When I'm doing web site work I'll sometimes have all 4 of my browsers (FF, IE, Opera, Chrome) open simultaneously to check appearance. Never had a conflict problem.

Anyone opened their Sunday Times technology section today (back of the In Gear supplement)? Firefox is their recommendation. Maybe I should set up as a clairvoyant.

I don't quite get this Personas thing. Is it right that it's only visible in the top 3 centimetres or so?
Any way to see the whole thing? If not, what's the point? First Firefox gripe - the help page for this is not very clear.

Are Personas a FF V3.6 thing?

I've just upgraded to 3.6 and at the moment can see no difference from 3.5 previously.

Ah, just Googled, it seems to be a personalised skin. I'm quite happy with my current one thank you.

"Personalised Skins"?

I started thinking about "Silence of the Lambs" when you mentioned that.

In reply to a post by zhugeliang:

"Personalised Skins"?

I started thinking about "Silence of the Lambs" when you mentioned that.

That's just woolly thinking

In reply to a post by GeoffB:

Thanks. I notice that when I click on a link (in an email for example) it still opens in IE. Is there any way of telling it to open links in Firefox? I assume that I need to make Firefox my default browser, but I haven't done that yet as I've heard that there's a conflict issue.

go into default programs and set the webrowsing to all for firefox.. opening of html pages via files and links are handled separately ...

I should get xp mode reinstalled

In reply to a post by GeoffB:

One thing I've noticed is that Firefox insisted on me downloading the very latest version of Flash before it would play embedded video, wheras IE was happy with the older version.

I think you are wrong.

I.E. uses a Flash thing which incorporates Active X and all its security vulnerabilities.

FireFox is much safer, but you have to use Firefox to download/instal the safe version.

The two executables are totally independent.

I.E. cannot use the safe version of Flash.
Firefox cannot use the dangerous version.

Probability is that Firefox MAY have found it had a much more obsolete version that I.E. was using - perhaps there was no version at all.

You have to visit Adobe Flash with the browser for which you want Flash.

Alan

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

I.E. uses a Flash thing ...............

Hmmm...... sounds like we have a real expert here.

The bottom line is..... if you are relying on your choice of internet browser for your computer's security, you really ought to think about taking up a different hobby. One that leaves you with less risk of having your personal details stolen.

Wrong. If you ignore browser, OS and other app security and rely instead on firewalls and antivirus software, you haven't got a clue