Is Mozilla Firefox cool or what?

[KevinH]

What's tab browsing? I'm using firefox and haven't a clue what u fellas are talking about.

 

[Modeps]

Reasons why it's better: http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/19/12OPstrategic_1.html

I lub firefox.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: KevinH
What's tab browsing? I'm using firefox and haven't a clue what u fellas are talking about.

Middle-click a link in FF.
(middle-click on the tab closes it, BTW)

 

[Anubis]

Or What

opera is better

 

[arod]

I like MyIE2 more than Firefox.... its quite a bit faster loading pages for me than firefox was (I gave it about a full month of only using it and then switched back and was amazed at how slow fierfox had gotten). I think itll be atleast version 1.0 before its fast (for me atleast) after a month of usage.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: arod
I like MyIE2 more than Firefox.... its quite a bit faster loading pages for me than firefox was (I gave it about a full month of only using it and then switched back and was amazed at how slow fierfox had gotten). I think itll be atleast version 1.0 before its fast (for me atleast) after a month of usage.

Firefox slow? I've never seen a page load slow on FF.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

in summary

Opera > FireFox > *

 

[Insane3D]

I prefer MYIE2...seems faster and works better than Firefox/Firebird for me...

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

MYIE2? Like... Internet Explorer 2.0?? :Q

 

[Jeff7181]

I'm waiting for WinXP SP2, then I'll try IE again, but for now, Firefox is my browser of choice.

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
MYIE2? Like... Internet Explorer 2.0?? :Q

No, like MYIE2

 

[screw3d]

IE rendering engine < *. :|

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I'm waiting for WinXP SP2, then I'll try IE again, but for now, Firefox is my browser of choice.

Even with SP2, I still prefer Opera over IE.

 

[sd]

Originally posted by: KDOG
yeah, I realize its still in beta stage right now, hence the .8 version number, it should rock by 1.xx....

call me when it goes 2.xx

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Beattie

Originally posted by: rh71
LOL if you say so

I gave it a good try. Back to IE for me.

Man, that's irony. A linux penguin icon and promoting IE.

Heh you got me there... I switched from the Asian Man icon just 2 days ago (had that for a year). And I'm not a Linux proponent. It's just that people mistake "rh71" for Red Hat 7.1 so I'm playing along with it with the icon.

 

[Nothinman]

call me when it goes 2.xx

I can't think of a single reason why I'd use IE over Mozilla/Firefox (technically Galeon since I'm on Linux).

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Yossarian
opera > mozilla

Bulldink. Slower, fuglier, crowded GUI, and those annoying mouse motions.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: Yossarian
opera > mozilla

Bulldink. Slower, fuglier, crowded GUI, and those annoying mouse motions.

...faster (try it on a slow desktop, where you might be able to tell a difference), neither look good, IMO, and you can turn those off easily.
I don't use Opera, as Firefox is free, but it is technically superior in every way.

 

[Abos]

Originally posted by: Cerb

I don't use Opera, as Firefox is free, but it is technically superior in every way.

Is Opera open-source?

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Abos

Originally posted by: Cerb
I don't use Opera, as Firefox is free, but it is technically superior in every way.

Is Opera open-source?

No, and the version that costs nothing gives ad banners.

 

[Insomniak]

I have yet to see Opera do something that Firefos doesn't do better, with the exception of IE-faking. But I don't see that being very far away for Firefox.

 

[jm0ris0n]

mozilla 1.6 works fine for me

(Of course I had to get rid of the horrid default skin)

 

[Abos]

Originally posted by: Cerb

Originally posted by: Abos

Originally posted by: Cerb
I don't use Opera, as Firefox is free, but it is technically superior in every way.

Is Opera open-source?

No, and the version that costs nothing gives ad banners.

If Opera is not open-source, then you would have never seen the code, and therefore have no grounds to call it "technically superior." Though it doesn't matter anyway since superiority is a matter of opinion.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Abos

Originally posted by: Cerb

Originally posted by: Abos

Originally posted by: Cerb
I don't use Opera, as Firefox is free, but it is technically superior in every way.

Is Opera open-source?

No, and the version that costs nothing gives ad banners.

If Opera is not open-source, then you would have never seen the code, and therefore have no grounds to call it "technically superior." Though it doesn't matter anyway since superiority is a matter of opinion.

1. On a slow machine, it's easy to see that it's faster.
2. Do some real HTML4 or XHTML 1.1 pages and really take advantage of CSS2.
Guess what? FF will work, no complaints there, but Opera will do more, and be closer to what the spec says it should. Look at some pages linked from W3C's CSS site (the tutorial ones and such). Several can show this.
If it were insanely better, I'd use it. It is better, just not enough to justify ad banners.

In addition, I tried using Opera (as in, no FF/FB for a couple weeks) again a month or so back...no problems aside from the obvious.
FF will occasionally crash still, and if you open too many tabs too quickly from the same site (like forum threads), it has some wierd display issues.

 

[Blayze]

Firefox is my browser of choice, but Ive been using Opera lately and its starting to grow on me.