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simple question here. I use firefox

(pool coming)

What a timely question.

I downloaded firefox last night explicitly for the stumbleupon add-on.

I'm not going to use it as a regular browser until I can get Thunderbird to work, too, and as of now it still refuses to install correctly.

So instead I updated my beloved Netscape - which, before anyone says anything, also has tabbed browsing, that's NOT an exclusive firefox thing.
And I also use Netscape for email, so I only have to open my browser and have everything in one place.

:)

Firefox 2.0

Firefox.

Although Opera is kinda cool. There's something cool about ordering it around through the microphone and seeing it comply. "Opera, speak, bitch!"

Man, if there's ever a sentient robot apocalypse, they're coming for me first...

I E is the browser for meeeeeeeee [/singing]

Mostly because it's standard. :)

Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 6 :eek:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3291785230023779795&q=firefox&hl=en

So instead I updated my beloved Netscape - which, before anyone says anything, also has tabbed browsing, that's NOT an exclusive firefox thing.

Well, it is based on Mozilla.

I E is the browser for meeeeeeeee [/singing]

Mostly because it's standard. :)

A better browser is only one quick download away... but whatever. I'm not going to try convincing anyway who isn't interested.

Browser? :confused:

You mean this isn't all just happening in my head? :confused:

IE mostly and Firefox for one game which doesn't work on IE, but frankly I don't see how one is better than the other.

Firefox. It is a much better browser, and it's as if it was designed with NSG in mind.

Well, it is based on Mozilla.Pretty sure it's the other way around, as Netscrape was based on Mosaic (and Lordy, but that thing sucked).

Opera. It's far smaller than Firefox, faster, has PROPERLY WORKING tabbed browsing without having to resort to the tabbrowser preferences add-on, and even includes IRC chat, mail and newsgroup capability in that same smaller package. Far more secure than MSIE. Just as easily configured as Firefox with the opera:config "command".

Oh, and it passes the ACID2 test.

Meh. Tabbed browsing isn't much of a deal maker anymore. Even IE7 has proper tabs now.

Safari...

I have Firefox, but it annoys my computer.

Pretty sure it's the other way around, as Netscrape was based on Mosaic (and Lordy, but that thing sucked).
Firefox is of Mozilla, and the current Netscape is of Mozilla. The original Netscape and MSIE were (is, in the case of MSIE) based on Mosaic. In fact, pretty much every browser owes its existence to Mosaic insofar as being the pioneer.

opera :)

i used to use IE and FF but opera rocks too much :cool:

Well, it is based on Mozilla.
I know, which is why it never ceases to amaze me that people are so surprised
1) that firefox is not the only browser to have tabbed browsing
and
2) that somebody actually still uses Netscape.

Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 6 :eek:

Isn't IE7 a required update?

Meh. Tabbed browsing isn't much of a deal maker anymore. Even IE7 has proper tabs now.

I never use them anyway. I'm still really bad at opening up about 20 windows.

Opera. It's far smaller than Firefox, faster, has PROPERLY WORKING tabbed browsing without having to resort to the tabbrowser preferences add-on, and even includes IRC chat, mail and newsgroup capability in that same smaller package. Far more secure than MSIE. Just as easily configured as Firefox with the opera:config "command".

Oh, and it passes the ACID2 test.

You don't need the add-on in Firefox 2 for tabs. But as far as I remember, Opera has adverts, which for me is a no-no.

Pretty sure it's the other way around, as Netscrape was based on Mosaic (and Lordy, but that thing sucked).

I think the first Mozilla was based on Netscape, but later Netscapes were then based on Mozilla. I think the newest is based on Firefox.

I know, which is why it never ceases to amaze me that people are so surprised
1) that firefox is not the only browser to have tabbed browsing
and
2) that somebody actually still uses Netscape.

I think the latest IE has tabbed browsing and various other features copied from firefox. Naturally the download is thrice as big, in proper Microsoft resource-devouring style.

I think the latest IE has tabbed browsing and various other features copied from firefox.It does indeed. And, actually, isn't a terrible browser.

I think the first Mozilla was based on Netscape, but later Netscapes were then based on Mozilla. I think the newest is based on Firefox.



I think the latest IE has tabbed browsing and various other features copied from firefox. Naturally the download is thrice as big, in proper Microsoft resource-devouring style.

