Monday, September 12, 2005

IE Here, Firefox There

I have Internet Explorer on the desktop PC, and Firefox over on the laptop. For about five minutes, I just had Firefox on the desktop, too, this evening, but I took it away again.

Why is it that in IE you can drag and drop bookmarks in the regular dropdown, but in FF you have to go to a 'bookmark manager' to do it? And why is it that in IE you can have a pointer to an Excel file as one of your 'favorities', but in FF, you can't?

And while we're at it, why does neither of them -
  • sort by name INCLUDING site names, so that the whole list is in alpha order, not alpha folders then alpha site names?
  • track bookmark use and import the 'most frequently used' concept of the programs explorer, so that I can say 'show just my favorite bookmarks', with an option to say 'show me all of them'?
  • have a 'search for broken links, and stick them somewhere out of the mainstream, with optional deletion of the not-founds'?

I know, these are problems of the idle rich... And I do like FF better than IE simply because its one small blow against the Beast From Redmond. ..I'm just sayin'.....

2 comments:

STAG said...

Dear Tech support...
Program Wife 1.0
Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and valuable resources. In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself into all other programs and now monitors all other system activity. Applications such as Poker Night 10.3, Football 5.0, Hunting and Fishing 7.5, and Racing 3.6 no longer run, crashing the system whenever selected. I can't seem to keep Wife 1.0 in the background while attempting to run my favourite applications. I'm thinking about going back to Girlfriend 7.0, but the uninstall doesn't work on Wife 1.0. Please help!Thanks,A Troubled User.
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REPLY
Dear Troubled User,
This is a very common problem that men complain about. Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0, thinking that it is just a Utilities and Entertainment program. Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM and is designed by its Creator to run EVERYTHING!!! It is also impossible to delete Wife 1.0 and to return to Girlfriend 7.0. It is impossible to uninstall, or purge the program files from the system once installed.You cannot go back to Girlfriend 7.0 because Wife 1.0 is designed to not allow this. Look in your Wife 1.0 manual under Warnings-Alimony-Child Support.
I recommend that you keep Wife1.0 and work on improving the situation. I suggest installing the background application "Yes Dear" to alleviate software augmentation. The best course of action is to enter the command C:\APOLOGIZE because ultimately you will have to give APOLOGIZE command before the system will return to normal anyway. Wife 1.0 is a great program, but it tends to be very high maintenance. Wife 1.0 comes with several support programs, such as Clean and Sweep3.0, Cook It 1.5 and Do Bills 4.2.However, be very careful how you use these programs. Improper use will cause the system to launch the program Nag Nag 9.5. Once this happens, the only way to improve the performance of Wife 1.0 is to purchase additional software. I recommend Flowers 2.1 and Diamonds 5.0!
WARNING!!! DO NOT, under any circumstances, install Secretary With Short Skirt 3.3. This application is not supported by Wife 1.0 and will cause irreversible damage to the operating system.

Cerulean Bill said...

Hmm....problem is, I can't upgrade my Wife. I got the premium version.