My record is somewhere around 27, IIRC.... most of them in use :)

But I just tried 5 and didn't have a

Tabbed windows do have their advantages - but I think they've been overhyped

teh privacy/security thing has to be balanced against ease-of-use - if you
want the same functionality out of FF as you get out of IE, then there's not
a lot to choose from, by the time you have all the widget installed and
running... although, granted there are fewer current exploits out there for
FF, it's only a matter of time.....

IE7 is pretty good (includes RSS, etc..)... and Windows Mail (the next
incarnation of OE) has some neat things in it, too -  but is not going to be
bundled with IE any more, AIUI.

Nah - or at least no more than I!

I use both, Mart. Thus I use each for what it's better at, simple as that.
It's a pita to have to keep regaining focus in one window because IE always
gives it to the new one. But like I say, IE7 is going that way.

For quite some time I've been checking multiple AV and Anti-Spyware sites
for updates, for updating my DOS scanner cds. If I do it every day it really
does get to be a pita having to open each individually, and as I say regain
focus if, say, one site takes longer to load and does while I'm halfway
through trying to update from a different one and suddenly that's the active
window!

In Firefox, at the bottom of any bookmarks folder is a button 'Open In
Tabs'. Hit that and all sites in that folder open in their own tabbed
window, and the first remains first. You can do this in a folder containing
20 bookmarks, 30 bookmarks, I don't know what the limit is. It works well
and is far, far better than IE for this. My point there would be that maybe
you don't want this facility, but it is certainly not eye candy if you
regularly want the same multiple sites open.

Noel points out the potential for increased security issues, presumably as
FF takeup grows. I agree. This is something I have always pointed out
myself, when FF zealots make claims such as it is secure, but for me to
bring it up here would have been irrelevent. Still I imagine it will always
be more secure than IE, because MS - the eye candy kings, let's face it - is
only interested in security when it threatens to hit sales. As it is,
Firefox is generally more precisely configurable than IE in Security and
Privacy terms.

Best way to get the dope on Privacy issues in IE is to read Eric Howes
(IE-Spyad) pages, but it's fairly heavy going on account of there's so much!

Here's something you can do. Not even sure Noel appreciates this! Say you
have 50 *.htm files saved - in my case these will be articles on different
aircraft. You can open Firefox's Bookmarks\Manage Bookmarks, create a new
folder and drag those files into it and now you have a great no. of
shortcuts to files on your own hd. Go back later, open FF, go into Bookmarks
and with one button (Open In Tabs, of course!) you can reopen,
simultaneously, every one of those *.htm files. Dead useful if you want to
check each one without forgetting which you have. Also, say you're looking
for an article that's difficult to find with a search, as the string you'd
use is in many other files. This way you can rapidly view each file with a
minimum of movement and clicking. Then when you find the file you want, you
can close all tabs other than the one you're looking at, with two clicks.

Again, that may not be of use to even the majority of people, but it's
bloody useful nonetheless for the rest of us!

Another thing that annoys me (don't suppose Laura's looking <vbg>) are web
sites with the r-click function disabled! I mean, I don't entirely disable
scripting in IE, I just disable it everywhere but in the Trusted Zone. In
Firefox you can partially disable it, thus go to a site you trust and allow
scripting but not for disabling the r-click function, resizing windows etc.
iow, go to a site in IE that you want to, say, View Source in and as soon as
you r-click get a box saying 'Function Disabled', all you need do is copy
the url and paste it into Firefox.

As for Ryanair, who I've used many times, every single time getting to S.
France cheaper than I can now get to London by train, I've always got the
seat I wanted (exit seat with father along, windows seat about 10ft behind
the wing any other time), they've served either Johnny Walker Red or Jack
Daniels, have never had a fatality, do not use the old 737 200 or 300 series
that account for virtually every 737 crash and, last time I went with them
the 737-800 was brand new!

Mind the only time I've gone EasyJet - who've also never had a fatality - it
was a brand new Airbus A319. Do love brand new aircraft!

The first time I went Ryanair, you could make the seat move, ie it didn't
appear securely bolted to the floor...

And as for BA, I invite the world to read about the no. of times Concorde
got a punctured fuel tank before they actually did something about it. Not
all of the incidents involved fuel tanks, but a helluva lot did!

http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?Type=081

I had a very nice Smoked Salmon and Watercress roll on British Midland in
the mid-90's, but best I ever flew was BCal. Remember Caledonian Girls
anyone? ;-)

Shane

Hi guys,

You reminded me that I had a go at the Family Tree thing a few years ago -
1998/9 I think, just before the 1881 census came on-line - using the LDS
'boxed-set' version of some 30 CD's, plus a couple other of their utilities.
Seemed excellent value-for-money (£30 GBP) at the time.

Not touched it for while - must go back and revisit. Now *that's* the sort
of thing I should be doing Shane - back to browsing again, especially since
all these new links are now available. Certainly can be very absorbing,
frustrating and rewarding!

Mart

Maybe they should get Noel to do one! Think of the journey! <vbg>

Shane