OK i thought it might be nice to find out what users use out of Firefox, IE or any browser.
If other please state which one. Also please put why you use that certain browser.
OH and for the record I use Firefox :D Go Firefox!!!!!
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OK i thought it might be nice to find out what users use out of Firefox, IE or any browser.
If other please state which one. Also please put why you use that certain browser.
OH and for the record I use Firefox :D Go Firefox!!!!!
IE- Too lazy to download anything else when home and can't download anything in the office....
Firefox. Why use a squeaky old tricycle when you can use a brand new sportscar instead?
cause chicks dig guys with tricycles? :roll:
I use both.
Safari… because why fight your computer when you can make love to it?
Well, it's kinda easy to put in perspective which one is better. If we personify them to be my mom, it would be like this.
IE
IE: I found this thing in the back of the dumpster for dinner. Now piss off and eat it. I ran it through some fairy liquid stuff first though, so it's nice and shiny. Not sure about those nasty oil stains though.
Me: What is it?
IE: Dinner.
Me: No, as in, what food is it?
IE: Er. Dinnerfood.
Me: You don't really know what it is do you?
IE: Umm...er...*crash*
Firefox
Firefox: I prepared the banquet for you, sir.
Me: Okay. Take me there.
Firefox: Certainly, sir. *lifts me up and takes me to the chair*
Me: Hmm. Nice. Except i'm too lazy to eat it myself, can you chew it for me?
Firefox: Yes sir.
Me: And when you're done, do my homework for me.
Firefox: Of course sir.
Bell rings.
Firefox: I'll get it for you sir.
Firefox opens door.
IE: Please let me back! I'll be a good mom! Oidnest!
Social Services drag IE away.
IE: NooooooOooooooooooooooooooooo. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. ooh.
lmao, kaniaz, that's awesome.
...i like safari though. it's nowhere near as bitchy as firfox was for me, though i suspect the version i had was still pretty buggy... it was a while ago, and safari's lovely.
I usually use IE, but I just downloaded firefox yesterday to see what all the commotion was about. I still don't really see what all the commotion is about.... the tab concept is stupid, because that's what the taskbar is for (luckily it can be disabled), and it keeps playing sounds in crappy quicktime and I can't figure out how to make it stop, though I thouroughly checked out Tools>Options and the search in the help file turned up nothing for "audio", "sound", "multimedia" or anything else. Also, cookies aren't working with some sites even though they aren't blocked. As for speed, I can't tell the difference. I'll probably keep using firefox if I can fix the few problem I have with it soon, but I definately could have lived with explorer instead. I just don't see the what the huge fuss is all about! :|
lol, tabbed browsing is great if you're browsing, chatting with people, browsing files and folders and editing them in various programs all at the same time ... like I do usually. hehe.
What audio is played in is set by your explorer, not Firefox, i think... *shrug* The tabbed browsing concept is great, i mean...it's just better.
I, too, use Safari. :D
I use Firefox to fight Microsoft hegemony (and resultant stagnation). Tabs, me likey. Nothing pisses me off like a taskbar full of explorer windows. So it's irrational; deal with it.
How could anyone not like tabs? I guess you don't need them if you only ever view one website at a time, but I like to have many open at once. For example, right now I have 8 tabs open. Those would otherwise take over my entire taskbar.
Also, pop-up blocking. Ever go to a porn site and have 33 popups pop up and confuse you? Well, no more. Just say no to popups! There are some pop-up blockers for IE but those are seperate programs and that is just stoopid. (also, most of them aren't free)
And adblock. It's one of the "must have" extensions. Yes, you can block ads from your browser. I don't use it on ads that aren't annoying, but those flashing ads in the middle of the page no one likes have got to go. Two clicks, and you never have to see ads from that site again.
Better control over cookies. Now YOU can decide what sites can set cookies and what sites can't. If cookies aren't working, and you want them to, you're doing something wrong!
Note that some lame sites "require" IE to access, but those sites are just stupid and you shouldn't view them anyway.
Flash, Shockwave and Java DO work. You just have to get the correct plugins.
Plus there's a whole universe of extensions that can add even more features.
People who use IE are like the people who still wash their clothes by hand, instead of just getting a freaking washing machine already. Yeah, it might be a tiny bit more complicated at first, but it's sooooo much easier, and better, etc.
So if you haven't yet, get Firefox now:
http://www.mozilla.org/
And give it a real chance. Don't just use it for two minutes and then think "Aaah! This is new to me so it must suck, back to IE for me".
