Poll: Firefox, Internet Explorer, or what?

[Sib]

Pretty much the same for me... The same way I ***** about Windows Vista and never get around to using Linux like I always say I am going to... I don't mind change, I just can't abide having a bunch of shit that I don't use clogging my hard drive...

Vista sucks donkey balls, but once you turn off User Account Control (its even on admin accounts ffs) it isnt that bad, although you will be running a minimum of 50processes and they will keep restarting even if you dont tell them to, bastard vista...
Also try Ubuntu Linux on a virtual PC its a good way to get a trial run.

 

[runtheplacered]

"Vista sucks donkey balls, but once you turn off User Account Control "

Really? I run Vista and I find it to be great. Even though the person you quoted says they don't mind change.. I'm almost positive that's exactly what's holding them back from finding Vista to be a good OS.

"although you will be running a minimum of 50processes"

I tell Vista what I want on or off, and that's it. They're off or they're on. Not really sure where you're running into problems. I find the memory management to be much better, and compatibility has so far suprised me.. certain old games work that I didn't think would.. (except Simcity 4 for some odd reason.. and I refuse to reinstall the garbage known as Simcity Societies. so i guess I'm out of luck there.)

@ Darth Mobius

"I just can't abide having a bunch of shit that I don't use clogging my hard drive..."

Like what, exactly? I really want to hear what's "clogging my hard drive..." Sounds like you need a plunger. Or a tutorial. Actually you just sound like one of my customers.

Oops I got off topic. Firefox, all the way!

 

[WillItWork]

My basic rundown goes something like this.

As a web developer, I try out and test a fair number of browsers. I use Opera for my daily browsing because of one killer feature for me: the ability to move bookmarks from a search. I have over 4500 bookmarks, and so being able to sort and organize bookmarks is crucial. I mainly use Firefox for development, because nothing's better than Firebug.


Amaya: Worthles, only good for standards testing.
Avant: Basically just an IE extension. Waste of time
Firefox: Memory heavy, and can be slow when page loading. Balanced by community support and popular conformity.
iCab: Tiny, and with a few good fetures, but not very widely suported, and kinda silly.
IE: points for integrtion, but slow, and still not quite standard. haven;t tried IE 8 though
Opera: Too many features, but that means there's something for everyone. The program is huge, but doesn't leak to much memory, and new beta has very fast page loading. Some issues with JS though.
Radon: Not a bad microbrowser, but not too much to write home about.
Safari (Win): Does not play nicely with Windows. ood for development, but that's about it.
Safari (Mac): The IE of Mac OS. Moderately fast, integrated, but has JS issues and some unsupported features. Same for pretty much all the WebKit browsers


Ayway, that's what I could think of off the top of my head.

 

[Sib]

i do hate large quotes hehe, and if you say end a process in taskmanager, come back 20mins later it will have restarted and ill be damned if i can find the screen where i choose what processes run automatically. For example the "windows media player network sharing service" i never saw that on my XP but on vista the bastard thing keeps reappearing, i cant find an option to turn it off full stop. But seriously end a few processes you know you dont need, come back after a few minutes and most of them will have restarted and probably some new ones as company.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

firefox all the way

i use mozgestures (mouse gestures), tab mix plus, the google toolbar and a gmail notifier

i refuse to use internet explorer the fact that it will install software regardless of your settings is unacceptable

konqueror was pretty cool on linux, saldy safari stole a bunch of it's code

 

[Break]

I use prefer Opera, but use Firefox a fairly large amount, too. Opera has a better feel, whereas hotmail doesn't suck on Firefox, and it can handle more tabs.

For porn, IE. It's bad in general, but can open infinite tabs, unlike Opera, and doesn't lag when you save an image, like Firefox.

Safari? Eh. Don't like the look.

 

[InProgress]

I use Opera. Rarely I use Firefox, but that's only when some bastard site tells me browser not supported. I like Opera for the speed-dial. It's really good, as I only visit daily a couple of sites, ussually the same 2 (this and a 3d forum). I like the tabs and the transfer tab which is always the first tab from the left. Don't use any plugins except FLVDownloader, and I use that very rarely. I switched from Firefox, as it seemed too slugish in loading sites and such. I used for a short period of time SeaMonkey on Linux. It was ok. I prefer using IE in net-caffes as I'm positive it WILL infect the PC. And since it's not mine, I rather enjoy ruining it. One of the few errors I had with Opera was with JS because I was using a public beta.

PS: You also forgot Netscape, but it sucks imo as it doesn't support a lot of sites.

 

[Singing Gremlin]

Firefox. And stumble... possibly the best browser add-on ever. So much fun!

 

[AnGeL.SLayer]

I have over 4500 bookmarks, and so being able to sort and organize bookmarks is crucial.

Holy bookmarks! I'd like to look through that list...lol Just don't say it's mostly porn.


^_^

 

[Eagle Est1986]

Firefox for me! I hate most Microsoft products which rules out IE and I don't see the point of Opera's quickdial feature (just use put a bookmark list on the side of the page!) as I can't keep my favourites down to 9 pages. As for Safari.... a bit too basic for my needs but I do use it on the odd occasion.

 

[Dectilon]

I'm using Opera as I write this. It's good because it uses very little memory, but it's annoying when it wants to handle my torrents and irc channels. Having a million tabs annoys me, and for some reason the dl speed is faster on Vuze than on the integrated torrent program.

I keep Firefox around for when some movie or what have you won't load. I don't touch Explorer anymore, because whenever I do something goes horribly wrong. I get a virus or my computer crashes ~~

 

[LuxAeternus]

I prefer Firefox, and not just because of the safety aspect. If my internet crashes (which it does with annoying regularity), Firefox saves the tabs etc. I was browsing which saves so much time. I know IE never did that (not sure about the others though...)

 

[Acrnym]

I use Safari, mainly because I'm using a MacBook. I keep Opera on standby for anything else I need, though. When I use Windows Vista on it, I use Firefox.

 

[Sib]

hmm apparently Opera is more widely spread than i thought, but aside from the quickdial feature, ive seen little to support it?

 

[Break]

They all have different feels. Like the little differences in how they handle tabs, or how they scroll, or how they're laid out. It really depends on your tastes.