Mozilla Foundation Seeking Switch Success Stories

maggeth writes "mozillaZine has a story about how the Mozilla Foundation is looking to know if any organizations have switched to Mozilla products. Is your organization among them?" Can anyone point out an example of a library system switching? Lots of public libraries use PCs set up as kiosks running a web interface to their catalogs, and they all seem to use IE -- so, no tabbed browsing.

Courtesy of Ellen Feiss

[SeanTobin]

I'm writing to share a tragic little story.

My Dad has a webbrowser that my sister and I used to use for our homework assignments. One night, I was browsing a website on it, when all of a sudden it went berserk, the screen started flashing, and some really weird pictures just appeared. Lots of them. And I was at a good website! I had to reboot and find it again really quickly. Needless to say, my rushed webbrowsing wasn't nearly as good, and I blame IE for the trouble I got into when my Dad checked the cache.

I'm happy to report that my sister and I now share Mozilla Firefox. It's a lot nicer to work on than my dad's webbrowser was, it hasn't let me down once, and my cache has been really clean.

Thanks, Mozilla.

apple

[xOleanderx]

Hope they dont make it like that annoying apple switch campaign...

This is just toooo easy!

[Anonymous Coward]

Lots of public libraries use PCs set up as kiosks running a web interface to their catalogs, and they all seem to use IE -- so, no tabbed browsing.

and they would be real useful if anyone could actually see what they are browsing past all the pop-ups and ads!

And then . . .

[vegetablespork]

. . . maybe Microsoft will counter with some people who switched from Mozilla to MSIE, a la the infamous Windows switcher ad [aroundcny.com].

I switched

[mfh]

Well, I switched a few years back and I must say Mozilla and I keep telling my organization that it's the same as Netscape but without all the extra AOL crap. They just look at me sideways... *sigh*

It's always the same, I say, "Hey guys look at {technology A}," and they look at me sideways. That's what I get for working for computer peasants.... *sigh*

Maybe if Mozilla shipped standard on IBM computers it'd be easier? (that's all they'll buy)

Just in case...

[Mard]

In case you didn't get the memo, this month is Mozilla month on slashdot. Please post accordingly.

Success Story!

[efuseekay]

I used I.E. for a long time, and it was a terrible terrible time.

Everytime I click on a porn-site, a zillion pop-ups appeared, covering the important pics of naked hot chicks. If nothing else, the pop-ups did a wonderful job lowering my saluting penis. It was horrible.

But then, my girlfriend recommended that I use mozilla! Boy, it was a dream come true. No pop-ups. And the amazing thing called "TABBED BROWSING". Now, I don't have to open multiple windows of I.E., I can have multiple PICS of naked hot chicks in the same browser! I tell ya, nothing turn on my libido then being able to stare at the naked hot chicks in various positions, all at once! !

So, thank you Mozilla! I love you!

Re:apple

[Finuvir]

There's no chance of that [switch2firefox.com].

Re:Courtesy of Ellen Feiss

[Anonymous Coward]

So you and your sister share those same websites? Thats just distrubing...

Re:Success Story!

[angrist]

Amen brother

http://www.squarefree.com/pornzilla/why-firefox.ht ml [squarefree.com]

We didn't switch to Firefox...

[pyrrhonist]

The Mozilla Foundation is looking to know if any organizations have switched to Mozilla products. Is your organization among them?

No, but we did switch to Acme Lightninggecko. Well, at least until one of us restarts our browser or pops up a new window, anyway.

Semi-OT (but still funny)

[Talisman]

Can you ever really get enough of Ellen [slashdot.org]?

Re:Courtesy of Ellen Feiss

[xmas2003]

OK - how many /.'ers use mozilla products because this way their significant other (who uses IE) won't see the history bar or the cache showing the sites they were looking at.

I.e. I see a variety of comments about p0rn so I gotta believe this might be a factor for some of you! ;-)

Re:Courtesy of Ellen Feiss

[mroch]

now you can't look at porn and blame it on popups...

oh wait, it's impossible to remove IE. Maybe monopolies are good for something...

Re:Library

[Anonymous Coward]

It's just you. Stay away. There is nothing of interst in Austin.

Re:apple

[GarfBond]

As long as no one cues the banjo music I think we'll be ok. :)

Sign me up!

[Tablizer]

I for one have never had a problem with Mozilla. It has performed flawlessesly from day one without a single hiccup or burrrrr8~ ^%@ ..^ & ! # # ,, ~ 8 j ,,, NO CARRIER

Re:Courtesy of Ellen Feiss

[Anonymous Coward]

Disturbing? If the OP is a girl that's just plain hot.

