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Re: [OM] OT: Interesting Firefox Problem

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Interesting Firefox Problem
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2019 08:53:46 -0500
I only use IE for websites at work that will only work with it. Otherwise, I 
avoid it like the plague it is. My primary browsers are Chrome and Firefox. 
Edge sucks so badly that Microsoft is about to completely rebuild it on a 
different engine (Chromium?). 


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> On May 1, 2019, at 00:06, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I consider IE to be a virus.
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>> On 30 Apr 2019, at 21:06, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>    I will say that I much preferred the functionality of the tabs and 
>> navigation in Firefox, but compromising the security by bypassing the hosts 
>> file is a solid NO.
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>>    Reading EarthLink webmail is significantly faster, now that the intrusion 
>> by fonts.googleapis.com has been dispensed with.  Now I just need to 
>> refamiliarise myself with the idiosyncracies of IE and learn to like them, 
>> as though I have no choice.  Which I don't.
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>>    Plus I put 1e100 and cloudfront into the hosts file, and we'll soon see 
>> if that intrusion is brought to an end.
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>>> 
>>> I've got three browsers on my work computer. Each has their own unique
>>> use. IE is best for a couple of things, Firefox for a couple others,
>>> but Chrome is now the preferred for everything else.
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>>> The Chrome "Fork" has definitely taken on a life of its own and is
>>> leaving Firefox in the dust.
>>> 
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>> Chris
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>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
>>    - Hunter S. Thompson
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