Yeah, I just visit one site at a time so I don't need the tabs (also, I really hate toolbars and always want as much possible space on my screen taken up by the website I'm looking at, not other junk). Also, I'm loving the whole customizable cookies thing right now.
Maybe you could help me out here. I was trying to view a flash file, and a window came up telling me to install something so I can view flash. So a few clicks later it says something like "firefox is installing plugin", and then it just stays like that for so long that it can't possibly still be downloading (I have cable). I had to just cancel the whole thing. What's up with that?Quote:
Flash, Shockwave and Java DO work. You just have to get the correct plugins. [/b]
...i just feel the need to point out that all the things that have just been listed in firefox's favor, safari is equally adept in.
Well, I'll admit that the "auto download plugin" thing is still pretty stupid and annoying, but you can still download it manually.Quote:
Originally posted by Stevehattan
Maybe you could help me out here. I was trying to view a flash file, and a window came up telling me to install something so I can view flash. So a few clicks later it says something like \"firefox is installing plugin\", and then it just stays like that for so long that it can't possibly still be downloading (I have cable). I had to just cancel the whole thing. What's up with that?
Flash
Shockwave?
Then install it manually. Just go to where you saved it and run it there. Or press CTRL-J (to open Firefox's recent downloads list) and press "open" next to the file you just downloaded. I'm not sure about the exact steps but I think it'll detect Firefox and install it for you there.
im just going to skip past all those comments after Nina's post
anyway..
1. ROFL at kaniaz's post. classic
2. I use firefox
3. im done, goodbye.
It seems that Firefox is the clear winner!!! :D GOOOO FIREFOX!!!!
IE, for one simple reason; it works fine, and it's already installed and there's no getting rid of it anyways, so why waste the room by having two?
I used to be an avid Netscape supporter, I refused to use IE, but that was before it became embedded in the system, and was also back in the day before Netscape sold out. Then I went through my days of being a linux zealot and I used some of the earliest versions of mozilla, and opera, and everything else under the sun to show my lack of appreciation towards MS.
Now... I've gotten over being a zealous computer nerd. IE does what I need it to do. It sucks from time to time, but it's not really IE's fault, it's Windows itself. Since I can't get rid of Windows, IE stays.
...and this is y i have a mac.
Firefox is SIMPLY DELIGHTFUL.
Only thing that irritates me is that the "New Email" button on MSN Messenger FORCES you to use Internet Explorer. I mean, I don't hate it, but it irritates me...
I use Firefox, but I must check my email (at least my hotmail one) in IE. :(
Cheers,
Dylan
dude, try playing around in your settings; it switches to IE because it's the default for your whole set-up, u can switch that to firefox.Quote:
Originally posted by Dylan
Only thing that irritates me is that the \"New Email\" button on MSN Messenger FORCES you to use Internet Explorer. I mean, I don't hate it, but it irritates me...
I've actually tried... firefox is my default browser for everything else... even opening pictures and links in Msn conversation windows... but just not the email button. I think because it's made by microsoft, that might have something to do with it.
...i repeat: this is why i have a mac.
windows SUCKS.
Yeah, we're all pretty much well aware of that. Macs are great for games and multimedia development, but outside of that they really aren't a whole bag of tricks much better. It's a religious war either way you look at it though. Yes, Windows sucks, but it serves its purpose.
As for the browser... still stickin with IE, might as well. Everything uses it. :shock: I don't understand why they bothered to make firefox skinnable, it's like the latest trend since Linux had it's temporary heyday. Skins in linux are nifty fun, you can make your whole desktop look strange and futuristic or cartoony or whatever.. skins in Windows just don't serve a purpose except to make everything look less like eachother.
Linux has had more than a "temporary heyday". Bill Gates is shitting himself, as he's filed, well, I believe in the region of 3,000 patents, one for the "IS NOT" operator (I think), and has been creating "Get The Facts" pages where Microsoft shows that Windows apparently has a lower TCO, faster requests per seconds, lalala. Oh, and Steve Ballamer sent off an "executive email" where he said how much Windows rules and how you should stick to it. I don't recall them doing anything like this before, so I can only draw upon the conclusion that Linux is whooping ass.
Actually that's all really old news. Microsoft has been doing these kinds of things in response to competition for years, and notable tripled their attacks during the 'heyday' of which I speak - this being back when all the ipo's were going down, and if you had anything to do with linux you had a good chance of becoming an overnight millionaire. Hell, I had a company from the states approach and offer to purchase a web site off of me that was merely more than a concept. I remember when the bidding went down for linux.com - microsoft was one of the highest bidders.Quote:
Originally posted by from the back of the room he
I don't recall them doing anything like this before, so I can only draw upon the conclusion that Linux is whooping ass
It's heyday is over now, it's had a chance to settle back in and get back to work doing the same thing it's been doing for a long time. If I ever want to set up a server on the internet or to handle any massive workload, I will always go to linux or another unix derivative, for security, stability and straight up horsepower.
