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Whats your fave web browser ?
I've used a few and there are one or two very good ones
around...
Lets us know why you prefer what you voted for.. ;)
safari for me is the best now thay have for pc based
f1rest@rter
28-03-2008, 13:07
my vote goes to safari too..
haven´t had the time to try anyone else. Can you pm me a link to that safari webbrowserthing and I can have a look at it.
f1rest@rter
28-03-2008, 13:33
for all others....
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
Sorry m8. Why didn´t I think of that?
Have to wake my brain up.
f1rest@rter
28-03-2008, 14:29
rofl!
no problem ;)
Well i was gonna put Safari on the choice list tbh but.... nooooo lolz
So far so good... i like it...
4 Votes and 4 Different faves... :w41:
Mr.Ghost
28-03-2008, 15:19
I use Firefox... haven't tried that "safari".
daveraver22
28-03-2008, 15:37
Mozilla Firefox for me! Love all the plug-ins you can play with and you set it up how you want it.
Some useful Links here if you wanna try another browser...
Hope this is of some use to some peeps.. ;)
OPERA free http://www.opera.com/
FIREFOX free http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/landing/better/?utm_content=0705features&utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=0507lndgpgtest&gclid=CPPOnKuvsJICFQQF1Qod4la_RA
NETSCAPE free http://browser.netscape.com/
SAFARI free http://www.apple.com/safari/
AOL free http://downloads.channel.aol.com/browser
Internet Explorer free(with windows licence lolz) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/default.mspx
scorer_uk
28-03-2008, 23:50
Is the best by far, currently using Firefox 3 Beta 4 and its the dogs balls.
daveraver22
29-03-2008, 02:28
Dont use AOL what ever you do. You will never get rid of it!
I can get rid of AOL... no problem !!!
With A Big F'in Hammer !!!
firefox does the business for me! safari i use at work. its ok but not as good as firefox.
i know g-zap uses opera but never really liked the look of it myself but never used it that much either.
daveraver22
29-03-2008, 11:07
AOL is like a self replicating monster! I say we lift off and nuke it form orbit lolz
I must admit i like opera.. Firefox is also very good...
News yest-d i read, is that Firefox 4 is in the making guys..
Beta 3 is the current one eh?
daveraver22
29-03-2008, 14:06
Yeah firefox3 should be with us soon.
I use plain old internet explorer, you got me curious about trying something else though.
Will let you know what I try and what I think of it :)
daveraver22
30-03-2008, 13:39
Try firefox you will be impressed!
Well i tried the latest version of Opera..
It seems loads better than it used to be, up until recently
it was firefox and IE and i think Firefox is obviously much better than IE
but i'm gonna go with the latest Opera, there are a few features i like.
Security and the speed dial are cool.
Latest version here.. http://www.opera.com/
Anything but IE :P
Opera & Firefox are both Excellent Browsers.
But i say Firefox wins, because it's open source and has many plugins due to this.
The latest Firefox Here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html
V3 Beta 5 ;)
Mozilla Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html
thx Hornet. I like firefox a lot. used to use explorer but it was a disaster sometimes.
InvaderTX
12-06-2008, 22:57
Use firefox people. The Greek has spoken lol
Lolz... i can't pull myself away from Opera... ;)
PvtRasta
23-06-2008, 11:53
I use IE I know FF is better but I like the layout from IE more.
kegNeggs
07-08-2008, 16:41
Firefox!
Opera's not bad, true but i prefer FF!
You like the IE layout better because you haven't gave Firefox/Opera a good go, once you get used the Firefox/Opera there's no turning back. :)
A.Dufresne
08-08-2008, 07:34
I'm a web programmer and, after many years, I came out with my choice.
Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than ever before and works like a charm, it's incredibily efficent and you can add extensions that suit all your needs.
Safari was primarly designed for Mac systems, works well on Windows as well but do not offer nothing more than a good visual theme and a fast rendering engine.
Take a look to Firefox and his extensions here :
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/
42,5% of ppl use it! :)
(source : http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp)
A.Dufresne
03-09-2008, 09:42
Ladies and Gentleman :
Google Chrome => http://www.google.com/chrome
The new Google WebBrower.
