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Title: Internet Browsers
Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 08 August 2012, 12:00:17: You can't have a right and proper computer-related forum without a thread for folks to argue about what software they use to view Web pages on the Internet. So here it is!

So I guess I'll kick it off with the programs I use to go on the Internet. On my main machine, a Dell Optiplex GX270, and my Micron, I use Internet Explorer 6. On my Windows 3.1 machine, my iMac, and my Power Macintosh G3, I use MSIE5.

So what browers do you use?
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Post by: The_Beast on Wed, 08 August 2012, 12:08:07: Firefox
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Post by: longweight on Wed, 08 August 2012, 12:08:45: Chrome.
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Post by: alaricljs on Wed, 08 August 2012, 12:12:36: Firefox and Chrome.
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Post by: funkymeeba on Wed, 08 August 2012, 12:18:37: Opera all the way, baby.
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Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 08 August 2012, 12:33:25: Opera's not a bad browser. When something doesn't work for me in Internet Explorer 6, Opera's always my second choice. Runs nice and fast and takes up very little system resources compared to Firefox and Google Chrome.

But Firefox...can't stand it. It's almost as irritating as Flash Player where they're releasing whole new versions every month or two. That needs to stop before I start using it again.

And Chrome? They hide all the stinkin' buttons! That's a big turnoff for me right there.
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Post by: FoxWolf1 on Wed, 08 August 2012, 14:12:29: SeaMonkey.
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Post by: mistakemistake on Wed, 08 August 2012, 14:14:38: I use Maxthon
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Post by: csm725 on Wed, 08 August 2012, 14:35:30: Fireofx 14 Alpha 2 custom compiled for Sandy Bridge
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Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 08 August 2012, 16:27:29: Quote from: csm725 on Wed, 08 August 2012, 14:35:30
Fireofx 14 Alpha 2 custom compiled for Sandy Bridge

Is Sandy Bridge a Linux distribution?
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Post by: csm725 on Wed, 08 August 2012, 16:47:15: An Intel CPU platform.
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Post by: nar on Wed, 08 August 2012, 16:53:20: Maxthon on my Desktop, Laptop and my Android Phone and Tablet.
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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 08 August 2012, 19:13:35: I use lynx because who need pictures and junk... lol just kidding. Using Firefox 17UX.
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Post by: Christown on Wed, 08 August 2012, 19:42:44: Firefox all the way.
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Post by: Glissant on Wed, 08 August 2012, 20:26:35: I use Netscape. Best. Browser. Ever.
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Post by: hashbaz on Wed, 08 August 2012, 20:45:22: Chrome! Or when I can't get Chrome, Firefox.
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Post by: keyboardlover on Wed, 08 August 2012, 20:53:39: I mainly use Firefox...it's gotten a lot better and now I actually find it faster than Opera overall and more standards-compliant. I still use Opera a bit but Chrome is becoming my favorite second browser (also because it's fast and standards-compliant). I sometimes use IE 9 which is "ok".
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: hazeluff on Thu, 09 August 2012, 00:51:16: Chrome.

Everything syncs nicely with my other devices.

Firefox is my backup. And never ever do i touch IE.
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Post by: silat on Thu, 09 August 2012, 02:53:33: Maxthon 2 for many years. Then they came out with Maxthon 3 and a new engine. Very disappointing. Roboform does not work properly with MX3 and that is a deal breaker. Also no session manager, no tab utilities type addons etc. I want to like it but the Maxthon crew makes it difficult. And their proprietary bookmarks system is the pits. Not able to use xmarks with the browser either.

1. Firefox
2. Chrome
3. Maxthon in a pinch
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Post by: WRXChris on Thu, 09 August 2012, 02:58:08: Chrome. Firefox as a backup but I rarely use it. It's just soooooo slow compared to Chrome.
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Post by: rowdy on Thu, 09 August 2012, 04:51:58: Chrome on the Mac at home, Firefox on Windows at work (used to use Chrome on Windows too, but it has gone freaky recently - won't load pages properly).
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Daniel Beaver on Thu, 09 August 2012, 09:15:13: Firefox on Windows, Chrome on Linux, Dolphin on Android, Mercury on iOS.

I would like to use Chrome on every platform, and I feel like it will completely take over the browser market in the next few years. But I get extremely annoyed by it's quirks and it's relatively poor extensions (Firefox's ieTab implementation is much better, and chrome doesn't have a FlashGot equivalent. Not to mention that Xmarks routinely ****s up bookmark sync on Chrome). I run Linux on my old, slow computers; Firefox is noticeably slower, so I use Chrome there. But on my fast Windows 7 machine, where I do most of my web browsing, Firefox reigns supreme.

Dolphin on Android just kills. Nothing else even approaches it.

Mercury has nicer gesture support and more options than other browsers on iOS. In-built adblock is a very nice perk.
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Post by: pyro on Thu, 09 August 2012, 09:44:25: Firefox on my computers. And Sleipnir on Android, because it does gestures and especially tabs right. I also like how its interface just gets out of the way.
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Post by: Asininity on Fri, 10 August 2012, 13:30:52: I'm a Chrome/Waterfox sort of guy. Opera on my Asus EEE PC and Dolphin on my phone.
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Post by: NSMarkop on Fri, 10 August 2012, 16:03:17: I use Chrome mainly and Firefox as a backup like I see a lot of people here do. I've been having a lot of problems with flash in Chrome lately however, so I'm a bit on the fence at the moment.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
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Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: ekw808 on Sat, 11 August 2012, 12:28:01: (http://i.imgur.com/wCVlK.jpg)

it doesnt matter HOW good your commercials are IE!
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Post by: Striketh on Sat, 11 August 2012, 20:30:41: I use Chrome now, but for the last few years I used Firefox exclusively. There's things I still do prefer about Firefox (the Nagios extension for Chrome sucks, for example) but Chrome is overall faster and a more light weight experience thus far, so no real complaints. Firefox is a memory hog and while they've greatly improved the performance over the years, Chrome still zips past it with ease.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: hoggy on Sun, 12 August 2012, 00:37:26: Chrome is my favourite. IE and firefox seem to need a lot more typing.
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Post by: IPT on Sun, 12 August 2012, 21:38:51: firefox, with IE when some sites don't like Firefox.
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Post by: MarkPharaoh on Sun, 12 August 2012, 21:47:31: Chrome whenever an update that Google pushes doesn't cripple it, Firefoz when they do. AOKP browser on mobile.
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Post by: mickd on Mon, 13 August 2012, 00:17:59: Chrome exclusively and when something doesn't work (which is rare), IE.

I used to use Firefox exclusively, but that was over a year ago now.
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Post by: isp on Tue, 14 August 2012, 15:16:43: Iuakit
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Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 14 August 2012, 15:21:56: CHROMEEEE!!!
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Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 14 August 2012, 15:24:03: Quote from: ekw808 on Sat, 11 August 2012, 12:28:01
Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/wCVlK.jpg)

it doesnt matter HOW good your commercials are IE!

