Browser Wars

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Originally Posted by khh

JSON isn't all that supported yet, though, is it?

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In what capacity? A good chunk of server to client communication is done via JSON because it's lighter weight than XML. Server to server still has to be XML because of advanced features of XML. JSON -> JS Objects conversion is embedded in the JS engines of Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.

JSON is preferred by me because the specifications don't require that it all be parsed at once. I wrote the fastest JSON parser out there because mine does on-the-fly analysis. My engine can load an array of 100 thousand JSON objects and not skip a beat. Try that in XML.

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Originally Posted by khh

Opera is also very standard compliant, noob-firendly and nice looking. Though it's best suited for tabbed browsing.

edit: Also, the gradual load of pages are due to a slow connection. Opera outputs something as soon as it's got something to output, and the redraws the window continuously until all content is downloaded. Many other browsers wait till they have more to display. On my connection the pages appear nearly instantaneously.

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Tried Opera, found it terrible.

I am using mozilla firefox 3.6 for Linux platform and Internet Explorer for Windows XP professional.

Quick update. I've been using Opera for a while now and I've switched to that for my web browsing, switching back to Chrome from time to time. I like the functionality of Chrome. Like I've said, I'm decent with computers, but I don't need all the developer tools or anything like that (I don't even know what Opera has to offer in this way). Just found the Widgets bar as I was making this :D. Will have to try it out. (By the way, the I Can Haz Cheezeburger Widget is amazing).

Anyways, I like the small customizable things Opera has to offer. The toolbar is intuitive, with most of the common tools in one place. The tabs are also very friendly, which Opera and Chrome do well (I never used tabs until I got Chrome, and realized that 90% of IE users don't know how to use them). The Turbo feature is nice for when my connection gets slow, and I like the Speed dial better than the most visited pages (which tended to glitch up and stick on pages I had visited once or twice).

The only downside I can find is that, from time to time, I'll run across a website or application that doesn't support Opera.

Seriously, after using browsers like Chrome and Google, I can't understand why anyone would use IE, though I'd rather use that than Safari.

Chrome here. I used to use firefox, but for me chrome is worth it just for the increased screen space and speed. I do still use firefox sometimes though when i need to use an addon or to check secondary accounts on youtube (so that it doesn't log me out on chrome)

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Originally Posted by sheogorath

increased screen space

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Oh, I totally forgot that. It was one of the major reasons I swapped to Chrome back then. It's not that I have a small screen, but the extra space just did it for me.

FF3 Fo sho.

I found a series of simple FF tweaks that make it comparable to Chrome in browsing speed. Personas are just incredible. Many of the add-ons are very pleasant, too. The small screen space is nice to me...I get a quick-access bookmarks toolbar and a stumbleupon toolbar, in addition to the standard one. Definitely worth a few pixels for all you get. ^_^

Opera.

LAAAAAA! Figaro! Figaro!

I also have Firefox.
I *should* have IE on my computer, but when I upgraded it I tried running it before restart and it threw me an error and when I did reboot... it was gone. And it took the start menu (and maybe the executables) for Wordpad, Paint and Windows Media Player.
I also have used Google Chrome. I like how one frozen tab won't crash the others.
My high school had MacOSX computers (why?) so I was a Safari user also. Plus my friend let me use a VNC to hook onto his computer and I was able to use Konqueror.

But Opera has been best for me.

(As a side-note, while playing with the icons on the OSX dock, I got the icons for Finder, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Microsoft Word lined up. It looked like it said "MEOW". hehe)

After some thought . . .

I find your lack of Konqueror, Epiphany, Fennec, Midori, Dillo, Flock, Lynx, and sundry others disturbing.

Chrome now has addons (and themes!). All you FF diehards can leave now.

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Originally Posted by LRT

All you FF diehards can leave now.

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I think not

anyway,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRWare_Iron

Firefox still pwns all in terms of add-ons. Until I see picture-in-picture for Chrome, as well as personas, I'm not changing.

Chrome's themes are nearly identical to personas.

Edit: Checking out Iron now, too.

Granted, but you can't make your own, and the number available is starkly limited compared to the number and variety offered by Personas.

At least Chrome got add-ons. I might actually start using it now because of that. ^_^

guess I'm the only Mac Chrome user. It's still in beta, but pretty solid. I've run into a few small bugs, but they've all been fixed in recent updates. Score.

I use Chrome, both at home and at work (with IE8), but develop for IE8 (though fundamentally cross-platform*, via good design :shadewink:)

Opera 10.5 is looking nice though. I was a hardcore Opera user but Chrome took a hold a while back. It is an awesome piece of engineering, and is on many "good code to read and learn" lists.

* This includes IE6...