firefox is over rated.

[mercanucaribe]

The solution to your problem is right here.. http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=33&threadid=1666325&enterthread=y

Yes, they PURPOSELY hide the option to open everything in a new tab instead of a new window. Why? I do not know!

 

[MithShrike]

Originally posted by: dugweb
all i do is hear people rave about FF... but when i tried it out, i thought it ran slower than IE, less compatable with some sites, and the tabs were annoying (i wanted the tabs to be like crazy browser i.e. new window=new tab= less clutter at bottom on start menu)

someone explain why it is so good plz

You may want to try Opera then.

 

[Howard]

I like Opera over Firefox.

 

[ruffilb]

tabs, extensions.

 

[kristof007]

Originally posted by: Bozono
I wouldn't say it's over-rated; it merely is what it is. It's free, it's not MS, it's functional, has a plethora of plugins, and perhaps best of all, it is regularly patched and updated. Oh yeah, I love the tabbed browsing. Other than the fanbois, most people realize it's nothing more than a stable browser.

Haha it's not m$ .. I like that reason the best perhaps.

 

[Whitecloak]

Maxthon for me. I have tried and discarded the other alternatives.

 

[Fenixgoon]

tabs, isn't subject to spyware infestation, popup blocking

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: steelels1
Well in addition to all the reasons already stated - Tabs, Ad-blocking, Less bloat, more secure, and a variety of great extensions to add only the functionality you NEED -

One of my main reasons is that I'm a web developer and IE is a nightmare for doing pure CSS/XHTML pages. IE has a total disregard for web standards and the CSS spec (or is just plain buggy, however you want to look at it), and I have to implement a variety of IE specific hacks once I have the page working in everything else. Even the current beta of IE7 still has the majority of the bugs present. Although I believe most of the box model issues have been fixed.

So I guess my point is that because of all the time I spend cursing IE when I'm developing it adds even more aversion to me ever using it. Hell, I think I use Opera more than IE.

Just to be fair, IE6 was the most standards compliant browser availible, by far, at the time it was released. MS just hasn't kept up with the changes since then.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

You guys can just use a 3rd party popupblocker + SP2 like me and I have gotten 0 spyware since November 2004.

Now, what I'm trying to say is that I don't use FF because of friggn spyware. If you people think FF is godlike cuz of anti-spyware or whatever, that's pretty lame.

I use both IE and FF depending which I feel like opening up.

Tabs are great, but you get the same with tabbed taskbar on IE. I don't remember which CTRL + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 I need to hit when I have like 8 tabs open on Firefox anyways, so I don't think tabs is all that awesome.

 

[yourdeardaniel]

i hate activex in IE, shlt installs and i dont even know it
safer with firefox

 

[Fraggable]

Security - the fact that much spyware targets IE simply because it's the most common - tabs, popup blocker.
Though I am getting annoyed with it hanging for ~15 seconds every time I log into a site... Not sure why it started doing that.

 

[Ready]

Originally posted by: dugweb
all i do is hear people rave about FF... but when i tried it out, i thought it ran slower than IE, less compatable with some sites, and the tabs were annoying (i wanted the tabs to be like crazy browser i.e. new window=new tab= less clutter at bottom on start menu)

someone explain why it is so good plz

Simple, it's not microsoft

 

[dugweb]

ya know what's funny... i started this thread over a month ago, and here it is back from the dead. And you know what has changed since then?

i use firefox exclusively now lol, the irony

edit: bold, because i want people to see it

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: JustinGoodie
tabs.... that's why i use it... i also have an extension that opens new windows in new tabs.

that and the built in popup blocker is pretty nice too

Hahaha is your extension called "middle-click?" n00b.

Anyway, I use it because of tabs, search bar, and all the plugins.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: igowerf

Originally posted by: mobobuff
No, Opera is very bloat-heavy. While it does look nice and has some interesting features, it's just too much. Personally I use Maxthon and IE, both of which I find to be better than Firefox. The only instance I can think of where Firefox would be a better choice than IE would be on a computer prone to spyware that's used by a user who doesn't know common procedures to follow to make the computer immune to spyware.

I just loaded up the same page in Opera and in IE. Opera used 26MB of RAM while IE used 29MB. My entire Opera installation folder is only 6MB. Where's the bloat? Are you just referring to the Opera skin "feeling" bloated?

Exactly.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: dugweb
ya know what's funny... i started this thread over a month ago, and here it is back from the dead. And you know what has changed since then?

i use firefox exclusively now lol, the irony

edit: bold, because i want people to see it

Don't worry, it won't last long. Once you add all the awesome extentions that are available and you're browsing speed progressively slows, you'll know what time it is again.

 

[kristof007]

Haha .. has anyone mentioned the adblock extension. It's awesome and if you see the same ads over and over it's awesome at blocking them! As long as you don't use too many extensions you are fine.

 

[Rock Hydra]

People who rave about firefox know the capabilities of it. The average joe might not realize what is so great about it.

 

[Cerb]

1. Adblock.
2. Flashblock.
3. Simplicity.
4. The only difference on any machine is that it's edit->preferences, because of some idiot who loved Netscape.
5. It doesn't need patching every two weeks, and the overwhelming amount of holes found were found and patched before they could be exploited.
6. Half of the OS doesn't use it.
7. It doesn't have that crazy Opera interface.
8. I can easily remove plugins, like Adobe Reader, Quicktime, WMP, etc..
9. Spellbound is nice, too.

My biggest complaint is that they seem to have every other release be great. 1.0.5, I experienced my first crash since a 0.9. It was slower, and a memory hog. Now, at 1.0.6, I don't even have the urge to use a Moox build, and it hasn't crashed once, nor used up all my RAM. All I want now is columns in bookmarks.

I'd switch to Opera, and maybe even pay for it, if they had an interface like FF.

 

[kristof007]

Originally posted by: Cerb
2. Flashblock.

What's flashblock? Adblock for flash stuff? Cause Adblock can do that.

 

[pack1]

Adblock, tabs and security as already mentioned is enough to switch for me. But I do find the load times slow. Im just glad Im using 100% OSS now.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: kristof007

Originally posted by: Cerb
2. Flashblock.

What's flashblock? Adblock for flash stuff? Cause Adblock can do that.

No, for EVERY flash item. It will show up as a bordered square with a play button. Press the play button, and it does its normal stuff.

 

[kristof007]

That's nice and all. Adblock you can just block. I can see how one can clutter their firefox with extensions. Just get ones that do a lot and not individual ones for little things. Thanks for explaining cerb. I learned something new today!

 

[lavagirl669]

Firefox = :heart:

 

[kristof007]

Originally posted by: lavagirl669
Firefox = :heart:

Ditto! Nice Rig for rig 1 .. and the link to rig 2 is broken.