This made me lol.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: bisl on Tue, 14 August 2012, 15:35:07: IE10 whee
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Post by: peptobiscuit on Tue, 14 August 2012, 17:35:44: Palemoon

Wow. So many firefox users (noobs). ;)

Everybody who prefers FF should upgrade to Palemoon. Its firefox modded to remove all the code for older processors (Pentium 1,2,3 , Old Athlons, etc). AKA NO JUNK CODE. Makes it noticably faster, has exact same functionality and layout of firefox. Srsly, i discovered this thing a year ago after years of firefox, and it is in every way an upgrade.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: sth on Tue, 14 August 2012, 17:41:06: Quote from: peptobiscuit on Tue, 14 August 2012, 17:35:44
Palemoon

Wow. So many firefox users (noobs). ;)

Everybody who prefers FF should upgrade to Palemoon. Its firefox modded to remove all the code for older processors (Pentium 1,2,3 , Old Athlons, etc). AKA NO JUNK CODE. Makes it noticably faster, has exact same functionality and layout of firefox. Srsly, i discovered this thing a year ago after years of firefox, and it is in every way an upgrade.
(http://www.beardieweirdie.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/neck-beard.jpg)
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: peptobiscuit on Tue, 14 August 2012, 17:47:37: Quote from: sth on Tue, 14 August 2012, 17:41:06
Quote from: peptobiscuit on Tue, 14 August 2012, 17:35:44
Palemoon

Wow. So many firefox users (noobs). ;)

Everybody who prefers FF should upgrade to Palemoon. Its firefox modded to remove all the code for older processors (Pentium 1,2,3 , Old Athlons, etc). AKA NO JUNK CODE. Makes it noticably faster, has exact same functionality and layout of firefox. Srsly, i discovered this thing a year ago after years of firefox, and it is in every way an upgrade.
Show Image
(http://www.beardieweirdie.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/neck-beard.jpg)

That is a fine beard right there.
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Post by: oTurtlez on Tue, 14 August 2012, 17:55:43: Chrome for life <3
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Post by: Viz on Fri, 17 August 2012, 09:08:50: Normally, I use firefox with vimperator.
But sometimes I use elinks etc. I'm a big CLI guy.
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Post by: Icarium on Fri, 17 August 2012, 13:50:26: firefox with pentadactyl
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Post by: slueth on Sat, 18 August 2012, 01:40:36: Hey I use palemoon too! rock on ;D
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Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 18 August 2012, 08:45:36: Firefox 14.0.1, but that is mostly because I am too lazy to switch to anything else. Browsing in multiple medium-sized windows, just as I have done since Netscape 4 in 1999. For years I was an Opera user, which I had configured like Netscape 4.
Never use tabs -- I use "window shade" in the window manager instead. Since getting a widescreen monitor, I often browse with two windows side by side.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: thegunner100 on Sat, 18 August 2012, 09:23:30: Opera 11.11, the latest version of opera doesn't seem to like flash players, and 11.11 has the really nice feature which shows an icon and website information forn bookmarked pages on the address bar. Otherwise I resort to firefox when websites don't like opera.
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Post by: Matt3o on Sat, 18 August 2012, 11:09:56: chrome, firefox as a backup.
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Post by: harrison on Sat, 18 August 2012, 16:51:15: Chrome all the way. I do, however, work somewhere that IE is mandatory, and use IE9 here an there when I truely have no choice. Whenever possible though, I use Chrome+IETabs... but it's not perfect by any means. I've recently found some really strange permissions issues in Sharepoint.
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Post by: 486 on Sat, 18 August 2012, 17:13:49: I use IE exclusively. I can't be bothered downloading other browsers.
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Post by: Sifo on Sun, 19 August 2012, 13:54:56: Chrome and then Opera on my phone. Haven't ever experienced a problem using Chrome
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Post by: Okita on Sun, 19 August 2012, 18:25:37: Safari and firefox.
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Post by: Noxidian on Mon, 20 August 2012, 16:08:28: Pale Moon, nuff said.
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Post by: Glissant on Mon, 20 August 2012, 18:05:37: Not even close to enough said, Noxidian :).
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Post by: 1391401 on Mon, 20 August 2012, 19:13:12: Lynx
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Post by: Warduke on Wed, 22 August 2012, 17:10:25: I have always used Firefox and I love it. Yesterday I got a new computer (Windows 7 64 bit) and I have been playing with Pale Moon and Waterfox (64 bit versions of Firefox) and I have to say I love them both.
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Post by: Lethal Squirrel on Wed, 22 August 2012, 17:27:28: Chrome. I can't stand IE. Just accidentally opening it makes me wanna punch my monitor.
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Post by: ra7c7er on Wed, 22 August 2012, 21:21:34: I liked and used Firefox for years and years up until just a bit ago. I don't know what it is but I like Chrome much more now and don't even have Firefox on my computer.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Voixdalion on Thu, 23 August 2012, 20:36:15: Microsoft Windows is still pushing Internet Explorer?

Some things never change.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: godly_music on Fri, 24 August 2012, 06:29:05: Opera and Chromium on Windows, Midori on Linux.

They're all excellent for what they do. Opera has session handling which I need for work, Chromium has perfect picture rendering and is generally well supported. Midori is really light for a Webkit based browser and does Flash.

I really wanna like Firefox, but it's sluggish as hell. Even starting with the UI, and that's something I just don't wanna waste time with. Opera can open 20 tabs from your bookmarks in literally no time at all. Chromium isn't even as zippy, but on the other hand, it is more polished.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 25 August 2012, 01:00:19: No love for iron? Iron > Chrome by far. Iron flattens chrome. I use iron primarily now.

On my wondows box, I used to use firefox 3.6, but now that they've dropped support, opera is my backup. I used to use opera primarily ('cause it's awesome!) but it can't handle my browsing habits that well (500+ tabs open: Memory HOG!)

I use midori a lot, too, if I just want something quick, and another browser is in use. No flash in windows, though. I wish midori were a little more predictable/stable.

Ofcourse, I try to get away with using links2 or links hacked, but there's just so much javascript and graphical content online nowadays. :(

Palemoon looks pretty decent, I think I'll try it next. I really despise Fierfox's (and chrome's) release schedule. Why don't they just add +5 to their version number every couple years

Technically, I still use iceweasel 3.6 on my linux machine, but that's really because iron doesn't want to load any page with a # in the URL, so I'm using it for GH at the moment.
I haven't heard of "Iuakit" before, and am looking it up now.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Roguemaster8 on Sat, 25 August 2012, 01:07:31: Chrome, just because a couple years ago it beat the hell out of other browsers for speed and since then I have yet to really have a need to switch to anything else.
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Post by: Matt3o on Sat, 25 August 2012, 05:07:49: Quote from: dorkvader on Sat, 25 August 2012, 01:00:19
No love for iron? Iron > Chrome by far. Iron flattens chrome. I use iron primarily now.

Isn't Iron just chrome without phone-home?

Quote
I use midori a lot, too, if I just want something quick, and another browser is in use. No flash in windows, though. I wish midori were a little more predictable/stable.

Love midori too. Just a little too unstable.
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Post by: godly_music on Sat, 25 August 2012, 06:45:07: Iron is Chrome without some Google hooks and with some extra Iron hooks. Because the guy who distributes it wants to make money off of it himself. I recommend Chromium which is just as easy to get. It makes Iron superfluous.

