What things should I add on to Firefox?

I have it on my Mac, and will try it out here first.

If they are any good, then I will investigate deletion of IE7 on my PC

If you have VISTA you can't delete IE7 without some tricky regedit skills.

On XP, you shouldn't be using 7 anyway...

I use CuteIcons and MostlyCrystal. Other than those aesthetic differences, Firefox is pretty much fine as is...

Adblock!

lavasoft ad-aware and spybot search and destroy already have that in teatimer form.

Also, Mcaffe Anti-Virus has it (I get it for free, so I guess it's not fair for me to say that). I would recommend McAffee AV because it's not a RAM hog, and IMO, much better than Norton.

Actually, I use both ad-aware and spybot S&D and neither one does what AdBlock + does. That add-on for Firefox will automatically block out advertising banners from the websites as you load them while surfing. Which means that web pages will load in a fraction of the time they normally take.

It also has the option of being able to right click on common adds that appear on websites and add them to a blocked list. Especially useful if you have kids and want to block out the common pornographic banners that appear all over the place.

I guess I'm not going to the web-sites with heavy pop-ups. I'm happy not using it, or maybe it is McAffee that's blocking a majority of them without me even knowing.

Oh it's not popups that it blocks... to give you an example:

http://www.justsayhi.com/welcome/home

See the add banner on the top of the page about 'Millionaire Dating Financially stable men & women. A better class of dating. SugarDaddie.com Ads by Google Advertise on this site Meet hot singles! 30+ singles dating Find more singles More FREE dating here Intimate Dating'?

All that? It doesn't even show up on Firefox with AdBlock +. The add on automatically blocks them from loading. Same for all the web pages that have vertical side banners as well.

This website isn't so bad - but most website have a lot more banners on them and those banners are what slows down web surfing so much. Most have high-bandwidth graphics, annoying talking M&Ms, etc...

awww...but i like that one with the smiley that goes, "OH MY GOD! NO WAY!"

Why should I not be using IE7 with XP?
.. and surely deleting IE7 from Vista is a simple case of standard removal of Window's components? Isnt it?

I have Adaware and its super

I also have AVG pro, and its pretty cool too.

mac laptop or computers dont have vista on theres... i have a mac laptop

"awww...but i like that one with the smiley that goes, "OH MY GOD! NO WAY!'"

LOL some of them crack me up but they freak me out sometimes at night when I have the volume up loud and I'm listening to music.

Belushi - probably the best reason is IE has a lot of security risks and as the most popular browser, malware and adware is constantly being written to take advantage of it and will find a way onto your computer even if you take other precautions and keep Windows and IE updated.

I wouldn't think you'd even need to remove it though - I just wouldn't use it much. But that's me personally.

unless you know a secret you need explorer to get

updates from microsoft

and a few other sites also require explorer

Just turn on automatic updates?

Yeah that's the thing adj4u - those sites aren't written to standard though and they are rare. HTML/CSS/etc... should be compatible across all platforms and all browsers. I haven't found a website yet though that won't work with Firefox - Opera on the other hand I've run into one or two that didn't display right. But not enough to make it worth staying with IE. Besides, Opera and Firefox run faster and do more than IE.

my favorite add-on for firefox has to be stopscript. it not only stops them, but tells you what they are...and yes, has prevented malicious scripts from running on my computer.

i also like fasterfox and foxy tunes.

oh, and IE tab...and better gmail.

If you sell or buy on Ebay then you MUST the Ebay Firefox add on! It is the best!

Oh Yeah I forgot! ADD MEEBO!!! It is an add on that lets you log on to your messengers without having tp p[em up the program on your pc, thus saving RAM!! It IS FREE and you can check your messengers thru the web without having to be home!!!

No setup is required for that and it is EASY as logging in to any one of the six messengers.

Thanks lulu and Montel - checking some of those out.

*By the way firefox now is the most popular browser of choice. It rocks. Fire fox is a prime example of how the customization in Linux is awesome. Originality built from open source. It had a war with IE a long time ago. We saw what browser ultimately won. Why else do you think that IE7 had to finely add tabbed browsing.