It's the faster browser I've ever seen. Worth a try.
IE and AOL can bite my shiny metal a***
FireFox is the best browser as far as i'm conceerned. fast, secure and with all the add-ons you could want
i'm quite interested in opera and google though
I do think this Google Chrome browser will give Firefox a run for it's money once it's out of BETA.
Trouble is... i dont trust google..... Its great as a search engine imo
kegNeggs
04-09-2008, 11:15
second to that hornet
i just switched to opera a few days ago... like it so far , speed dial is sweet :)
Yeah i love speed dial.. i use a few skins too.
I've tried firefox in the past and its good. I compared firefox to opera and other
popular browsers and opera passed all official tests for security 100%
The only browser to do this atm.
I think Opera and Firefox are the best out there.
n1 = FF2, FF3 has too much useless crap and runs slower for me, if I wanted this id be heading over to Opera again.
As for preferring the IE layout Firefox has a bunch of skins and customizations that makes IE look like cowdroppings.
edit: this is how my ff2 (&windows) looks like: screenie (http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/3294/ffie7.png), (simple <3)
Storm_Seraphin
05-09-2008, 09:16
well for reading post's and forums etc i use IE, for search for pic's etc i use Firefox or safari "which is poor at everything else" imo.
[GER] Tobychampion
06-09-2008, 07:50
Firefox is my favourite browser because of the addons
but I think google chrome will be better after a few weeks because it's open source
you mean open source? :p
well basicly chrome is a spinoff on firefox 3 and some other app with some other features i'm fine with ff2 as ff3 turned my computer into a google.crawler.bot then whats not the chance of google chrome turning me into another one?
maybe not the average joe cares bout it but whenever the **** on my computer starts contacting pages without i'm telling it to then it's nothing for me.
Speedstar1776
26-01-2009, 13:53
Firefox is the fastest Browser...
but Apple Safari is also nod bad
Deathtaker27
26-01-2009, 14:44
i love firefox
the new IE i just dont like
chrome isn't bad
safari is good
lol i tried most browsers
kegNeggs
01-04-2009, 17:42
i always thought Opera rules... but it has some flaws running certain scripts so i think i might just give ff another go...
im gonna develop a very useful plugin (for some people) to firefox which lets people simply download flash/movies from places like youtube, video.google, photobucket.video, tinypic and so on, will be very private tho and maybe only released in the admin parts since i dont want it to go completely public and have all the sites plugging up the holes.
Deathtaker27
04-04-2009, 20:18
i always thought Opera rules... but it has some flaws running certain scripts so i think i might just give ff another go...
kl just dont download the new beta im running it and its a b***h when you open a lot of tabs will crash everytime
CaptPlissken
05-04-2009, 08:20
I'm trying out Explorer 8 and its naturally rubbish. A nice feature is that it when (not if) it crashes, it actually restores your browser to the pages you were on. The problem there is , that the page it didnt like is also reloaded - meaning it crashes again!!!!!!!!!
I mean, great idea but the loons at MS didnt think of that did they?
i'm on the beta of safari 4, for both mac and PC, both very good, interesting feature in topsites (not sure if it was in old ones, never used it) only problem is it takes a while to set up and it randomly freezes for a few seconds every so often, loadsd pages really fast though
zenquando
05-04-2009, 19:22
firefox is the best :yes2:
Deathtaker27
05-04-2009, 21:24
we all have our opinions on browsers
but here is a simple thing
every browser has good points and bad points
ie is very well intergrated with windows
firefox restores lost tabs
and there are advantages with the ones i havent tried
but all work
and all are good for uses
so to finish
choose your browser but do not ever say it is the best and nothing can beat it
beacuse if it was 99.9% of people would be using it and they are not
so choose one you like and customise it for yourself
but remember most important thing of all
your homepage must be http://www.timelessgaming.com/index.php?pageid=home
Opera 10.6 : http://www.opera.com/download/
http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2010/07/01/
Safari 5 is brilliant. Brings hardware acceleration to Windows now aswell.
