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Your favourite browser?

Yeee i guess this has been asked before but it's a good quastion =)

IE
+ Works with almost all sites.
+ Doesn't take up much memory on windows machines
- Microsoft has made it
- Just for windows (and a bit mac)
- Slow rendering
- Nothing extra

Mozilla (www.mozilla.org)
+ Works on most OS/Platforms
+ Open source
+ Tabbed browsing
+ Pop up blocking
+ Load pages faster than IE
- Doesn't render all sites perfect (allthough it render perfect 99.99% of the cases)

Opera (www.opera.com)
+ VERY fast!
+ Works on many platforms, not as many as mozilla though...
+ Mouse gestures
+ Pop up blocking
+ Fast forward and fast backward
+ Not microsoft
+ A lot of smart "small feutures"
- Not open source (guess you don't care though...)
- Doesn't render all sites perfect (not as good as mozilla, but still good)
- Advertise banner in the upper right corner if you don't pay for it....

Okay, now you have read trough all that shit, wich is my favourite browser? The fact is that i don't really now, sometimes it's mozilla and sometimes it's opera, depends on...

Btw, why can't i post polls?!

I use mozilla mostly, mainky as it has tabs, and I can use it in windows and linux. but at the end of the day there is no "best" browser, it just depends on what the individual user requires from a web browser

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- Doesn't render all sites perfect (allthough it render perfect 99.99% of the cases)

Actually, Mozilla is the browser that follows the W3 standards the most closely. All those sites that aren't being "rendered prefectly" are using non-standard code, sometimes even Internet-Explorer-compatable-only code, which is a big no no. Imagine if everyone just did whatever the hell they wanted, we would have hundreds of common image formats, no MP3's, DVD's that aren't compatible with every DVD player, etc

While on this topic, allow me to continue my pro-Mozilla-spamming
Read my long post

right now I use ie, just because I'm to freaking lazy to d/l opera/mozilla.

I have always been true to IE

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Originally posted by moncster Actually, Mozilla is the browser that follows the W3 standards the most closely. All those sites that aren't being "rendered prefectly" are using non-standard code, sometimes even Internet-Explorer-compatable-only code, which is a big no no. Imagine if everyone just did whatever the hell they wanted, we would have hundreds of common image formats, no MP3's, DVD's that aren't compatible with every DVD player, etc While on this topic, allow me to continue my pro-Mozilla-spamming Read my long post

That's the sick Microsoft dependent socity we are living in....
Great post btw, had no clue about that bookmark thing!

AvantBrowser (http://www.avantbrowser.com) for 5 reasons:

1. Runs on the IE engine, supports everything IE supports.

BUT,

2. It's much faster, and doesn't crash when explorer.exe does!

AND,

3. It supports TABS, which is the primary reason many people even downloaded Mozilla!

4.1 It blocks PopUps (can be turned off).
4.2 It can block any of the following:
-Active-X
-Flash
-Images
-Scripts
-Applets
-SOUND
-VIdeo

5. It minimizes (can be disabled) to the system tray, saving even more space.

It also looks good.

go opera, its fast and just plain good

I use IE, its got all I want

IE for me too! yes I have succumb to Western Capitalism.

IE, because its there when you install windows.

I'm much too lazy to download new software when the one i have works as it's supposed to.

Mozilla firebird.

It has tabs (best thing ever, I don't have tons of ie windows open anymore!), a google search box, intelligent popup blocking, smooth scrolling, it has a small footprint, it's sleek, fast, and doesn't crash like IE does.

Its also the browser that the moz team will continue developing. I believe mozilla 1.4 is the last of the old one.

http://mozilla.org/products/firebird/why/

es

I downloaded Mozilla but after a while it ate all my memory in a zip! and then the CPU usage ran up to 99%...and don't forget that I have 1024 mb of RAM.

It doesn't clear the memory either when you exit that damn program...other than that, it loads pages very fast, but I still can't use it when it chews up my RAM for nothing...

Or maybe it was because my harddrive got overloaded with porn?

