POLL: Which browser do you use?

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

numark

Golden Member
Sep 17, 2002
1,005
0
0
Opera for pretty much a year now. I get free licenses under one of their programs since I'm a web developer :D I like their popup protection as well, it does what it should and the browser works fast.
 

dman

Diamond Member
Nov 2, 1999
9,110
0
76
Originally posted by: trek8900
crazy browser

Ditto, while it's technically a front end for IE, it should still have a poll option. The best thing, imo, is that it is IE and there are no compatibility problems to deal with.


 

TallBill

Lifer
Apr 29, 2001
46,017
62
91
i just use IE with popup stopper. It WONT let any other instances of IE open up without the user holding down control. It works perfectly, because you the user decide when you want a new window. It can be mildly annoying at first, but hitting control while browsing becomes natural. I have it hosted at the site in my sig
 

Cerb

Elite Member
Aug 26, 2000
17,484
33
86
Mozilla 1.2.1
No popups.
No crashes.
Uses CSS2 properly, by GOD!.
The DOM inspector is neat, like digital watches.
Managing certificates is a breeze.
Combined tab and multiple window browsing is really great for following links from forums and such.
You can turn JS on for the browser and off for the mail and news readers, and likewise with plugins.
You can NEVER, EVER, EVER accidentally print from right-clicking. I can't count how many times I did that in IE...quickly right-click and go to an option (usually view source) and have it print...grrrr.
Also, I can hop on a linux box and everything works exactly the same.
I keep IE aorund for two reasons:
1) I have to with Win2k.
2) When I actually _want_ to see something done in flash.
 

LAUST

Diamond Member
Sep 13, 2000
8,957
1
81
Originally posted by: Skoorb
IE of course.
Yep, it's already there, it works, everyone programs for it first.... well if you have Windows anyway ;)
 

Cerb

Elite Member
Aug 26, 2000
17,484
33
86
Yep, it's already there, it works, everyone programs for it first.... well if you have Windows anyway

1) <rant voice>It isn't programming!
2) It doesn't work _well_.
3) I don't. Unfortunately doddstech.com happens to work in IE, though it only does the way it should in Mozilla. I have a few pop-up menu ideas that would surely make it not qork in IE :)
 

Mrburns2007

Platinum Member
Jun 14, 2001
2,595
0
0
Avant 7.0.5.2 and it's free


http://www.avantbrowser.com/

Top 9 reasons to use Avant Browser


Pop-up Stopper: Eliminate unwanted pop-up pages automatically.

Additional Mouse Functions: Click a link in the web page with the middle mouse button, the link will be opened in a new window. Hold the right button then click the left button, the current page will navigate backward one step. Hold the left button then click the right button, the current page will navigate forward one step.

Browsing Options: Avant Browser provides options to block download of pictures, videos, sounds and ActiveX components. With these options users can efficiently use their bandwidth and speed up page loading.

Multi-Window Browsing: Browse multiple web pages simultaneously. All opened pages can be easily stopped, refreshed, closed or arranged with one click.

Built-in Google Search Engine: Avant Browser provides built-in search engine, which is powered by Google, the most powerful search engine in the world. Built-in search engine enables user to search for web pages and images in Internet.

Integrated Cleaner: Help you to keep your privacy and easily clear typed addresses, recently opened pages, web page passwords, cookies and temporary Internet files.

Safe Recovery: If Avant Browser is closed improperly, all open web pages are saved and will be automatically reopened at next startup.

Internet Explorer Compatibility: Avant Browser is compatible with all Internet Explorer functions, including Java Script, Cookies, Real player, Media Player, Internet Explorer Favorites, Macromedia Flash and ActiveX Controls.

Easy Using: Avant Browser comes with more shortcuts. It's much easier to close or create new browser window.


 

SnapIT

Banned
Jul 8, 2002
4,355
1
0
Phoenix on XP, Phoenix on Linux, Phoenix on FreeBSD...

I just love phoenix, gestures added from extentions and a really tiny skin to make my browsing easier, tabbed browsing (wastes less memory), pop-up killer, small and fast... it's just great, and best of all, no matter which OS i use, it all looks the same, same browser, same extentions, same skin... :)
 

Barnaby W. Füi

Elite Member
Aug 14, 2001
12,343
0
0
Originally posted by: Cerb
Yep, it's already there, it works, everyone programs for it first.... well if you have Windows anyway

1) <rant voice>It isn't programming!
2) It doesn't work _well_.
3) I don't. Unfortunately doddstech.com happens to work in IE, though it only does the way it should in Mozilla. I have a few pop-up menu ideas that would surely make it not qork in IE :)

Yep, all the truly fun CSS stuff is off limits for IE. Go to incise.org (my site) in mozilla and IE, compare the difference. I'm honestly not even sure of all of the differences, I've seen lots of different versions of IE do lots of different things to it...