-> http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html

You may not be able to access this with all browsers.
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Post by: digi on Sat, 25 August 2012, 10:00:30: Chrome, but they need to add the ability to clear your History on browser exit without the use of a plugin.
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Post by: dorkvader on Sun, 26 August 2012, 00:49:25: Quote from: godly_music on Sat, 25 August 2012, 06:45:07
Iron is Chrome without some Google hooks and with some extra Iron hooks. Because the guy who distributes it wants to make money off of it himself. I recommend Chromium which is just as easy to get. It makes Iron superfluous.

-> http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-continuous/index.html

You may not be able to access this with all browsers.
What are you guys talking about? Iron is a fork of chromium. Nothing to do with chrome (other than that) Iron makes other chromiums as obsolete as element 24.

For mostly text-things, (text-based games, foruming, etc.) a text-based browser can be pretty handy. In terms of raw speed and memory footprint, links (et al. I didn't like W3m as much, etc.) and it's derivatives make your fancy GUI browsers obsolete.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Voixdalion on Mon, 27 August 2012, 23:51:37: My mom calls her browser Bing!
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Post by: Lu_e on Tue, 28 August 2012, 03:25:16: Opera, because I like it and they were the first to do;

Browser tabs
Speed Dial
Pop-up Blocker
Browser Sessions
Delete private Data

http://www.slashgeek.net/2012/06/08/5-features-opera-browser-did-first/
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Post by: Matt3o on Tue, 28 August 2012, 04:06:16: unfortunately Opera still lacks a decent CSS3 support especially regarding HW accelerated transitions and animations
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Post by: never4getthis on Tue, 28 August 2012, 05:36:47: Chrome, so google can track everything I do :eek:
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Post by: jeroplane on Sun, 09 September 2012, 09:32:29: Chrome everything.
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Post by: CKTofu on Sun, 09 September 2012, 19:53:00: Chrome, with Firefox as my backup. My motherboard came with an install disk that included Chrome, so I haven't had to open Internet Explorer once since building this computer. I'm pretty pleased.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 10 September 2012, 03:05:27: What's wrong with you people.

Firefox has way better addons. it's all about the addons

Easy youtube downloader, and PeraPera Chinese and the best Adblock.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: jeroplane on Mon, 10 September 2012, 03:36:06: Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 10 September 2012, 03:05:27
What's wrong with you people.

Firefox has way better addons. it's all about the addons

Easy youtube downloader, and PeraPera Chinese and the best Adblock.

Chrome has been getting more and more ad-ons made. I'd say the Adblock is pretty close to Firefox. But personally, the clean minimalistic look of Chrome wins out over Firefox's bloated interface any day.
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Post by: bpiphany on Tue, 11 September 2012, 12:34:21: I don't think I could live without my Tree Style Tabs... If I were to switch from FF to anything else they would be an absolute requirement.
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Post by: Glissant on Tue, 11 September 2012, 12:47:00: That addon makes me want to try FF again after years of staying away, but do you have an addon that will sync my google bookmarks well to and from Firefox? I use Chrome primarily because of the cloud function that syncs up perfectly with my android device.

edit: Especially now that I tried Tree Style Tabs. That is such an amazing addon :O. Too bad it doesn't work the same way in Chrome :(.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Icarium on Tue, 11 September 2012, 13:12:24: Quote from: jeroplane on Mon, 10 September 2012, 03:36:06
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 10 September 2012, 03:05:27
What's wrong with you people.

Firefox has way better addons. it's all about the addons

Easy youtube downloader, and PeraPera Chinese and the best Adblock.

Chrome has been getting more and more ad-ons made. I'd say the Adblock is pretty close to Firefox. But personally, the clean minimalistic look of Chrome wins out over Firefox's bloated interface any day.

Try pentadactyl, great keyboard centric browsing and ALL the interface is gone. ;)
Title: Internet Browsers
Post by: duq on Tue, 11 September 2012, 13:13:49: Chrome on all OS platforms.
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Post by: Malphas on Tue, 11 September 2012, 16:48:41: microsoft windows is one of my favourite things about this forum.

I use Firefox, and at the risk of being labelled some sort of browser-hipster, I somehow missed out on using IE entirely, having gone from Netscape Navigator as my first browser in the 90's (before I even had Internet access, I used it for reading "e-zines" off demo discs) then from there onto Mozilla, then stated using "Phoenix" pretty early which obviously later become known as Firebird and then finally Firefox. I've tried IE, Opera and Chrome, but they were all a bit meh, especially Chrome which I found the most unappealing of all of them.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: jeroplane on Wed, 12 September 2012, 10:56:24: Quote from: Icarium on Tue, 11 September 2012, 13:12:24
Try pentadactyl, great keyboard centric browsing and ALL the interface is gone. ;)

Ah, so that's what it is. Saw a friend using it once but never asked what it was called. Might give it a go one day, looks good for not having to switch to the mouse and back!
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: nullstring on Wed, 12 September 2012, 13:42:34: Pentadactyl and vimperator look interesting.
Too bad this doesn't exist for chrome.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Calade on Wed, 12 September 2012, 14:32:23: I like both Chrome and Firefox, but I'm currently using Chrome since it seems to be faster and more reliable.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Pretendo on Mon, 17 September 2012, 15:15:19: Used to be a firefox fanboy, but switched to Chrome recently since it seems more reliable. Tried Opera, but it had too many issues to keep up with.

IE9 isn't bad per se, but earlier IEs have left a bad taste in my mouth. My cursor instinctively avoids the 'e' now.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Appeac on Mon, 17 September 2012, 15:17:11: Use Chrome at work and on my main computer. Firefox on my netbook since the multiple processes really start to add up in the CPU and RAM department.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Skull_Angel on Thu, 20 September 2012, 17:42:07: I'm still using Firefox; being a bit paranoid it's hard to drop NoScript and Adblock Plus, throw in a few more add-ons for fun and it's all good. I recently started messing with themes again, and while most seemed to bog Firefox down, one called 8 Ultimo (by Stefano Rosselli) seemed to shed some of the fat and ran faster than the default theme.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: tcv on Mon, 24 September 2012, 17:55:24: Google chrome.

I do like the new internet explorer. I use it rarely if at all though.
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Post by: MonoSky on Wed, 26 September 2012, 01:10:17: Firefoxxxx!!!!
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Post by: neeb on Wed, 26 September 2012, 22:23:56: Only firefox! Always with ad block plus add-on ;D
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: TheProfosist on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:19:37: Firefox i cant live without my extensions
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: neeb on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:29:59: Quote from: TheProfosist on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:19:37
Firefox i cant live without my extensions

Yeah that's how I am. A lot of the things that I use in firefox are made for Chrome but they often don't work the same (as in not as good as they do on firefox) and I can't stand it
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: TheProfosist on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:38:38: Favorite 2 extensions adblock plus and download statusbar. And for more experienced users noscript.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: neeb on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:40:25: Quote from: TheProfosist on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:38:38
Favorite 2 extensions adblock plus and download statusbar. And for more experienced users noscript.

Yeah noscript can definitely come in handy but it isn't something I'd put on my mom or dad's computer xD
Title: Re: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: TheProfosist on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:44:00: Quote from: neeb on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:40:25
Quote from: TheProfosist on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:38:38
Favorite 2 extensions adblock plus and download statusbar. And for more experienced users noscript.

