Comments on: Firefox for school

By: Thanatos

Thanatos — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:43:44 +0000

I wish my school would allows Firefox in it. It’s clear that the Fierfox team is trying to interest schools with this but mine, like many others, just don’t seem to budge.

I recieved ISS because I had the installer on my account! I didn’t even install it yet and recieved two days of ISS. This is bull.

By: itsalljustaride

itsalljustaride — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:18:55 +0000

I agree with Clay. Stumble does far more harm to ones study habits than help. I realize you can discover great educational things with it, but in doing so you’re probably just procrastinating instead of doing your papers. that’s all it ever really did for me during school. Luckily I’m out now and my time is easily frittered away with no academic repercussions. Wheeee!

By: Clay

Clay — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:11:22 +0000

I think they should’ve left out StumbleUpon! from the campus edition of Firefox. I have Stumble and it’s highly addictive, the biggest time waster I have. That Zotero thing looks very handy though, I’ll have to try it out.

By: Hell

Hell — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:15:00 +0000

Personally I have a hard time studying or writing without appropriate music in the background. Lately I’ve been listening to the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack. For some reason it helps me concentrate.

Firefox knows marketing. Microsoft is clueless in this regard.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:37:55 +0000

How so? Chances are, students will have a media player open in the background anyways. Much like working out to music, I also have a separate playlist for studying or doing school work.

Of course the plugin could be “abused”. Though then again the browser itself could be taken from the research website to online flash video games. It’s up to an individual student’s discipline to establish priorities.

By: What is Firefox?

What is Firefox? — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:33:09 +0000

So how is a media player targeted at students? This is a _students_ edition of Firefox. Adding bloat to the program with the excuse that it makes _less_ of a distraction is a joke.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:06:29 +0000

My university would not appreciate the use of Foxytunes in the library, and even in the dorms the music would distract from the learning.

I can’t take that statement seriously. FoxyTunes is just a controller for a media player, so one still needs to have iTunes (or another media player of choice) installed. A lot of students prefer to study with music, and as Adam points out, the integration of controls lets one stay in the browser — less switching, less distractions, more productivity.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:50:43 +0000

FoxyTunes is a great application for university students. Instead of having to switch between iTunes (or winplayer) you can control it in the bottom of your browser. It actually helps you be more productive.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:44:38 +0000

It's a semi-valid point, FoxyTunes does seem like the odd plugin from the group. Though from the website's description:

FoxyTunes lets you ... find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more with a click right from your browser.

It would be useful for doing research on music. The Campus Edition of Firefox is most certainly not a case of "slapping every accessory possible", because there clearly are a lot more accessories to slap on. It's just something that possibly has more of an appeal to students and/or educators. At the very least it's gotten bloggers talking about Firefox for schools.

By: What is Firefox?

What is Firefox? — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:56:21 +0000

Why include Foxytunes? I though this was a _learning_ version of Firefox. My university would not appreciate the use of Foxytunes in the library, and even in the dorms the music would distract from the learning. This seems to be a case of individualism (lets make a new version!) done by slapping every accessory possible onto it.