Community weekly poll: Which browser do you use most?
- 8/22/06 1:06 PM
FF 1.5.0.6...since Saturday.
by cliffordem - 8/22/06 7:49 PM In reply to: Which browser do you use most? by Marc Bennett
After MANY years, just gave up on IE. S-L-O-W. Would freeze up lately, and frankly I just don't have 10 hours to "donate" to MS to help "improve" their product. Been doing it for 26 years and they never paid me for all the work. FF is real fast and the tab feature is a real plus. I am sure IE 12 will have some great features, most likely the ones already being used for months before they "invesnt" them.
All my tech friends thought I was a troglodyte using IE 6.0.0 w/ SP 1 and SP 2 and SP3 and 25 browser add-ins and weekly Tuesday updates, and ...you get the picture. Just installed it for a lady doctor and she wanted to know why I waited so long to install something that easy and quick.
Internet Explorer 6.0
by kdnsd - 8/22/06 7:52 PM In reply to: Which browser do you use most? by Marc Bennett
I downloaded Firefox and after a week I of tring to make as friendly IE, I uninstalled it and went back to Internet Explorer.
"Friendly" Internet explorer?
by MediaSupport - 8/23/06 1:01 AM In reply to: Internet Explorer 6.0 by kdnsdErr...IE and "friendly"??? It always seemed cold and unwelcoming to me...Am i missing something????
Internet Explorer is my choice
by lakephillip - 8/22/06 7:58 PM In reply to: Which browser do you use most? by Marc Bennett
I have tried all the major browsers, and always come back to internet explorer. I like the current 6's simplicity. I am able to customize my browser exactly how I like it. I wasn't that thrilled with tabs, but I also think that internet explorer 7 is pure crap.
Firefox, but I agree Opera is good, too
by beelissa - 8/22/06 8:03 PM In reply to: Which browser do you use most? by Marc Bennett
I have been a Firefox user since before version 1.0. Recently my husband asked about getting something that wasn't such a memory hog (unlike in most households, I am the tech person in our house. My husband has no interest in trying to learn how to download and install a browser). So I looked into it and Opera uses less memory. Our laptop only ha 256 mb of RAM so I installed Opera and set up my husband's links for him. He uses Opera and the rest of the family still use Firefox because all of our links are in there -- my husband has like 10 links, the rest of us have many folders full so switching would be a bigger deal.
We HATE IE. I very rarely use it. It' required for a site my husband must use to order window blinds (a small business he runs) and very occasionally I will use it to view a video on a Microsoft site (MSN or MSNBC) where it won't run in any other browser. I resist using IE unless it's absolutely necessary.
SO FAR.... Internet Explorer 6.0 - let down by Firefox
by atheria - 8/22/06 8:11 PM In reply to: Which browser do you use most? by Marc Bennett
After giving Firefox a huge six month chance to be
''better'' than IE, I gave up.
What happened? Cookies. Spyware. Inaccessible settings. Settings that won't ''keep''.
I am careful about spyware but after finding
quite a bit when running AdAware, I started
wondering ''why'' I was getting so much, so I
did my own little un-scientific testing.
What I found surprised me.
I did want certain cookies to be able to
go to certain sites - sites one would use
most days if one is a computer professional.
The same sites were tested and after days and
days of testing I found that after using Firefox
I'd have dozens and sometimes WAY more instances
of ''threats'' on my Firefox days. No, they weren't all threats, but any kind of spyware, cookies or invasives are not preferable on one's system...
The other days, I ran IE and found half or less
of the same kinds of ''threats'' and far less
important ones.
Upshot? Of course I dumped Firefox!
If you know another that doesn't have all the
junk, but DOES have some of the great features
that IE *and* Firefox have - please let me know.
What I find most useful are the following:
Favorites (IE style! anything else is just dumb)
Saving passwords on websites properly (Firefox)
Easy to find understand and SET settings (neither)
Customizable windows - I'd like to choose what is and what isn't on my bars and WHERE on the screen to put them (neither - not really)
Speed... hmmm... (on a broadband connection, it's still slow on both)
So in essence I guess I am looking for perfection... but after a decade and a half of browser-y goodness, we're still all hunting and pecking our way around the net!
