Monday, January 15, 2007

Are there any other web browsers?

Q: Aside from Internet Explorer and Firefox, are there any other web browsers?

A: Lots. But after trying out Firefox 2.0, you wouldn't want to use anything else, would you?

IE 7 - now features tabs and integrated RSS feed reader

Opera 9.1 - free to try; $29 to buy

Lynx - text browser

Konqueror - only heard about it, know nothing about it

Netscape Navigator 8.0 - we have memories of this

Safari - default browser on Mac OS X

iCab - for the Apple Macintosh

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Friday, January 5, 2007

Can I use FTP with Firefox?

Q: I type ftp.nameofsite.com into the Firefox address bar but it doesn't work like in Internet Explorer. Can't I use FTP with Firefox?

A: Get the FireFTP extension. Go here, download it and close your browser. The next time you use Firefox, look under Tools. See the seahorse icon? Click and you're ready to transfer files via FTP. The interface is so simple I don't even need to explain it.

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