What browser do you use?
- Thread starter Small_Fryz
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IE VS Firefox
Speed: 0 - 1
Customisation: 0 - 1
Multi-pages naviguation (TAB): 0 - 1
Security/Protection: 50% - 98%
Vulnerability with spywares: 99% - 2%
Vulnerability with viruses: 100% - 2%
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IE:
Not safe. 0 of 3 points
"Under heavy attack !!!" - UT2004
Firefox:
Really safe. 3 of 3 points.
"I'm down and low. Ready to fire, sir !!!" - Socom II
Speed: 0 - 1
Customisation: 0 - 1
Multi-pages naviguation (TAB): 0 - 1
Security/Protection: 50% - 98%
Vulnerability with spywares: 99% - 2%
Vulnerability with viruses: 100% - 2%
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IE:
Not safe. 0 of 3 points
"Under heavy attack !!!" - UT2004
Firefox:
Really safe. 3 of 3 points.
"I'm down and low. Ready to fire, sir !!!" - Socom II
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Personally I love firefox, I love the customisation and I love the tabbed browsing.
- 7,965
I can't vote for two, so I'll just post.
Opera and Firefox. Opera for work situations, Firefox for home situations.
PS. There's a thread in the Computers & Web Design Forums with an Opera vs. Firefox thread. Kind of similar.
Opera and Firefox. Opera for work situations, Firefox for home situations.
PS. There's a thread in the Computers & Web Design Forums with an Opera vs. Firefox thread. Kind of similar.
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- ferrari_chris
Yeah - tabbed browsing for me too. 👍
It roxorz my boxorz!
- 2,760
I've used Firefox ever since I discovered it a few years ago. I used to really like Netscape, but the newest version makes me nauseous and let's not even start in on Internet Explorer. When a browser made by the company that makes your operating system as well and it starts to screw up THE FIRST TIME YOU USE IT, you're in trouble.
I only use Internet Explorer when I turn on a computer and connect to the internet for the first time. And that's only so I can get Firefox. Damn Microsoft preloads.
I only use Internet Explorer when I turn on a computer and connect to the internet for the first time. And that's only so I can get Firefox. Damn Microsoft preloads.
GilesGuthrie
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Principally Firefox, but also IE. IE's faster, but Firefox's tabbed browsing is very convenient. I also use it as a testing browser for development, as it's the least easy-going on a developer of all the PC-browsers.
Huh? IE is lightyears faster than FF. At least for page rendering.MugenVTEC
And my vote is for Firefox. Tab system is easier to use than Opera or the IE7 beta. And you can't beat extensibility. I have Imgbot, which uploads multiple pics to ImageShack for free (without having to spend credits), full weather at-a-glance on the lower toolbar, and Adblock.
GilesGuthrie
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It's a very controversial thing to say, but yes, IE6SP2 IS faster than Firefox 1.5. Particularly when you're application switching: IE will restart off the taskbar typically 1-10 seconds faster than Firefox at only medium memory loads. As the memory load increases, so does IE's advantage. Also, Firefox continually running in a long-uptime environment (> 36h) develops memory and CPU leaks which are not apparent in short-uptime environments. IE does not suffer from this.
I think that Firefox's click-to-render time is slightly lower than that of IE, but this performance advantage is negligable compared to its other performance losses.
I think that Firefox's click-to-render time is slightly lower than that of IE, but this performance advantage is negligable compared to its other performance losses.
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Windows: I used Avant for awhile (it ran on the IE engine but featured tab browsing among other things) but I switched to Firefox. Most likely sticking with Firefox for a long time.
Mac: Safari all the way. I do have Camino (by Mozilla) because some sites just aren't very Safari friendly.
Mac: Safari all the way. I do have Camino (by Mozilla) because some sites just aren't very Safari friendly.
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- Paganisterr
- Ak Paganister
I find FF is much faster than IE while surfing the web, especially after this tweak. I agree that it takes a lot longer to open up than IE though.
Blake
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- haswell00
Firefox. Tabbed browsing, and a better interface + unlimited extensions kinda makes it a little one-sided for me.
Plus, I’ve had a lot of security issues with IE, so I only ever use it for website testing. I wouldn’t use it for day-to-day browsing when there are, currently, much better alternatives out there.
Plus, I’ve had a lot of security issues with IE, so I only ever use it for website testing. I wouldn’t use it for day-to-day browsing when there are, currently, much better alternatives out there.
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Another Firefox Thread, if this were the GT4 Forum. . .
Master_Yoda
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- DG_1275GT
Downloaded Firefox today. Tabbed browsing and customizing. 
First time I've even thought of using another browser, (still new to all this internet stuff so my 31 year old brains having trouble keeping up!
)
It does seem to start slower but I'd heard about it on GTP and thought I'd give it a go. Like what I se so far. Time will tell.
First time I've even thought of using another browser, (still new to all this internet stuff so my 31 year old brains having trouble keeping up!
