Browsers

cfrizz
cfrizz Posts: 13,415
edited May 2011 in The Clubhouse
Hi fellas.

Is it possible to have 2 browsers installed? Right now I'm using IE9 which just got installed a couple of days ago, and now I can't post to one site.

Can I download & install say Firefox, and switch back & forth between IE & Firefox as needed, or does one have to be dominate?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited May 2011
    One will still have to be the default, but you can have as many browsers as you want on your machine.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited May 2011
    Cathy,

    While I'm not a huge advocate of IE, I use it successfully on quite a few machines. When the upgrade was installed, security settings were probably changed and all you need to do is "re-add" the website you are unable to post to.

    Go to . . . "Tools / Internet Options / Privacy tab / Sites button / Address of website: / Allow" and add type in the web address you are unable to post after "Address of website:" polkaudio.com, where I'm using polkaudio.com as an example

    There's a chance that you will have to do this if you install Firefox too so I'd try it before you go to the trouble of installing a new browser.

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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2011
    Great. Thanks guys!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited May 2011
    I have IE9, Firefox, SeaMonkey and Opera all installed on the system I'm on now. Hell, I have IE, Firefox and Opera on my phone as well. You can even have them all open and loading the same site if you want.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2011
    Firefox loaded & running & accessing the site I needed to post to! Thanks again.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited May 2011
    Yeah... for some reason, I feel the need to use multiple browsers. It might be a form of schizophrenia, but I really like trying out the new versions. Firefox is almost always my default, though.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited May 2011
    I honestly switched to Firefox 5 years ago and never looked back. I have tried Chrome, IE8, IE9, Opera, and Safari. And I keep coming back to Firefox lol.....

    The new version is really kick butt with load time and a clean looking layout.

    But yes, run as many of them as you want and pick the best one or two :smile:
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited May 2011
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    I honestly switched to Firefox 5 years ago and never looked back. I have tried Chrome, IE8, IE9, Opera, and Safari. And I keep coming back to Firefox lol.....

    The new version is really kick butt with load time and a clean looking layout.

    And that version is Firefox 4, which just recently came out. :wink:
    I honestly switched to Firefox 5 years ago....
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited May 2011
    BlueFox wrote: »
    And that version is Firefox 4, which just recently came out. :wink:

    I think he meant he switched to Firefox five years ago... :wink:
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2011
    I'm pretty happy with Chrome....it's especially good on my for the road netbook because it doesn't have all the unnecessary items the IE comes with. I'd say the Chrome is several orders 'faster' on the netbook than IE (any version). As a result of this I also use it on my main laptop, though I also have a copy of IE and Firefox there.

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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited May 2011
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    I think he meant he switched to Firefox five years ago... :wink:

    Bingo lol....... my apologies for the ambiguous post :redface:
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited May 2011
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Firefox loaded & running & accessing the site I needed to post to! Thanks again.

    That wouldn't happen to be the badasssinglechicks.com site,would it ?:tongue::smile:
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2011
    :eek::biggrin:ROTFLMAO!!!! Umm no Tony it wouldn't be!:biggrin::biggrin:
    tonyb wrote: »
    That wouldn't happen to be the badasssinglechicks.com site,would it ?:tongue::smile:
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,007
    edited May 2011
    Just be sure your PC has at least 200wpc to run the browsers properly :wink:
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  • Zeros
    Zeros Posts: 940
    edited May 2011
    Jstas wrote: »
    I have IE9, Firefox, SeaMonkey and Opera all installed on the system I'm on now. Hell, I have IE, Firefox and Opera on my phone as well. You can even have them all open and loading the same site if you want.

    What, no Google Chrome love? I think you have just about every other browser installed! :tongue:
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited May 2011
    :eek::biggrin::biggrin:ROTFLMAO! Good one JF!
    Willow wrote: »
    Just be sure your PC has at least 200wpc to run the browsers properly :wink:
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited May 2011
    I started using Opera Mobile on my Thunderbolt and absolutely love it so I tried Opera 11 a while back and really like it. It has plenty of cool features and seems to perform as well as any other. Chrome feels a little snappier but Opera is no slouch.

    I think at this point in time, theyre all very solid so its just a matter of personal preference.
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