# Computers--changing browers--help please? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-changing-browers-help-please/591102 "2011-08-01T22:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-changing-browers-help-please/591102/21 "2011-08-04T03:00:26Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Another recent study indicates that people who rely on anonymous, Internet-based psychometric testing for reliable intelligence statistics have a slightly lower IQ than a doorknob. OK, I’m dumber than a doorknob, but in my defense, I would like to point out that apparently there are a whole lot of major media outlets that are also dumber than doorknobs. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2015812565\_study\_claiming\_internet\_explorer\_users\_have\_lower.html](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2015812565_study_claiming_internet_explorer_users_have_lower.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-changing-browers-help-please/591102/22 "2011-08-04T16:58:31Z")
**Computers–changing browers–help please?** Hey **Boda** , you skipped an s. I was about to get my OED to see what browers are :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-changing-browers-help-please/591102/23 "2011-08-06T16:14:13Z")
WHOOPS! Firefox did not import Favorites. What to do? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-changing-browers-help-please/591102/24 "2011-08-06T17:06:38Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > WHOOPS! > > Firefox did not import Favorites. > > What to do? Disregard that, please. Do I need new Security Software? Do I need a new Flash edition to view YouTube? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-changing-browers-help-please/591102/25 "2011-08-06T17:19:30Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Disregard that, please. > > Do I need new Security Software? No, not if you already have security software that keeps itself up to date. Changing browsers won’t make a difference to this. > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Do I need a new Flash edition to view YouTube? Possibly yes, but it is a free download. An old version may work, but a new one will be safer and better. Usually Flash will ask you when it wants to update itself anyway. Are you sure you don’t already have the latest version. (I guess, even if you do, it may, possibly need to be reinstalled to work with your new browser.) No need to shout, man. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-changing-browers-help-please/591102/26 "2011-08-12T09:50:05Z")
My sincere thanks to one & all. FF has vastly improved my Web experience, & there ius far less hand-wringing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-changing-browers-help-please/591102/27 "2011-08-12T10:51:15Z")
If only the other IE users could share your enlightenment 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-changing-browers-help-please/591102/28 "2011-08-12T12:24:56Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > It is a bit of a memory hog, so on my computers with 1gb of memory I use another browser from mozilla called Seamonkey. > > [http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/](http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/) > > It is a leaner version of firefox with less bells and whistles and problems than firefox. You’ve got it the other way around – Firefox is actually a browser with fewer bells and whistles than SeaMonkey. (Originally Firefox was also leaner, but in recent years it’s become bloated.) Both browsers are derived from the old Mozilla suite; SeaMonkey kept all the fancy configuration settings and features, whereas Firefox cut them out to concentrate on simplicity and user-friendliness. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-changing-browers-help-please/591102.md?page=1)