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Can you point me in the direction of...
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:09 am
by s.dot
I was wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of....
1.) A good, free anti-virus (no firewalls included) - if there is such a thing
2.) A good, free pop-up blocker
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:13 am
by feyd
1)
http://www.fprot.org
2) IE SP2 / Firefox / Google Toolbar
anymore questions?

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:26 am
by s.dot
yes
can I get that site in english
And
IE SP2 errors everytime I try to install it, so that will not be a good deal for me.

. Any more you know of?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:35 am
by patrikG
Why not change to
Firefox? You'll have a popup-blocker inbuilt, much higher browser security, tons of features, extendability and so much more. You can even make it look like IE:
http://www.firefoxie.net/ if you're hooked on that look.
If it's for a client of yours: let them try out Firefox with the IE-look and see if they like it.
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:43 am
by s.dot
I prefer not to use FireFox. I like it but some programs I have and use are written for IE. Such as RoboForm, it remembers my passwords and such for all sites (yes I know this is built in to firefox) but it has an autofill function which I really like. And for some reason, my OnClick javascript functions on my website don't work in firefox.
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:45 am
by feyd
if you click on "english" you'll get the ... english version.. how novel..
butchered english as it may be...
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:55 am
by patrikG
scrotaye wrote:I prefer not to use FireFox. I like it but some programs I have and use are written for IE. Such as RoboForm, it remembers my passwords and such for all sites (yes I know this is built in to firefox) but it has an autofill function which I really like. And for some reason, my OnClick javascript functions on my website don't work in firefox.
If you have a look at the website I posted, you'll see that things like RoboForm are included, i.e. they integrate with Firefox.
Don't discard things at first glance.
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:29 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
Firefox has a wide range of plugins available... Look around at the range before dismissing it out of hand.
As for your javascript - you can tinker with it until it works correctly (I know - very inconvenient). Problem is that IE has been influential for so long, stuff written for the internet isn't always perfectly standardised. I'm not criticising - design needs to account for IE's popularity - it's just a shame it's so quirky...
For other more general browsing - Firefox will surprise you...

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:37 am
by patrikG
Btw. if your Javascript functions don't work in Firefox, but only in IE, they are buggy. Websites have to work on all major browsers (IE, NS6/7, Mozilla, Firefox, Opera) otherwise they are faulty products.
Imagine a car you can park in only one specific type of garage or driveway. Any other one and the car shuts down before you can park it. Not much good, is it?
Not looking at a problem doesn't make it go away and certainly doesn't mean it doesn't exist.