my g/f prefers firefox and i like windows 7 got that on my home pc

can i download ie7 onto the pc and swap and change

if so how .laymans terms please

 

thats no problem

just install both

i have it

 

same here got them both

 

I have four browsers on my system

Swiftfox (performance tweaked firefox)
Opera
Galeon
Emacs/W3

 

if i install both how do i swap between browsers though

still confused

 

Easy, you open up the one YOU want to use. Simple as
Or if you want to have Both opened up, open them both up and just click on the window of your browser to make it active. It's one of the easiest things to do.
I have on my Mac...
Safari (which is what I always use)
Firefox (I forget I have it LOL)
Explorer (which I never use cause that shit freezes more on me than a Russian winter LOL)

 

if your using firefox and IE the easiest way is to run the IE tab extension which embeds Internet explorer into a firefox tab.. why anyone would want to use IE though is beyond me


https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

 

Same as Erik - I have Safari, Firefox (which I never use cos I don't like it much) and IE7 (which I use the most)

It's so simple to use more than one browser tho! YOu know you click the IE logo to open IE? Well install Firefox and then just click the Firefox logo to open Firefox as the broswer! Once in the FF browser, any links clikced will just open in a new FF tab or window anyway (or IE if you are using that)

You will need to set one as the primary browser, so pick the one you use the most I guess... Or pick FF for the g/f so she don't yell at you that it ain't working

Here's a pic of all three running;


( http://i17.tinypic.com/6c5lj7t.jpg )

Bit crowded but normally all are full screen - just to show all on screen at same time

 

whats opera like heard good thingd but never seen it anywhere

 

i used to use opera exclusively because of the tabs feature. and it wasn't microshaft. then when firefox got tabs i started using it. however i think opera is a smaller software and runs a bit faster than the rest. of course nowadays with the speed of the newer processors, that really isn't a concern anymore.

 

Now they all have Tabs - IE7, FF, Safari, even Netscape has it

 

cheers all for the replys

 

Typical Linux looking browser, rather similar in looks and operation to FireFox and IE7 really.....

 

I agree, I only have Opera on my system because I stuck it there for a look a while back, I can't say I really use it other than to test site code to see how it renders the page as it does not offer any advantage over the other browser imho

 

opera used to be far superior to both IE and mozilla, but now both of them have caught up and or passed opera. still not a bad browser though.

 

yes, but like the firefox now, used opera back in the days

 

I remember back in the day when we got our first PC - think it was Windows 3.1 but not sure... Back then I don't even think there was a Windows Internet Explorer, and I remember using Netscape to view stuff on t'interweb.....

 

update

on her pc now and downloaded ie7

browser installed but no icon on the desk top ..SO how do clicky it to BOOT up ie7 WEB BROWSER

 

START - should shouw at the top. If not, ALL PROGRAMMES > Internet Explorer

 

matt it never worked

so just reinstalled ie 7 yet again on her pc fook near on ten mins for a net browser .

and still no clicky on desktop like the firefox link and no new programs when installed when click on all programs.

pc software is all valid not like mine. so i carnt see what the problem is

 

You can't be missing IE as it's part of the OS, so it has to be there....

Should look like this;