What's your fav web browser?

Firefox = Win

Safari - boots quicker than FF and has a more 'minimalistic' look. But FF has a couple of nice features that Apple really should put into Safari

Safari - boots quicker than FF and has a more 'minimalistic' look. But FF has a couple of nice features that Apple really should put into Safari

Or you could add those features yourself :
http://pimpmysafari.com/
http://5thirtyone.com/archives/489 Inquisitor is a must have

I'm rather fond of Firefox 2 at the moment, Opera's good but I've got used to FFs layout.

Is Safari mac-based?

used to like FireFox, but Opera has won me over with a few neat toys. FireFox and Opera are on almost the same level with me as far as quality, but Opera just has a couple extras and a couple things different that I like more, personally.

You may not vote on this poll -.-...whaat

You're being watched at the moment, my friend.

And Safari beats all. Unless you have a windows, that is.
Not only does it boot and run faster than firefox (Once you get safarispeed (http://www.scifience.net/safarispeed/)) but it also doesn't crash 5 times in a row like firefox did when I tried it a little while ago.
Plus, it doesn't have an obnoxious fan community. Bonus points.

You're being watched at the moment, my friend.

And Safari beats all. Unless you have a windows, that is.
Not only does it boot and run faster than firefox (Once you get safarispeed (http://www.scifience.net/safarispeed/)) but it also doesn't crash 5 times in a row like firefox did when I tried it a little while ago.
Plus, it doesn't have an obnoxious fan community. Bonus points.
Camino's better.

Haven't tried that, will now.

I like Opera, fast and with a lot of nice, useful features that other browser don't have.

Dunno, i got used to Firefox so i voted for that. Yes, and it got some cool logo... ^^

Is Safari mac-based?

Actually, It' mac-only

I couldn't say which is the best because I haven't used them all, but the one I like to use is Firefox.

I couldn't say which is the best because I haven't used them all, but the one I like to use is Firefox.
Ditto to that. I haven't actually tried IE7 yet, athough I do have it.

I don't use the internet. I had to disconnect my computer because of malware.
but when I did, I used IE. occasionally I used firefox, but mostly I was used to IE so I used it.



that's why I'm not on msn very often.

how am I talking to you?

I prefer Opera over FF (and IE of course).

Havn't tried anything else.

I went from IE, to Opera, to FF... My choice was easily made =)

Nothing beats Operas mouse gestures and its swiftness.

firefox + IE Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/)
allows me to use windows update on firefox
very useful for those IE only websites

I voted for Firefox but I haven't tried Opera or Safari (because I'm using Windows) but I think I might give Opera a try.

firefox + IE Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/)
allows me to use windows update on firefox
very useful for those IE only websites

Ditto for me, plus I got a built in FTP-addon and another built in FTP that allows you to use your gmail space like FTP! YAY!

(do I say FTP too much?)

I find firefox a lot better than IE, but I haven't tried other browsers. What's different in opera?

Opera is a really nice browser, quite slick and speedy.

Plust it stores your tabs by default, which is nice (only it doesnt store the contetns of text boxes in those tabs, which gets really annoying when I start writing long posts to CyberShadow, and I lose the tab, then I stab the keyboard).

I find firefox a lot better than IE, but I haven't tried other browsers. What's different in opera?

Just many little features.

Basically, most features which in firefox you must plough through pages of extentions to read, you can do on install in firefox.

e.g. Going to last used tab rather than next tab on when closing a tab (eg if I had in firefox 3 tabs open, eg Team17 forum|Google|Downloads, then switched to downloads from team17 and close it, it would change to google, whereas in opera it would go back to team17.)

Selecting text and pressing v to get the browser to use it

Mouse gestures

Built-in e-mail

Built-in nice RSS reader (rather than live bookmarks)

Speech recognition

Fit-to-width of page

Zooming of images as well as text when you do ctrl+mouse wheel

On closure and crashes, restoring all pages by default (no-one likes to fiddle about in preferences for 10 minutes enabling all the good features)

Phishing check automatically

All this and more is pre-installed with Opera. In fact, the only thing that's not pre-installed that firefox has is a spell checker, and that is super-easy to install (you right click and click spell-check and it leads you to a page to install it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAaOwHdYOhY

'Nuff said.

I used to use Opera. I now use Firefox. The main reason I switched was because I couldn't find any add-ons for Opera. I have a VERY useful Firefox add-on which shows me how many GMail messages I have and tells me if I get a new one. Also I found Opera occasionally displayed websites strangely.

The less said about IE the better. Microsoft don't seem to know about CSS yet.

Used to use opera alot in linux but I am using firefox mostly now. The only time I use opera now is when browsing the web through the wii. I think that its browser is powered by opera...

Firefox.
I like the name.

Used to use opera alot in linux but I am using firefox mostly now. The only time I use opera now is when browsing the web through the wii. I think that its browser is powered by opera...it's a variation of the Opera used on the DS.

ok, who voted for IE :mad:

I like the name.
Hey, that's my strategy! Go be corrupt some other way!

ok, who voted for IE :mad:
Appearantly,Bill gates did.

>_>

It's a heart-rending choice, but i voted for IE. :(

It's a heart-rending choice, but i voted for IE. :(

I hereby, condem your soul to suffer an eternity in the fires of Hell!