To work in Microsoft all you need to do is know how to use Firefox, a Mac, and a photocopier.:D

The only true browser!
Konqueror (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqueror)

(Occasionally, I use FF and Lynx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)))

Does anyone else has certain pages, he only opens with one browser and other which he only opens in another browser for reasons not related to the rendering of pages?

The only true browser!
Konqueror (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqueror)

(Occasionally, I use FF and Lynx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)))

Does anyone else has certain pages, he only opens with one browser and other which he only opens in another browser for reasons not related to the rendering of pages?

But most of us are lumbered with Windows:eek:

MOZILLA FIREFOX!!!!!!!!!!!

Funny -- I've been using Safari since purchasing my G5 iMac, and I can't find a thing wrong with it. Admittedly, I've never tried Firefox or the others, but that's simply because I haven't seen the need. Safari works perfectly for me.

On my G4 Mac Cube I used IE6 for Mac, and had no complaints, either. Sometimes it seems like people take this stuff far too seriously.

opera :)

i used to use IE and FF but opera rocks too much :cool:
I slowly broke you down and converted you ;) :p *random hugs and love* :-)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/Tindalos/Silly%20Things/Firefox.jpg


(Occasionally, I use FF and Lynx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)))Mmm... Lynx. Brings back memories of coding HTML in pico.

Does anyone else has certain pages, he only opens with one browser and other which he only opens in another browser for reasons not related to the rendering of pages?Actually, yes. There's a few places that I open with IE, just because it's a further level of bookmark organization.

You don't need the add-on in Firefox 2 for tabs. But as far as I remember, Opera has adverts, which for me is a no-no.
*looks around screen*
no adverts.... unless I'm getting confused with what you mean :P

The only true browser!
Konqueror (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqueror)

I used to use Konqueror when I used Linux, but that was because the alternative was the fat ugly version of Mozilla. If Firefox existed at that time, I hadn't heard of it.

*looks around screen*
no adverts.... unless I'm getting confused with what you mean :P

older versions of opera used to be supported by ads. that's the version i once used and went back to IE from, but this version, at it is now, rocks :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/Tindalos/Silly%20Things/Firefox.jpg



lmao! :D
that's exactly what i used to think, but this Opera is actually - for me - easier to use and faster to load, and other stuff.

But most of us are lumbered with Windows:eek:

:( Go Kubuntu? It resolves much trouble with Windoze ;>

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/Tindalos/Silly%20Things/Firefox.jpg


I think I am anti-establishment in software questions because I use (nearly :( ) only FLOSS. But in other issuess I am not anti-establishment at all... *shrugs*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/Tindalos/Silly%20Things/Firefox.jpg

Because as we all know, Microsoft products aren't really of poor quality. People only get alternatives because they're anti-establishment. Windows only crashes because it loves you.

Because as we all know, Microsoft products aren't really of poor quality. People only get alternatives because they're anti-establishment. Windows only crashes because it loves you.

i've had virtually no problems with XP since i got it like... 5 years ago.
and up until recently i've never seen a reason to not use IE (i've now found the opera is marginally quicker and better designed, but there's not much in it)

older versions of opera used to be supported by ads. that's the version i once used and went back to IE from, but this version, at it is now, rocks :)
ah okay *nods*
:)

i've had virtually no problems with XP since i got it like... 5 years ago.
and up until recently i've never seen a reason to not use IE (i've now found the opera is marginally quicker and better designed, but there's not much in it)

I can not use WinXP. It's like a spoiled 4 year-old. It always tells something you could NOT care less about. It has no virtual desktops and is absolutely user-unfriendly. Also on my grandma's system, it changes the mouse-cursor constantly for a fraction of a second. :eek:

Windows only crashes because it loves you. :p

firefox with the pimpzilla add-on

I slowly broke you down and converted you ;) :p *random hugs and love* :-)

I spy a conspiracy!

You don't need the add-on in Firefox 2 for tabs. But as far as I remember, Opera has adverts, which for me is a no-no.
1. I said properly working tabbed browsing. As Firefox is, sans tabbrowser preferences add-on, the tabbed browsing sucks.

2. Opera went ad-free nearly a year ago.

I spy a conspiracy!
*shifty eyes*

1. I said properly working tabbed browsing. As Firefox is, sans tabbrowser preferences add-on, the tabbed browsing sucks.
What does it do wrong?