Yeah noscript can definitely come in handy but it isn't something I'd put on my mom or dad's computer xD
ive tried that turned into them just temporarily allowing all the scripts all the time.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: neeb on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:47:12: Quote from: TheProfosist on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:44:00
Quote from: neeb on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:40:25
Quote from: TheProfosist on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:38:38
Favorite 2 extensions adblock plus and download statusbar. And for more experienced users noscript.

Yeah noscript can definitely come in handy but it isn't something I'd put on my mom or dad's computer xD
ive tried that turned into them just temporarily allowing all the scripts all the time.

The "tech support" my parents usually call me for is things like "how do I share a youtube video with my friends" lmao
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Will@Drop on Thu, 27 September 2012, 01:09:31: Chrome, the seamless browser extensions are pretty incredible.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Dabboo on Thu, 27 September 2012, 01:18:22: Definitely Chrome because I've got an Android phone it's good to have my bookmarks synced across both platforms.

Dave.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: neeb on Thu, 27 September 2012, 12:44:02: Quote from: Dabboo on Thu, 27 September 2012, 01:18:22
Definitely Chrome because I've got an Android phone it's good to have my bookmarks synced across both platforms.

Dave.

I can see how that would work well and make sense. I don't have a smart phone so it just comes down to what's best for me on my desktop and I've always loved firefox
Title: Re: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: tcv on Sun, 30 September 2012, 16:46:30: Quote from: Dabboo on Thu, 27 September 2012, 01:18:22
Definitely Chrome because I've got an Android phone it's good to have my bookmarks synced across both platforms.

Dave.

I like the Dolphin browser for the mobile.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: osxoep on Sun, 30 September 2012, 19:12:46: Real men use curl and parse the HTML in their head!
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: salmo on Sun, 30 September 2012, 20:41:34: Bah, curl. Handholding I say!

Real men use netcat and punch in their HTTP1.1 requests in by hand.
$ nc -v google.com 80
google.com [74.125.137.113] 80 (http) open
GET http://www.google.com/ HTTP/1.1
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:39:04 GMT
....

But make sure to update your mind-parser to support HTML5.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: noisyturtle on Sun, 30 September 2012, 20:46:04: I use Firefox Aurora. Best of FF best of Chrome rolled into one.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Goliath on Sat, 06 October 2012, 17:29:29: I use Opera most of the time, but there are some things I have to use chrome for. Opera still is not completely up to par with other browsers in my opinion..
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Post by: Viz on Sun, 07 October 2012, 07:49:34: I've recently been using uzbl. It's a browser that follows the unix philosophy.
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Post by: mattrm on Wed, 10 October 2012, 10:11:49: Firefox mainly. Chrome from time to time.
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Post by: tillertow on Thu, 11 October 2012, 05:36:30: Chrome.
I like the synchronizing, and minimalistic approach.
Used to run Firefox, but after all my add-ons became available for Chrome,
i ditched it completely, due to a lot of problem and that it felt slow
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Post by: Elrick on Thu, 11 October 2012, 06:11:38: Always been a Firefox fan.

Currently using version 15.0.1. Perfect in every way.
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Post by: mars-bar-man on Wed, 17 October 2012, 11:14:46: Used Firefox back before Chrome was released, then moved to that. Now I use nothing but that, I've got it installed on my phone as well, I love the fact I can open tabs up in my phone that I have open on my PC, it's brilliant for when you want to see if there's anything new while taking a ****!
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Post by: Coreda on Sat, 01 December 2012, 03:12:34: Originally was a Firefox user way back when it was first released, but ever since discovering Opera in 2005 it has been my main browser :D.

I have every browser installed on both OSX and Windows: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. At times I may use another browser for this or that yet Opera has stayed my favourite as it's customizable to my taste in every way: from menu items, buttons, shortcuts, userscripts, the list goes on, and all without any additional addons.

Other features I love: the easy tab management is superb (tab stacking (http://www.opera.com/browser/tips/stacking/) ftw), the ability to create custom search engines from any search box, the in-built RSS feed reader, the closed tabs menu, and the single-key (http://help.opera.com/Windows/9.52/en/keyboard.html#single-key) shortcuts (1/2 to navigate tabs, z/x for Back/Forward).
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Post by: TheShining on Sun, 02 December 2012, 16:18:14: Chromium nightlies.
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Post by: Lorem-Ipsum on Sun, 02 December 2012, 16:25:27: Firefox with Vimperator.

If I need something lightweight then luakit.
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Post by: Kabuks on Sun, 02 December 2012, 16:26:22: I've been a Firefox user for a long tune but recently switched to Chrome and have been with it for 4 months now.
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Post by: tipo33 on Mon, 03 December 2012, 00:14:44: Chromium, not Chrome - Chromium.
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Post by: Makeo on Tue, 04 December 2012, 03:53:36: Chrome or Firefox when Chrome doesn't want to work.
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Post by: fruktstund on Tue, 04 December 2012, 04:04:03: Chromium at my workplace, and Chrome at home/my other workplace since Chromium on Windows won't play my MKV files (big question here is why I'm using Windows - I don't like it). I also use Opera, Safari, Firefox and IE8 since I work with web development, mainly frontend stuff.

I also occasionally use Firefox Nightly (version 20 or something?) when I need to watch Youtube, since Chrome + bad Internet connection + Youtube don't play very well for a number of reasons.
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Post by: bace on Tue, 04 December 2012, 09:02:32: chrome user. Only thing I don't like is that multiple windows can't stack or go side to side...
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Post by: Findecanor on Tue, 04 December 2012, 09:13:23: I transitioned to Chromium recently, because it is better at multitasking with multiple tabs/windows than Firefox.

There are a few bugs and quirks with it that irk me, though.. Auto-suggest use different keys than Firefox. Click in scrollbar sometimes scrolls two pages instead of one. Very slow when showing large images.
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Post by: microsoft windows on Sat, 08 December 2012, 14:36:11: Chrome is a piece of ****. That is why I use Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.
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Post by: keymaster on Wed, 02 January 2013, 04:14:46: Firefox due to great security, add-ons, and privacy concerns. I'm a former Chrome user but switched due to Google's evergrowing privacy intrusions.
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Post by: daerid on Wed, 02 January 2013, 09:52:15: IE 6 is a piece of ****. That's why I use Chrome.

Derp.
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Post by: esoomenona on Wed, 02 January 2013, 09:59:50: I tried using Chrome once. I installed a bunch of addons that were suggested in a thread somewhere. One of them opened me up to identity theft, though I'm not sure which it was. So I uninstalled it and went back to Firefox, which I've used for years. The only problem I have with it is if you have a small amount of memory, such as I do in my laptop, after awhile of running it bloats up insanely and slows everything down so it has to be restarted. I also have to use IE for certain things on my work laptop because of our intranet.
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Post by: boost on Wed, 02 January 2013, 10:06:38: Firefox for many years.