We own a patent on this... sorry

[pimpin apollo]

I'm sorry, Apple owns a patent on "switch" advertising, we have cases pending against proctor and gamble

you can however advertise switching to apple products, speaking of which, have you tried safari?

Re:Library

[fatman22]

Austin is very tech savvy and has more PhD's per square mile than anywhere else in the country. We also have a city council whose intelligence completely offsets that of the rest of the population. We believe in balance.

Sorry but IE is better

[Prince Vegeta SSJ4]

I always want to be able to view all of the feature rich multimedia sites, however, I am unable to do this in Mozilla.

Internet Explorer may have some problems, but I can look past those since MS graciously supplies me with FREE patches.

The words of Clippy

my school... sorta

[nFriedly]

while it wasn't exactly their intentions, my school [mvctc.com] is slowly switching over to firefox. basicaly the first thing i do when i sit down at a 'fresh' computer is install firefox as the default broxser

Re:Courtesy of Ellen Feiss

[roror]

you mean u have a significant other and she doesn't let you see pr0n? wrong choice pal.

Re:the switch

[cookiepus]

At my school library, I work as a semi-admin (well, I know all the passwords and help out a lot).

--Are you with Wendy's?
--Unofficially.

Re:Courtesy of Ellen Feiss

[DarkHelmet]

OK - how many /.'ers use mozilla products because this way their significant other (who uses IE) won't see the history bar or the cache showing the sites they were looking at.

How about the boss looking at my history bar or cache? Oh, hey Peter! ;)

Re:Sorry but IE is better

[Ari_Haviv]

and you graciously supply the russian mafia with FREE credit card accounts.

The story of my company

[timeOday]

Before Mozilla, my employees spent hours per day managing their fantasy football teams, playing Flash whack-a-mole, day-trading, and of course online gambling. Of course all these types of sites are rife with popups, spam, and spyware.

With Mozilla, productivity has nearly doubled! Employees report that due to reduced administrative downtime and popup windows, their fantasy teams are dominating, they're whacking twice as many moles, and gambling away entire paychecks before lunchtime every payday.

Thanks Mozilla!

Re:Problem with Mozilla ...

[killjoe]

Give the man a break, he is probably a MCSE. What the hell does he know about login scripting.

Re:apple

[nametaken]

I really like how this page [switch2firefox.com] isn't compatible with firefox. (the text overlaps pictures)

It is compatible, you just have to refresh. It's one of those weird Gecko bugs that's gone after a refresh. Meh.

What a brilliant place to showcase such a bug! [Obligatory] "DOH!"

My experiences.

[edunbar93]

Before Mozilla, my PC was getting 0wn3d three times a day. I kept getting virus after malware after popup. Every time I turned around, there were a dozen popups on my screen, multiplying by the second, and my home page kept changing to random porn sites.

Now that I have Mozilla, my computer is getting 0wn3d only once a day! New technology has come out to save me from my own gullible self, but the power of human stupidity prevails. Thanks Mozilla!

Re:Unfamilliarity

[Anonymous Coward]

You should have clubed her to death for the good of all humanity.

Re:Courtesy of Ellen Feiss

[It'sYerMam]

This obviously hasn't been phrased for the average slashdot reader:
If you somehow managed to find a girl that will engage in the twisted geek fetishes you want, but doesn't want you to look at porn, all you need to say to yourself is "computer vs life"

Re:Switched from Mozilla back to IE

[psychophil.com]

Nope, sorry. Not full of shit. Check your facts. Windows 2000 Terminal Server has a display limitation of 256 colors.

Citrix does not. Windows 2003 Terminal Server does not. We don't currently use them.

Re:Courtesy of Ellen Feiss

[fuzzix]

Yeah, but what about the people who drive Ferraris?

Those poor bastards are at crotch height... They look out the window while they're cruising through town and see crotches.

As many of you well know, most of the crotches out there are distinctly unattractive. Give me my bicycle any day - let Ferrari guy see my ass fly by while he's stuck in traffic ;)

Re:Problem with Mozilla ...

[dmouritsendk]

Currently I can easily change IE security settings on all computers on my network with a couple mouse clicks

IE security setting?

Thanks man, I can't stop laughing :D

Please submit it to:
http://www.oxymoronlist.com/

Re:Unfamilliarity

[fluke72]

>I'd say it depends - I use FireFox because of the tabs (especially Open Link in New Tab - very useful for pr0n, among other things) but it tends to crash/freeze sometimes.

He's got a point! IE never tends to crash!

could somebody just smack me around the head please?