Cheers!
~atheria
flock
by DestinationSakas - 8/22/06 10:22 PM In reply to: SO FAR.... Internet Explorer 6.0 - let down by Firefox by atheriacheck it out, it's in the beta test phase, but i absolutely love it.
http://www.flock.com/download/
Flock
by atheria - 8/23/06 11:51 PM In reply to: flock by DestinationSakasIt's now installed... but it's already crashed once today and it's just been in a few hours... ack again!
There doesn't seem to be a stable, good, usable browser since Netscape had to change to IE type settings.
~atheria
try Spyware blaster... really works great
by iconeyes - 8/23/06 11:51 AM In reply to: SO FAR.... Internet Explorer 6.0 - let down by Firefox by atheriaThis program totally surprised me. It prevents spyware from installing itself. Protects IE and Firefox. Once it is configured for protection, you never have to open it. It doesn't run in the background. I've used it for about a year. I run Ad Aware once in a while and it has found nothing.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Spyware blaster
by morninglory - 8/24/06 8:02 AM In reply to: try Spyware blaster... really works great by iconeyesRead your post, want to try Spyware blaster. However,
I have another problem. My computer recently shut down to keep from damaging Windows (my d***a** roommate went to a porn site) so anyway, I had to reinstall Windows. Everything works pretty much OK except there are SOME links that won't open when I click on them, for instance, your link to Spyware Blaster. Also some in my e-mail won't open. I have adjusted my security settings a thousand times, to no avail. I don't know what else to do. I also do surveys and when I click on the link to them they also don't open. Can anyone help me? Thanks a bunch!
(I am going bald from tearing my hair out!). Yes, I'm blond, no, not naturally.
Betsy
firefox browser
by smurfettegreen1 - 8/22/06 8:15 PM In reply to: Which browser do you use most? by Marc Bennett
I love firefox.
It quite simply put works the best and is the most secure for my way of thinking.
Do not like IE and I find that Opera gets a little complicated sometimes.
Totally a Firefox user
Internet Explorer
by Benf - 8/22/06 8:16 PM In reply to: Which browser do you use most? by Marc Bennett
I use MSIE because simply stated it is the best, fastest and most reliable browser out there, Fireflop is slow, It still wont open all web pages, it still crashes/hangs periodicaly, it's just not good enough for me to switch from the worlds most popular browser.
Addendum - IE 7 - NOT!!!!
by atheria - 8/22/06 8:54 PM In reply to: Which browser do you use most? by Marc Bennett
I can't STAND IE7.
I heartily agree about 7 being very badly done...
Since when would we want a FireFox wannabe???
~atheria
Internet Explorer, since it's built in to Windows anyways.
by farhansyed - 8/22/06 9:00 PM In reply to: Which browser do you use most? by Marc Bennett
I can remember back when the internet first caught on, in the mid 1990's, how Netscape was the browser everyone wanted to use. I remember the cool graphic of the "N" logo with the silhouette of a planet and the stars moving as the webpage is loading. By the late 1990's, Netscape was so popular that they were able to sell it in the stores for almost $80.00.
But then, Micro$oft decided to include its own internet browser with Windows, and usage of Netscape quickly dropped off.
Currently, I use the version of Internet Explorer that came with my computer. Since I'm running XP Home, it's version 6.0.
Sure there are better browsers out there, and certainly more secure ones, however due to Micro$oft's monopoly position, most websites are optimized for IE. So not only would it degrade my internet experience to use another browser, but then I'd be adding software that does the same thing as what is already built into (and not removable from) the operating system that I paid so much for.
Built IN IE
by MediaSupport - 8/23/06 1:06 AM In reply to: Internet Explorer, since it's built in to Windows anyways. by farhansyedBuilt in IE is precisely what gave microsft its monopoly..its also whats degraded the Internet experience, and whats caused security loops thats made antivirus companies thrive. Just because something's built in doesnt mean its better, or even that its good. Try out what everyone's talking about.. I used to say the same thing that IE is built in, so im using it...but when i tried Firefox, i was sorry..Sorry that i hadnt tried it sooner.Its that good.
For your sake...give it a roll.
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