For every day life, and using my computer like any other appliance (which it is now in most homes) Linux just doesn't cut it. Windows has this market, hands down.
You haven't explained why Microsoft has been suddenly filing tons of patents. Or why they're going to sue people that use Linux too (I neglected to mention that one).
EDIT: Also, those funny geek people that analyze the market show that Microsoft is losing it's desktop market (slowly).
umm... www.hotmail.com ... you can use it in any browser if you type in the url.Quote:
Originally posted by Dylan
I use Firefox, but I must check my email (at least my hotmail one) in IE. :(
I think I had a similar problem with hotmail, along with some other sites. It seems like firefox keeps insisting that cookies are disabled even when they aren't. When trying to log into hotmail, the hotmail page kept telling me to enable cookies or I won't be able to log in (this even happens when I wipe the list of cookie-blocked sites, and check over and over to make sure cookies are supposedly enabled). I've had similar problems with a few other sites that require logins, but they seem to have been permanently screwed up by firefox and now I can't log in nomatter what. That browser was so damn buggy, I had no choice but to wipe it from my harddrive this afternoon. I seriously with I'd never downloaded it. :shakehead2:
IE sucks balls!
I used it today because it was required by Tiscali Music. I got pop-ups as soon as i started it. 20 minutes later, the damn thing crashes, and then Windows media player crashes!! :mad:
Firefox has only crashed once in the month's i've been using it.
I certainly wont be switching back to IE or Media Player. It's FireFox and Sonique for me 8)
Using: IE
Reason: Won't go there again...
I use both Firefox and IE. They both have their strengths and weaknesses. I like Firefox for research, but I use IE for forums.
Firefox!
Its a smaller, cleaner piece of software. Its also just newer technology, and better. The real advantage is in the expandability of firefox, with extensions and themes, so you can have better control over the things that are important to you.
Because i hate it when windows XP moves windows into groups, i have that turned off. When i'm look through pages i usually branch off and open several links. So eventually it becomes impossible to tell which window is which, the taskbar is cluttered and i can't read the titles anymore.
Tabbed browsing is great, especially for dialup. I can have my pages in groups and have more room on the taskbar. I can branch off better and find more information. Bookmarks are even more useful when they can be opened in tabs.
Firefox... Wins...
There is no competition.
Firefox wins by miles.
YES! EXACTLY! :DQuote:
Originally posted by Yume
I use both Firefox and IE. They both have their strengths and weaknesses. I like Firefox for research, but I use IE for forums.
Firefox just doesn't do its job when it comes to forums. I like how I can co-mingle my favorites with each one. Instead of choosing the better one take them both and be the best. This applies to almost everything.Quote:
Originally posted by Rakkantekimusouka
YES! EXACTLY! :D
What doesn't it do right about forums? :|
That's what I wonder too. I use Firefox practically for everything. Only if I go to Yahoo games I have to use IE or Opera because for some reason my Firefox doesn't like it.Quote:
Originally posted by Kaniaz
What doesn't it do right about forums? :|
Pictures load one at a time for me in Firefox whereas in IE they go more than one at a time. It is time-consuming to open a forum page.Quote:
Originally posted by Hate
That's what I wonder too. I use Firefox practically for everything. Only if I go to Yahoo games I have to use IE or Opera because for some reason my Firefox doesn't like it.
There's a croc of crap. I use 56k and Firefox and it does load more than one image at a time.
If it helps, i'm also on 56k and it also loads more than one image at a time for me.
If it doesn't help, then i offer you a sacrifice for forgiveness: :dancingcow: :sniper:
I like cows. I don't know. For my computer it only loads one image at a time.Quote:
Originally posted by muse.v
If it helps, i'm also on 56k and it also loads more than one image at a time for me.
If it doesn't help, then i offer you a sacrifice for forgiveness: :dancingcow: :sniper:
:| I'm not sure how that would of come about, then. I blame your computer. :P
IE
firefox sux rat ball hair
My computer Pwns. :jester:Quote:
Originally posted by Kaniaz
:| I'm not sure how that would of come about, then. I blame your computer. :P
If it wasn't so awesome I would have to agree with you.
Pwnage 56k! ARGH!
Sadly I'm now forced to use IE more than Firefox :(