Is your mom using firefox?

I convert at least 50 person to Mozilla.. 

geciktirici

I tried to get my parents to use firefox but they were scared of the icon. They were so used to the blue e that anything else loooked like a virus or something. So I just changed the firefox icon into an IE icon and they've been comlimenting the new IE ever since.

all's well that ends well 

My mum was using IE on her own computer for a long time. I always told her how much better Firefox is and I installed it together with a few extensions that make using Firefox more comfortable for her. Now she's using Firefox.
I did the same with my younger brother who really loved IE. :-)

My mum started using Mozilla Firefox when I switched from IE to Mozilla Firefox in 2005. I just installed It on our computer, told her the benefits of using It and she did use It.

At my school, the situation is different.  The state government's department of education has a deal with MS so we can't use Mozilla Firefox, we have to use IE. We can't use OpenOffice.org, we have to use MS office. We can't use Nvu, we have to use frontpage.
 

My mum is cluless with computers, so what I did was set firefox to the default browser on her user account and she clicked whatever said internet :) So now she's acustomed to it. Aren't I cheeky? xD

 In long...

My mother never used a computer beyond solitaire so when she got the Internet for the first time for herself, I got the privilege to setup her system.

First thing I did was install Avast, Firefox and Thunderbird and show her how to use them. My system was simple enough...

1. Put shortcut to Internet Connection on desktop named "Connect to Internet"
2. Rename Firefox to "Internet"
3. Rename Thunderbird to "E-mail"
4. Remove Internet Explorer from Desktop

I recently got my mom to switch, because as Yahoo has upgraded their email system, her ie was unable to load it properly and instead gave her a simpler version with most of the functions inactive, including the address book, which she uses all the time. I told her to try Firefox, she did, it worked, and she hasn't looked back. My dad is a different story...

We have 3 computers with internet access on the house (another 1 isn't connected to the WLAN yet and 2 are inactive).
On my computer I installed Firefox (On Windows, Linux and all my Virtual machines!) and removed IE (Yet kept the rendering engine, in case some programs use it to render basic HTML) and all the shortcuts to it.
On the other computer which my sisters and parents use I installed Firefox but kept IE with blocked ActiveX. I don't allow my sisters and my parents open IE on that computer unless the site can't be viewed right (Actually viewed right in Firefox, but should be viewed wrong like in IE) in Firefox and there is no replacement for it. (Bank accounts and such)
My mom uses IE only in her laptop from work (she uses it only to visit her work's website) because she isn't allowed to install anything on that laptop.

My mother is thinking about it, my father only installs things he needs, and my brother has it installed, but uses a browser at random.

 I did convert some people from my class.
 

Me, my two brothers, my sister, and my mom uses Firefox but dad still doesn't.  But what Caleb_H said is a great idea but you also have to change the icon to the Internet Explorer icon.

yes, ich installed Firefox as default,  Changes the icon on desktop with a blue E icon and unabled ie ...
I am shure she doesn't know even today, what she is using ...
 
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Yes, she is using it.

All of my family is using firefox except for my sister on her laptop (uses ie7 because her college requires it.)

 It was actually quite simple.

1. Download ie7 and wait for a day or so while they get fed up with the gui.

2. Delete the icon for ie on their desktop.

3. Create a new shortcut for firefox, change the ff icon to the ie icon, then change the icon's name to "Internet Explorer."

4. Disable tabbed browsing in the options menu (my mom doesn't understand tabs, sigh.)

5. Make sure the homepage is the same, install fasterfox and tada they can't open ie and they are happy with ff (faster load times etc.)


 

Well, I really do think my mom would like Firefox, but my dad seems to... not like it at all. He calls almost everything that doesn't come already installed on your computer "junk"... I've tried to tell him about how great Firefox is but he won't hear of it, because he "doesn't need" Firefox. And, since my dad uses my mom's computer a lot (he uses both of "my mom's computers" a lot), until she gets a really-truly-her-very-own-dad-doesn't-use-it computer, she probably won't have Firefox... and I secretly hope that my dad gets bombarded by popups and becomes fed up with IE... :P

When my mom got her new PC, I installed it for her before she used it, and she's not regretted it, at all. And damned straight, too. XD

It was pretty simple really.  My parents are not very techie.  They needed help with their computer. Talking things over with my father I mentioned I don't use IE.  He was curious, so I told him about it.  Then he asked me  to install Firefox.  I would never force something on somebody.  I switched my father-in-law the same way.  That is another story.

Same situation where he needed help with his computer.  I just mentioned I don't use IE for various reasons.  Then he asked me  to install Firefox. Sounding similar?  Well, there was one major difference.  My father-in-law messes with things he shouldn't (cause he doesn't have a clue as to what he is doing).  He kept losing his bookmarks! (Note- I have never "lost my bookmarks)  This was somewhat problematic since he lives 2,000 miles away.  More than once I told him he should just use IE.  He refused! He hasn't lost his bookmarks in a long time and he still uses Firefox to this day.

DeShock

She uses the AOL browser, because she very rarely browses the internet. She just goes on very occasionally if she needs something. 99% of the time she just plays Solitaire.I've told her about Firefox, but she has little interest, so doesnt need to switch over.

If ya wanna get your mother to switch, get her intetested in the web first.