scroll when you click, I too use the keyboard as much as possible, it saves a lot of time frome going back and forth
trenzterra
May 29th, 2002, 22:33
Originally posted by guitarnerd
No no no, it scrolls with the mouse wheel it just doesn't scroll when you click, I too use the keyboard as much as possible, it saves a lot of time frome going back and forth that's the reason I like IE.
Dusty
May 29th, 2002, 22:42
Click the wheel? When I click mine it brings up a little circular window. When you move the cursor under it, it scrolls down, over it, it scrolls up. The speed of the scroll increases the further from the circle you get.
Warp
May 29th, 2002, 22:54
re: scroll-wheel

I think it comes down to the mouse driver. Make sure you have the latest version of mouse drivers for your mouse.


mmm I better go update mine and see if what I just said will work......
[lhomme]
May 29th, 2002, 23:04
I just downloaded Mozilla and it seems great. The only problem is however, that all the form input boxes (such as this reply box) are smaller than normal. Anyway to widen them a bit?

Also, where is the popup stopper located? Thanks.
Dusty
May 29th, 2002, 23:09
They're smaller on purpose and it's not Mozilla that's doing it. vBulletin is coded in such a way to make it look incredibly small (and bad) in Mozilla/Netscape 6.

Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Scripts & Windows, uncheck "Open unrequested windows".
guitarnerd
May 29th, 2002, 23:10
Originally posted by Dusty
Click the wheel? When I click mine it brings up a little circular window. When you move the cursor under it, it scrolls down, over it, it scrolls up. The speed of the scroll increases the further from the circle you get.
Yeah it doesn't do that in mozilla for some reason.

Lol no it is not the drivers, it works with everything else and I Really doubt windows XP will install wrong drivers on a microsoft explorer mouse.
The Red Guy
May 30th, 2002, 04:35
How big is the file? I'm on 56 K only and have limited amt of internet time...
trenzterra
May 30th, 2002, 05:57
Originally posted by The Red Guy
How big is the file? I'm on 56 K only and have limited amt of internet time... some 10 mb.
Warp
May 30th, 2002, 06:03
Originally posted by guitarnerd

Yeah it doesn't do that in mozilla for some reason.

Lol no it is not the drivers, it works with everything else and I Really doubt windows XP will install wrong drivers on a microsoft explorer mouse.

"Everything else" is Microsoft right?

Just poked around the Mozilla preferences... Mozilla has some mouse settings... the Auto-scroll option is not included.
trenzterra
May 30th, 2002, 06:05
Originally posted by Warp


"Everything else" is Microsoft right?

Just poked around the Mozilla preferences... Mozilla has some mouse settings... the Auto-scroll option is not included. that sucks.

And another thing I hate about Mozilla is that Geocities site don't display properly.
guitarnerd
May 30th, 2002, 18:01
Mozilla is making me angrier and angrier I can't even go to my cpanel cause it is stupid. It won't load properly. Grr...to many bugs so far. I am almost ready to go back
Canuckkev
May 30th, 2002, 20:12
I agree...I tried Moz...but it was about half the speed of IE. Probably cause I am using about 99% of my proccessor power all the time, and IE works better under those conditions.
guitarnerd
May 30th, 2002, 20:14
It is fast but IE is the fastest I am liking it less and less as I use it more and more
Bruce
May 30th, 2002, 20:22
Originally posted by Dusty
I've always been a fan of the up/down arrow keys, the page up/page down keys, and the home/end keys. I always preferred the arrow keys to the actual scrollbar on the screen as well.

Ever since I got a scroll mouse, however, I've always used the scroll wheel. My index finger has adopted a new position. It resides on the wheel instead of the left button.
JALman
May 30th, 2002, 22:55
Originally posted by guitarnerd
Mozilla is making me angrier and angrier I can't even go to my cpanel cause it is stupid. It won't load properly. Grr...to many bugs so far. I am almost ready to go back

A bug? That's just bad HTML design. If you really think that's a bug, then Mozilla.org has a bugzilla page which users submit bugs.

Moz was designed for W3C HTML standards, and the coders may have done a poor job coding for NS6/Moz.

Here's an article about poor HTML coding:

My Site Doesn't Work In Netscape (http://webtips.dantobias.com/netscape.html)

It doesn't discuss Moz directly, but still brings up the problem of webmasters making sites that pander towards IE users.
guitarnerd
May 30th, 2002, 23:03
It's not worth the trouble though
niv
May 31st, 2002, 22:55
Originally posted by guitarnerd
It is fast but IE is the fastest I am liking it less and less as I use it more and more

Hehe...it really just depends on your system. IE 6 is by far the slowest browser on my system, it's slower than the Win32 version of moz 0.9.8 :p