OT, Firefox or IE
 

I've been trying to use the search function for a few weeks now and I keep getting a blank page. So I wrote to the moderators and they said nobody uses IE anymore, switch to Firefox. I'm not ready to start switching over to Firefox and I was wondering how many of you made the switch. I can't understand why it was working up until about two weeks ago and now it wont, unless they changed something.

Try FireFox

I would imagine that IE users outnumber Firefox uses by a huge amount. Just sayin.

I wish Brian was reading this.

Some people still think they need AOL to get on the internet, too. Just sayin.

I switched from FireFox to IE - are you reading this Brian? I've had fewer problems with IE, and my major customer requires that I use IE to enter bills into thier fiscal system.

No doubt that Firefox works well, its just that too many places that I need to do business with at work can't or don't allow access with it.

That turns the whole argument into a replay of Betamax/VHS or Apple/PC. Sometimes market standards overpower technical beauty.

I use Camino, but then, I'm on a Mac. I find it outperforms Safari. Wait, what was the question again?

I use both. 99% Firefox, 1% IE. Just keep both on the desktop and use whichever suits your needs.

The citrix client that I use for work doesn't like Firefox at times.

Most sites seem to work better with Firefox.

This is my experience and my preference, as well.

Perhaps they meant no one uses IE 5 any more? Which version are you using [that they're incinerating doesn't work]? I searched road cycling for the word "campy" and got 20 pages. I'm using IE 7.

I use Fire Fox and I have the extension for IE if I need it or prefer to view it in IE. I never tried BF in IE7 until now and got the same thing. I'm not sure as to why and maybe someone can answer that for me as well. I'm not looking to jump to IE as I find FireFox far better for me.

I prefer Firefox for its supposed increased security. The only thing I don't like about it is when I set it to Offline and when I reload a page it doesn't tell me I'm offline and ask me if I want to go back online, so I wonder why the page doesn't look any different than it did 5 hours earlier. Now I'm in the habit of checking first, then reloading, but I wish it would alert and ask me.

That's the one I'm using and all I get is a blank page.

I just went to User Assistance and there's someone with Firefox that gets a blank page as well.

I also use Firefox 99% of the time. Occasionally, I run into a site that requires IE.

Yes but, 2 weeks ago everything was fine. They changed something, thanks for the replys guys.

Opera, smaller footprint and faster.

I read a story in the newspaper this morning about AOL dropping support for its ownership of Netscape, and in that story it was reported that IE has 90 percent of the browser market and Firefox about 10 percent. That sounds a bit high for IE, but it does indicate it is still by far the dominant browser. Friends of mine who design websites say they design their pages to work best in IE since most visitors will be using that.

The search works fine for me using IE 7 on XP, SP2 and all Windows updates.

Thanks DFox, but I clean my whole computer off every night. I know they did something and they have to fix it. I guess they don't have to, but it sure will knock the searching down a bit.

I'm using WinXP SP2, and I've found that IE6 is sensitive to number/size of the temporary internet files it has stored. Strange things happen when you allow that to build up. I have no explanation as to why, but I've cleared some very peculiar problems by deleting the temporary files. (Tools>>Internet Options) and (start>>All Programs>>Accessories>>System Tools>>Disc Cleanup).

I use IE6 for most things, but I use Firefox here. The only reason for that is that when I installed Firefox, and it copied all my favorites/bookmarks from IE, it put them in alphabetical order, and Bike Forums is near the top of the list and easy to click!

Huh? It must be a real pain to start over every day without cookies.

I know nothing about this place, but here is a bunch of stats to stare at:

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp