Which web browsers and why?

[ckk81]

what are the pros and cons of each browsers and why are you using your current browser over others?



thanks,
Jack

 

[FoBoT]

IE , it comes with the OS and does what i need, so why would i spend cycles with something else??
SP2 pop up blocking works better than google toolbar pop up blocking

 

[Chaotic42]

Mozilla: Popup and hijack blocking.

Oh yeah, tabbed browsing, too.

 

[Trygve]

I just switched to Firefox on my main computer. It offers two main advantages over explorer:

1) It doesn't suffer from "windows rot" where, as time goes on, I can have fewer and fewer windows open until it finally goes bonkers and starts screwing up my display.

2) It doesn't give me a "your security settings do not allow active X controls to run on this page" message three or four times on a lot of pages.

 

[simms]

FIREFOX is awesome. Rock solid after I reformatted.

MAXTHON http://www.maxthon.com is an awesome alternative. I have had no problem with Maxthon, it was really good to me. I jumped on the Firefox bandwagon after I worked out the exploit problem and bugmenot plugins. Adblock is useful too.

See my thread on it here: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...y&keyword1=maxthon

 

[sniperruff]

firefox because
1) pop-up blocker
2) useful plug-in's (google, dictionary.com)
3) tab browsing
4) more secure (less tracking cookies scanned by adaware)
5) faster than IE

 

[rh71]

IE... it opens faster and is supported by Yahoo Companion.

FF is only good to me because it loads websites a tiny bit faster. I don't care for its other features.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
firefox because
1) pop-up blocker
2) useful plug-in's (google, dictionary.com)
3) tab browsing
4) more secure (less tracking cookies scanned by adaware)
5) faster than IE

 

[PlatinumGold]

i've used firefox for about 7 months now. with the latest release i've started to have real problems. i'm not sure whether it is firefox or SP2 that is causing the problems because i installed version 1.0 about the same time i installed SP2.

 

[yobarman]

I JUST (literally 5 minutes ago) started using firefox because i realized that each IE instance was taking up like 30 megs of ram, while firefox takes up about 20 megs with multiple sites in one window. Its important to me cause I need the resources for my graphics work. Wow this is so much better.!

VIVA LA FIREFOX!

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

http://forums.anandtech.com/ca...9816892&entercat=y

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: sniperruff
firefox because
1) pop-up blocker
2) useful plug-in's (google, dictionary.com)
3) tab browsing
4) more secure (less tracking cookies scanned by adaware)
5) faster than IE

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: yobarman
I JUST (literally 5 minutes ago) started using firefox because i realized that each IE instance was taking up like 30 megs of ram, while firefox takes up about 20 megs with multiple sites in one window. Its important to me cause I need the resources for my graphics work. Wow this is so much better.!

VIVA LA FIREFOX!

i've run firefox several days at a time and it starts to really eat up resources. i've seen firefox at 300mb.

and it will either crash or i just make a habit of shutting it down every couple of days and starting over.

 

[yobarman]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: yobarman
I JUST (literally 5 minutes ago) started using firefox because i realized that each IE instance was taking up like 30 megs of ram, while firefox takes up about 20 megs with multiple sites in one window. Its important to me cause I need the resources for my graphics work. Wow this is so much better.!

VIVA LA FIREFOX!

i've run firefox several days at a time and it starts to really eat up resources. i've seen firefox at 300mb.

and it will either crash or i just make a habit of shutting it down every couple of days and starting over.

thats all good cause i usually restart my comp every few days as well.

 

[Bassyhead]

i like opera, however i'll probably use firefox more in the future

 

[Wahsapa]

safari woot!

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Viva la correct forum!

 

[Mo0o]

opera because
1) pop-up blocker
2) useful plug-in's (google, dictionary.com)
3) tab browsing
4) more secure (less tracking cookies scanned by adaware)
5) faster than IE
6) Paste and go function
7) Go To URL function
8) Built in email system
9) Built in mouse gestures
10) Dynamic skin that matches current visual style automatically.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
Opera because
1) pop-up blocker
2) useful plug-in's (google, dictionary.com)
3) tab browsing
4) more secure (less tracking cookies scanned by adaware)
5) faster than IE
6) faster then fire Fox
7) skinable
8) mouse jestures built in that work great
9) save states

 

[glugglug]

Firefox

Many times faster than IE.
More secure.
Lots of nifty plugins for image zoom, google toolbar, translation off the right click menu (with plugin), just select text and google it off right click menu, or drag it onto a tab as a link, thumnails of each result for google searches (plugin), separate adjustable text & image zoom, other nifty stuff
Tabbed browsing.
Loads of developer-centric features like easily grabbing/editing the page css, nice views to browse info about all page elements, form inputs, etc, form hacking tools.
Built-in ad/popup blocking with programmable filter.
User-agent spoofing (with plugin) to make those few pesky "IE-only" sites accept it.
Most configurable browser on the planet.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Camino -Best Gecko based browser to date.
Mozilla -Works the best on my platform of choice.
Firefox -Because I don't want to clutter up Mozilla.
lynx -Just because.
Konqueror/Safari -I get bored easily.

 

[spacelord]

IE with MyIE2 / Maxthon.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Where's Dillo, links, lynx, w3m, camino, arachnid, and galeon?
And isn't crazy browser just IE with a bunch more holes added on?

 

[yobarman]

speakin of firefox, is there any way to get the tabs on the bottom of the page... and the address bar? Itd be much simpler to have them down there near my windows taskbar?

 

[OMGoddess]

IE, cause eventually Firefox will be about as safe as a foxhole with water pouring down into it (hackers, spyware, adware).

Also I don't visit p0rn sites.