freebie2disco
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
Location: wantage
Posts: 231
 
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For spell check in Firefox 3 , go to preferences- advanced- general tab and select "check my spelling as i type". Make sure you have loaded the British English dictionary and then you have spell check on any web page.
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CFB
Joined: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Thackley, West Yorkshire.
Posts: 2760
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Tried it but didn't have the dictionary loaded first time, thanks all. TDV6 HSE Auto in Arctic Frost - Hers
TDV6 SE Manual in Java Black - Mine
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| Wed Sep 03 2008 7:01pm |
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dick dastardly
Joined: 29 May 2007
Location: location location location
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Great Browser, great addons. Try FoxLingo addon for translating web pages, general text etc. Or Adblock to stop anoying ads or NoScript to have tighter control over java script. Plus of course AVG anti virus add on that can scan links for known dodgy sites before you click on them. There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that do not
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| Wed Sep 03 2008 7:12pm |
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shiny moose
Joined: 12 Nov 2007
Location: In the middle somewhere
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Run FF for a few year, had no problems, I took part in their worlds biggest down load a few months back, they even mailed me a certificate. Silver TDV6 S with sat nav, PTI and Moosed up a bit
"I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant"
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| Wed Sep 03 2008 8:36pm |
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BLFarrar
Joined: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Deepest, darkest Halifax, West Yorkshire
Posts: 620
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Firefox more than all the others,
Have IE at work...but cheat & use Firefox off my USB stick
Have Safari on Mac......Firefox is the browser of choice...
Haven't got Ubuntu working as yet... ....have Disco3 HSE TD6 Auto...
....also S Type 2.7 Auto....
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| Wed Sep 03 2008 8:40pm |
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shiny moose
Joined: 12 Nov 2007
Location: In the middle somewhere
Posts: 1579
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haven't Goggle launched a browsers called Chrome today ? - anyone know anything about it Silver TDV6 S with sat nav, PTI and Moosed up a bit
"I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant"
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| Wed Sep 03 2008 8:43pm |
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dick dastardly
Joined: 29 May 2007
Location: location location location
Posts: 453
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BLFarrar wrote:Ubuntu working as yet...
Ubuntu is a linux distribution. Burn the CD, boot your PC from the CD. It comes with firefox as standard. And Open Orrifice There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that do not
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| Thu Sep 04 2008 6:53pm |
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dick dastardly
Joined: 29 May 2007
Location: location location location
Posts: 453
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shiny moose wrote:haven't Goggle launched a browsers called Chrome today ? - anyone know anything about it
beta release happened on Tuesday. I dont trust Google "analytics" tracking you around. As is normal these days, the data gets outsourced to call centers in countries with effectively no data protection rules. Already had someone trying to hack my credit card details and as for spam, I dont need a penis enlargement or viagra thanks very much. Could do with longer legs though  There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that do not
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| Thu Sep 04 2008 9:33pm |
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AndrewW
Joined: 06 Aug 2007
Location: Saddleworth
Posts: 1467
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FF has been good for ages; 3.0.1 - the last upgrade - seems a leap forward 
I also have Safari from Apple on the PC - that can be even quicker but it doesn't have the bells and whistles I've got used to... Good for weird searches , though.
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{I think Mozilla's e-mail handler has to be next - Outlook?  } 06 TDV6 SE Tonga Green
Mantec Plate (with three "dings"), BCB rope, Hidden winch (hidden in garage...), Webasto timer (in box), TorqTuned ((tee hee)²), Origin b2 (in case), Traffic master jam warner (in expectation), FT8800, Motorola GM360, INTEK H-520+ (in a tangle)
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| Thu Sep 04 2008 11:10pm |
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Popelka
Joined: 31 May 2008
Location: Praha (Prague)
Posts: 181
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BLFarrar wrote:
Firefox also has a USB stick version that you can download & have it loaded on a Memory stick to use on any PC that hasnt got F'fox....this is what I use at work.
do you use a U3 USB, that's also a useful piece of kit, I think they have Opera for browsing. it's like having a PC in your pocket  my 4x4 hasn't grown up yet 
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| Fri Sep 05 2008 7:50am |
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BLFarrar
Joined: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Deepest, darkest Halifax, West Yorkshire
Posts: 620
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Unnecessary quote removed
I have a Lexar 8Gig USB stick that uses Ceedo PowertoGo software...this allows you to have executable programs working on any PC....I believe there are now free version of this software.
The Firefox is a trimmed down version ....have Disco3 HSE TD6 Auto...
....also S Type 2.7 Auto....
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| Fri Sep 05 2008 12:23pm |
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hernan1304
Joined: 28 Feb 2008
Location: Dubai
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Use Firefox all the time, and it does have a spell checker in preferences which works very well!
Have downloaded Google Chrome Beta and that is incredibly fast (especially with Google apps, such as Gmail, which runs VERY quickly). However, it is a Beta and not quite ready for prime time IMO. When they get the niggles ironed out it should be a great alternative though!
Even if you choose not to download FF or Chrome, make sure you keep your Internet Explorer up to date. Version 7 out at the moment, Version 8 is in Beta and should be up for release soon!
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| Sun Sep 07 2008 6:23am |
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robsmith
Joined: 02 Sep 2007
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 571
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AndrewW wrote:
{I think Mozilla's e-mail handler has to be next - Outlook? }
I've been using Mozilla Thunderbird for some time. Has a lot of nice features and is stable. Filters took a bit of getting used to, but once I got them sorted they work very well, sorting out incoming mail into the correct folders (including auto-delete...). Much better than Lotus N*tes that I'm forced to use on one of my clients sites. Rob Smith
Silver rools OK
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