Only use chrome for Sabnzb/SB
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Post by: razorsharpgears on Wed, 02 January 2013, 11:58:33: Chrome for everything!
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Post by: fuus on Wed, 02 January 2013, 15:30:01: Always been a Firefox Man. Use Chrome for Incognito though :p
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Post by: Glissant on Wed, 02 January 2013, 15:32:45: Private browsing doesn't work for you in FF?

I've recently gone back to using FireFox some years with chrome, and I must say I enjoy vertical tabs a lot. I only stuck with chrome for the "syncability" with my google account.
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Post by: bisl on Wed, 02 January 2013, 17:38:57: Quote from: Glissant on Wed, 02 January 2013, 15:32:45
Private browsing doesn't work for you in FF?

I've recently gone back to using FireFox some years with chrome, and I must say I enjoy vertical tabs a lot. I only stuck with chrome for the "syncability" with my google account.

FF's private mode can't be run concurrently with non-private mode, last I checked, which makes it annoying enough not to use in my opinion.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: esoomenona on Thu, 03 January 2013, 08:28:20: Not in the same window using different tabs, but you can open a separate instance and run that in private, I believe.
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Post by: Shadovved on Thu, 03 January 2013, 09:34:39: Why do you need private browsing? To surf GH? :p :p
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Post by: vun on Thu, 03 January 2013, 09:46:44: Quote from: Shadovved on Thu, 03 January 2013, 09:34:39
Why do you need private browsing? To surf GH? :p :p
Shopping for xmas presents online if the kids use the same computer.
Title: Internet Browsers
Post by: Glissant on Thu, 03 January 2013, 09:51:01: That's true about the private mode. I didn't really think about that because it doesn't bother me. There is an addon to force Firefox to open a new instance in private mode via profiles, if I remember correctly.
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Post by: davkol on Thu, 03 January 2013, 10:16:34: Quote from: Shadovved on Thu, 03 January 2013, 09:34:39
Why do you need private browsing? To surf GH? :p :p

It's called "pornmode" for a reason.
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Post by: Shadovved on Thu, 03 January 2013, 14:59:47: Lolol. ;)
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Post by: KangarooZombies on Fri, 04 January 2013, 21:48:56: I started using firefox earlier this year after Chrome betrayed me and lost all my passwords seemingly out of thin air, i had to re enter everything, so i said screw it and hopped over to Firefox.
Title: Re: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: TheProfosist on Fri, 04 January 2013, 22:23:40: Quote from: KangarooZombies on Fri, 04 January 2013, 21:48:56
I started using firefox earlier this year after Chrome betrayed me and lost all my passwords seemingly out of thin air, i had to re enter everything, so i said screw it and hopped over to Firefox.
lol had the opposite except FF would use 30% of my cpu at all times once i switch to win8
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Post by: microsoft windows on Sun, 06 January 2013, 15:07:52: I'd use Firefox except they feel the need for some stupid reason to release a new version basically every other week.
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Post by: damorgue on Sun, 06 January 2013, 15:10:10: The only reason that I have kept using FF is that it is the only one which I have found to be able to work with many tabs open.
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Post by: davkol on Sun, 06 January 2013, 15:18:23: Quote from: microsoft windows on Sun, 06 January 2013, 15:07:52
I'd use Firefox except they feel the need for some stupid reason to release a new version basically every other week.

Releases with long-term support (ESR) are for you then.
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Post by: davkol on Tue, 08 January 2013, 09:09:27: Uh, I've just tried Google Chrome, because Firefox kept crashing on some videos at blip.tv, and it's intriguingly fast and stable. Now I wish SRWare Iron (http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php) worked on openSuSE 12.2.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: link_tree on Thu, 10 January 2013, 01:09:52: Quote from: microsoft windows on Sun, 06 January 2013, 15:07:52
I'd use Firefox except they feel the need for some stupid reason to release a new version basically every other week.
and that's a problem because??
as a web developer/designer I am using all the major ones to check for compatibility of my code across all of them.
but seeing people like this gentlemen right here who refuses to upgrade from the abomination of a browser that is IE6 saddens me. there are so many new features and fixes
that come with the newer browsers. why are you limiting yourself and being stuck in the past? + you make the life of us web developers/designers much harder because we need to support you and others who doesn't want to upgrade for some silly reasons.
if you don't mind, do me and many other web developers/designers a favor and atleast install IE9 if not chrome/firefox.
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Post by: smknjoe on Thu, 10 January 2013, 17:48:21: Quote from: microsoft windows on Sun, 06 January 2013, 15:07:52
I'd use Firefox except they feel the need for some stupid reason to release a new version basically every other week.

Yep, but I still use it along with Chrome, IE, and even Lynx and Links2 on some Linux boxes. Midori is okay in a pinch. Surprised more Mac-sters don't like Safari.
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Post by: smknjoe on Thu, 10 January 2013, 17:50:07: Quote from: link_tree on Thu, 10 January 2013, 01:09:52
Quote from: microsoft windows on Sun, 06 January 2013, 15:07:52
I'd use Firefox except they feel the need for some stupid reason to release a new version basically every other week.
and that's a problem because??
as a web developer/designer I am using all the major ones to check for compatibility of my code across all of them.
but seeing people like this gentlemen right here who refuses to upgrade from the abomination of a browser that is IE6 saddens me. there are so many new features and fixes
that come with the newer browsers. why are you limiting yourself and being stuck in the past? + you make the life of us web developers/designers much harder because we need to support you and others who doesn't want to upgrade for some silly reasons.
if you don't mind, do me and many other web developers/designers a favor and atleast install IE9 if not chrome/firefox.

It's probably because he is using older platforms on older hardware. If that's true then it's almost impossible to use newer browsers.
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Post by: Vintage on Thu, 10 January 2013, 19:20:15: Chrome FTW.
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Post by: bisl on Wed, 16 January 2013, 19:23:44: Quote from: KangarooZombies on Fri, 04 January 2013, 21:48:56
I started using firefox earlier this year after Chrome betrayed me and lost all my passwords seemingly out of thin air, i had to re enter everything, so i said screw it and hopped over to Firefox.

Use 1password! Syncs through dropbox, allows you to use your passwords in IE, FF, Chrome, and Safari, and can sync to iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

Un-disclaimer: I don't work for 1pass.
Title: Internet Browsers
Post by: Index on Wed, 16 January 2013, 19:31:33: waterfox for 64bit win7
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Post by: Preach on Wed, 16 January 2013, 19:49:29: I am currently using Waterfox. It is firefox just built for speed. All the things that make firefox "bloaty" are taken out and it's redesigned to specifically be fast.
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Post by: Warduke on Wed, 16 January 2013, 22:39:40: I've moved on from Palemoon and Waterfox to Cyberfox. I was having Flash issues with Waterfox and Palemoon is stuck on FF 15 but with Cyberfox, no issues at all.
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Post by: Preach on Wed, 16 January 2013, 22:51:36: Quote from: Warduke on Wed, 16 January 2013, 22:39:40
I've moved on from Palemoon and Waterfox to Cyberfox. I was having Flash issues with Waterfox and Palemoon is stuck on FF 15 but with Cyberfox, no issues at all.

What's cyberfox?

