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Firefox is a Wet Dog!

By Suzanne McLaughlin

Real Estate Agent with Sabinske & Associates, Inc. (Albertville, St. Michael)

March 31, 2011 03:38 PM

I tried Firefox all day Tuesday and Wednesday. It was going pretty well. In fact, I was impressed with a lot of its functionality except for losing my favorites which could not be installed despite an add-on that imported them because one of them was missing a certificate.

And, then today, every time I tried to log into Active Rain, it stopped. Died. Dead. I had to reboot each and every time.

Did I supply feedback? You bet your sweet bippy I did. No answer.

Well, enough of that. I am back to Internet Explorer. I may not be able to do all the "cool" things with my blog posts. But at least I can log in and post my paltry, measly words.

Oh, and now I cannot post pictures either. Bummer. Live and learn. I tried Firefox once before about three or four years ago on a computer that was state of the art and on a system that was owned by the computer consulting company I worked for at the time. Didn't work then either.

IE might be a dinosaur. But, at least, it doesn't crash my computer hourly.

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Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL

Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL

Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Suzanne, I guess you will find that many members will not agree with you. They might have tweaked and made it work and enjoy it.

When I have some problems, my daughter tells me to do it in Firefox. I guess it works for her

I am an IE person, making me a dinosaur

Mar 31, 2011 03:41 PM

Mike Jaquish

Realty Arts - Cary, NC

919-880-2769 Cary, NC, Real Estate

Suzanne,

I have taken to using Quackit for generating HTML code for blogs.

It is free.

And it is very easy to insert photos that I have on Flickr.

I know so many swear by Firefox, but I seem to get along just fine with IE8. I want to try IE9, but our MLS vendor does not support it yet.

Mar 31, 2011 03:44 PM

Sybil Campbell

Fernandina Beach, FL

Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

Suzanne ~ I use Firefox on my laptop which is a MAC and I love firefox. I can't use internet explorer on my MAC. The parrallels program which is supposed to run windows on a MAC slows it down so much that I don't bother. If I need to use internet explorer, I use a PC.

Mar 31, 2011 03:46 PM

Suzanne McLaughlin

Sabinske & Associates, Inc. (Albertville, St. Michael) - Saint Michael, MN

Sabinske & Associates, Realtor

Thanks Jon and Mike. I was banging my head against the wall almost literally. I will try the Quackit, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Marchel Peterson

Results Realty - Spring, TX

Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro

Suzanne, I have to toggle between the two. For some odd reason I have a problem with the plug in for Google analytics on my website when I use Explorer. On the other hand our MLS Tempo only works on Explorer. I have resolved this dilemma by toggling between the two. I worked it out by placing the short cut on opposite sides of the screen. I have come to like Firebox but there are still those times where something does not work and I have to go to Explorer. Then I go to Explorer and there are those times when something does not work and I have to go to Firefox.

Mar 31, 2011 04:01 PM

Randy Ostrander

Lake and Lodge Realty LLC - Big Rapids, MI

Real Estate Broker, Serving Big Rapids and West Central MI

I have tried them all and always end up back with Explorer. I guess it is whatever you are most comfy with and Explorer has been in my office a long, long time

Mar 31, 2011 04:10 PM

Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate

Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL

Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

Hi, Suzanne.

Isn't it great that we have choices? When PC's became popular back in the day, it was Internet Explorer and nothing else. (Unless you were a Mac User).

Now you have RockMelt, Opera, Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, and countless PC Browsers.

Firefox is my favorite, at least for today. Firefox brought so much to the web (Tabbed Browsing, for example). But word on the street is that Chrome and IE will surpass Firefox in features and usability in coming years, and Firefox will get left in the dust. Time will tell!

Mar 31, 2011 05:16 PM

Dustin Oldfather

Ocean Atlantic Sotheby's International Realty - Rehoboth Beach, DE

Delaware Ocean & Water Front Homes

We are migrating to Google Platforms everywhere we can. As much as I love Chrome it isn;t as easy as Firefox of editing and posting on AR. Best of luck, I am sure IE will have a new rev soon!

Mar 31, 2011 05:31 PM

Debbie Walsh

SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY

Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

Hey Suze! I am surprised you were having so much trouble with Firefox. That is all I use for Active Rain and I never very rarely have any problems. If you need any help just holler! We can brainstorm together!

Apr 02, 2011 05:11 AM

I still have problems with Firefox. I probably need to redo everything on my computer to get it to work....and it is just not worth it.

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