FF user ever since I started to use a internet. Late W95 days.
Hmm... Did you mean a different browser? As memory serves, Firefox didn't exist until 2004 or 2005.
(I was an Opera user back then.)
FF user ever since I started to use a internet. Late W95 days.
Well, yes.Hmm... Did you mean a different browser?
I cant remember the exact date but prior to using FF I used its parent Netscape [back in the days of w3 I used CompuServe]Did you mean a different browser? As memory serves, Firefox didn't exist
Well, yes.
I cant remember the exact date but prior to using FF I used its parent Netscape [back in the days of w3 I used CompuServe]
You introduced me to Brave and then you left but I use both now FF and Brave, 2 browsers is a must with all that tracking going onI recently moved from brave browser (chrome based) back to Firefox and am quite happy with the outcome.
I had found both brave and chromium exhibiting some 'weirdness', ....I can do without unexplained happenings....hence the shift.
If this is the only reason for multiple browsers: FF with multiple profiles will cover this and more.2 browsers is a must with all that tracking going on
Netscape Communicator, Netscape Navigator, Phoenix, something, something, Firefox. Just family development.LOL I hope you weren't using Win95 in 2004!
I figure that might be what they mean. I just double checked and Firefox was released, version 1.0, in 2004.
It feels longer than that but it isn't. Chrome didn't exist until 2008, from a quick search. Oddly, that one seems shorter. That's probably because I didn't use it at the time. I was still firmly in the Opera camp, even though it was not free.
There were ways to pirate Opera back then, and you could use it as adware, but I felt that it was worth paying for. If one were to go back and look, Opera is responsible for many of the innovations and even standards in browsers. Once upon a time, they were cutting edge and innovative. Now, they're owned by another company and they're just a Chromium fork with some bolted on extra features.
Also, with Firefox and Chrome being 'good enough', there was no market left for paid browsers and the ad-supported version never gained much traction. People would just pirate it instead of using the ad-supported version. That was not a sustainable business model in the world of free browsers.
Hmm... Man, I was fortunate enough to experience quite a bit of what is now computer history. If I were more motivated, I'd write a book. Alas, that's not going to happen.
As crazy as this sounds, FTP is still used today. SFTP is the preference but many web hosting companies don't have SFTP enabled. So, you get the old and insecure FTP.
I still see telnet used from time to time.
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
Heh, my point was that none of this was insecure. Everybody was using FTP. It was not "crazy" just normal.As crazy as this sounds, FTP is still used today. SFTP is the preference but many web hosting companies don't have SFTP enabled. So, you get the old and insecure FTP.
It may have been "normal", but it was definitely insecure. I know, everybody was using standard http for surfing the web, passwords and emails were flying in a plain text form and anybody in the middle could see them. I remember when my email provider had implemented secure login to the webmail. The password was sent using https, the rest (all the emails) via http. It was insecure as hell, but sometimes ignorance is a bliss.Heh, my point was that none of this was insecure. Everybody was using FTP. It was not "crazy" just normal.
It was not "crazy" just normal.
Security was an afterthought
I use FileZilla to transfer my Expirion Linux ISOs to SourceForge and I have two browsers FireFox and Chromium on Expirion as defaultAs crazy as this sounds, FTP is still used today. SFTP is the preference but many web hosting companies don't have SFTP enabled.
I use FileZilla to transfer my Expirion Linux ISOs to SourceForge and I have two browsers FireFox and Chromium on Expirion as default
Those old modems can still be useful - sort of... On a host that, for whatever reason, can't tell whether it's on utility power or the UPS has kicked in, an external modem (not plugged in to the UPS) will stop responding with "OK" when pinged with "AT" when utility power drops so the host can be triggered to shut down cleanly. ... Assuming there's a free legacy serial port on the host.waiting for them to resurrect Netscape. Maybe ship it to everyone with an AOL CDrom. I just had a funeral for a 19.2 modem I found in the back of my closet.... I'm old...