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Firefox 14.01
MilesAhead:
I've heard of the "Fx" abbreviation only ONCE before this thread. Every person I talk to on IRC, web forums, in person, etc. refer to firefox as either firefox or FF. Mozilla can call it what they want, but the true abbreviation is what the masses use.
-Josh (July 22, 2012, 05:03 PM)
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Seems like some attention getting ploy. Like Apple usurping the term "apps" when it's been shorthand for any software program before even Dos existed, and MS usurping "gadget" for some small utilities. That would be fine except then when you use the term normally somebody says it's not a "gadget" unless it conforms to some MS definition(of which I am blissfully ignorant as I de-crappify my PCs as soon as I plug 'em in the first time. Maybe there's one or two worth using [I say maybe because I really haven't tried any of 'em] but generally I find if something is really good they[by "they" I mean large corporations] try to charge money for it instead of ramming it up where the sun don't shine for free.) :)
Tuxman:
What should "FF" stand for? There is no product named Fire Fox.
rgdot:
Fat Firefox (RAM usage)
IainB:
...The HTTPS Everywhere looks interesting. Are there really 3rd parties sniffing everything you do such as using search engines?...
-MilesAhead (July 22, 2012, 04:32 PM)
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I don't know that for a fact, but have accepted EFF's recommendation as a good way to improve the security against the possibility.
Because the Internet runs along the lines of a highly commercialised model, your Internet traffic data is likely to be mined any which way, whether you like it or not. It's "fair game".
Tuxman:
Fat Firefox (RAM usage)
-rgdot (July 22, 2012, 06:09 PM)
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So where is the F in Chrome which eats more RAM than Firefox?
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