)It does seem to start slower but I'd heard about it on GTP and thought I'd give it a go. Like what I se so far. Time will tell.
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- murphykieran
Firefox all the way!
I like Firefox because it's more user secure and user friendly than IE. I've never bought into the idea that it's faster or more resource friendly that Internet Explorer. Whenever I check, Firefox is always using a ****load of RAM, especially when I've got a half dozen websites open with Flash animations, video streaming, etc.
My main problem with Firefox used to be that it was ridiculuously slow to start up. I'd click the Firefox icon on the Quicklaunch taskbar and it would start 20 seconds later! That's no good!
But that's not a problem recently. Maybe recent Firefox releases have done away with ever caused it to start to slowly, I don't know. But it was only ever a minor annoyance.
I've currently got 2 PCs - Windows XP and Ubuntu 6.06 and I've got Firefox setup as the default browser on both of them. I like Firefox in Ubuntu simply because it was my browser of choice anyway and it's the default browser in Ubuntu.
Having used it for well over a year now, it's so obviously a superior browser to Internet Explorer. Not because it's faster. But because it's got tabbed browsing. And it's far more secure. And it's got so many cool extensions. And it kills so many popups automatically. And it's got the abilitiy to tweak the settings to kill even those stubborn popups that get by. It's superior to Internet Explorer in oh so many ways that it astounds me when people insist that IE is the overall better browser.
Te only advantage of Internet Explorer, at least from my point of view, is that it's got a near monopoly on the browser market and some websites only work with it. Which hasn't got anything to do with it being a good web browser. It just goes to show you how a market monopoly can lead to forcing people to conform to your non-standard "standards".
To hell with Microsoft Internet Explorer, that's what I say! The more quality web browsers on the market the better!
edit: My dad bought himself a dirt cheap Dell PC about six months ago. He bought it as an upgrade to an 8 year old P150/32Mb PC he used for MS Office stuff. I set it up for him in such a way that Firefox is the default browser and installed extensions like the TabBrowser one that launches all sites apart from popups in tabs. He loves it and is totally familiar with in such a way that he's not even aware of the existence of Internet Explorer. Which is how it should be. I'll only ever show him IE when he calls me when he comes across a website that's "broken" in Firefox and needs IE for the "broken" website to work, which hasn't happened yet.
KM.
I like Firefox because it's more user secure and user friendly than IE. I've never bought into the idea that it's faster or more resource friendly that Internet Explorer. Whenever I check, Firefox is always using a ****load of RAM, especially when I've got a half dozen websites open with Flash animations, video streaming, etc.
My main problem with Firefox used to be that it was ridiculuously slow to start up. I'd click the Firefox icon on the Quicklaunch taskbar and it would start 20 seconds later! That's no good!
But that's not a problem recently. Maybe recent Firefox releases have done away with ever caused it to start to slowly, I don't know. But it was only ever a minor annoyance.
I've currently got 2 PCs - Windows XP and Ubuntu 6.06 and I've got Firefox setup as the default browser on both of them. I like Firefox in Ubuntu simply because it was my browser of choice anyway and it's the default browser in Ubuntu.
Having used it for well over a year now, it's so obviously a superior browser to Internet Explorer. Not because it's faster. But because it's got tabbed browsing. And it's far more secure. And it's got so many cool extensions. And it kills so many popups automatically. And it's got the abilitiy to tweak the settings to kill even those stubborn popups that get by. It's superior to Internet Explorer in oh so many ways that it astounds me when people insist that IE is the overall better browser.
Te only advantage of Internet Explorer, at least from my point of view, is that it's got a near monopoly on the browser market and some websites only work with it. Which hasn't got anything to do with it being a good web browser. It just goes to show you how a market monopoly can lead to forcing people to conform to your non-standard "standards".
To hell with Microsoft Internet Explorer, that's what I say! The more quality web browsers on the market the better!
edit: My dad bought himself a dirt cheap Dell PC about six months ago. He bought it as an upgrade to an 8 year old P150/32Mb PC he used for MS Office stuff. I set it up for him in such a way that Firefox is the default browser and installed extensions like the TabBrowser one that launches all sites apart from popups in tabs. He loves it and is totally familiar with in such a way that he's not even aware of the existence of Internet Explorer. Which is how it should be. I'll only ever show him IE when he calls me when he comes across a website that's "broken" in Firefox and needs IE for the "broken" website to work, which hasn't happened yet.
KM.
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I've been using Firefox for about 3 years now. Mine has BOINC Stats, Forcastfox, Adblock Plus and gTranslate extensions. I had Fasterfox, but it didn't seem to do much good so I removed it.
As far as setting up web pages, if it works in FF, it'll probably work in everything else.
Yes, FF does take longer to open, but tabbed browsing make up for that in a hurry.
As far as setting up web pages, if it works in FF, it'll probably work in everything else.
Yes, FF does take longer to open, but tabbed browsing make up for that in a hurry.
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