Question about Firefox and proxies.

[kurt2121]

Hi

Sort of a weird question, but did firefox always just use the default proxy settings from IE? I always thought they were separate.


"By default, Firefox uses the proxy settings that are set in Windows or Internet Explorer. However, you can also set individual proxy settings that apply only to Firefox"

http://www.digitalcitizen.life/how-set- ... rs-windows


So was this always the case with firefox?

[the-edmeister]

As far back as I can remember Firefox has used Use system proxy settings as the default in Connection Settings. And that is a Windows operating system preference and not necessarily for IE, although being that IE is built into the operating system if you change for IE and in IE it changes it for the operating system and will affect user installed web browsers that default to system settings.


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[therube]

[kurt2121]

Don't they all have the option to set a different proxy, though? (unless I'm missing something obvious you are trying to point out to me) Does it say anything in that version about using the Windows proxy settings as default unless you manually put your own in?

[therube]

In FF 1.5.0.9, one of the top two items would be default (not sure which offhand).
And you are also given the ability to "choose your own" (Manual).

And yes, most likely every version of FF has had the same abilities, again with one of the top two being defaulted.