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Originally posted by DJ_Laszlo I downloaded Mozilla but after a while it ate all my memory in a zip! and then the CPU usage ran up to 99%...and don't forget that I have 1024 mb of RAM. It doesn't clear the memory either when you exit that damn program...other than that, it loads pages very fast, but I still can't use it when it chews up my RAM for nothing... Or maybe it was because my harddrive got overloaded with porn?

Sounds like you either have a f*cked up computer, or you did something very wrong..

es

Mozilla Firebird. Its pretty funky

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Originally posted by ehehe AvantBrowser (http://www.avantbrowser.com) for 5 reasons: 1. Runs on the IE engine, supports everything IE supports. BUT, 2. It's much faster, and doesn't crash when explorer.exe does! AND, 3. It supports TABS, which is the primary reason many people even downloaded Mozilla! 4.1 It blocks PopUps (can be turned off). 4.2 It can block any of the following: -Active-X -Flash -Images -Scripts -Applets -SOUND -VIdeo 5. It minimizes (can be disabled) to the system tray, saving even more space. It also looks good.

same here its the best

i used to use opera, but it seems it just eats computer resources for fun and caused to crash my computer many times. Now sticking with IE Mozilla Firebird (or whatever it is called) is suposed to be top quality, just to lazy to download it

Lynx is pretty robust.

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Originally posted by Intense_Sounds Lynx is pretty robust.

lol, lynx role =)

Yep yep, nothing like being at the library (locked up) terminals, clicking on their "telnet to library catalog" link, and then using telnet to connect to lynx.scramworks.net

Re: Your favourite browser?

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Originally posted by St_Andrew Yeee i guess this has been asked before but it's a good quastion =) IE + Works with almost all sites. + Doesn't take up much memory on windows machines - Microsoft has made it - Just for windows (and a bit mac) - Slow rendering - Nothing extra Mozilla (www.mozilla.org) + Works on most OS/Platforms + Open source + Tabbed browsing + Pop up blocking + Load pages faster than IE - Doesn't render all sites perfect (allthough it render perfect 99.99% of the cases) Opera (www.opera.com) + VERY fast! + Works on many platforms, not as many as mozilla though... + Mouse gestures + Pop up blocking + Fast forward and fast backward + Not microsoft + A lot of smart "small feutures" - Not open source (guess you don't care though...) - Doesn't render all sites perfect (not as good as mozilla, but still good) - Advertise banner in the upper right corner if you don't pay for it.... Okay, now you have read trough all that shit, wich is my favourite browser? The fact is that i don't really now, sometimes it's mozilla and sometimes it's opera, depends on... Btw, why can't i post polls?!

sorry mozz is simply a pig. I use primarily opera (it's fast, efficient, and if the son of a bitch crashes you can go back to where you were. Whenever I need I.E. (link to another app like ed2k or something (sharereactor.com) i use that instead but for the most part opera is the way to go. It even has mouse gestures which make for *REALLY* efficient surfing. I can move through pages so fluidly its not even funny (faster than clicking the damn buttons on the side of my mouse nad feels more "natural").

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Originally posted by MagikMuzikNet i used to use opera, but it seems it just eats computer resources for fun and caused to crash my computer many times. Now sticking with IE Mozilla Firebird (or whatever it is called) is suposed to be top quality, just to lazy to download it

firebird is an offshoot of mozilla aimed at trimming down the package size and making it more efficient

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Originally posted by SuperFarStucker firebird is an offshoot of mozilla aimed at trimming down the package size and making it more efficient

Opera is bloatware compared to firebird ..

es

Firebird is a good browser and much less of a hog, but its mouse gestures are garbage. No matter what options I set or how short/long I take to do it, it just says "Mouse Gesture cancelled." Seriously, I can't even see in the statusbar what the gesture is before it says cancelled. I wonder if some of you people who list that as a feature have actually tried using it - it doesn't seem to work at all.

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Originally posted by DigiNut Firebird is a good browser and much less of a hog, but its mouse gestures are garbage. No matter what options I set or how short/long I take to do it, it just says "Mouse Gesture cancelled." Seriously, I can't even see in the statusbar what the gesture is before it says cancelled. I wonder if some of you people who list that as a feature have actually tried using it - it doesn't seem to work at all.

I don't use mouse gestures. What kinds of commands do you use with them?
I just use my intellimouse explorer for back and forward.

es

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