ActiveBob.....It's always Raining!

Bob - Brad got me brainwashed about FireFox a few months ago.   Today while I was trying to load my new improved "blacklisted" header....I realized....I was doing it in IE......DUH....   When I did the work with Firefox...guess what..... It worked!

Bob... Brad got me turned onto FireFox also!  All his damn widgets overloaded Internet Explorer.  Still need IE for the MLS system but FireFox is my default browser...

Hi Bob,
I'm a big fan of Firefox, been using it for a long time.  Love it!

Bob:  I agree... Firefox is best when working with AR and many other sites.  I still need IE for realtor.com and the MLS so I have both.  

I love Firefox. Can't believe I used internet Explorer for such a long time.

I've been using FF for a couple of years.  I opened a door to other open source programs to me.  It is a marvelous tool.  I won't go back to IE (except for the sites that require me to use it... cough MLS cough).

I have a Firefox tattoo!

It's on a personal part so I can't show it to you.

My favorite trick - goes back to the old mozilla days, 

Type in the address bar "about:mozilla" (with no quotes).  

It's an Egg that's been there since the first incarnation all the way to today.

Spooooooky

Have I been banned yet? 

  

 

I use Firefox for everything that I can. Smart sites, like our property appraiser's site, require Firefox. Antiquated systems, like our MLS, won't run on Firefox and that's the only time I use IE.

Bob I have been using Firefox for over two years now, and I would not go back to Internet Explore ever again.

Bob - Started using Firefox a few months ago and I'm dso hooked - I agree 100%

OK, not that BOB needs any backing from anyone on here, but I totally agree. A few months back I was having problems with IE and activerain. I was talking to the Bobster and he told me to check out Firefox. I did and I have never looked back. Do yourself a flavor and go download it now.

I haven't experienced any big problems here on AR using Explorer, but I use both FF and IE.  I may need to use it more often based on your recommendation!

"I still need IE for realtor.com and the MLS..."

How can someone in the Seattle Area not support Microsoft?  We owe them a great deal in many ways.

Bob, some of us are using work computers.  We can only download Firefox on our personal computers. For me, I spend 90% on my work computer and thus do most of my AR contact there.  Then,  there is the fight at home who is going to use our personal computer. aj

Ardell,

"We".....who are we? You and I? The people of Seattle?

I owe Microsoft nothing..........wait, I take that back......they made Paul Allen rich and he bought the Seahawks so Ken Behring wouldn't move them to L.A. and now I still have a football team to go watch and buy $9 beers. On gameday, I am never happier to pay $9 for a beer :-) 

If I lived in Everett or Tacoma would that make it different? 

AJ,

The person running your system at work won't let you download firefox? What is their reasoning? 

Why do you have to use IE for realtor.com?  I using Firefox for realtor.com and haven't had any problems yet.  I have a new mac and won't/don't have IE on my computer so it is frustrating when the sites won't work well or at all with Firefox, but what choice do I have.  Luckily Firefox seems to work fine with our MLS system.

 

 

I've been using it for 2 years now.  I can't tell you how refreshing it was the first month or so to not experience IE "crashes" and those oh so lovely error messages.

I admit, I've stuck with IE after trying Opera and a few others, Firefox included--thanks for spurring me on to redownload Firefox.  IE will be my "dinosaur" pathway.  The Fox rules!

The clunker that pretends to be an mls in Atlanta, Georgia just won't run on Firefox, I feel like I spend half the day switching browsers and I'm running a dual monitor system to try to decrease the frustration.  Most days I have my laptop next to me also - 3 monitors, just to be able to work!

Bob, I already start every conversation with "Do you use FireFox?" There are so many errors that we (ActiveRain) get every day and they can easily be attubuted to IE. USE FIREFOX PEOPLE!!!!

Dan  has been trying to get me to use FireFox....A/R has been so S L O W ! today figured I would give it a shot....Guess what A/R is still S   L   O   W  ! ! !

Hey Bob!

 I just now downloaded FireFox.  What is it again?  Talk about trust.

Have a Fabulous Day!

Anona

Bob, YOu are so right!  Thank you and yes, it is great.

 

Anything is better than Microsoft folks. 

But Bob!!! I am skeered...don't you know, REALTORS dont do well with change!!!

Boob.... I mean, Bob... I use Firefox, thanks to Mary McKnight... back in December of '06.... I like the fact that it saves what you are working on, in regards to blogs, if your system shuts down... or if AR isn't working at the time when you submit your blog.... and so much more...

I would agree that Firefox is better...however, the whole world does not use Firefox. Some of the changes lately have made pages take very long to load. We should be geared towards the consumer...towards the general public first and foremost...and they may or may not be using Firefox. If the consumer gets tired of waiting for a page to load...especially all the "new" fancy backgrounds & stuff, they may simply log off and go somewhere else. Just a thought.

After hearing about this site for years, your post finally made me download it and try it out. 

Bob- I wrote a long post with all the screen shots and reasons to use Firefox. I think I got quite a few people to switch. But us agents have to toggle back and forth with IE for our MLS. Now, MIXPO does not work with Firefox in part of their program. I have been using Firefox for a long time and just love it. 

Firefox has been on my PC's for a few years now and and we love it.

I have not yet tried it.  I guess I have been lazy.  It will be on my computer this week.  Thanks for the nudge.

It's taken me sinec Valentines to get use to changing tabs and not just hitting the "back" button... NOW I can't do it the other way!

I have sent a copy of your post to my personal computer guru (my son) to see if he agrees. If so, I will be downloading tonight! thanks!!!

I downloaded this months ago and could not be happier with its performance. It also seems to eliminate the getting stuck in someone's blog issue. I have been recommending it to others as well!

Bob,

If Microsoft ever leaves the area in our lifetime, give me a call.  It would be like Armageddon around here.  Support your local companies, as the lives of our neighbors are in their hands.  Hmmm...is this really the last post you've written?  I have to re-check that.

Get on the stick, Bob!

Bob Firefox is great especially if you are interested in SEO. I have the plugin for displaying a sites page rank as well as whether or not a link is "no follow" or not. Works great when you are trying to decide if joining a site could be worth while or not for SEO purposes.

Firefox works great, but not with our Paragon MLS system.

Looks as if I need to download firefox to really see some efficiency.  thanks for sharing

If you are looking to use Paragon on Firefox, feel free to check the following blog, which might solve your problem: http://thewichitacomputerguy.com/how-login-paragon-firefox

I WANTED TO ADD TO THIS POST BY TELLING YOU, as an avid firefox, google chrome, safari, ie, and opera user that, ... and read this next line carefully....  that..

YOUR ACTIVE RAIN BLOG WILL LOOK 500 TIMES BETTER ON A FIREFOX BROWSER. 

i repeat

YOUR ACTIVE RAIN BLOG WILL LOOK 500 TIMES BETTER ON A FIREFOX BROWSER.

 

 

why? 

colors, alignment( I dont' even want to start talking about the centering issues on IE), and overall use. 

 

Please listen to Bob. If there's only 1 thing i can tell you people to do. DO THIS! you will NOT regret it.

 

k now back to your regularly scheduled proxygram* blogging.

Legend: *problem is fixed.