1. I said properly working tabbed browsing. As Firefox is, sans tabbrowser preferences add-on, the tabbed browsing sucks.

2. Opera went ad-free nearly a year ago.

1. Well, it works well enough for me.

2. Really? I'll give it a try.;)

What does it do wrong?
Won't open links in new tabs DESPITE the checkbox telling it to--always in a new window. And this has happened on every machine I've installed it on. Opera's implementation (which was prior to Firefox) works without flaw.

Won't open links in new tabs DESPITE the checkbox telling it to--always in a new window.

Ah, yes. I thought that might be what you meant. I just got used to right-clicking and selecting "new tab". I might go install that tab browser thing again though, I had it before.

EDIT: Wait a sec, I think it might work without the add on. I just tried clicking the link in my sig - that would normally open a new window, surely, since there's no HTML for tabs, but it opened in a new tab alright.

Opera. It's far smaller than Firefox, faster, has PROPERLY WORKING tabbed browsing without having to resort to the tabbrowser preferences add-on, and even includes IRC chat, mail and newsgroup capability in that same smaller package. Far more secure than MSIE. Just as easily configured as Firefox with the opera:config "command".

Oh, and it passes the ACID2 test.

How long since you updated Firefox? Seriously, tabbed browsing hasn't been an add-on in the Firefox architecture since it was called Phoenix and was in the very first beta.

How long since you updated Firefox? Seriously, tabbed browsing hasn't been an add-on in
*sighs*

Did you not read what I wrote? Please re-read it. Thanks.

Ah, yes. I thought that might be what you meant. I just got used to right-clicking and selecting "new tab". I might go install that tab browser thing again though, I had it before.

EDIT: Wait a sec, I think it might work without the add on. I just tried clicking the link in my sig - that would normally open a new window, surely, since there's no HTML for tabs, but it opened in a new tab alright.
I haven't checked 2.0 yet, so they might have gotten it fixed. The thing of it is that it needed to be fixed, though, whereas it worked properly from the start in Opera. No need to resort to an add-on or right-click-open-in-new-tab.

*sighs*

Did you not read what I wrote? Please re-read it. Thanks.

On re-read, I see what you meant. But it's still obvious that you're using an outdated version, since that problem hasn't existed for several major releases.

On re-read, I see what you meant. But it's still obvious that you're using an outdated version, since that problem hasn't existed for several major releases.
It still existed in 1.5.x.

I haven't checked 2.0 yet, so they might have gotten it fixed. The thing of it is that it needed to be fixed, though, whereas it worked properly from the start in Opera. No need to resort to an add-on or right-click-open-in-new-tab.

Don't you have to pay for Opera?

Don't you have to pay for Opera?
Not since late last year, no.

I use Firefox, IE(no idea what version) and Safarai in college and Firefox on my laptop. And I have Opera on my laptop because firefox crapped out before 2.0 came out and refused to work.

(pool coming)

So where's that pool? ;)

I use internet explorer because, really, who gives a damn?

I use internet explorer because, really, who gives a damn?

Err, those poor sods, who eventually have to remove all the spyware and adware from your PC?

Firefox, because there's this kickass new add-on called Dai.sy (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3293/) which is beyond awesome.

Firefox, because there's this kickass new add-on called Dai.sy (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3293/) which is beyond awesome.

Looks like all the other social networking things.

of course firefox.

MS sucks. IE sucks even more.

Looks like all the other social networking things.
Well, it allows you to chat with other people that are on the same website as you, post a blog about the page, and then share files with each other.

Well, it allows you to [1]chat with other people that are on the same website as you, [2]post a blog about the page, and then [3]share files with each other.

[1]You mean like Gabbly?(see sig)
[2]Kinda like having a blog and being able to post links there(see every blog everywhere)
[3]+1 for this thing.

I thought everyone uses Firefox... ;)

I used to use Internet Explorer and I still have it, but now I use (and am currently using) Avant. IT ROCKS! All you have to do is press F11, and the toolbars dissapear! Move the cursor up or down for the toolbars. Move it to the left and you get the Favorites menu.

I love Avant!:fluffle:

Firefox ftw. Any compatibility issues you have with Firefox is a problem with your computer, not with the browser - it's suited to be customized to anyone's needs.

