I have gone through IE7, Firefox, Opera and now trying out Safari 3.
So wondered what you guys use and on what OS, and the reasons :)
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I have gone through IE7, Firefox, Opera and now trying out Safari 3.
So wondered what you guys use and on what OS, and the reasons :)
Camino on OS X Tiger.
Why? Same basic browser as firefox, renders things exactly the same etc, but it has a slightly better design.
I'd use Safari 2, but that's really bad when it comes to flash for some reason, so that's a no-go. Maybe Safari 3 will fix that.
Safari 3 Beta on OSX, because it's by far the fastest rendering and I need speed.
vanilla firefox mostly
sometimes firefox disguised as IE to fool my banks crappy online banking system
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on a similar note
this was published today
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/13517/53/
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reasons....
too lazy to try anything else
Konqueror (on Linux).
Because... it integrates rather nicely with the rest of KDE. You can configure it to create new tabs just after the current tab, instead of as the last tab, so you can keep related tabs together while flipping to and fro. You can duplicate individual tabs (or an entire window) very easily, and they copy the history as well so you can copy your current tab and go back, while leaving your current page intact.
If you find a page with lots of links you want to open in tabs, but you've already got lots of tabs open, you can "detach" the current tab into a new window. And if Konqueror can't render something properly, there's a menu item for "open with", so you can switch to Firefox or whatever easily when you need to.
Sounds funny that I'm so attached to Konqueror's tabs, but that really is what I like most about it.
Firefox. It's not just about tab browsing and "quick link" bookmarks (which rock, by the way), but also some of the extensions:
- Flashblock: Makes it so any flash that loads in your browser needs to be manually clicked on first. This means that you don't get interrupted by annoying flash banners that just waste bandwidth (and not to mention sometimes play sounds you don't care about).
- AdBlock: You can use a wildcarded expression to block any url from being accessed by firefox. Essentially, any page you go to a lot (facebook or whatever) is as ad-free as you want it to be.
- FireBug: This is more interesting for developers, but this thing shows you all http requests (and timing for them), DOM details, various debug messages, and all kinds of other REALLY nifty stuff.
- GreaseMonkey: For a given site, you can install a custom javascript to modify the page into pretty much anything you want. For example, if I wanted the "++ Quote" button on this site to open the "quick reply" box and manually paste the quote in, I might be able to do it (with a bit of work).
Firefox. As Republicon says, it's the extensions/add-ons that make it for me. I've used Opera too, and liked it, as it integrates some features that you need add-ons to get in Firefox, but those add-ons tend to do a beter job, in my opinion. And there're a heck of a lot of them. I use:
-Adblock Plus
-GreaseMonkey
-FireBug
-Firefox Showcase (lets you display all open tabs in a single pane, in real-time)
-All-in-One Sidebar (basically just like Opera's sidebar, only with more features)
-Fasterfox
-FlashGot (works with download managers)
-Forecastfox (weather on the status bar)
-freenigma (email encryption)
-GameFOX TK+ (works to improve the GameFAQs website)
-Linkification (makes any text link clickable)
-PDF Download
-Sage (RSS feed)
-ScribeFire (blogging tool
-StumbleUpon (ultimate boredom killer)
-Tab Mix Plus (improves tabbed browsing)
-Tab Effect (it's cool, but it slows FF down)
-translator (translator tool)
-UnPlug
-VideoDownloader (lets you download imbedded video, etc)
Firefox
It better then my other one :)
I use Opera. Same standard features as the others, i.e tabbed pages. It appears to be the quickest to load up pages too. I also like the speed dial feature, voice commands and the way it can speak text to you.
I started using IE7 when it came out since it was much faster than Firefox, used up less screen space for toolbars etc., and was downright sexy looking (especially in Vista). Stopped using it though because it had a tendency to break some websites.
I use Firefox now, except without add-ons / extensions / all this bullshit that is trying to put everything in the web browser. Default theme for me, I truly don't care if my buttons are skinned to look exactly like the Starship Enterprise control panel.
HAha "Republicon?" there's a new one :lol:
IE7 totally PWNS all!!!!!!!!!1111 Because it does 8).
Firefox, mostly because of easy usage and all of the extensions already mentioned.
IE7 is good, but not the best. IE7 is 92/100 ; firefox is 98/100
Have already tried opera and dislike it. Better than IE6 but worse than IE7
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Originally Posted by Replicon
Err, crap. Sorry about that, Replicon. I seem to have a knack for butchering usernames... The other day in chat I read lvlindless as Mindless. Yeah, that was embarrassing too.
Firefox all the way. The extensions and the nice themes are what do it for me.
Nice! I would have thought the "lvl" was purposely there to spell Mindless :D.Quote:
Originally Posted by Man of Steel
Firefox, easier to use, adblocker, nice themes, add ons... IE7 is a bad copy of Firefox.
firefox
cause of the add on things
like foxy tunes
Firefox for this theme and for the great add-ons. Can't wait for FF3 to come out as it will supposedly improve page rendering times by quite a bit, which is my only gripe with FF.
Firefox. The only other browser I've really used is Internet Explorer, and Firefox is just way better. But I don't care enough about a browser to try out all of them and experiment.
Currently, I am using Safari 3 on OS X. I would be using Flock, but the latest release is bogged down by all the bloat. Safari 3 seems to be really fast at least perception-wise compared to Firefox. Probably cannot beat Camino though.
I downloaded K-Meleon a day or so ago, and gave it a try today. While I think I'll stick with Firefox, K-Meleon is a tad faster, I think. Too, it loads like lightning.
One of the few people with sense around here ;)Quote:
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You tried this?Quote:
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Wow, that actually works. :)Quote:
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