Switched to chrome recently, due to my use of a 10.1" screen on my netbook
Its minimalistic display just gives me more space to actually see the website im trying to look at. Where as firefox 3 uses up alot of space, and only see a very small amount of website
Firefox 4 beta looks like its fast becoming a winner though.
http://i25.tinypic.com/ta2e14.png
Edit: sorry for the huge picture *goes to look for site add on that auto re sizes images"
Hunt3rW0lf
08-07-2010, 10:57
Love the subliminal messaging in the chatbox there...
installed firefox 4 .... didnt like it, seemed a bit buggy
so went back to 3.6 will wait for them to iron out stuff first before i use it
firefox is still the best looking though
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3600/fiefoxambientfoxcyan.th.jpg (http://img293.imageshack.us/i/fiefoxambientfoxcyan.jpg/)
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I use IE 8 (64 bit) and Google Chrome.. I still find Chrome to not be compatible with many websites, for instance I can´t zoom on many websites using ctrl+scroll and clicking on play and pause on videos. That annoys me a lot, because I must zoom out to the exact standard zoom out, which in most cases is too far out.
But chrome runs very smooth.. Seems to load websites a lot faster than other browser I´ve tried.
IE 8 is compatible with everything and works for me very nicely! I don´t have any extra programs running up there, so for me the browser size of IE8 is pretty much the same as the one of Chrome. That also helps the IE8 to run smoother.
I use IE 8 (64 bit) and Google Chrome.. I still find Chrome to not be compatible with many websites, for instance I can´t zoom on many websites using ctrl+scroll and clicking on play and pause on videos. That annoys me a lot, because I must zoom out to the exact standard zoom out, which in most cases is too far out.
But chrome runs very smooth.. Seems to load websites a lot faster than other browser I´ve tried.
IE 8 is compatible with everything and works for me very nicely! I don´t have any extra programs running up there, so for me the browser size of IE8 is pretty much the same as the one of Chrome. That also helps the IE8 to run smoother.
Oh trust me, IE 8 is NOT compatible with all websites :)
especially the 64bit version, lots of things do not work...
chrome is meant to be fast (that was the point of it wasnt it?) but i wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole, if i wanted keystroke logging I will invest in a few dodgy downloads......
in my work we have notices everywhere never to use chrome because of security issues... if it can log you keystrokes without the correct privacy settings how easy would it be to 'trojan' in a little nasty......
especially the 64bit version, lots of things do not work...
chrome is meant to be fast (that was the point of it wasnt it?) but i wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole, if i wanted keystroke logging I will invest in a few dodgy downloads......
in my work we have notices everywhere never to use chrome because of security issues... if it can log you keystrokes without the correct privacy settings how easy would it be to 'trojan' in a little nasty......
Im mostly concerned about the compatability with css selectors and newer javascript functions than security. Sure lots of companies have the security in mind but i can hardly see any up-to-date browser being a security threat.
when they identify security threats for browsers.. a certain amount of people have to have had problems before they fix/update
when the security issue is written in to start with it just makes it easier. and lets face it there is really no other major security concern when it comes to browsers than it logging you credit card number when you buy something... lol
I got all that disabled berty boy ;) I would never allow google know any password or even Username... Well when thinking about it... It actually has me remembered on Timeless :P (but that´s the only one) I am on this website everyday, so hate to keep logging in with username and password.
But I don´t allow it to remember anything else for me.
(I don´t trust google, especially not after the Google information-collection scandal) :shock: Which google undermined heavily as a minor mistake in their systems..
wether its fixed or not or wether you can turn it off or not
its still there.... click on the wrong link or go onto the wrong Java page and its turned back on again.
true that that could happen with any browser but still, I just dont trust them so no chrome for me lol
IE8 sucks... badly
firefox rules... its faster(than IE), better looking, better gadgets, better add-ons... etc
wether its fixed or not or wether you can turn it off or not
its still there.... click on the wrong link or go onto the wrong Java page and its turned back on again.
true that that could happen with any browser but still, I just dont trust them so no chrome for me lol
IE8 sucks... badly
firefox rules... its faster(than IE), better looking, better gadgets, better add-ons... etc
Agree, Firefox is easily the 3rd most compatible browser, unfortunately not much changed with the FF4-beta. And if you're worried about security, just switch to unix imo...