Also, it's got the best tabbed browsing there is - middleclick to create, middleclick to kill, mouseover select, background foreground URL link etc.

The only true browser!
Konqueror (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqueror)

(Occasionally, I use FF and Lynx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)))

Does anyone else has certain pages, he only opens with one browser and other which he only opens in another browser for reasons not related to the rendering of pages?

heretic! firefox is the one true browser. not your "konqueror".

I have not touched another browser since I got firefox. It has suited and even exceeded my needs.

I bounce back and forth between Opera and Firefox. If I'm going somewhere I'm not so sure of I'll use Opera because if it crashes I won't lose as much and Opera seems more like a bulldog about preventing anything from happening. Its add-ons aren't as fun. Stumble is my intercrack.

And I have a theme that makes it look like an old rusty machine, which is all cool and shit.

IE7.

Because it pisses off the open-source snobs. :D

Actually, I use both Firefox and IE7.

I use IE7 to run my XM radio player and do all of my work on Firefox. So, 99% Firefox and 1% IE.

Firefox. Almost never use IE.

IE7.

Because it pisses off the open-source snobs. :D
I live in a cave.

Because it pisses off the four-walls-and-a-roof snobs.

NEWSFLASH: I use IE only now. It loads NationStates faster. TO HELL WITH AVANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:sniper:

simple question here. I use firefox

(pool coming)

I use Safari. Looks good and runs smooth. Also, why is a pool coming? Is it in Revelations or Ezekiel?

Safari

Safari

Greetings, comrade, we shall bask in the eternal glory of Steve Jobs.

I live in a cave.

Because it pisses off the four-walls-and-a-roof snobs.

If the comparison were apt, you would have a point. However, it's more like:

I live in an expensive appartment.

Because it pisses off the expensive condominium snobs.

Contrary to the bullshit that freeware snobs spew, MS products are in no way lower-quality than their freeware alternatives (and are often better). However, MS makes an easy target for "anti-establishment" types.

If the comparison were apt, you would have a point. However, it's more like:

I live in an expensive appartment.

Because it pisses off the expensive condominium snobs.

Contrary to the bullshit that freeware snobs spew, MS products are in no way lower-quality than their freeware alternatives (and are often better). However, MS makes an easy target for "anti-establishment" types.
It's actually that the browser has been integrated to the OS, which causes three shitloads and a fuckload* of security problems.

(* actual terms of measurement)

heretic! firefox is the one true browser. not your "konqueror".
FF is sloooooooooooow. it takes MUCH RAM, it's support for mouse gestures is crappy at best. It can not open local files with the same elegancy and ease, Konqueror can. And it hast not such a cute logo (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqi).

FF is sloooooooooooow. it takes MUCH RAM, it's support for mouse gestures is crappy at best. It can not open local files with the same elegancy and ease, Konqueror can. And it hast not such a cute logo (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqi).

pah, cute logos are silly.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/OperaLogo.png

IE7 and Opera

INTERNET EXPLORER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Make up your mind already and choose. ^^^^^^^^^^^^

Does anyone else has certain pages, he only opens with one browser and other which he only opens in another browser for reasons not related to the rendering of pages?
Yes
I use Opera for certain pages, IE for others, but for general browsing I use Firefox.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/Tindalos/Silly%20Things/Firefox.jpg

^ Saved!

I use Safari. Looks good and runs smooth. Also, why is a pool coming? Is it in Revelations or Ezekiel?

Safari

Yay for Safari!

lmao! :D
that's exactly what i used to think, but this Opera is actually - for me - easier to use and faster to load, and other stuff.

exactly the reason I use it. I used IE, but was getting too many popups and the like, so I swapped to firefox. Tried opera on a spur of the moment whim, and found it to go faster and be a bit easier to use. Now, out of both habit and convenience, it is my main browser.

Sadly, my schools website doesn't support it yet, so I still keep IE on hand.

Damn, looks like I am the only one here who uses just Mozilla. But then I have no use for alot of the bells and whistles that come with the other browsers.

Firefox is my friend http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/love068.gif

Firefox is overated.

Firefox is my friend http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/love068.gif

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I use Firefox. Why? Because IE fails so very hard.

Slimbrowser. It operates with internet explorer code but is a different browser with great features. http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/

Damn, looks like I am the only one here who uses just Mozilla. But then I have no use for alot of the bells and whistles that come with the other browsers.
then use Lynx? :) It has even less bells and whistles.

then use Lynx? :) It has even less bells and whistles.

