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October 3rd, 2004, 02:03 PM
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Re: OT: Spread Firefox
I will take back what I said before. It's a pretty nice program. After the initial crash and denuncation, I gave it another try with much better results.
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October 3rd, 2004, 02:31 PM
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Re: OT: Spread Firefox
Why I hate installing new software. 
So I install Firefox. One of the first things I do then is try to call up my email client. In all its wisdom, Firefox calls up Outlook Express. I have never used that client and never intend to! Naturally I cannot find a way to get it to call Netscape Messenger. In modern computer parlance, this is called "user friendly".
Fyron, any idea how I can get it to call up my email client and not this default client?
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October 3rd, 2004, 03:08 PM
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Re: OT: Spread Firefox
Is Netscape Messenger the system default mail client?
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October 3rd, 2004, 03:17 PM
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Re: OT: Spread Firefox
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Is Netscape Messenger the system default mail client?
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Yes it is. Now that I've called up Messenger separately, it seems to be working. I will try closing both programs and start again to see if it this is a permanent change.
Edit: And indeed it is! Seems Microsoft runs back to momma at the drop of a hint. 
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October 3rd, 2004, 03:21 PM
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Re: OT: Spread Firefox
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Why I hate installing new software.
So I install Firefox. One of the first things I do then is try to call up my email client. In all its wisdom, Firefox calls up Outlook Express. I have never used that client and never intend to! Naturally I cannot find a way to get it to call Netscape Messenger. In modern computer parlance, this is called "user friendly".
Fyron, any idea how I can get it to call up my email client and not this default client?
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Type in firefox address bar: "about  fig" (without quotes). Enter.
Locate string "network.protocol-handler.external.mailto". It's set to "false" by default. Set it to true (double click on the string - type "true").
Close FF. Launch Messenger, and set this mail client as default one.
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October 3rd, 2004, 07:56 PM
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Re: OT: Spread Firefox
Firefox is a real nice browser. IE is improved with SP2, but is still target #1 for the a$$ wipes that write exploits. Still have to keep IE, there are a lot of things that it will do that Firefox won't.
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October 3rd, 2004, 08:05 PM
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Re: OT: Spread Firefox
Mostly due to that quagmire that is ActiveX.
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October 5th, 2004, 09:12 PM
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Re: OT: Spread Firefox
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Mostly due to that quagmire that is ActiveX.
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You got it. But saddly most custom apps use active X and Crystal Reports.
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October 7th, 2004, 11:53 AM
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Re: OT: Spread Firefox
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Mostly due to that quagmire that is ActiveX.
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You got it. But saddly most custom apps use active X and Crystal Reports.
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Yeah, ActiveX is needed for a lot of things.
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October 4th, 2004, 05:31 PM
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Re: OT: Spread Firefox
Been using it since .6...i'm not sure I could work on a computer without Firefox anymore. The built in popup blocking and adblock extension makes my browsing nearly ad free..and tabbed windows are just too damned convenient to be given up.
I've tried Opera and MyIE but both of those are too bloated or have funky interfaces and neither one has an "adblock" extension that I ever saw. Also, neither of those is free, you have to pay to get rid of the built-in ads of their "free" Versions...Firefox is and always will be free 
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