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I read the FAQ section on the Slimbrowser page and it said that it basicly uses your existing IE engine, whidh makes me believe that you are still left with the same IE security problems. I realize that Moz/FF and Opera are not totally immune either, and as their popularity grows they may well become bigger targets for Trojans and other malaware, but the Mozilla community seems to respond much quicker than MS to threats. There is documentation that the open source community tends to produce mo

Reply to WinCustomize's 10 most memorable moments of the past year. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I forgot to mention the help I got from BoXXi and Shameless with a DX problem my first week using OD. Only later did I find out how influential they are around here. So thanks again BOXXi and Shameless Designs! I could have very easily given up on this place had it not been for the the helpful advice. Another memorable time was when I nearly killed my system with a bad Litestep install. Thanks to Jafo there. The advice I got here was a lot more helpful than anything I got at Litestep.ne

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JCS, if you DL OPera you get the trial version, which has the ad banners. If you buy it [$39US] the ads go away. Opera is actually a very nice, feature rich browser and I was very happy with vers 7.2, until I inadvertantly removed it from my HDD. I currently am quite satisfied with Firefox, so I probably willl not pay for the new [7.5] version of Opera. I do, however, recommend it to others who like the tabbed features, as you can have Opera open up with a whole set of tabbed windows each ti

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No I'm pretty sure Opera is a Netscape offshoot, although it does have a noce feature that allows it to appear as IE, or another type of browser to fool sites that are coded for those specific browsers. I had Opera 7.2 but [ long story] it got erased and I didn't feel like shelling out again.

Reply to WinCustomize's 10 most memorable moments of the past year. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I got shot down by Jafo once, and I was afraid to post for a month! I did get promoted [not sure how or why, but good anyway]...and I think I helped DWatson break his habit of plugging Google in every thread!

Reply to New Browser in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Werewolf, have you tried Opera? I think it may have the kind of tabbed features you're looking for. Only downside is it's $39 if you want to get rid of the ads.

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#46 Werewolf, If I understand your question, here is how to have a blank after closing all tabs[though I don't know why you'd want that] Tools>Options>General, in Homepage section set homepage to Blank Hope that helps. [Message Edited]

Reply to Mozilla Firefox and WindowBlinds in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I'm just using the default theme and WB is applying the background to the toolbars. It doesn't skin the drop-down menus, although it does apply the skin background color to the menus. [click on my screen name to see my screenshot]

Reply to You gotta watch this Presidential Video in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

LMAO at Clinton piece!

Reply to Mozilla Firefox and WindowBlinds in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

WB skins my Firefox and Mozilla just as well as it does IE, bit I'm not applying any different skins to FF or Moz. I'm on my lunch at work now, I'll have to check my FF settings when I get home and let you know.

Reply to Question about monitors in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Just remember: You're wife is always right....even if she's not Maybe you should give her the monitor and get yourself a new one?

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In regards to #35: Mozilla had updates available in less than 24 hours, MS is lucky to get it in 24 days, and these security flaws in Mozilla, Firefox, & Opera, unless I'm mistaken, do not open up the users PC to the same level of vulnerability since third party browsers are not linked to the OS as IE is. Sig101 feel free to back me up.......or shoot me down if I'm wrong....../me thinks he will find his own corners from now on.... [Message Edited]

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I'll go sit in the corner with Essencay....looks like sig101's got this one covered.

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MGiff, why don't you just try out a couple alternate browsers and decide which one YOU like best, after all only you can make the final decision. I've tried Opera, Mozilla, and Firefox. My personal favorite is Firefox, with Thunderbird as Email client [nice built in spam filters] One of the extensions I addes to my Firefox is called IEVIEW which allows you to view any toublesome pages in IE. ALL Mozilla browsers also allow you to import all your IE Favorites. I'm sure with a little experim

Reply to Your First Time..... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

First vinyl: Aerosmith "Rocks" and "Toys in the Attic" First CD, probably Metallica " and Justice for All" also had some Eagles 8-Tracks and uncounted cassette tapes

Reply to Well waddaya know... more than one use: used in domestic murder case in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

He was probably already passed out drunk before she started beating on him! Not that any sort of drinking goes on down there in Memphis

Reply to Bill Gates: DVDs doomed in less than 10 years.. in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I'm sure whatever the Great Prophet Billy-Bob envisions will be proprietary to MS, so that all we peasants can come pay tithes and offerings at the altar of the great Redmond Giant, grateful for whatever system is decreed by by the All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Eye-of-Gates!

Reply to WinCustomize Users get younger... in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I did take part in the poll, but the age groupings seemed somewhat odd to me. Was there some method to the madness?

Reply to Quick Roll Call in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Jafo's not foolin' me.....He's ALWAYS here

Reply to Any Extreme Thrill Riders Out There? What & Why? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I live 5 minutes from Kings Island and have ridden Delirium more times than I can count, though mostly I ride it for my kids' sake. It reminds me of carnival rides from when I was a kid, only 50 times bigger! My personal favorite is The Beast, consistently rated as one of the top wooden coasters in the USA. I've been riding it since it was built in '79, and I haven't tired of it yet. They [ Kings Island] also have the Son of Beast, which will jar your fillings right out and is the only wooden co

Reply to Drinking and shotguns in your pants don't mix: Crazy Brits :) in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I guess his shotgun isn't the only thing that's sawed off now

Reply to Internet shakes -.-? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

92 Proof??

Reply to Internet shakes -.-? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I've had it happen for a few seconds when I DL a new WIndowblind, but then it quits, at the time I thought it was something wrong with the site

Reply to ObjectDock Plus arrives on Friday! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

WIll Object Dock Plus have the ability to be user specific, so that different users on an XP machine can customize the dock to their liking? And I personally don't feel insulted that you're charging for it. When I purchased OD Suite it was because I thought it was worth the cost. Nothing has changed, Stardock has a new product and they have every right to charge for it. If they gave everything away for free then they wouldn't be in business for very long, and pretty soon there wouldn't be an

Reply to How can you say a pc is better than a Mac? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I think Macs used to be better, back when Windows was built on top of DOS. Now with all the convergent technology, they're more alike than ever. BTW, we have to reboot the Macs at work easily ten times more than the PCs. Every time the servers are down for maintenence, the PC's are connected back up within a minute, while every Mac, and we have about 30, has to be re-booted and manually logged back onto every server, and we have about 5 of those![I'd like to drop-kick one little G3 in particul