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Firebird - by Brad on 07:10 14 Nov 2003
Have you installed so many critical updates and service packs on your copy of Internet Explorer that it is starting to act funny?  Do you want popup blocking and greater security.  Do you want all your IE favorites?

Here is a great article on the Firebird browser.  I'm starting to migrate all my computers  over to it and I really like it.
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/34501

And it's free.  I like free a lot.
Firebird - by EvilLuke on 13:17 14 Nov 2003
I enjoy it too.

I started using it about 2 months ago and it's been nice. The tabbed browsing thing is more fun than I expected :)

The one thing I haven't been able to find a way to turn off is the dropdown box while you type in an address, and I just decided to get used to it.

Download the "Click Flash to Play" add on to really save some download time on flash ad heavy pages. It's quite convenient and they have it at their Extensions site.

EvilLuke
Firebird - by din on 22:08 14 Nov 2003
EL .. for the dropdown in try preferences >navigator > smart browsing and uncheck location bar autocomplete .. that is where it is in mozilla so it may be close in firebird .. i haven't used firebird in person :)
Firebird - by Rychaerde on 19:53 15 Nov 2003
Ooh, NICE.  So far, I like it,  but then I've only downloaded it 5-minutes or so ago...I also like the pop-up blocking feature.  It's already intercepted several that normally come up by the time I get to this site. :cool:
Firebird - by Brad on 08:25 16 Nov 2003
Yeah I like the pop-up blocking too.  I like that you can add search engines to the search form too.  Not just search engines but things like dictionaries and The British Museum and stuff.  Very handy.

The other part I like is the way it does tabbed browsing, much better than the others do.
Firebird - by Brad on 13:57 16 Nov 2003
More cool add-ons for the browser are here:
http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions/

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