Explorer, Firefox, Safari?

TheReverend · 03-20-2010, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I use Firefox rather than Safari or Internet Destroyer. An occasional problem that I have with Firefox is that it might crash in the middle of a browsing session. Otherwise I think it's a great program and it should just come free with Windows and Mac instead of the crap they come with.

That one made me laugh. Ok you guys convinced me Im getting Firefox today. I didnt know about this customization option, sounds cool.

Dr.Seussicide · 03-20-2010, 07:31 AM

What kind of a shit list is that? I use my netbook most of the time in school, so Chrome's my weapon of choice. Light weight and efficient FTMFW.

noise · 03-20-2010, 08:58 AM

firefox, no contest.

i can't operate without adblock, flashgot, gmail manager, quickdrag, redirect remover, and the awesome tineye plugin.

makes my browser slow as piss to start up, but browsing is very efficient

bubu · 03-20-2010, 11:00 AM

Firefox is slow but very cool.. I find internet explorer really fast if all I want a quick search on google or something along the lines

Zer0 · 03-20-2010, 04:02 PM

I use Chrome most of the time, it's by far the most efficient web browser. My second choice is Opera which i use the odd time but Chrome is just simpler to use.

TheReverend · 03-20-2010, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

I use Chrome most of the time, it's by far the most efficient web browser. My second choice is Opera which i use the odd time but Chrome is just simpler to use.

Whats so great about it anyway? On the commercials they advertise being able to go to sites and search in the same address box, but IE does that too, and has been for longer than Chrome has been around.

Zer0 · 03-20-2010, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TheReverend

Whats so great about it anyway? On the commercials they advertise being able to go to sites and search in the same address box, but IE does that too, and has been for longer than Chrome has been around.

Yes but the current version of IE is lagging way behind the others in terms of speed. Microsoft are determined to change that though when they fully release IE 9, i guess we'll see what happens. I just find Chrome to be the fastest and most reliable for browsing, and it hardly ever freezes on me.

TheReverend · 03-20-2010, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

Yes but the current version of IE is lagging way behind the others in terms of speed. Microsoft are determined to change that though when they fully release IE 9, i guess we'll see what happens. I just find Chrome to be the fastest and most reliable for browsing, and it hardly ever freezes on me.

Huh. Is it customizable and all that?

Seltzer · 03-21-2010, 02:01 AM

I've used FF since it came out and I have no complaints with it now that the bad old days of memory leaks are behind us. I used Opera a long time ago (2002 I think) so I have no idea what it's like nowadays. I've yet to try Chrome.

I'd like to have a look at the FF source sometime and have a fiddle with it, but it's so customisable that there's no need.

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Originally Posted by TheReverend

Huh. Is it customizable and all that?

No idea but imagine trying to develop an add-on for IE... M$ would most likely force you to use their proprietary software.

Freebase Dali · 03-20-2010, 06:27 PM

If you use Firefox and you'd like to see about tweaking it for speed, faster network performance, etc... here's a link you should check out:
The 12 Best Firefox About:Config Performance Tweaks

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