Also i've heard of this other project called aurora. Think it's another firefox clone or mozilla product.
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Post by: Bassknight on Thu, 17 January 2013, 08:55:18: Chrome it is... On all my devices: Macbook Pro, iPads, iPhone, Galaxy SIII...
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Post by: JPG on Thu, 17 January 2013, 08:55:48: Chrome all the way!
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Post by: Warduke on Thu, 17 January 2013, 10:41:52: Quote from: Preach on Wed, 16 January 2013, 22:51:36
Quote from: Warduke on Wed, 16 January 2013, 22:39:40
I've moved on from Palemoon and Waterfox to Cyberfox. I was having Flash issues with Waterfox and Palemoon is stuck on FF 15 but with Cyberfox, no issues at all.

What's cyberfox?

Also i've heard of this other project called aurora. Think it's another firefox clone or mozilla product.

I first heard about Cyberfox when someone on the Waterfox forum brought it up. I checked it out and everything has been great so far.

For info and discussion about Cyberfox: http://virtualcustoms.net/showthread.php/48631-Cyberfox-18-0-0-x64-bit-version-of-Firefox

To download Cyberfox (if you're not registered at the above site): http://sourceforge.net/projects/cyberfox/
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Post by: wiredPANDA on Thu, 17 January 2013, 11:33:54: Chrome across the board for me. Never got on the FireFox bandwagon - it always chewed up too many system resources in my opinion, and the startup time (forget what version) was horrible.

I was on Opera before I made the switch to Chrome. I still enjoy Opera - feel like it's an underrated browser.
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Post by: Preach on Thu, 17 January 2013, 12:24:31: Just installed cyberfox and I am intrigued. It's faster than waterfox and automatically put my settings/bookmarks/addons from waterfox
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Post by: paradox on Thu, 24 January 2013, 21:10:49: I've used Firefox for the last 4-6 years but I finally got around to using Chrome and I have to admit I'm liking it much more. The main thing I've got to point out is that it starts up a lot quicker than Firefox when I first boot up my PC.
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Post by: deegaf on Sat, 26 January 2013, 04:04:12: Only Webkit browsers for me. Chrome > Safari > Firefox in that order.
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Post by: m00nshake on Sat, 26 January 2013, 07:29:32: Chrome at home, the metro version of IE on Windows 8 is taking some getting used to. I use Firefox at work as they don't allow Chrome to be installed on the computers. I use Dolphin for my Android phone and Tapatalk for browsing forums like this one.
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Post by: paradox on Sat, 26 January 2013, 10:00:15: Waterfox sounds intriguing. Are there any downsides compared to Firefox?
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Post by: Wopian on Sun, 27 January 2013, 16:43:11: Opera, Firefox & Chromium.
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Post by: Number_25 on Tue, 12 February 2013, 16:34:26: Firefox.
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Post by: LifeIsGooD2 on Tue, 12 February 2013, 20:33:22: I tried to like Chrome but nothing beats firefox in the end
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Post by: Preach on Wed, 13 February 2013, 03:38:11: Quote from: paradox on Sat, 26 January 2013, 10:00:15
Waterfox sounds intriguing. Are there any downsides compared to Firefox?

Waterfox is an exact clone other than it was take apart for speed.

However, cyberfox goes further steps to make it even faster and is what I'm currently using.
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Post by: evolyn on Thu, 14 February 2013, 18:06:20: chrome>firefox>rest

i jused firefox for years but i changed last year to chrome its dope
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Post by: davkol on Fri, 15 February 2013, 00:55:58: I think it's a pity Opera is switching to WebKit, mostly because it's becoming the new IE6, and it sucks. And I actually started to strongly dislike Chrome after only few days of using it. Awful user interface, bugs everywhere, ridiculous wasting of system resources,...

I hate the direction WWW is heading.
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Post by: KangarooZombies on Fri, 15 February 2013, 01:36:34: I just switched back to chrome because FireFox adblock stopped working for me. Chrome adblock works fine...
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Post by: kboardvintage on Sun, 17 February 2013, 16:53:09: Google stuff > rest.

Yes, I am a gfan :D
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Post by: terran5992 on Mon, 25 February 2013, 06:12:26: CHROME XD
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Post by: Muffet on Mon, 25 February 2013, 08:19:43: I used chrome for quite a long time and have switched to waterfox for the last few months.
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Post by: yester64 on Mon, 25 February 2013, 21:54:26: It appears that not many people use IE, or?
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Post by: ComradeSniper on Tue, 26 February 2013, 00:08:03: Quote from: yester64 on Mon, 25 February 2013, 21:54:26
It appears that not many people use IE, or?

Well, it's not very good...
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Post by: Playtrumpet on Thu, 28 February 2013, 11:32:11: I recently switched back to Firefox after discovering how much RAM Chrome was hogging. Not only that, but Chrome seems to have plenty of bugs regarding streaming video which I simply can't have. But I don't really like Firefox.. so.. What is great for streaming video, capable of powerful adblocking, privacy/encryption (the works), is super fast and isn't a RAM hog?
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Post by: Rare on Thu, 28 February 2013, 19:31:19: Nightly. I suggest everyone use firefox or chromium because Chrome is just a straight up botnet browser.
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Post by: yester64 on Thu, 28 February 2013, 20:31:12: Right now i am using the IE9. Not so bad. Chromium ist great but i think on Windows you need to compile it. Because everytime i want to download it i am sent to the page for the compile stuff. Its more conviniend on Linux.
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Post by: Turkishrambo on Thu, 28 February 2013, 20:57:13: Quote from: Rare on Thu, 28 February 2013, 19:31:19
Nightly. I suggest everyone use firefox or chromium because Chrome is just a straight up botnet browser.
Link to more info on this? Sounds slightly retarded
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Post by: Elrick on Thu, 28 February 2013, 22:30:23: Quote from: Rare on Thu, 28 February 2013, 19:31:19
Nightly. I suggest everyone use firefox or chromium because Chrome is just a straight up botnet browser.

True, better to stick with Firefox 19.0.1 which is currently perfect in Windows 8 Pro. It is still my all time favourite browser and getting better with every update.

I have always used Ad Muncher and Roboform with it and it has always worked fine. Plus I also have BIS 2013 as backup for any hardcore security control.

No I don't work for Mozilla.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: quickcrx702 on Fri, 01 March 2013, 01:13:05: Quote from: microsoft windows on Wed, 08 August 2012, 12:00:17
You can't have a right and proper computer-related forum without a thread for folks to argue about what software they use to view Web pages on the Internet. So here it is!

So I guess I'll kick it off with the programs I use to go on the Internet. On my main machine, a Dell Optiplex GX270, and my Micron, I use Internet Explorer 6. On my Windows 3.1 machine, my iMac, and my Power Macintosh G3, I use MSIE5.

So what browers do you use?

LOL, I hope you're BS'ing, or you really need to get some new stuff. I use Netscape Navigator with my 14.4k modem to dial into my Compuserve internet access using my Compaq 486.

But in all seriousness, am I the only one that uses different browsers for different purposes? I use internet exploder, fire****s, chrome, and opera. Different browsers are better for certain purposes, so why not use all of them? Even on my minimal #! (crunchbang) linux system, I have chrome, fire****s, and opera.
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Post by: davkol on Fri, 01 March 2013, 10:16:48: Quote from: quickcrx702 on Fri, 01 March 2013, 01:13:05
Quote from: microsoft windows on Wed, 08 August 2012, 12:00:17
You can't have a right and proper computer-related forum without a thread for folks to argue about what software they use to view Web pages on the Internet. So here it is!

