# Anyone else using and loving Mozilla Firebird? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406 "2003-12-28T12:27:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/21 "2003-12-29T14:02:59Z")
Love using Mozilla. Favorite skin is Blue. Anyone else use it? Only nitpick I have with it though is the fact that it will not display https:// sites at all. That means I have to do all my online banking and online buying in IE. Anyone else have this problem? ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/22 "2003-12-29T19:49:20Z")
I use it sparingly on Mandrake , the only problem, actually nitpick would be more the word, is that so far I can’t find something to change the setting under file. On almost all browsers from Konq to IE , under file there is a setting for open-\>url-\>yada yada On Firebird , all that function does , is to open up a filemanager Declan ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/23 "2003-12-29T20:02:50Z")
That is a strange problem. I use Wells Fargo for banking(including online stuff), and their website has no problems with Firebird. ---
**Author:** ![lawboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c67d28/32.png) [@lawboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawboy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/24 "2003-12-29T22:00:34Z")
I’m using the latest version of Firebird and I have mass problems w/Ebay and hotmail. Granted, I’m on that super-new version (where the site says to uninstall, just delete the entire folder contents). I’m using Firebird 0.7. I’m thinking of uninstalling and going to Mozilla or Firebird 0.4 so that I can access Ebay (and b/c I hate IE and everything M$ does). Any advice? ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/25 "2003-12-30T03:52:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Declan \* > On almost all browsers from Konq to IE , under file there is a setting for open-\>url-\>yada yada Why would you want that? You could just type the URL into the location window. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/26 "2003-12-30T14:18:18Z")
No problems with EBay or Hotmail on Mozilla 1.5 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/27 "2003-12-30T16:04:13Z")
We used it for a bit. I thought it was good. But for some reason it doesnt work with our new server or so something… I wasn’t really wowed enough to try to decipher the hub’s explanation. Mozilla Thunderbird, however…I’ll NEVER NEVER NEVER Give up! ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/28 "2003-12-30T21:28:20Z")
One other slight glitch I’ve noticed: When I click a “mailto:” link, Eudora opens up a new message window as it should, but Firebird also opens up a blank browser window that goes nowhere. It’s not a major problem to close a useless browser window, and not enough to get me to go back to IE, but it’s mildly annoying. **ramesh** (or anyone else), what is “type ahead find”? ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/29 "2003-12-30T23:55:10Z")
I love Firebird. Blocking Flash and popups is wonderful. Tabbed browsing is essential now. No problems with pdf, hotmail or ebay. I did have a problem with quicktime taking over my mp3s but that was solved. The support forum is great. ---
**Author:** ![ramesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ramesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ramesh)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/30 "2003-12-31T04:48:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\* > **ramesh** (or anyone else), what is “type ahead find”? \*\* I searched a bit in MozFB faq for an explanation. Dont know where I read about this first. This is a feature for people _so_ lazy that they cant move their arms from the keyboard to the mouse. If you simply type the text of a link, the link gets highlighted. The “Ahead” part is that the search is incremental. If you type “B” the first link in the page that starts with B is highlighted. If you type “u” next, the search moves on the first matching occruance of “Bu” and ignores all other prior occurances of “B”. So, for example in [nytimes.com](http://nytimes.com), I type “Bu” and then Enter to go to the Business section. Also, if you want to search all the text in a webpage, then you precede your query with a “/”; this is a bit more advanced than Cntl-F; string to search; Enter. The incremental part of the search is cool. You dont have to type out the entire string you are searching for. It takes a bit using to; if you have used text editors or programming envirornments, this is a natural feature to use. Otw, just ignore it. The only problem I have with MozFB is the music window in [http://www.musicindiaonline.com/](http://www.musicindiaonline.com/) Cant seem to use either the real or the wmp plugins. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/31 "2003-12-31T07:24:29Z")
HOLY SHNIKIES! **ramesh** that type ahead feature is so awesome… _runs off to start playing_ ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/32 "2003-12-31T08:44:12Z")
I never had any problems with IE. Especially when I had proxmitron installed. I can’t recall if proxi got rid of those imbedded pop-ups or not. Anyway I figured I’d try it out and it seems to work well. Although it opens everything slower then IE. I’m guessing I’m missing something. I’m also still trying to open popcap and [shockwave.com](http://shockwave.com). Oh well, I plan to keep playing with it. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/33 "2003-12-31T08:54:11Z")
I never had any problems with IE. Especially when I had proxmitron installed. I can’t recall if proxi got rid of those imbedded pop-ups or not. Anyway I figured I’d try it out and it seems to work well. Although it opens everything slower then IE. I’m guessing I’m missing something. I’m also still trying to open popcap and [shockwave.com](http://shockwave.com). Oh well, I plan to keep playing with it. ---
**Author:** ![ramesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ramesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ramesh)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/34 "2003-12-31T13:58:33Z")
forgot to mention: in type ahead find, f3 gets you to Next match while Shift-f3 gets you to Prev match. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/35 "2003-12-31T16:06:38Z")
Where do you get the new versions of mozilla? I am using .7 or some such at the moment and I like it pretty well…opens pages fast and whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/36 "2003-12-31T17:18:49Z")
> **[Internet for people, not profit](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/)** > > Mozilla is the not-for-profit behind the lightning fast Firefox browser. We put people over profit to give everyone more power online. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/37 "2003-12-31T17:59:22Z")
Just thought I’d point out that Mozilla and Mozilla Firebird are not, in fact, the same thing. Firebird can be found at [www.mozilla.org/products/firebird](http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird). ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/38 "2003-12-31T18:00:33Z")
Gah. Try [www.mozilla.org/products/firebird](http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird). ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/39 "2004-01-01T03:40:53Z")
Love Firebird, it’s all I use at home. (At work, I stick w/ IE, mainly because I work in web development, though not coding, so excuse my non-technical terminology below). I can live with the minor issues (yes, I have the same reply-box-width thing happen to me) but one big issue I would LOVE someone here to help with is this: Firebird requires its own Java machine (or at least a different one from IE/Microsoft). There are certain things on the web that seem to require the IE Java machine, and the Mozilla one doesn’t allow the IE one to run. So some sites/high-end web stuff don’t run right. Is there a way around this, without basically uninstalling Firebird and the Java entirely? ---
**Author:** ![PoignantSod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@PoignantSod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoignantSod)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406/40 "2004-01-01T04:04:23Z")
Have it, use it, love it. I came from Mozilla, and loved its Orbit theme, so I’m using the Px Classic theme now which is the great yellow Orbit theme resurrected. **alterego** I do exactly the same thing, sort of a cross between something for my fingers to do and something that makes text more readable. What I ended up doing was setting the middle button for mouse gestures, so I can still use the left button to highlight yet still make swoopy commands. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-using-and-loving-mozilla-firebird/221406.md?page=3)