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Posted by barbina on Aug-13-2007 01:19:

Whats better?

Firefox or Internet Explorer?
Or do you have a mac?

Ive always had internet explorer
and i just downloaded Firefox because it was recommended
what do you guys use?

Posted by Irishaddict on Aug-13-2007 01:24:

firefox by a bagillion

Posted by m2j on Aug-13-2007 01:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Irishaddict
firefox by a bagillion

+ 1 bagillion

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Aug-13-2007 01:49:

Between Firefox and Internet Explorer, definitely Firefox. However, recently I've been getting more and more annoyed with Firefox. If I keep my browser open for a long time, it just keeps eating up more and more RAM, and then from time to time, when I open some pages, it'll just send the CPU in an endless loop, freezing my comp. Plus, some pages just don't render properly, and it's annoying (even though it's basically Microsoft's fault). I'm thinking about switching to Opera, but I really like my Firefox add-ons.

Posted by geroin on Aug-13-2007 02:03:

Posted by Frenchie on Aug-13-2007 02:16:

Firefox.

Opera in close 2nd. I love it.

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Aug-13-2007 02:32:

Just now firefox froze and refused to have its process ended after I closed a youtube tab.

Posted by Chris Allen on Aug-13-2007 02:40:

I think Firefox is right on par with Safari for a Mac.

Since I'm on a PC though currently, I'll have to lay my vote with Firefox.

Posted by FunkyCrew on Aug-13-2007 03:01:

quote:
Originally posted by m2j
+ 1 bagillion

+1 gabillion^infinity

Posted by Ace_of_Spades on Aug-13-2007 03:02:

Ah I should stop procrastinating and give firefox a try. Currently my system is screwed up ,tis filled up with worms and possibaly viruses so I have to format and reboot windows. And since I'm planning to do all the updates and software downloads after formating, I'm stuck with this slow infected system ...

The most annoying and at the same time amusing issue that my system has is my Internet Explorer quite often redirecting itself to porn sites... However I happen to give them a good look from time to time lol jokes ...

Posted by Stilez on Aug-13-2007 06:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
Between Firefox and Internet Explorer, definitely Firefox. However, recently I've been getting more and more annoyed with Firefox. If I keep my browser open for a long time, it just keeps eating up more and more RAM, and then from time to time, when I open some pages, it'll just send the CPU in an endless loop, freezing my comp. Plus, some pages just don't render properly, and it's annoying (even though it's basically Microsoft's fault). I'm thinking about switching to Opera, but I really like my Firefox add-ons.

solution:

quote:
Now, this is by no means a REAL fix for the Firefox memory leak, but it certainly does appear to help it quite a bit. This little fix will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, and as a result it will take up less than 10MB of memory while minimized. So far, from my experiences with using this today, when you maximize Firefox it will obviously increase the memory usage. However, it does not seem to go back up to the insane amount that it was at before minimizing it. For example, Firefox was at 180MB of memory usage and then I minimized it and after a few seconds I maximized it. After maximizing it and continuing on my routine business it appeared to only have gone up to 60MB. This seems to be a good solution for me right now since I frequently maximize and minimize Firefox anyways.

Now I know many people will say that Firefox will take longer to maximize since it will be located on the hard drive, but I haven�t noticed ANY delays. It is able to redraw itself just as quickly as if it was located in the ram (in my experience). Okay, now here are the few simple steps:

1. Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in about :config and then press Enter.
2. Right Click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
3. In the box that pops up enter config.trim_on_minimize. Press Enter.
4. Now select True and then press Enter.
5. Restart Firefox.

See how quick and painless that was? At any rate you can always go back and delete the same setting that you just created if you start to experience any issues. I have also set the browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers value to 0 because that will prevent Firefox from caching pages for the back button. This is also supposed to free up some memory that gets stolen.

...and for it's ease of 'customizing' the browser...FF wins for me hands down.

Posted by Abercrombie on Aug-13-2007 13:04:

IE is mandated by my company, so I have no choice on my laptop. I keep it on my home desktop bc going back and forth between the two was annoying.

Posted by CAKE on Aug-13-2007 13:27:

Firefox all the way baby!

Posted by exstasie on Aug-13-2007 13:56:

I'm guessing you Mac = Safari, the proprietary software browser.

However I use Firefox on my Mac! Firefox is the only way to go.

The other browser that people tend to use it Opera which is fairly decent i've heard and free as well.

Posted by Kamka on Aug-13-2007 16:29:

I have both but I prefer using Firefox - with FF you can at least go back and 'Undo' the damage if you are typing something and accidentally happen to delete it by pressing the wrong combination of keys (as it's happened to me a few times with IE)

Posted by exstasie on Aug-13-2007 16:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Kamka
I have both but I prefer using Firefox - with FF you can at least go back and 'Undo' the damage if you are typing something and accidentally happen to delete it by pressing the wrong combination of keys (as it's happened to me a few times with IE)

Most annoying thing ever when Your typing an email or something like that. Atleast Gmail has autosave...but some others don't!! argh...

Explorer sucks balls, but I have to use it at work.

Posted by phlog on Aug-13-2007 17:24:

i use IE for the simple reason that it allows me to switch seamlessly from an explorer (folder) window to a webpage by using the address bar, and back.

for example: if i was to type a url into the address bar of a folder, the window would turn into an IE browser window, even if i had firefox installed and set as my default browser. If i remember correctly this even happens when you click favorites from the menu in a folder window. This was annoying because i'd constantly be using two browsers since those methods are primarily how i launch a website.

i've tried Firefox a few times and stopped using it because i couldn't figure out if that function was possible.

please enlighten me if i missed an option to do this with firefox.

Posted by malek on Aug-13-2007 18:02:

I switched from firefox to IE7.

IE7 is much better.

Posted by chinamon on Aug-13-2007 18:54:

Posted by kaniz on Aug-13-2007 19:01:

FireFox - I tend to install it on any computer I'll be working with for any period of time.

FireFox + AdBlock Plus + AutoUpdating list = rarely get any popups/banners/etc.

I run Linux on my desktop at home, so IE isnt even an option there.

Posted by Engine9 on Aug-13-2007 19:17:

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Aug-13-2007 19:27:

quote:
Originally posted by chinamon
i leave my firefox open all the time until i decide to reboot (usually once every 3-4 weeks) and dont have any problems.

the coolest addon i think i have is the exif data for photos.

quote:
Originally posted by Engine9
all those add ons is the reason its eating up so much RAM

It's a very well known issue (and no, it's not because of the add-ons):

http://www.google.ca/search?q=memory+leak+firefox

quote:
Originally posted by Engine9
plus all those youtube videos are pretty CPU intensive

Closing a youtube video is not CPU intensive.

Posted by me@t k@tie on Aug-13-2007 19:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Cosmic Fur

[url]http://www.google.ca/search?q=memory+leak+firefox&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a[/url]

Hahaha fail.

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Aug-13-2007 19:30:

quote:
Originally posted by me@t k@tie
Hahaha fail.

blow me, I fixed it before even the "last edited by" message came up.

Posted by me@t k@tie on Aug-13-2007 19:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
blow me, I fixed it before even the "last edited by" message came up.

Whatever. I caught the mistake before you fixed it. (pfft)

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