I welcome your replies anytime

I welcome your replies anytime

Uh....I don't get it. It doesn't take a genius to figure out how to download something.

And what good will adding an installer to the dock do?

I think you misunderstood. It's hard to explain. Sorry for any confusion

I don't get it.

Sorry. Really.

I meant Firefox

1. You google "firefox" - done
2. Go to the Official site - did that
3. Click "download" - okey dokey
4. A little Window will Pop-up - glad you told me else it might have scared me
5. Verify "download" - yep, download
6. It'll appear on your main screen - I see it
7. Drag it to your dock - what dock? I don't have a dock? the title mentioned no dock. is that vista thing?
8. You're all set - no I'm not. I have a download sitting on my main screen with no dock to drag it to. What good is it. How can I install it, if I don't have a dock? I'm confused.

Alright,

If you do have a dock do that if you don't and you just have a Dell just drag it to the main screen. I regret any confusion.

I forgot a step.

You drag it to the screen then double click. That should do it for dells.

Thanks.

Anytime

boss was being sarcastic, not really saying thanks.



Bichur was just have a little fun at your expense, he already has Firefox installed and does use ObjectDock so does have a dock.





Bebi meant she does not get why you posted this.

Now for the thread, the way I would and I think most would when go to download (in IE7, IE6 as no FF yet) is to select run on the download dialog so it downloads and installs without having to do anything else.

#6 already said it shows on the main screen = I'm guessing you mean desktop
Anyway, dragging from the 'download' area to the desktop does no good even on a Dell as you noted:



Why just Dells? Why not Compaqs? HPs? Alienwares? any of the many others?

On the other hand:



Once you save the download to your desktop you will have an installer waiting to be installed. How will dragging this to a dock install anything? If I drag an installer to my dock, all I do is create a shortcut to the installer on my desktop but it doesn't install it.

If I double click and install firefox, once it's installed I can't drag firefox to the dock because firefox is not on my desktop unless I told it to install there. Firefox is in a Mozilla folder in C:\Program Files. What I will have on the desktop after installing is an installer and maybe a desktop shortcut icon. Which were you suggesting to drag to the dock? I suggest the desktop shortcut.



no way.










Actually more than one. Once you click download, every browser I have used gives 2 choices: download and run (or install) OR download and save. Your steps don't mention the choices.

Any instructional guide, even if only slightly technical, should include all steps and options within the steps.




agreed. the trouble comes from 'most' doing that but not really being aware of from where they download. a better habit is to choose 'save' as the first option then scan the download for nasties before double clicking or unzipping or whatever.