mozilla browser (firefox) question please

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mozilla browser (firefox) question

Was thhinking of hoing from internet explorer to mozilla browser (firefox) and was
wondering if it comes with the viewers for things like msie or do they have to be added
manually??

TIA
 
mozilla browser (firefox) question

Was thhinking of hoing from internet explorer to mozilla browser (firefox) and was
wondering if it comes with the viewers for things like msie or do they have to be added
manually??
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Define "the viewers for things like msie."
 
whayface said:
mozilla browser (firefox) question

Was thhinking of hoing from internet explorer to mozilla browser (firefox) and was
wondering if it comes with the viewers for things like msie or do they have to be added
manually??

TIA
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I think you are trying to ask if mozilla can view files such as real
player/mpeg/shockwave flash and such. The answer is that you will need
the plugins.

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I think you are trying to ask if mozilla can view files such as real
player/mpeg/shockwave flash and such. The answer is that you will need
the plugins.
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And it's quasi automatic

When a "flash" comes it will be, for the first time, shown as a square
where "click here to install" will be written, you click and thats all !
 
And it's quasi automatic

When a "flash" comes it will be, for the first time, shown as a square
where "click here to install" will be written, you click and thats all !
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While I use FireFox and wouldn't use anything else, I hardly think it's a
"you click and thats (sic) all". Far from it. Especially if it's the
shockwave viewer (IIRC). That "you click" takes you to macromedia's website
where you've got to figure out which version to download, execute it, then
point it to the plugins folder of FF. I've done it a few times and
sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. Go figure. Many other
plugins for FF are similar.
 
Klaatu said:
While I use FireFox and wouldn't use anything else, I hardly think it's a
"you click and thats (sic) all". Far from it. Especially if it's the
shockwave viewer (IIRC). That "you click" takes you to macromedia's website
where you've got to figure out which version to download, execute it, then
point it to the plugins folder of FF. I've done it a few times and
sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. Go figure. Many other
plugins for FF are similar.
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http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/
Macromedia - Macromedia Web Players

Plug-Ins with installers (Flash and Shockwave) for Windows and Linux,
for Mozilla, Firefox and Netscpae.

Click on the installer and it will find your installation of Mozilla or
Mozilla Firefox and you don't need to do nothing more.

For other plug-ins or extension look here -

http://texturizer.net/firefox/extensions/
Firefox Help: Extensions

and here

http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/
Extension Room

and finally everything you about plug-ins for gecko based browsers in here -

http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/
mozdev.org - plugindoc: index

dM
 
whayface said:
Was thhinking of hoing from internet explorer to mozilla browser (firefox) and was
wondering if it comes with the viewers for things like msie or do they have to be added
manually??
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Well, IE added all of that crap; you just didn't know it. In fact,
Windows installed a basketfull of IE-related useless garbage, unbidden,
when it was installed. Yes, when Moz hits a site that needs a plugin,
you will be offered the opportunity to install it online. The
online-installation facility _must be enabled_ in Moz' preferences file,
though. The Moz "prefsbar" and "adblock" extensions, respectively,
enable users to defeat Macromedia Flash at will or to define filters for
"automagic" service. You can install and test-drive Mozilla with no
deleterious effects on your I/E installation; there is not conflict.
Mozilla/Netscape plugins differ from I/E plugins. The Mozilla
installer(s) can find existing Netscape plugins (and bookmark files) and
even may copy them to its related directories but that's a one-shot deal
that happens on a virgin installation, as far as I can determine.
I don't mean to start a war but you might be better-served by the
minimum installation of "Mozilla" until the "suite" project really is
sunsetted. The spinoffs, including the standalones AWA Netscape are
built on older but not necessarily more stable or functional code and so
their development lags that of the Mozilla "suite" by some margin.
Elegance is not Mozilla's strong suite; too many cooks in the
kitchen for _that_ ever to happen and, unfortunately, _size_ restraints
can be a retardng factor in such group efforts but I find Moz to be
extremely useable. Personally, I never grokked the advantages of
so-called "tabbed" browsing (for example) until I actually _used_ a
tabbed browser with popup/windowing controls plus the added flexibility
of the "Multizilla" extension. When side-by-side comparison is
necessary, a keypressclick opens another window.
Are you getting the drift of those "plugins" and "extensions"
references? Open architecture is a Good Thing and "hooks" are not just
for tuna, anymore.
Personally, I am looking forward to the evolution of Mozilla and
truly believe that every Wintel user on the planet "should" kick I/E to
the curb simply on principle but who am I to say? Unfortunately, _size_
restraints/constraints do not seem to factor very heavily into such
group efforts as Mozilla.
 
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