So I guess I'll kick it off with the programs I use to go on the Internet. On my main machine, a Dell Optiplex GX270, and my Micron, I use Internet Explorer 6. On my Windows 3.1 machine, my iMac, and my Power Macintosh G3, I use MSIE5.

So what browers do you use?

LOL, I hope you're BS'ing, or you really need to get some new stuff. I use Netscape Navigator with my 14.4k modem to dial into my Compuserve internet access using my Compaq 486.

But in all seriousness, am I the only one that uses different browsers for different purposes? I use internet exploder, fire****s, chrome, and opera. Different browsers are better for certain purposes, so why not use all of them? Even on my minimal #! (crunchbang) linux system, I have chrome, fire****s, and opera.

You must be new here... if you haven't heard of microsoft windows.
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Post by: Internetlad on Fri, 01 March 2013, 11:08:41: Quote from: quickcrx702 on Fri, 01 March 2013, 01:13:05
But in all seriousness, am I the only one that uses different browsers for different purposes? I use internet exploder, fire****s, chrome, and opera. Different browsers are better for certain purposes, so why not use all of them? Even on my minimal #! (crunchbang) linux system, I have chrome, fire****s, and opera.

Nope, I use IE9 for my main browsing and FF with NoScript for my prawns.

For some reason I use Chrome at work.

Honestly I don't see a huge difference between modern browsers. Maybe if you've got a stopwatch but, come on. I can look at web pages, what more do you want?
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: quickcrx702 on Fri, 01 March 2013, 11:09:22: Quote from: davkol on Fri, 01 March 2013, 10:16:48
Quote from: quickcrx702 on Fri, 01 March 2013, 01:13:05
Quote from: microsoft windows on Wed, 08 August 2012, 12:00:17
You can't have a right and proper computer-related forum without a thread for folks to argue about what software they use to view Web pages on the Internet. So here it is!

So I guess I'll kick it off with the programs I use to go on the Internet. On my main machine, a Dell Optiplex GX270, and my Micron, I use Internet Explorer 6. On my Windows 3.1 machine, my iMac, and my Power Macintosh G3, I use MSIE5.

So what browers do you use?

LOL, I hope you're BS'ing, or you really need to get some new stuff. I use Netscape Navigator with my 14.4k modem to dial into my Compuserve internet access using my Compaq 486.

But in all seriousness, am I the only one that uses different browsers for different purposes? I use internet exploder, fire****s, chrome, and opera. Different browsers are better for certain purposes, so why not use all of them? Even on my minimal #! (crunchbang) linux system, I have chrome, fire****s, and opera.

You must be new here... if you haven't heard of microsoft windows.

Not really, I just stopped coming here shortly after Ripster got banned because I've been busy using keyboards and don't have as much time to talk about them.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Internetlad on Fri, 01 March 2013, 11:14:22: Quote from: quickcrx702 on Fri, 01 March 2013, 11:09:22
Not really, I just stopped coming here shortly after Ripster got banned because I've been busy using keyboards and don't have as much time to talk about them.

Pretty sure Microsoft Windows was around long before Ripster was banned. Anyways, his thing is to talk about computers like it's still 1995 or whatever. I like it.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: morpheus on Fri, 01 March 2013, 11:26:41: Firefox and Chrome.

Firefox has some key addons that I've become addicted to ever since they added them.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: noons on Fri, 01 March 2013, 15:53:56: Chrome on linux windows, and occasionally osx.
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Post by: cannedlemons on Wed, 06 March 2013, 00:26:56: Chrome and Firefox. Firefox has some features I like more than chrome but I find that chrome seems more stable for me..
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Post by: JoeC on Thu, 07 March 2013, 02:56:01: firefox and opera.
have chrome installed, but it's ui is just terrible.
keep ie just because it's there. (Can't stand it.)

On a side note, I get a free license (ISP subscription) of an antivirus called 'FSecure'. I have nothing but bad things to say about that. Basically rendered all of my browsers useless, except for IE. As soon as I uninstalled it, everything worked as normal.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: codyeatworld on Thu, 07 March 2013, 16:22:43: Chrome Canary
Safari

Opera is getting better too.

I make websites for a living! I hate using anything else but chrome.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: yester64 on Thu, 07 March 2013, 21:26:02: I stopped using IE since the app section is pretty dead on it. And so i return once more to FF. Chrome is ok, but i never get warm with it.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: ishumprod on Fri, 08 March 2013, 10:46:08: TOR browser cause y'know.. legal stuff is for pussies =P
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Turkishrambo on Fri, 08 March 2013, 20:48:35: Quote from: ishumprod on Fri, 08 March 2013, 10:46:08
TOR browser cause y'know.. legal stuff is for pussies =P
Im poretty sure using TOR isnt illegal.

Its what you do on there that can be illegal..
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: ishumprod on Sat, 09 March 2013, 07:14:22: Quote from: Turkishrambo on Fri, 08 March 2013, 20:48:35
Quote from: ishumprod on Fri, 08 March 2013, 10:46:08
TOR browser cause y'know.. legal stuff is for pussies =P
Im poretty sure using TOR isnt illegal.

Its what you do on there that can be illegal..

that's what i was talking about
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Harryboii on Tue, 12 March 2013, 12:05:53: Chrome and Safari. Everything else just seems unpleasing and dysfunctional after using those two for a while now.
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Post by: WarNutts on Fri, 15 March 2013, 01:18:31: chrome only
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Henkers on Sun, 24 March 2013, 14:17:19: I use chrome and firefox pretty frequently, but I think firefox will be the superior browser in the future. I find them to be pretty equal currently.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: ideus on Sun, 24 March 2013, 15:04:35: This has been a long debate and I think it depends on needs and in some degree likes and dislikes. I was trying some of the major contenders like IE, FF, Chrome and Safari, my main requirements are low RAM usage, speed and the possibility to use some add on's like Zotero, that I use for research and paper's management. IE is out just because of that, then I only used in 2012 the last three. I found FF to be very prone to add-ware infection and Safari support for my needs have been too restricted. I am currently using Chrome and in general it covers my needs. It is fast, not to hard on RAM and allows to use the complements I need. A bonus are the programs that help to do things like typing practice. :) I could not recommend it to others, however, simple because I do not know other people needs, so each one has to do his / her homework.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Skull_Angel on Sun, 24 March 2013, 17:05:38: After reading about it on another forum, I recently started using Cyberfox; it's pretty much a 64-bit clone of Firefox with the fat cut out (from the descriptions given). So far I've been enjoying it; open tabs, current settings, add-ons and their configurations , everything from Firefox seems to all have been imported. It does seem to load faster all around, but it's hard to say for sure or not, those foreign pages that take forever to load on Firefox do seem to take only a fraction of the time though (Keycool's product pages work well for testing this, lol).
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: daerid on Mon, 25 March 2013, 12:09:18: Quote from: davkol on Fri, 15 February 2013, 00:55:58
I think it's a pity Opera is switching to WebKit, mostly because it's becoming the new IE6...

