firefox vs ie

[LuisDesigns]

simple question, i run ie as my web browser , but some people say firefox is better. Which would your guys recommend me to have?
I thought i ask before i install it.

Thanks guys

[Deaf_Web_Designer]

LuisDesigns,

You need to install few, different kinds of web browsers installed on your platform.

Why?

Testing, testing and testing. You don't have control over Internet users access to your site. Majority of Internet users are using IE (different versions all together).

Ideally, Firefox is standard-based web browser. I like it quite immensely. I also have installed a special testing tool called Web Developer developed by open source volunteers over there at Firefox community. I find that very useful tool for testing or troubleshooting around web page with HTML, CSS and things like that.

Hope that helps.

Cheers, DWD (Brian)

[LuisDesigns]

thanks for that. I never used firefox before so i wouldn't know, can i have both ie and firefox installed without a problem?
and does it take alot of memory. I have heard that firefox is great for web development thats why i wonder if i should install or not.

thanks, btw, sent you PM yesterday.

thanks mate

[Newsgroup_User]

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:41:04 +0000 (UTC), "LuisDesigns"
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

>thanks for that. I never used firefox before so i wouldn't know, can i have
>both ie and firefox installed without a problem?

Yes, no problem.
--
Steve Fleischer
steve at flyingtigerwebdesign dot com
Hong Kong

[Newsgroup_User]

I never used firefox before so i wouldn't know, can i have
> both ie and firefox installed without a problem?

You can have 10 or more browsers* installed on your computer and run them
simultaneously without a problem.

I regularly use IE7, Firefox 2 and Opera 9 on the same computer.

I run IE6 on a separate PC. I also run Safari on a Mac Mini.

* The only browser you cannot do this with is Internet Explorer where you
can only have one version installed at a time (without some tricky,
unsupported workarounds).

--
Regards

John Waller

[Newsgroup_User]

The best approach (in my opinion) is to build for FF, and then fix for IE.
If it looks right in FF, you are on the right track....

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Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"LuisDesigns" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:erofl0$hv7$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> thanks for that. I never used firefox before so i wouldn't know, can i
> have
> both ie and firefox installed without a problem?
> and does it take alot of memory. I have heard that firefox is great for
> web
> development thats why i wonder if i should install or not.
>
> thanks, btw, sent you PM yesterday.
>
> thanks mate
>

[LuisDesigns]

thanks steve

[LuisDesigns]

Thanks, so basicaly i should install firefox and opera and keep ie, on my pc.
any particular version ?
thanks

[Newsgroup_User]

> any particular version ?

Normally the latest (most current).

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Regards

John Waller