I hereby, condem your soul to suffer an eternity in the fires of Hell!
IE really isnt that bad. I mean sure it has a good amount of problems, but the newest version dose not seem to be as bad as the previous. Of course firefox is still better :D

It's a heart-rending choice, but i voted for IE. :(

You haven't actually used any of the others though have you, so there isn't much choice. ;)

IE really isnt that bad. I mean sure it has a good amount of problems, but the newest version dose not seem to be as bad as the previous. Of course firefox is still betterApart from RSS, better printing and tabs, there isn't that much difference between versions, except a few other small features. It's still quite a pathetic browser compared to the others, with no where near the functionality, and it's still slow and insecure and has most of IE's old problems.

IE really isnt that bad. I mean sure it has a good amount of problems, but the newest version dose not seem to be as bad as the previous. Of course firefox is still better :DAll IE7 seems to offer is tabs and apparently some security, it's still as bad as ever at doing anything useful, like processing javascript correctly, displaying websites correctly. Actually checking to see if a page has changed by default rather than assuming that dynamic pages never change.

But, belive it or not, Microsoft have an excuse. IE7 is actually an MSHTML renderer, and the only way to get valid MSHTML is to make your page in Publisher, FrontPage or Winword.


BTW, see this quote:
Some sites look nigh-identical in any browser. This is either because they didn't use (or avoided using) CSS that IE can't handle correctly, or, like Wikipedia, they discreetly (http://en.wikipedia.org//skins-1.5/monobook/IE50Fixes.css?24) use dozens (http://en.wikipedia.org//skins-1.5/monobook/IE55Fixes.css?24) of tweaks (http://en.wikipedia.org//skins-1.5/monobook/IE60Fixes.css?24) that attempt (http://en.wikipedia.org//skins-1.5/monobook/IE70Fixes.css?24) to fix IE (http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/IEFixes.js?24). All of these tweaks actually breach CSS2 standards, but are necessary due to the glut of IE users. One of those stylesheets has the comment "This bit is needed to make links clickable... WTF", perfectly illustrating how botched IE's CSS2 handling is.
The point he says at the end, in case you want proof, is proved on clicking on the word "attempt".

BTW, see this quote:

The point he says at the end, in case you want proof, is proved on clicking on the word "attempt".
Why, what was it supposed to do? All those links worked the same, in both browsers.

Why, what was it supposed to do? All those links worked the same, in both browsers.

...they're all CSS pages, the proof Muzer was talking about was the "This makes links work...wtf?" bit

*Kills everyone that said anything positive about IE in a utterly disturbing way*

*does it again*

*and again*

Why, what was it supposed to do? All those links worked the same, in both browsers.That's the extra CSS that is needed to trick IE into displaying the pages correctly. In the main CSS there will be a bit which links to that file and includes it as CSS, but only if the user is using IE. Without it the page would be screwed up, not because the CSS is wrong, but because IE displays it wrong.

You really wouldn't believe how long it can take to get some sites, using CSS, working in IE. I think mine actually took longer to do that than produce the rest of the site.

*votes Opera*

totally irrelevant but LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1iEWTTEVaM&mode=related&search=

Why isn't flock in that list :(
ok, so its exactly the same as safari/mozilla with a couple of extesnsions. but still...
http://www.flock.com/
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9011/flocklogoforwebgk4.png
{/shameless advertising]

Why isn't flock in that list :(
ok, so its exactly the same as safari/mozilla with a couple of extesnsions. but still...

So are several other browsers. Other Please State is probably the best way to include them. (Not that I can see anyone voting K-Meleon or Crazy Browser anyway)

Crazy Browser? Linkage?

Googling now


Found it

nvm

I used Crazy Browser from 2003-2005. They changed their name to AM Browser (www.ambrowser.com), BTW.
It's not a standalone program, but rather uses IE render engine underneath a tabbed interface.

I really loved it for it's 3 customizable shortcuts that supported wildcards to directly search on sites like Wikipedia, IMDB, dict.cc or Google.

When I switched to Firefox I couldn't emulate that functionality with plugins perfectly. But now I have discovered Firefox's extremely powerful keyword search support.

But, belive it or not, Microsoft have an excuse. IE7 is actually an MSHTML renderer, and the only way to get valid MSHTML is to make your page in Publisher, FrontPage or Winword.ok, that's not an excuse, that's microsoft screwing up on the browser from start to finish. they didn't HAVE to make a browser with some obscure and isolated code that only accepts certain other code that no one uses.

and yes, I realize you're not promoting IE, but calling that an excuse so doesn't count :p

*converts to Firefox, after having had it for, err... 3 hours*

*converts to Firefox, after having had it for, err... 3 hours*
Better late than never.

Get opera :p

www.opera.com

It doesn't have extensions, but it doesn't really matter, because there is a list somewhere that basically said how easy it was to emulate firefox with the top 10 extensions in opera (as in, the features are already built in).

Well I got Opera, and I must say that it is quite awesome. Even better than Firefox. It is very fast.

Here is the list I menioned
http://virtuelvis.com/archives/2005/01/opera-and-firefox-extensions (part 1)
and
http://virtuelvis.com/archives/2005/09/opera-and-firefox-extensions-ii (part 2)

Obiously Mozilla Firefox, it's my default explorer.