Which browser do you use?

[Computer890]

why does it matter about different internet browsers anyway/


are internet speeds are still far too slow

 

[Zarrix]

IE= Less Smooth, No addon's and more Viruses/Spyware than you can poke a stick at.

 

[Computer890]

but what is the difference between firefox, opera or chrome?

i mean they all seem the same to me.

is it just a pissing contest between the browsers?

 

[Zarrix]

but what is the difference between firefox, opera or chrome?

i mean they all seem the same to me.

is it just a pissing contest between the browsers?

If youre someone who just goes on the internet and only likes to browse a couple of websites a day and/or check the e-mail, then you won't really notice a lot of difference between the web browsers. On the other hand, if you are like me, and spend half your day on the internet, then you want the best, and believe me, once you go from internet explorer to firefox or even any other browser it is like going back and getting in your 20 year old car after buying and driving the latest model.

 

[Computer890]

i heard interenet explorer 8 is suppose to be good

 

[do you know george?]

I use Firefox because of the AdBlock add-on, and just recently discovered the Speed Dial add-on which lets you replicate the feature in Chrome/Opera where your favourite sites get thumbnailed on your homepage and you can just click on them.

 

[Zarrix]

Ad-Block is gods gift to geeks =D

 

[Ingall]

If you haven't used it in a while, then you definitely need to upgrade to a newer version. Newest version out via the dev channel is 2.0.169.1.

Download this: http://chromium.googlecode.com/files/chromechannel-2.0.exe and change the channel to 'dev'

Then restart Chrome. Click the spanner/tools menu and then 'About Chrome'. It will check for updates and find 2.0.169.1

Thanks for that, but still no good unfortunately. When I click the link to the image I upload, I just get the broken image icon instead. When I copy the URL and paste it in Firefox it comes up as it should.

 

[Refried Noodle]

When did Opera first come out? Feels like I've been using it for about six years now.

 

[sblack]

Thanks for that, but still no good unfortunately. When I click the link to the image I upload, I just get the broken image icon instead. When I copy the URL and paste it in Firefox it comes up as it should.

Works fine for me. Just uploaded something about 5 minutes ago. Try emailing the dev team or something

 

[Hellbourne]

Can't beat Firefox with Ad-Block Plus and No Script. Fantastic addons

 

[old_clint]

When did Opera first come out? Feels like I've been using it for about six years now.

Version 2.1 was the first Wide Release in December 1996.

 

[grimlock]

IE8 is out!

 

[JuddyBuddy]

IE8 is out!

Who cares!

 

[JuddyBuddy]

I use Firefox because of the AdBlock add-on, and just recently discovered the Speed Dial add-on which lets you replicate the feature in Chrome/Opera where your favourite sites get thumbnailed on your homepage and you can just click on them.

Just installed the speed dial add-on. Looks alright, but I gotta say the thumbnail generation seems a little dodgy. Any way to get it to take a thumb of the whole page, or at least whats above the fold? I have superfooty on there and all I get is basically a thumb of the header part of the page. ATP Tennis website looks messed up too, for some reason the flash elements don't show in the thumb.

 

[Zarrix]

IE8 is out!

news to me! not particularly interesting news though...

 

[do you know george?]

Just installed the speed dial add-on. Looks alright, but I gotta say the thumbnail generation seems a little dodgy. Any way to get it to take a thumb of the whole page, or at least whats above the fold? I have superfooty on there and all I get is basically a thumb of the header part of the page. ATP Tennis website looks messed up too, for some reason the flash elements don't show in the thumb.

I must admit Chrome and Opera do it better, but I guess in Firefox Speed Dial you could manually print screen a webpage, resize it down so it doesn't distort, then press Edit on the Speed Dial window and tick Make Image From... (image location).



As a side note I would use Chrome because it seems to load pretty quickly, but uninstalled it because GoogleUpdate.exe kept running in the background trying to connect to its update servers. Turns out the uninstall did not remove GoogleUpdate.exe and you had to do it manually.

 

[FIGJAM]

I must admit Chrome and Opera do it better, but I guess in Firefox Speed Dial you could manually print screen a webpage, resize it down so it doesn't distort, then press Edit on the Speed Dial window and tick Make Image From... (image location).

I prefer logos over webpages for Firefox.

You can search for them under properties, advanced and then the magnifying glass, which will take you to something like this:

http://userlogos.org/logos/top-rated?filter0=en.wikipedia.org

Chrome and Opera's speed dial / most visited solutions are amateur hour when compared with the Safari 4 Beta.

 

[sblack]

I prefer logos over webpages for Firefox.

You can search for them under properties, advanced and then the magnifying glass, which will take you to something like this:

http://userlogos.org/logos/top-rated?filter0=en.wikipedia.org

Chrome and Opera's speed dial / most visited solutions are amateur hour when compared with the Safari 4 Beta.

That's true. Safari 4's Speed Dial is very well designed and looks great