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 Jun 25 2009, 06:54 PM
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Ninja  Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 4-May 09 Member No.: 93,631  |
I haven't see a good browser thread here. So what's your preferred browser, and why. Any browser specific issues you want to discuss?
My self, I am a big fan of Google Chrome, for it's speed, efficiency, and good use of space. IE8 is my backup browser. I keep a copy of Firefox around for testing purposes, but I don't use it myself. |
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Jun 25 2009, 07:00 PM
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 Outrageously Uber Ninja Group: Moderators Posts: 835 Joined: 10-April 08 From: England Member No.: 18,404 |
Chrome with Firefox as a back up. It's just not cluttered and does what it should. |
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Jun 25 2009, 07:18 PM
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 Outrageously Uber Ninja Group: Moderators Posts: 1,102 Joined: 2-June 07 From: United States Member No.: 14 |
Opera 10 beta as my main browser with Firefox and Chrome for backups. Opera is so underrated and is extremely useful when you get into it.
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Jun 25 2009, 07:51 PM
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 Outrageously Uber Ninja Group: Administrators Posts: 2,831 Joined: 11-March 07 From: UK Member No.: 9 |
Opera 9.5 for my general stuff (I don't like the new look of Opera 10), Firefox for my locked down browser (no javascript, cookies etc).
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Jun 25 2009, 08:12 PM
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Super Duper Ninja Group: Members Posts: 445 Joined: 20-October 07 From: Canada Member No.: 1,615 |
Firefox FTW.
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Jun 27 2009, 04:00 AM
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 Hosting Abuse Staff Group: Moderators Posts: 2,933 Joined: 14-February 08 From: Fort Myers FL, USA Member No.: 10,089 |
I use firefox as my main browser and have IE, Safari, Opera, and Chrome installed for testing websites I code. I use Chrome sometimes to play flash games or to browse javascript heavy websites as I have so many tabs open in firefox flash and javascript just skips along.
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Sep 24 2009, 09:55 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 24-September 09 Member No.: 111,347 |
Firefox And Gecko Browsers Ftw!
(Gecko is the firefox and netscape layout engine) |
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Sep 24 2009, 08:52 PM
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 Outrageously Uber Ninja Group: Moderators Posts: 1,562 Joined: 19-September 07 From: Rochester, NY Member No.: 86 |
I have nearly all browsers, however, I enjoy using Firefox since most of the work I do requires Firefox. Firefox also has some really cool addons that are great for developers. I also like Opera for it's fast processing.
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Nov 17 2009, 11:40 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 17-November 09 Member No.: 118,864 |
google Chrome is the best browser, when i first downloaded it, my internet was running at a lighting speed, i even checked my speed http://www.ip-details.com/internet-speed-test/ and it was normal too, hitherto i used firefox which chocked my browsing capabilities .
But the only one advantage with firefox is that it has more add ons, which makes things much easier |
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Nov 18 2009, 06:46 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 2-September 09 Member No.: 108,648 |
Firefox with its addons is my #1 browser
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Nov 21 2009, 12:47 AM
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 they call me ruffi Group: Moderators Posts: 1,651 Joined: 19-September 07 From: Hell Paso Member No.: 245 |
QUOTE(Dave @ Jun 25 2009, 02:00 PM)  Chrome with Firefox as a back up. It's just not cluttered and does what it should. exactly... |
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Dec 8 2009, 09:52 PM
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Marvellous Ninja Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: 6-July 08 From: Orlando, Florida Member No.: 43,434 |
I use Firefox, but here is a little info I found interesting (but not surprising):
Memory Usage while Browser Idle on my Computer Firefox: 39,000 K Chrome: 9,000 K and 6,000 K (runs two processes for some reason) IE: 8,000 K and 7,500 K (runs two processes for some reason) |
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Dec 8 2009, 11:08 PM
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Ninja Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 4-May 09 Member No.: 93,631 |
QUOTE(aussiemcgr @ Dec 8 2009, 09:52 PM) I use Firefox, but here is a little info I found interesting (but not surprising): Memory Usage while Browser Idle on my Computer Firefox: 39,000 K Chrome: 9,000 K and 6,000 K (runs two processes for some reason) IE: 8,000 K and 7,500 K (runs two processes for some reason) Who can tell with IE. I'm a big fan of Chrome, but I know that at least some of the speed advantage of chrome is a bit of an illusion. You will have noticed how fast second and subsequent tabs open up. It has something to do with a "pre-load" thing Google does to make its browser seem faster. I believe this second process has to do with a pre-load thing. |
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Dec 9 2009, 02:03 AM
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Marvellous Ninja Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: 6-July 08 From: Orlando, Florida Member No.: 43,434 |
Also keep in mind that I have like no toolbars on my firefox but I have got a style template I use to make it look nicer. My other computer (which runs Vista instead of Win7 like this computer) has a bunch of toolbars and stupid shit added on so Firefox runs something like 111,000 k on that one. I guess it depends on what you have added on and what operating system you are running (resource hog *cough*vista*cough*)
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Dec 9 2009, 04:23 AM
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Ninja Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 4-May 09 Member No.: 93,631 |
QUOTE(aussiemcgr @ Dec 9 2009, 02:03 AM) Also keep in mind that I have like no toolbars on my firefox but I have got a style template I use to make it look nicer. My other computer (which runs Vista instead of Win7 like this computer) has a bunch of toolbars and stupid shit added on so Firefox runs something like 111,000 k on that one. I guess it depends on what you have added on and what operating system you are running (resource hog *cough*vista*cough*) makes sense. Firefox is supposed to support a lot more in the way of plugins than Chrome, so I suppose accounts for some of the diffeence. Also chrome has very little in the way of configuration options. Myself, I don't need much in the way of bells and whistles, mostly I use my browser for research and Youtube, so I go with Chrome. |
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Dec 11 2009, 10:04 PM
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 3-December 09 Member No.: 121,106 |
I like Google Chrome but I'm sticking with firefox. Can't lose my addons. D:
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Dec 15 2009, 02:46 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 14-December 09 Member No.: 122,594 |
Firefox is at first place.
