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Wich browser do you prefer ?
Internet explorer 9 15%  15%  [ 14 ]
Firefox 35%  35%  [ 32 ]
Opera 21%  21%  [ 19 ]
Chrome 29%  29%  [ 26 ]
Safari 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Total votes : 91
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 PostPost subject: The best internet browser ...?!        Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:54 pm 
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i think firefox is starting to s*** with every build they release it gets worse.i installed ie9 today and i noticed its faster then firefox... pages load real fast
what do you think about ie9 ?

(im making a poll cause i need options and advices)


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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:57 pm 
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I prefer Opera and can't use IE, because I'm on Ubuntu. So I have 2 browsers.

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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:03 pm 
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Chrome.

IE9 is still in development (maybe when the development of IE9 is done, I'll test it) and Firefox is very sloooooooow.


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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:06 pm 
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Well, Internet Explorer 9 is definitly better than previous IE versions, but i still prefer Firefox with all it's addons and i think it's faster.
I'm using nightly builds of Firefox 4 and i love to use it, though it uses more ram but it's not much noticable with my 4GB DDR3 RAM.
Opera 11 isn't bad after all, but i tried no scipt and it doesn't worked and there aren't many good addons out yet, i think i'll check it out in a year or so.


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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:23 pm 
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i used firefox for more than 5 years and i dont love it anymore
so far ie9 is okay
opera is cool but i dont like the "flash" thing.. "click to activate this content..." otherwise the flash movie wont play


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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:00 pm 
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FF just seem unstable to me
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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:07 pm 
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opera is cool but i dont like the "flash" thing.. "click to activate this content..." otherwise the flash movie wont play


I got used to it already. Always pressing 2 times, for example, to play a movie on YouTube.

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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:45 pm 
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Found IE9 to be surprisingly good. Still find the GUI a bit odd and too much like the Longhorn builds which make it look very old now, but it's fast, compatible and it does the job perfectly well.


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I love IE9, it's become my main browser. While that was switching from Chrome (I trust Google less and less by the day), I ditched Firefox ages ago. It lost its way big-time around the release of 3.x. Firefox appealed to many users on the basis it was lighter and faster than IE. They lost track of that some time ago, and just kept expanding it's featureset and ignored that base of users who just wanted a browser, and one that worked as fast as possible. It's something that Chrome rediscovered and MS have ran with in IE9.

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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:54 pm 
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I remember the IE8 beta, it was great compared to IE7. I unfortunately can't install it because Vista SP2 won't install for an unknown reason. It always fails.


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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:29 am 
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Firefox was great and its still my primary browser but its starting to get bulky. Firefox 2 was the last version that felt slim to me. Its still the most customizable browser with the most addons out there at the moment. I have tried Chrome but I can't stand its overly simple UI and lack of features. It is getting better now that it has addon support.

I dont think I'll ever use IE9. It is nice that it will support modern features like HTML5, maybe the web can move forward when it comes out.

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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:35 am 
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No one uses Safari? Isn't it supposed to be faster than FireFox?
IE9 is Windows-Only so I will never use it…

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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:38 am 
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finkmacunix wrote:
No one uses Safari? Isn't it supposed to be faster than FireFox?
IE9 is Windows-Only so I will never use it…


I used to use safari as my main windows browser, i loved the bookmarks bar, turned off that top sites rubbish,
Only stopped using it as an update meant it crashed a lot so went to chrome, and when i rebuilt my machine i never went back...
Probably why i use chrome as my main browser now, the browser sync over all your operating systems install e.g. bookmarks, forms, passwords, so much better than manually redoing it.

I have the same system with opera link, rarely use opera though, mainly use it on my phone.


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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:32 am 
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i used safari for 2 months ...
only thing i hate at ie 9 is "when you open/close a new tab it gives a error "internet explorer has stoped working",but only the tab,ie 9 remains open,i get it rarely... and the reason:its from addons
http://www.webtlk.com/2010/09/16/how-to ... er-9-beta/
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 PostPost subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ?        Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:46 am 
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I dont think I'll ever use IE9. It is nice that it will support modern features like HTML5, maybe the web can move forward when it comes out.


web would move forward without IE 8-)
actualy it did *hehe*

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 PostPost subject: Re: The best browser...?!        Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:01 pm 
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IE9's not bad but most of the time I use my Mac, and it's WebKit and has builtin syncing, it's my favourite.

Besides, I like Google.


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 PostPost subject: Re: The best browser...?!        Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:38 pm 
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What does this have to do with games?

Moved to the proper forum

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 PostPost subject: Re: The best browser...?!        Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:46 pm 
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It's the best and fastest.

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Firefox has everything I want, especially from its addons. I haven't tried Opera or Chrome because there isn't a reason to do so.


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I use Chrome, but when its memory management struggles (a single tab eating 450 MB RAM, it's worse than Firefox 2) I use IE7.

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Firefox,

It third party plugins are supiroly vast compared to IE, Chrome, and Oprea,
it can run multiple tabs at the start, without having to be manualy upgraded,
and it can proccess multiple downloads in one simple download tab. Beleave me when I say, Firefox is the way to browse.


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 PostPost subject: Re: The best internet browser ...?!        Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:38 pm 
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Personally, I like Chrome and Opera is pretty decent at the moment. IE9 is actually improving, hopefully they will release a browser that isn't frowned upon like IE7 + 8 ;).

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 PostPost subject: Re: The best internet browser ...?!        Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:38 pm 
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Honestly, I prefer Firefox with the Fasterfox add-on...combats the "slowness" of it :P

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