Post 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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Post 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.
Post 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
Post 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.
Post subject: Re: IE 9..is it that great ? Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:46 pm
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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.
Post 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.
Post 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.
Post 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.
Post 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/ (i renamed the topic and the poll so ppl can search or who knows)
Post subject: Re: The best browser...?! Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:35 am
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Post subject: Re: The best internet browser ...?! Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 3:54 pm
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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.
Post 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 .
Post subject: Re: The best internet browser ...?! Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:53 am
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World wide web, and Mosaic, don't take so much ram!(joke) For me is Netscape 7, but for the actual choice , i would say Opera because of mail included . (i like FF too)
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