I guess you’re right. Its just because I’m not used to it yet, so should be a bit more patient and give it a chance, but I’m still hold onto IE6 just to educate myself and figure out the differences. Afterall, all this hype about Firefox aint for nothing, but I still refuse to install IE7, despite Microsoft persistence. I only hope Firefox isn’t as frustrating as IE, lol.

Thank you for your offer of help. Very much appreciated. Cheers.

I don’t think anti-spyware will actually stop you from downloading harmful stuff. Internet Explorer is much-hated in the blogging and website designing community because it has constant compatibility issues.

Yes, it is a bit different from Internet explorer (for one thing you can control it with mouse gestures, it has tons of addons, it’s quite quick and so on). If you’re used to IE you may need to accomodate for the change, but keep an open mind.

You may be one of those people who just hates Firefox, no problem there, but give it a chance. The problem you are having is not a problem, it is a security measure. If you need any help in starting out with Firefox just drop me a line at myname@hackyourday.com (substitute “daniel” in the place of “myname” please)

Also, the problem with Firefox is that the short box you suggest, is inactive and won’t even allow me to `edit options’ when I click on it. It is solid and just freezes, and tells me it is preventing me from downloading.

I trust CNET for a lot of what it tells me…..

A short box at the top should pop up whenever you try to install a Firefox extension. You have to accept the download from the site using that box before you can download the extension.

This is for your own security and not some sick game that the Mozilla team is playing.

A lot of friends of mine are also puzzled by Firefox vs. extensions and the very solid old fashioned and familiar IE. Keep trying it.

To sum it up extensions (with file type xpt or jar in case of a theme) are meant for FIREFOX only (period!). Thus not for IE.

Download
(Firefox 2 needs to be running for this…) Try to save extensions to your desktop instead: hover over the extension, right mouse click and select the menu option ‘Save link as’.

Install
(Firefox 2 needs to be running for this…) Open ‘Add-Ons’ under ‘Tools’ and drag the downloaded extension from your desktop into the ‘Add-Ons window’. Click Yes. See if that works.