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Meaning of Firefoxer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One who uses the web browser Firefox.

Examples

“Follow that up with a polite email to the site’s webmaster, asking him to test that page in Firefox. You may be helping a lot of fellow Firefoxers.”
“Firefoxers get paid to convert IE users / Your friends may soon try to make a buck off of you.”
“Most updates this month are iterative rather than substantial, but Firefoxers finally get their new Google Toolbar.”
“[…] Firefox is kind of the Web’s home-team favorite—[…]. Firefoxers even tried to set a Guinness World Record for most downloads (8.2 million) in a 24-hour period.”
“Facebook Dislike is another option for FireFoxers.^([sic])”
“Tim Carmody (2011) of Wired.com wrote that the AptiQuant story spread on social media because the research supported what many of us already believed—that people with lower IQs resist change when it comes to their browsers (AptiQuant, 2011). Yes, story selection is often influenced by confirmation bias, but this hoax would have spread just as quickly if the data showed that Firefoxers were the dumbos.”
“In the long run, I suspect custom Firefox builds created solely for the sake of processor optimization will disappear, especially when Firefox rolls out its own native 64-bit build. (In fact, 64-bit Firefox is already available in the most recent nightly build of version 11.) But for now, there's still a culture of roll-your-own Firefoxers keeping the faith.”
“Bing is used by 5.3 percent of Firefoxers.”
“Install Or Be Annoyed: Google Home Page Nags Firefoxers, Internet Explorers To Switch To Chrome”
“Firefoxers can find the Lightbeam add-on here.”
“All you do is hop on to Rabbit's website using Chrome or Opera (sorry, Firefoxers and Safariers), allow access to your camera and microphone, and use the browser-within-a-browser inside the Rabbit window to go wherever you want.”
“I was able to set up both the USB and Bluetooth keys in all of a minute through Chrome (Google tells me support for third-party browsers is still in development, all you Firefoxers).”
“For those still keen to try it, Chrome users can grab the extension here. Firefoxers can download it here.”
“While the half-million EdgeDeflector users could be comfortably ignored, hundreds of millions of Firefoxers probably could not be, he speculates.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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