Thread: What Web Browser do you use and why?

Originally Posted by •Neko•

Wow, that actually works.

You sound suprised lol. Glad if works for you

I mainly use Camino because it conforms nicely to Apple's human interface guidelines (as does the aforementioned Konqueror conform to those of KDE) and implements by default most of the Firefox extensions I would be using anyway.

Since this is the tech forum, you should probably add a console web browser like lynx or w3m. The latter is one of the best browsers available if you don't mind the lack of a GUI.

Dragos Dreamer, I would highly recommend Firefox. The security is much better.


Who's used Dillo before?

Firefox! The addons, the fantastic adblocker, the security and just the easy layout and tabs etc.! I haven't tried safari or opera but would never go back to IE.

Firefox because hell yeah. Need I say more?

I'm thinking of switching back to firefox, but Opera sits so nicely within Vista, very aesthetically pleasing; even if the performance has to suffer a little...

Yep - Just switched back to Firefox.

Anyone know any good black skins for Firefox? My opera skin looked so nice with Vista, this firefox one is JANK!

just browse through these
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:2

there's a few vista type skins under OS integration

Thanks, I had a look through these after going via the ad-ons tab. Nothing really floats my boat though lol

Adam, might I recommend either Redshift V2, OldFactory Black, or MidnightFox. Especially OldFactory Black.


I use iFox, myself, though. Along with the Milk visual style for StyleXP. And a coupla docks...

Thanks mate, will have a look for these

Firefox with my windows XP. I tired IE, but it slow, not too good to look at and could get overcrowded. Firefox is exactly the opposite. It usually doesn't slow down with multiple windows/tabs.

I use IE7, because that's what I was given and I don't know the difference...

Firefox on Gentoo. because it rocks and it has less dependencies than opera

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

Firefox on Gentoo. because it rocks and it has less dependencies than opera

emerge --kill-gentoo-(pyro)fanboy

Portage rocks!

I used IE 6 for such a long time and has so many bad experiences with it that I swore id never go back. Ive heard that IE 7 is much better and safer but the memories remain. I like Firefox mostly because of the community and amount of other uses that use it. It makes it very easy to get add-ons and customizations. I usually customize Firefox, such as making the buttons larger and getting rid of the unnecessary drop down menu's.

Safari. Main reasons: rendering speed and pretty GUI.

Firefox on Vista. Simply it works best and ActiveX is blocked. I use Adblock Plus with it so I can disable certain images/flash thingies etc (like -gasp- ads).

I'd use IE but the lack of a menu on top (File / Edit / View etc) looks bad to me. I know you can press alt to reveal it, but that's only so you can use it. I want it to just be there. Also, the taskbar is at the top, and I like the Firefox layout much better (from top to page contents: Menu, Taskbar/Buttons/Searchbar, Quick bookmarks, tabs, page content). That being said, I do not dislike IE7.

Originally Posted by pokilty

Firefox because hell yeah. Need I say more?

Ditto

Back in the dark days I used IE6 like most PC users I guess. I switched to Firefox and used it for about three-four years. When I was using it, I thought it was great. IE7 came out, didn't interest me much and the interface looks likes it has been designed by a retard with a hate for menus.

I'm not sure why I downloaded Opera 9.2, even though it was only a month ago. Seriously, I have no idea why. But, I mean this, this is far better than Firefox. I mean, it urinates on my personal Firefox experience from a great height.

I'll explain some of the benefits:

• It has a bin always visible that stores tabs you have closed. This is ESSENTIAL and is a life saver.
• It has a side bar where you can view websites in mini, such as a mini dictionary, mini wikipedia, plus you can view history, mail, downloads, notes, and various other system views.
• Faster (great cold start speed, good rendering) and doesn't swallow memory like a fucktard (that'll be Firefox for you).
• You can save sessions
• It looks nice and you don't have to resort to shitty themes (although you still can if you're so inclined).
• Not only has it a decent, well-intergrated mail client, it's also the only mail client I've ever had which has managed all the email accounts it has given without fault.
• A little page preview when you hover over a tab. A gimmick until you actually start using it.
• Inbuilt IRC, RSS, Usenet, Torrent, whatnot.
• The download manager in Firefox is SHIT. Opera's exists as a tab and has a lot of info displayed... great stuff.
• A notes taking thing in the side bar. Select text, copy as note... great for saving snippets of websites.
• Mouse gestures, but you can get those in FF anyways. I'm an advocate.
• No status bar! Pointless things...
• Everything "just works" and most things are easy. it's got an auto-form filler, which saves time, and a bunch of other stuff.

All in all, it's a ten out of ten piece of software. It hasn't replaced uTorrent but as for all its other features, I use it. No extensions, but none are necessary.

http://www.opera.com/

So, yeah, I use Opera.

Thought some would find this interesting
Interview with the founder of Opera
http://www.theregister.com/2007/08/1...ceo_interview/

I take it this thread was pre-chrome (I don't remember when they released it). Sorry for necro posting, but I found this in a google search. Or more precisely, an archived log of this.

Anyways, I use Chrome because it is sleek at the top, runs fast, and so far has not gotten an virus or had any glitches. Recently Firefox (which I only use when I need to download media with orbit downloader, which is incompatible with chrome) has started crashing VERY often. But that wasn't really the reason I switched, I didn't discover that until after. In my oinion, chrome seems to be a good balance between FF and Safari.

I agree with the guy above.
Chrome is the greatest.

lolbump

Anyways, yea, Chrome is great. But it has a lot of problems. vB4 has quite a few problems with Chrome (And that's what DV uses now)
And it has plenty of problems in other situations too.

Basically, it's a shitty fucking browser, but I still love it.