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    What's your browser? v2.0

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by crash, Jul 12, 2009.

  1. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    I find myself using IE more than any other browser. I do have Firefox v3.5, Opera, Chrome, and Safari installed, but I don't use them much.
     
    dbam987, Jul 14, 2009
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  2. nu_D

    nu_D Notebook Deity

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    FF3.5

    If you're not using it, get it along with Ad-Block Plus, and I promise you you won't go back.

    For a while I was sort of baffled about all the talk about advertising revenue and what not until I give Chrome a shot and realized that seemingly 65% of websites were ads. Heck, even this site is littered with ads. Then it all made sense... I had forgotten I was using Ad-Block and the net had ads. lol.

    You will never go back after you've surfed without ads.
     
    nu_D, Jul 14, 2009
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  3. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    but i'll rather support the sites/blog/whatever who uses ads to get some revenue... don't really mind the ads

    //Opera fan here...
     
    paper_wastage, Jul 14, 2009
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  4. hatrox

    hatrox Notebook Consultant

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    I'll never use anything other than Firefox.
     
    hatrox, Jul 14, 2009
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  5. magma_saber

    magma_saber Notebook Consultant

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    ff ftw!!!!
     
    magma_saber, Jul 14, 2009
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  6. yuyi64

    yuyi64 Notebook Consultant

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    Firefox 3.5.1 is out. Update now!
     
    yuyi64, Jul 16, 2009
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  7. tuηay

    tuηay o TuNaY o

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    Internet Explorer
     
    tuηay, Jul 17, 2009
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  8. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    I use Opera mini for my phone, i wish firefox would develop a mobile version.
     
    flipfire, Jul 17, 2009
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  9. BHD

    BHD Notebook Deity

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    chrome on XP and FF on vista :D

    IE is way too slow (loading+scrolling) and couldn't get used to opera and safari.
     
    BHD, Jul 17, 2009
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  10. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    they do. it's called ferret right now, and in alpha for windows mobile.. so not yet very far, but they're working on it.
     
    davepermen, Jul 17, 2009
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  11. Reaper05

    Reaper05 Notebook Evangelist

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    chrome for the main then ff is something doesnt work on chrome.(haven't seen anything yet)
     
    Reaper05, Jul 17, 2009
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  12. Hiker

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    Hiker, Jul 17, 2009
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  13. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Google Chrome FTW! ;) :D

    ...faster than Firefox.
     
    ahl395, Jul 17, 2009
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  14. NAS Ghost

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    Once again, FF dominates.
     
    NAS Ghost, Jul 18, 2009
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  15. Zizard

    Zizard Notebook Geek

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    Firefox for general tasks, but chrome's element inspector can be extremely useful.
     
    Zizard, Jul 18, 2009
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  16. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    ever clicked an ad except out of accident? if no, you can as well just block them :)

    i've seen enough tech-pages having 50% of their screen space filled with ads, and about 15% of the screen filled with ACTUAL CONTENT.

    now, those pages are mostly white, still not much more content :) but at least no annoying animations and blinking everywhere.

    adblock is great for every notebook user that wants to browse while on battery. flash ads are everywhere on the web, and they kill your battery life.
    and it kills the need for the cpu fans to spin up all the time just for animating the stuff that you don't care about.

    adblock is good for you. i'd love to have adblock for tv, too.... :)
     
    davepermen, Jul 18, 2009
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  17. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Buts once again, its still slower than Chrome! :D :p ;)
     
    ahl395, Jul 18, 2009
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  18. Angelic

    Angelic Kickin' back :3

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    My FF 3.5 without addons is just as fast. With the juicy addons...well you can't hardly see a difference anyway. :rolleyes:
     
    Angelic, Jul 18, 2009
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  19. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    get an ssd, and suddenly you won't care about chrome anymore .. :) everything is like chrome, then.. and the power of firefox puts chrome out of the game with ease.
     
    davepermen, Jul 18, 2009
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  20. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    I just noticed the latest firefox is very slow when searching through my History. :(

    It freezes everything for a few seconds.

