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Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Faceoff: Internet Explorer 7 vs. Firefox 2
Can you realy compare their features?
by bullardc - 11/21/06 5:09 PM In reply to: (NT) The tabs preview is a cool feature. by runescapehackerproWith IE7 you basically got what you got, or you can pay for extensions. If there's not a free tab-preview extension for FireFox 2 now, I can pretty much guarantee that there will be one soon.
Tab Preview extensions
by Owyn - 11/22/06 3:48 AM In reply to: Can you realy compare their features? by bullardcLinks only. I have a policy of not adding any extensions to Firefox that do not satisfy a real need. Tab preview is not a function I need.
Ctrl Tab Preview
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2134/
Tab Catalog
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1937/
Firefox Showcase
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1810/
Internet Explorer 7
by HJE - 11/21/06 4:25 PM In reply to: CNET PRIZEFIGHT: Internet Explorer 7 vs. Firefox 2 by mcshadaI downloaded 7 and lost the tool bar. I had all kinds of trouble trying to get this resolved. The following is an email I have sent to them about my problems: After numerous tries and having been given 4 different phone numbers I finally got a Canadian support person. At each number I was asked numerous questions before finally being asked what my problem was and then was told I had been transferred to the wrong number. I found the person I finally spoke to very courteous, but extremely difficult to understand. As well his line kept cutting in and out. The problem was that the Tool Bar on Internet Explorer disappeared when I downloaded I.E. 7. After much discussion it turns out that what I have always only heard referred to as the Tool Bar, he called the Menu Bar. He told me that I only had to push on the ALT key and it would be there. I specifically asked him if it would stay there and he assured me that it would. However, the next time I went on the Internet it was gone. It seems that I will have to push the ALT key every time. Not only that, but it also disappears when I click on something else. Surely to goodness you could figure out some way to get and keep the "Menu" Bar. I have found this whole experience extremely frustrating as I started my calls at 12 noon (EST) and didn't get off the phone until 1:30. If anyone else has had this problem and fixed it, PLEASE let me know.
It's possible
by rtemp - 11/21/06 10:15 PM In reply to: Internet Explorer 7 by HJEThere is a way to keep the menu bar in IE7. All you need to do is start up the browser, right-click in a blank area towards the top of the window (like to the right of the first tab), and select menu bar from the menu that appears. After that, you should always find the menu bar available to you.
On a side note, when I was setting up IE7 on my Windows box, I was greatly annoyed that the menu bar appeared below the url bar. It turns out that the only way to get the menu bar back in its correct position is to hack the registry. I did it and it works, but it goes as more fuel for my rage against Microsoft.
Anyways, good luck.
-Ryan
Triple Reboot...
by creativecaptions - 11/21/06 1:39 PM In reply to: Faceoff: Internet Explorer 7 vs. Firefox 2 by OwynI had IE7 BETA on my laptop, so when it came time for the forced install it uninstalled, rebooted, downloaded, told me it had to reboot again before installing, installed then needed to reboot. Took over half an hour.
Going from FF RC2 to FF2 it relaunched the browser than politely checked for updates on my extensions then listed the one extension that wasn't compatible. Total time, five minutes.
The upgrade to FF2 on my Mac was even sweeter without the DLL hell and Registry BS...Drag FF Icon into your application folder. 2 seconds!!
sometime FF2 is bettter
by saido.org - 11/21/06 5:48 PM In reply to: Triple Reboot... by creativecaptionsI use Firefox & IE all the time. Sometime IE is better and sometime Firefox, depend on what I'm going to do. Heavy computer user basically like firefox better because the it can be used in various platform, not like IE7. IE7 & FF2 are both great, and both of them still have bugs. Nothing is perfect.
Wrong wrong wrong
by Fedexbox - 11/26/06 11:31 PM In reply to: Faceoff: Internet Explorer 7 vs. Firefox 2 by OwynRound 3: Tabbed browsing ok here is the first wrong thing
"but Mozilla has had it in Firefox for years" BULL ****! opera had tabbed browsing first then ******* Firefox stole it then IE7 i don't care that IE7 Lost i care that they failed to include opera stupid ***** and not to mention Firefox takes like 7-10 seconds to load Opera takes about 4-6 IE7 takes about 2 seconds max shure firefox is a good browser but god every good feature got stolen from Opera.
and any way IE7 is for people that don't want to take forever to boot the browser its for the average user. Plus the main reason that people like Firefox is because "IT MAKES BROWSING FASTER!!!" Bull ******* **** Oh and mark my word this post will be deleted in a day or 2 Oh and CNET was mostlikely paid by mozilla SO **** firefox and its fanboys all i can say is CNET is Not reliable any more not when companys can pay to get boosted ratings.
hmm
by kellenjb - 11/27/06 6:13 AM In reply to: Wrong wrong wrong by FedexboxIt really doesn't matter who had it first, it really matters how they implemented it and how secure the browser is.
As a speed comparison, on my computer FF2 loads in less than a second and Opera is just under 2 seconds. And IE7 is right in this range also. One thing to consider here also is how many plugins/toolbars/widgets... are installed, this can drastically change the start time.
And also I always thought the reason people used Firefox was because it was a more secure option than Internet Explorer. At least that is why I used it.
Bitter much?
by rtemp - 11/27/06 11:16 AM In reply to: Wrong wrong wrong by FedexboxRule #1: You can get further without using profanity like an over-exited twelve-year-old.
I don't doubt that Opera had many of today's standard features first. Those guys do a great job of bringing new ideas to the browser market.
You want to know why I use Firefox and not Opera?
1) I don't like Opera's interface.
2) I like Firefox's abundance of Add-ons
-Ryan
Like them both
by Ron-Mexico - 7/14/07 11:34 AM In reply to: Faceoff: Internet Explorer 7 vs. Firefox 2 by OwynI primarily use FF, but I also use IE7 quite a bit as several sites which I have to use daily don't render properly in FF. They're both very good browsers and I've never seen it as an either/or situation.
I've actually been quite pleased with IE7 ever since I started using it back on XP. And now that I'm using Vista more it blends I love the fact that it seamlessly blends in with the UI. I much prefer its default layout/design to FF from an aesthetics and usability standpoint (even though I've used several nice FF themes over the years.) In fact, I like IE7's layout so much I downloaded the 'Vista Aero' theme for FF which basically makes FF look like IE7.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4988
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4129 (similar theme)
Our developers are all FF zealots and they always used to freak out when they saw me using this theme. But a couple of them have even started using it recently.
The biggest problem I've run into with FF is that you can easily get carried away with the extensions which then turns FF into a runaway resource hog. Keep it light and it's great. Load it up with extensions (ironically its greatest strength) and it loses its edge.
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