That doesn't hold any water in practice. WebKit is open source, and browser makers are free to alter and customize it how they want. There's actually quite a few differences between Safari and Chrome. Yes, they use the same core rendering engine, but that's about it. And the source code for Trident (IE's rendering engine) was never available, unlike with WebKit's.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: davkol on Mon, 25 March 2013, 14:42:23: Quote from: daerid on Mon, 25 March 2013, 12:09:18
Quote from: davkol on Fri, 15 February 2013, 00:55:58
I think it's a pity Opera is switching to WebKit, mostly because it's becoming the new IE6...

That doesn't hold any water in practice.

Except it does (http://www.glazman.org/weblog/dotclear/index.php?post/2012/02/09/CALL-FOR-ACTION%3A-THE-OPEN-WEB-NEEDS-YOU-NOW).

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WebKit is open source, and browser makers are free to alter and customize it how they want.

You're free to use any rendering engine as long as it's WebKit? Bull****.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: tauburn on Tue, 26 March 2013, 20:41:03: Firefox Nightly or Aurora
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Neal on Sat, 30 March 2013, 19:37:07: I use lots of devices, so I use chrome for the synching
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: damorgue on Fri, 10 May 2013, 14:02:35: I seem to have gotten quite a few people interested in an idea I had. So far, no one has attempted to make tit though:
http://i.imgur.com/bjeIbUy.jpg

What do you guys think?
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: daerid on Fri, 10 May 2013, 16:36:16: Quote from: davkol on Mon, 25 March 2013, 14:42:23
Quote from: daerid on Mon, 25 March 2013, 12:09:18
Quote from: davkol on Fri, 15 February 2013, 00:55:58
I think it's a pity Opera is switching to WebKit, mostly because it's becoming the new IE6...

That doesn't hold any water in practice.

Except it does (http://www.glazman.org/weblog/dotclear/index.php?post/2012/02/09/CALL-FOR-ACTION%3A-THE-OPEN-WEB-NEEDS-YOU-NOW).

You're basing your argument on an alarmist, opinionated blog post? And if you're referring to the first section, the one by Daniel Glazman, then I still yet fail to see what the problem is. Browser vendors are following the market. That's what businesses do. It's a perfectly sound business decision.

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WebKit is open source, and browser makers are free to alter and customize it how they want.

You're free to use any rendering engine as long as it's WebKit? Bull****.

Why is that "bull****" exactly? Google's already forking WebKit, which they can because it's open source. Yet again, I still fail to see what the problem is.

If you don't like WebKit, then why not write another rendering engine? Or fork WebKit and change the things you don't like about it? There's nothing stopping you from doing either.

The browsers are turning to webkit because it's a superior product (at least in their evaluation). The point is, nobody but us technical people give two ****s about WebKit vs Gecko vs Trident vs whatever... they just want the websites they visit to work.

All this comparing WebKit to IE is complete horse****. When IE6 was dominant, the rendering engine was completely closed source. Nobody could come out with a browser that competed and yet was still compatible. That's just not the case today.

PS: I've personally yet to encounter any of these so-called "webkit only" sites (and I routinely use multiple browsers). If somebody could link me to a few, that'd be awesome.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Dubsgalore on Fri, 10 May 2013, 16:39:07: Chrome
i've been using it the last 2 years.
i think changing now would be a lot for me..i am pretty comfortable where i am now
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Paspie on Fri, 10 May 2013, 17:09:21: I have used just about all of the top browsers during the time I've had a PC, and ATM my preference is Firefox. I found Presto isn't as good for Flash and JavaScript plugins, while I didn't like the text rendering of WebKit browsers that weren't swamped by Google's ecosystem. I wish more browsers used Gecko; its such an underrated and underutilised piece of technology. It turned out to be a decent middle ground for me.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Lmnr on Sat, 11 May 2013, 00:37:15: Iron.
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: godly_music on Mon, 20 May 2013, 15:31:41: You don't write a new rendering engine because you have no market share. Websites won't give two ****s about being standards compatible, they often simply do it WebKit compatible. This is the reason that Opera's Presto engine died. And it was a fantastic engine. Opera played stubborn and refused to cater to the laziness and faults of web programmers, with the result that they still had to implement side-specific fixes.

It's not about what's good, it's about what works within a pre-established WebKit dominated web. You don't crack that nut.

Unfortunately, every browser nowadays is bad. Chrome has a dumbed-down interface and "join Google" written all over it, Opera will soon be just another Blink browser with a few extra features and Firefox is still slow, for a racehorse. Each has its little quirks and bugs.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: habitualapse on Mon, 20 May 2013, 15:36:06: Chrome
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Flyersfan1 on Mon, 20 May 2013, 15:40:43: I have been using chrome for a while now too, I can't really see myself changing anytime soon.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Asininity on Mon, 20 May 2013, 21:31:35: Firefox, Chrome, and I use Oprah for my tablet.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Elrick on Mon, 20 May 2013, 21:37:45: Quote from: Asininity on Mon, 20 May 2013, 21:31:35
Firefox, Chrome, and I use Oprah for my tablet.

Same here, but I still love using Firefox 21.0 the most. It simply works with all the sites I frequent including all Banking/Financial Transactions.

Opera (Oprah...good one :D ), was excellent once until it started to fall short on some websites. But Firefox keeps on working.

For those that claim Firefox is too slow for them, then get a faster ADSL2+ connection. Unfortunately I'm stuck in place that will never get the NBN hence Firefox is as quick as Chrome, IE, Opera and Safari. You just need to set up the browser to run fast, rather than to accept the settings provided.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: dndlmx on Mon, 20 May 2013, 22:35:09: So um...the OP was trolling, right? IE everywhere?
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: davkol on Tue, 21 May 2013, 00:33:36: Quote from: dnix on Mon, 20 May 2013, 22:35:09
So um...the OP was trolling, right? IE everywhere?

You must be new here.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: E TwentyNine on Tue, 21 May 2013, 08:59:00: Quote from: Lmnr on Sat, 11 May 2013, 00:37:15
Iron.
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

You're better off with Chromium than Iron. Not Chrome, but Chromium.

http://www.insanitybit.com/2012/06/23/srware-iron-browser-a-real-private-alternative-to-chrome-21/

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=330776

Yes I've used Iron, and recall the guy who created it says he only wants ad revenue out of it. See the links above. And it does not update nearly as often as Chromium which can be important for security reasons.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Grim Fandango on Tue, 21 May 2013, 09:01:38: I just use chrome. Quite attached to some of the addons that are available on Chrome, though the essential ones that I use are also on firefox.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: Photekq on Tue, 21 May 2013, 09:02:24: I use firefox. Always have and always will.
Title: Re: Internet Browsers
Post by: yester64 on Sun, 26 May 2013, 15:04:07: I tried the new Opera. Its nice but i prefer it on my smartphone. On the desktop there are some things i don't like, like the complicated bookmark menu or the problem with searching within a document. It seem to take a long time to search each letter by typing. Firefox is much faster in that.
Otherwise looks nice and its nice browser on the desktop as well. Right now i have Chrome, Firefox and Opera (and the mandatory IE) installed.