Too bad there is no perfect Browser. :( Firebird is great unless you need activex.

[43st]

I've been using Firebird for a little over a year, 0.1 was my first download I think.

The straw that tipped the scale for me was the constant pop-up message that would say "Your settings may not allow this page to display properly". I had ActiveX turning off and everything else on medium settings, nothing to unrealistic. I was also tired of having to run Spybot or Ad-aware every week.

I think it all comes down to what tolerance level you have. I couldn't stand it anymore so I changed and I'm very happy that I did. In all honesty if a page can't be viewed in Firebird I don't bother with it. Firebird gives control back to the user. Ultimately that's the core reason for my change.

 

[mooojojojo]

Originally posted by: TC2181
I use avant browser. Firebird is total crap..laggy, takes forever to load pages with images, somewhat unstable. IE alone is feature-less, but it works well. I like avant for the tabbed browsing, pop-up blocker, mouse gestures, etc. All the features of firebird, without all the bugs.

It's strange you're the only person who mentioned Avant Browser so far
I'm using it too - it's great.

 

[Kristi2k]

Originally posted by: DaZ

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
My opinions exactly. I used Opera for a while, but some sites would refuse to load in it, especially flash ones. If they would, the experience wasn't the same.

I've seen 4-5 sites where Flash worked in Opera but not at all in firebird.. one that comes to mind right now, phong.com.

phong works for me in Firebird .7. I used the installer version of Firebird and install flash.

 

[TofBnT]

I use mozilla, it loads large pages much faster.
However, I still have IE installed. If I need it I use it.