    It might have something to do about my history over 2 years old.
     
    flipfire, Jul 19, 2009
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  21. yuyi64

    yuyi64 Notebook Consultant

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    2 years? I think it's time you clear your history!
     
    yuyi64, Jul 19, 2009
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  22. halofanatic333

    halofanatic333 Notebook Consultant

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    IE for my main, but I use FF as a backup
     
    halofanatic333, Jul 19, 2009
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  23. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    FF 3.5 all the time, I've got a few add-ons and it works perfectly, nothing better out there.
     
    usapatriot, Jul 19, 2009
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  24. Beric1

    Beric1 Notebook Evangelist

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    Safari on Mac, Firefox on Windows.
     
    Beric1, Jul 19, 2009
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  25. phomanny

    phomanny Notebook Consultant

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    wow a lot more people using ie than i thought. go ie!!
     
    phomanny, Aug 18, 2009
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  26. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'm good old Internet Exlorer since IE8 came out :)

    I've got FF too though.
     
    DetlevCM, Aug 18, 2009
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  27. Guntraitor Sagara

    Guntraitor Sagara Notebook Evangelist

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    It would have been Safari if it was not flirting on my CPU resources a lot. :rolleyes:

    Still Opera baby!
     
    Guntraitor Sagara, Aug 18, 2009
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  28. xTank Jones16x

    xTank Jones16x PC Elitist

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    Chrome for me.

    Is wicked fast, more so than FF IMO.

    I use both, but I grown to love the sleek style of Chrome, and how the majority of the browser is the webpage, and not much else.

    Plus I LOVE how the address bar doubles as a search bar too!
     
    xTank Jones16x, Aug 18, 2009
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  29. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    ff user, but voted chrome, i been using chrome for two months now and it's been good to me.
    still hooked to ff plugins though. :p
     
    tianxia, Aug 18, 2009
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  30. NJoy

    NJoy Няшka

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    Firefox! I'm loving it!
     
    NJoy, Aug 18, 2009
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  31. alanyan

    alanyan Newbie

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    IE8 is my first choice, and FF and chrome are the backup.
     
    alanyan, Aug 18, 2009
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  32. TevashSzat

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    Opera is my primary browser with Firefox 3 as backup and then IE8 as backup after that if nothing else works (doubtful)
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 18, 2009
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  33. neilnat

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    Chrome. Not for speed, but for vertical space. It's just tabs, address/search bar, bookmark bar, then usable space. Not having the title bar at the top is priceless.
     
    neilnat, Aug 18, 2009
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  34. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    Firefox definitely for its add-ons.
     
    fred2028, Aug 18, 2009
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  35. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    I customized Opera to remove the menu bar, so right now, it has a tiny bit more vertical space than Chrome, even with the title bar gone in Chrome. :)
     
    MidnightSun, Aug 18, 2009
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  36. freaksavior

    freaksavior Notebook Enthusiast

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    I prefer FF but sometimes use safari
     
    freaksavior, Aug 18, 2009
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  37. Laptopaddict

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    Firefox all the way

    BTW How to block off sending referrer information in Firefox like you can do in Opera ?
     
    Laptopaddict, Aug 18, 2009
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  38. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    qhn, Aug 19, 2009
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  39. zijin_cheng

    zijin_cheng Notebook Evangelist

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    I have dialup and was wondering which browser would give me shortest load times in webpages.
     
    zijin_cheng, Aug 19, 2009
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  40. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    None! This, you have to play with your network/modem connectivity options.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Aug 19, 2009
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  41. Nankuru

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    Opera 10, currently in beta, has a feature to allow faster loading of web pages on slow connexions. Haven't tries 10 yet, but it is supposed to be quite effective.
     
    Nankuru, Aug 20, 2009
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  42. coolguy

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    I am using (switched to) FF 3.5 since I don't need to type user names and passwords in web pages. IE 8 doesn't do this well.
     
    coolguy, Aug 20, 2009
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  43. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    IE7, it doesn't cause huge slow downs like FF
     
    yuio, Aug 20, 2009
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  44. TevashSzat

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    I haven't used Turbo Mode in Opera 10 beta since I have cable and there would be no point but apparently, if you have it one, the files are first sent to servers where they are compressed before they're sent to you. Would probably be useful to people with dialup but I wouldn't know how much of a difference you would see.
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 20, 2009
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  45. zOne31

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    Google Chrome. Firefox comes second.
     
    zOne31, Aug 21, 2009
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