Kurgan Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 At work the mac my boss has us use has IE, Netscape and Opera installed on it (I installed Opera, and of course it's the best!). I like how I can not just block popups but also "don't show images" (useful for surfing these forums in public) and delete all private data completely in 3 clicks when I'm finished. It never crashes, but if it did, I can resume right back where I left off (or if I close the program without closing each window beforehand). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Death Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I haven't heard much about opera besides wat you told kurgan, I may look into that. I also use firefox i luv the no pop ups function and also cas its free (at least for now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I use Firefox at home, and Safari at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUGOMAND Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Firefox, of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai DD Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 You gotta ask? IE sucks major ****! Well, anything from Microsuck does... when you finally find the light that Linux and Mozilla are, there is no going back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-O Kreesh Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Firefox without question!!!! If you use IE for too long, you'll have to reformat your computer in 6 months. IE has nothing on Firefox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I haven't heard much about opera besides wat you told kurgan, I may look into that. I also use firefox i luv the no pop ups function and also cas its free (at least for now) Give it a whirl, see what you think. Opera's free now too. From what I hear it has a lot of the same functions as Firefox, only you don't have to go hunting up your plugins to get the same functionality you get with the initial program. I don't know if it supports Linux yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerted Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I am a strong supporter of Maxthon (used to be called MyIE2). It can render pages using IE's engine or use the Gecho engine. I like it much better than FireFox. Maxthon has a lot more built into it then FireFox. Its ad blocker works very well too. Both browsers support plug-ins. If Maxthon isn't installed on a computer (it has to be installed ), I keep a copy of portable FireFox on my thumb drive to use. http://www.maxthon.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOssusKeeper Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 If you use IE for too long, you'll have to reformat your computer in 6 months. Ha! I thought I was the only one... I used IE for a long time and about every 6 months I would have to re-format my HD... I've been using Firefox for a while now and no re-formats, yaaah! * Knock on wood... * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSR Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 gotta be internet explorer.... probably cos mozilla wont work and i've never heard of the others... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Don't let all this firefox lovin' by the other mods fool ya, Opera's good too (and I use it). Might have to give it a try cause I keep hearing great stuff about it. I konw it has tabbed browsing but does it have integrated search? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fate's Decision Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I voted IE, I've never had any reason to switch to firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Firefox all the way. Except for the pesky pages that won't work with FF, then I use the IE extention. The lack of ads, popups, and spyware cropping up is just plain awesome. Of course as soon as I open up IE for whatever purpose, there's flashing ads all over the place. Grrr! I voted IE, I've never had any reason to switch to firefox. The reasons to switch are all too apparent once you get used to FF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Firefox > You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 ^^^^ Despite the brief period where IE outshone it due to a security update and the pages that don't work with it and the lack of integration with Windows Media Player and other programs? It's an awesome browser but it doesn't live up to the hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Firefox all the way. Except for the pesky pages that won't work with FF, then I use the IE extention. The lack of ads, popups, and spyware cropping up is just plain awesome. Of course as soon as I open up IE for whatever purpose, there's flashing ads all over the place. Grrr! The reasons to switch are all too apparent once you get used to FF. Where can I find the IE extension ? I'd like to completely take IE off my computer, after next reformate (because of an unrelated issue) I'll need to get it What Extensions are Firefox users using? I'm using Foxytunes WIZZ RSS reader Download Manager tweak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 IE Tabs. Btw, you can't ever really take IE off your computer; you have to have it on to make Windows work. I use: FasterFox Image Zoom Adblock Adblock Filterset.G Updater IEView Tabbrowser Preferences BBcode (really useful here) Download Manager Tweak Mouse Gestures Answers (really useful) Download Embedded IE Tab (awesome) Chatzilla HOST.IP Geolocation Plugin (cool) Leet Key (cool) View Rendered Source Chart Web Developer Gmail Notifier And... I guess that is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rccar328 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I fell in love with Firefox as soon as I started using it. I've found that the popup blocker in Firefox is much more efficient than the one in IE, but my absolutely favorite feature is the tabbed browser. I think the most current version of Netscape has tabs, too, but I'm sticking with Firefox. The downloading utilities thing (flash, Quicktime, etc.) is annoying for a while, but once that's taken care of, it's a breeze. As for extensions, I didn't even know about them before I saw this thread... I just installed FoxyTunes, colorful tabs, Mozilla Calendar, and Minimize to tray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahSkywalker Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I mainly use MSN explorer. I use it because IE on my computer is stuffed up. It tends to close without warning which really annoys me. So I have definitely gotten used to using MSN explorer for the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Used to have MSN explorer on here 3 years ago but I absolutely hated it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnaGuard Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I have IE......I could care less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 @Samuel Dravis- Actually IE is a Windows component and can be removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Well, I was meaning for Windows Update to still function. Other than that, yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I coulda swore something about it being different in Vista, I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 The version on XP won't work on Vista so it has to be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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