Re: Did I install firefox wrong, and a thunderbird question

DrHST wrote:
> OK, I'm completely new to mac, long time pc'er, first day on a new G5, first
> order of business was to install Firefox (OSX 10.4, firefox 1.5).  When I
> download, it automatically installs, doesn't ask, just does it.  Imported my
> pc bookmarks just fine, but every time I launch firefox, the mac seems to
> think it is a volume, and it sits on my desktop.  Is this right?  If I drag
> it to the trash, it ejects, and if I drag it to the HD icon, it just copies
> a shortcut in there. How do I get rid of/hide the volume on my desktop?

Read the installation instructions:
    http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.html#install
What's on your desktop is a mounted volume image; you need to drag its
contents to your hard drive (typically to the Applications folder),
then optionally eject the volume (else it'll happen at next reboot.)

The MacOS X version of Firefox has always been buggier than the Windows
version so you may eventually want to try Safari, which is also
significantly faster.

> Also, is Thunderbird what I want to dowload to read newsgroups?

Probably not, thanks to various lossages like its inability to
correctly handle cross-posted articles.
Try MT-NewsWatcher, and there are others:
    http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/

> BTW, I was stunned to learn that the much touted OSX had no
> newsgroup reader!

The built-in Mac apps are aimed at the general population (mail, web,
music, etc.).  If Usenet ever was somewhat mainstream back in the
heyday of AOL, it certainly isn't anymore.