Favorite Web Browsers
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I do use Firefox more and more, especially since 3 came out. Still like my Avant tho. Comes with all the stuff I have to go hunting for in FF.
Perfection
The Great Head.
Firefox, IE, and Opera.
alcal
surfin'
Firefox mostly, but i've IE installed too.
Mostly Firefox.
Would use Opera more often only I've had trouble getting the template files to display fonts the way I like, also ad-ons are limited.
Lynx when in text mode (not often these days).
Have used nine of these plus at least three not mentioned here. No single browser does everything the way I want it to and feels right at the same time.
Change for changes sake was unnecessary and troublesome. IE had the "wrong" attitude for this user base putting ease of use first and power, functionality and control, second...hence the split.
Would use Opera more often only I've had trouble getting the template files to display fonts the way I like, also ad-ons are limited.
Lynx when in text mode (not often these days).
Have used nine of these plus at least three not mentioned here. No single browser does everything the way I want it to and feels right at the same time.
What about before IE existed? The experience was simpler then and the browsers were young. Users were less mainstream and more computer orientated.
Change for changes sake was unnecessary and troublesome. IE had the "wrong" attitude for this user base putting ease of use first and power, functionality and control, second...hence the split.
Firefox and trying out Google Chrome.
At 42 voters there is a very clear picture btw with Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome being Top 3!
At 42 voters there is a very clear picture btw with Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome being Top 3!
I use FF on my own PC.
Forced to use IE at work though...
Forced to use IE at work though...
Aramazd
Deity
Genocidicbunny
Bug squasher
Use FF portable? Its what I do at school ( The school still has FF 1.5. Ive talked to the IT guy about it but got nada for a reply)
EDIT- this was at Knight-Dragon
EDIT- this was at Knight-Dragon
@Abgar Netscape appeared clunky and lacked styling. In other words, to many people it probably looked like crap. However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The traditional computer crowd simply wants everything in its place and no pretty crap to try to hide the weaknesses. How it works is more important. Microsoft did try to dress their browser up to look better than it was and lost respect for it.
Aramazd
Deity
That may have been the case at first, but Netscape was inferior in pretty much every way after IE4 came out.
Agree to disagree then?
Aramazd
Deity
Alright. I'm not in the mood for a big argument right now; I'm a bit sick.
aimeeandbeatles
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I don't use Opera myself, but people say it's really fast. and i think it has built-in features that come only as addons on Firefox.
I can map "1" and "2" on the keyboard to "previous tab" and "next tab", respectively.
aimeeandbeatles
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I've tried Opera -- it's good, but not my thing. Same with Google Chrome. I don't know why, it just is.
alcal
surfin'
I've tried both opera and firefox, and i've found the latter better, but i don't know why.
Genocidicbunny
Bug squasher
And firefox keeps inline with the Windows tab navigation system and uses Ctrl-tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab. This way, you dont switch tabs whenever you accidentally hit 1 or 2 and at the same time, its global for the window, even when you're focused on a specific element ( your cursor is in a text box for instance)
That's the default behaviour for Opera as well, but I haven't figured out how to configure Firefox to use the shortcuts I want.
aimeeandbeatles
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If I'm right, if you type about:config into the address bar, it might be there. Anyways there's a ton of other options there.
