PLZ info about browsers,

[futurefriend]

hello everyone, just curious, please about browsers, (I am presantly useing win98se, with dsl & IE5.5 -pak2,

but am looking for a faster more secure browser,,
HAVE TRIED IE6.1 with patch & don't really like it because it puts a blue tint on all my icons, OPERA was & is occassionally use,d
but was told about,, and
WANTED TO ASK ABOUT 2 browsers
YOUR OPINION ,INFO,WHICH IS BETTER

IE5.5 or (was told) that "'FIREBIRD by mozilla is good,
but I thought Mozilla has a lot of spies,
DOES ANYONE KNOW, putting these 2 side by side, what are some of the good & bad things about them,,,
thanks F,F,

[Pieter_Arntz]

Hi futurefriend,

Here are two threads worth reading:

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=14940
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=14249

HTH,

Pieter

[futurefriend]

hello "Pieter" it has been awhile hope U & your loved ones well, ok am going to "try" firebird, and see what happens, but also am wondering ,(from the link you provided) MUST I HAVE ALL of this installed to use firebird,??i have some of the programs below but not all,(ie spywareblaster, spybots S & D,also am copying down instructions on installing firebird,
Must have programs
Javacool SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Spybot S&D
http://spybot.eon.net.au/index.php?lang=en&page=download
IE-SPYAD
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm
HijackThis
http://tomcoyote.org/hjt/

Thanks & take care ok, FF

[Pieter_Arntz]

Hi futurefriend,

SpywareBlaster and Spybot S&D will still be useful, even if you use Mozilla exclusively.
IE-Spyad will not really be necessary. But the author has a site about Netscape/Mozilla that is very usefull:
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/btw/ns7/ns7-opts.htm

HijackThis is a very powerful trouble-shooting tool, but is does not make it´s own decisions about good or bad. It just follow the user´s instructions and is very capable of ruining your setup if used improperly.

Regards,

Pieter

[the Tester]

Hi futurefriend.

Firebird and Mozilla don't have spyware.

Firebird is a fast browser and is customisable.
I have 4 browsers on my computer and they co-exist with no problems.

There is a forum at mozillazine where you can monitor the new nightlies and follow the progress of Firebird. ;)

I hope that you enjoy Firebird.

[libbo1]

a recently updated version of Firebird call BlackDiamond is available. I comes with a win installer and is preconfigured with 4 or so popular extensions! For sum1 just getting into FB its a nice way to jump in.

http://blackdiamond.mozdev.org/installation.html

As Tester said though u can haave any # of browsers, just install them in different locations.