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I'm sooo embarrassed to even bring this up.

I use IE 9 but keep reading good things about FireFox & would like to give it a try but keep IE during my trial of FF. How is this done? :o

Thanks,
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Hello Grits,

No worries. You can install Firefox and still use both browsers at will.

The only thing you'll need to decide on is which one to make as your default program used when opening a URL link. However, you can still change the default program to be either one at will as well.

Hope this helps, :)
Shawn
 

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I use 3 myself, IE 9, FF and Chrome...each has some pro's and con's.
 

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bassfisher6522 said:
I use 3 myself, IE 9, FF and Chrome...each has some pro's and con's.
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I use ie9 with WOT addon and Firefox. Sometimes one will display better than the other. There is nothing wrong with having 2
 

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Brink said:
Hello Grits,

No worries. You can install Firefox and still use both browsers at will.

The only thing you'll need to decide on is which one to make as your default program used when opening a URL link. However, you can still change the default program to be either one at will as well.

Hope this helps, :)
Shawn
Click to expand...

So rather than choosing one as the 'default' while I'm in the process of testing Firefox how do I switch back & forth? Say for example I open The Weather Channel using IE then for S&G's I want to see if FF is faster or whatever. Is that what you mean by "either one at will as well"?
 

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For that, you would need to open FF, then open The Weather Channel. You wouldn't be able to open The Weather Channel into FF from within IE or vice versa.

What I meant for "either one at will as well", is that you could set either one as the default program to open website shortcuts from say your desktop to taskbar with the default browser you set. Basically, you can change the default program whenever you like. :)
 

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ok, to get me started, which version of Firefox would you recommend to a newbie? I'm 'technology challenged'. :o
 

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Have tried several times to download it but it won't. That yellow box that usually pops up at bottom of window starts to show, then disappears. :huh: Probably something I've done wrong in IE settings??
 

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Thanks Guy, that did it :), got it done just after you posted the link. Have been trying to figure it out ever since tho' & am not sure I'm gonna like it. Can't find anything that I'm used to in IE just like I'm still struggling with 7 over XP. I realize that 'Rome wasn't built in a day', guess I just need to work on my lack of patience, time will tell.

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It should come to you. Address in address bar, you can search from the address bar too, just type search words and hit enter. It takes some figuring out, but basically all browsers do the same things ;)

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Great news Grits.

Please feel free to post questions in the forums whenever you have one. We'll be happy to help. :)
 

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Tried it, didn't like it so uninstalled.
 
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