Why does everybody hate IE? It's ossum! NS loads twice as fast as any browser i've ever seen!

I'm going to test this theory by downloading Mozilla Firefox-NOW!

Why does everybody hate IE? It's ossum! NS loads twice as fast as any browser i've ever seen!

I'm going to test this theory by downloading Mozilla Firefox-NOW!
^^^^^^^^^^^^Disregard that.

I am now a Believer of the holy powers of Mozilla Firefox!

Firefox is my friend http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/love068.gif

It's my friend now, too.

Why does everybody hate IE? It's ossum! NS loads twice as fast as any browser i've ever seen!

I'm going to test this theory by downloading Mozilla Firefox-NOW!

at first it works fine, bbut it is a spyware magnet. I mean, take a look at this. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Spyware_infestation.png) no-one in their right mind would download that many toobars.

NEWSFLASH: I use IE only now. It loads NationStates faster. TO HELL WITH AVANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:sniper:

please don't be a n00b.

Liberty EKB;11939123']Slimbrowser. It operates with internet explorer code but is a different browser with great features. http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/
what?

FF is sloooooooooooow. it takes MUCH RAM, it's support for mouse gestures is crappy at best. It can not open local files with the same elegancy and ease, Konqueror can. And it hast not such a cute logo (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqi).

who needs cute logos?

You just can't beat Firefox :)

You just can't beat Firefox :)
How many browsers have you tried?

It's my friend now, too.

Mine as well.

Yay firewall!
Yay bookmarks!
Yay TABS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mine as well.

Yay firewall!
Yay bookmarks!
Yay TABS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay Intergaraated search!!
Yay being scrollbar-of-doom-proof.

Yay Intergaraated search!!
Yay being scrollbar-of-doom-proof.

Scrollbar-of-doom proof? What's the scrollbar of doom?

You just can't beat Firefox :)

DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I use IE, but Opera's the best by far.

Depends on the machine ... Firefox is my biggest use on windows ... on my debian and ubuntu machines I have moved over to iceweasel

How many browsers have you tried?

I have tried IE (6 7 and 7 series) Konquer Opera Links and Lynx as well as iceweasel and firefox (all series through 2.0) as well as mozilla and Netscape navigator

I personally prefer iceweasel/FF out of any of them. Opera aint bad but there are no real features that are not included in FF with a simple plugin any more.

Back when opera had the only real mouse gestures and such then I used it religiously but ... no reason for me to anymore

aol oh, and IE too.

FF2 or IE7, depending.

Depends on the machine ... Firefox is my biggest use on windows ... on my debian and ubuntu machines I have moved over to iceweasel
You sir have good taste.

Iceweasel sucks no wheres near as hard as FF2.0.

How many browsers have you tried?

IE 5-7, Netscape, Safari, Firefox F 0.10-2.0, Konqueror, Epiphany, Lynx, Avant, Opera and one other that worked on Mac OS 8, which I cannot remeber anymore.

I was asking those, who just went 'You just can't beat Firefox :)' or worse: 'DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' as reply to that.

I was asking those, who just went 'You just can't beat Firefox :)' or worse: 'DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' as reply to that.

But we are +1 nerds.

What Distro do you use?

But we are +1 nerds.

What Distro do you use?

Kubuntu, but planning to go Gentoo or BSD.

Kubuntu, but planning to go Gentoo or BSD.

Figures.

If I could find a GNOME, non-rpm, distro that can detect my hard disk (ie not Debian), I'd get rid of Ubuntu. I have to compile way to much.

Opera here. Mouse gestures FTW!

Safari...

I have Firefox, but it annoys my computer.

I E...

My computer annoys my computer and that annoys me.
Nigel is a piece of shit.

A mix of Firefox and Opera, the usage ratio depending on what I'm doing.

Opera here. Mouse gestures FTW!

Psst firefox has them too ... as a plugin

That was the only feature that I really liked from opera over the others. When FF got thoes too, well bye bye opera

I use Firefox.

Being a Mac geek, I used to use Safari. Now I use Firefox for OS X.

Firefox FTW!!!

I'm only using IE cuz I'm too damn lazy to download Firefox. :rolleyes: