Web Browser Preferences

Astoroth said:
I use SeaMonkey, which is an offshoot of FireFox...Really like it.
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Haven't checked out SeaMonkey but I liked Firefox for the two days I used it, until I had the home page log-in problem I mentioned before. I may eventually go back to it.
 
Opera.

The only this missing is an ad-blocker, but this helps a lot: http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/ coped with manual blocking (secondary button on mouse -> Block content).

The 10.5 beta is really fast.

It´s safe, mainly because crackers try to exploit IE´s and FF's security flaws due to they´re the most popular browsers in Windows environment at least.
 
This morning's Windows update contains a fix for XP, Vista and W7 to allow browser choice for users in the EU.

They have it as an important update but since I already run IE and Firefox I decided not to install it.

George
 
I use Foxfire and its sister email program Thunderbird on my home/personal computer. I use EI-6 and Outlook on my work notebook. I have to use EI to access some specialized online engineering programs that I use. One in particluar won't display correctly in Foxfire.
 
I was an extreme Opera man, but with the new version that came out (one version ago), I had so many crashes that I went to Safari. I am pretty impressed with Safari and it uses some cool high speed page reading technologies that make it pretty fast. Anything that saves me seconds, I appreciate.

Yes, Safari is Apple, and its better (in my humble opinion) then IE.

I have tried FF and it just didnt feel like a good browser to me. I cant explain it. (I like all the special web effects and flash animations, background music, etc. I cant see why I would want to turn them off. Thats like turning off clouds and AI traffic and autogen in FS... why??).


Bill
 
Firefox 3.6, the least evil of them all.


Opera - excellent, but major blunders in terms of add-ons and usability. I like the mobile version on my smartphone though.
Chrome - no plug-ins yet, also calls "home".
Safari - A 50Mb installer for a webbrowser - no, thank you.
IE8 - Look mom, I'm using the internet!!!!!!
 
Using IE8. Been very slow loading right from the time it was installed, unlike IE6. Tried IE7 but canned that crap, and went back to IE6 with in a week.
 
I am on Window Vista, and so far, I always stuck with IE. I have been using IE8 since it was available through Windows Update, and it works rather fine. Now, with the recent browser choice tool for the European Union, which I installed through Windows Update, I took this opportunity to install Firefox and Chrome. I must say I really like Chrome, which has a simple and clean interface, and which is faster than IE8 and Firefox ; although it is still not perfect, but is there a perfect browser? I haven't tried Opera, Safari or any other one (Avant Browser, K-Meleon, etc.) yet, maybe I will do it.
 
I have my Firefox tweaked too much to switch to anything else now.
So many wonderful add-ons...
I'm comfortable. :icon_lol:
 
After reading thru this thread curiosity got the better of me. I downloaded and installed Opera. Very Nice. Don't know if I'll switch over 100% from FireFox. But Opera is definitely a worthy competitor..
 
I primarily use Firefox 3.6 but also use IE8 on my Win7 rig.

On my old WinXP laptop, still running FF3.0.xxx and IE8
(I usually say if it ain't broke, don't fix it but I made the mistake of including IE8 in automatic updates one night...not a big deal since IE8 has been working fine on this machine)


Also...moved to the software forum.
 
ONLY Firefox. Will never touch MS's web browser again- too much of a security risk no matter how much they patch (I mean update) it.

also, FF's plugin system is easier to work with.
 
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