Okay the problem is human, not machine. If your g/f didn't "like" IE you'd be fine.
My wife didn't "like" firefox either, not because of firefox, but because she knew how to use IE well and did not want to relearn on another browser.
I had been trying to get her to try the fox, to no avail. When the recent rash of security problems came out, I said that's enough. She's not computer ignorant, so I told her that with all the flaws in IE, I'm very not comfortable using IE to pay our bills online, and I'd like her to change over to the fox.
I installed it, added some really cool extensions, and made absolutely sure her bookmarks and all made it over to firefox. That was easy because firefox grabs the suff basically for you. Granted, I re-sorted it all out of the "imported from IE" bookmarks folder manually.
After I was sure the fox was up and working with her bookmarks and passwords I sat down with her at the computer.
Soon after, Melissa realized that she didn't have to relearn how to use a browser, and that her bookmarks were even easier to use with the bookmarks toolbar folder she was excited about the fox. Then I showed her that she could do a right-click highlight and dictionary/google search on any word/s in a page she got more excited about Firefox. Once I showed her how easy it is to change skins, it was all over, she loved the fox too. (I installed every skin available at the time of install, so all she had to do was choose!!)
The reasons she was opposed to trying a new browser, and thought she 'liked' IE were:
She was afraid her compute tech hubby would make her feel stupid with some overly-complicated browser that only a geek would love.
She was not willing to re-learn how to do something she'd been doing for years by herself. She didn't know how much she already knew, and that switching browsers is easy to do.
She did NOT accept losing any of her bookmarks as possibility. She wanted them all there, in the browser, the way she had them. BTW---she was really happy that not only did she learn to use Firefox's bookmark manager by herself, but that it was MUCH better than IE's options.
Melissa is very happy that popups are a thing of the past, she's loving tabbed browsing and the ability to open a google search in a new tab with a right click-highlight of any word on a page. She's also sure that her Firefox looks better than mine, because her applied skin is 'better.' That's still open to discussion!
When we were done, I removed all the shortcuts to IE. If she wants to use it, she's going to have to find it in the programs folder. I did that because even though she said she'd be using the fox, I wanted it to be the easiest option to use. (That's something I've learned about users, find thier REAL concern, address it, then make sure the agreed upon course of action is the easiest to use. Even if it means making the old way more difficult than striclty necessary.)
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I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence:
"My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."
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