It eats memory, but I know why - because I have some pretty heavy extensions. And I couldn't live without AdblockPlus anymore. My friends stopped watching TV in realtime, they use tivo or some other service to record 24h, and they watch everything with delay of 24hours, but without stupid & boring commercials. For the same reason any browser who doesn't have possibility to strip down ads & banners is simply annoying as ads & banners you can't avoid if you are using that browser. Yes, I know that I can use systematic solution like proxy blocking ads & banners, which would then work for all browsers, but I sometimes like to check web page with ads & banners, and editing proxy rules & restarting just to see full page is just overkill. Other browsers which support extensions like Adblock & Greasemonkey are usable, and rest are plain garbage for users who don't know better  P.S. Chrome is interesting, sometimes runs fast as lightning, sometimes it hangs forever before opening pages. List would be: 1. Firefox 2. Epiphany 3. Opera 4. Midori 5. Chrome/Chromium 6. Safari 7. Konqueror 8. IE I never experienced any delay using Chromium on linux, but Chrome on WinXP sometimes behaves erraticaly (WinXP is clean install, other pc's in network behave, so I assume Chrome has some glitches....) That's reason 1 why Opera is before Chrome, reason 2 is Greasemonkey/JavaScript scripts support in Opera |
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Dec 15 2009, 07:53 PM
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Marvellous Ninja Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: 6-July 08 From: Orlando, Florida Member No.: 43,434 |
Opera has lost my business since they built a piece of crap browser for the Wii. Its mainly crap b/c the flashplayer plugin is about 2 versions behind which means I cant watch Hulu on my tv... Plus they didnt think about ad-blocking and its a single window browser, meaning all ads become the main window.
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Dec 16 2009, 12:29 AM
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Outrageously Uber Ninja Group: Administrators Posts: 2,831 Joined: 11-March 07 From: UK Member No.: 9 |
People who use ad-blockers really get on my wick... If you don't want a website's advertisements displaying, simple, don't visit their website!
A lot of websites are largely paid for by advertising, you're just leeching their bandwidth and content, if you're not contributing anything to a website, give back by viewing / clicking their advertisements, a lot of advertising networks use contextual advertising, so you never know if something they advertise might actually interest you. So stop websites running out of funds and being forced to close, just because you can't stand a few advertisements... |
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Dec 16 2009, 02:08 AM
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Marvellous Ninja Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: 6-July 08 From: Orlando, Florida Member No.: 43,434 |
QUOTE(Ed @ Dec 16 2009, 12:29 AM) People who use ad-blockers really get on my wick... If you don't want a website's advertisements displaying, simple, don't visit their website! A lot of websites are largely paid for by advertising, you're just leeching their bandwidth and content, if you're not contributing anything to a website, give back by viewing / clicking their advertisements, a lot of advertising networks use contextual advertising, so you never know if something they advertise might actually interest you. So stop websites running out of funds and being forced to close, just because you can't stand a few advertisements... I understand the point of ads, but I'm saying the particular browser on the Wii sets the last loaded page as the main page, where in this situation is the ads. So you can visit a website and just end up with the ad without actually visiting the site since the ads load last. And going back doesnt work b/c it just reloads the page and gives you the god damn ads again. Its a pain-in-the-ass feature that makes it nearly impossible to surf (why does everything on the Wii have to be harder?). The only plus in all of this is that the browser is free  . I dont know what is up with Nintendo, but they seem to like to give alot away for free...
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