Web Browser?

Little Bird · 09-20-2005, 10:57 PM

Just curious which one you use the most.

I have just downloaded the new ad free Opera browser. I have never used it before anyway as I was put off by the ads but I am already liking it.

I have used Firefox for a while now but chop and change between it and IE depending on where I am.

Veilingmeat · 09-20-2005, 11:51 PM

Always been using Internet Explorer...but would'nt mind going for Firefox, i heard its better for browser settings etc...i.e such as it'll accept most picture posts within forums without having all those poxy red crosses all the time, and less adds apparently!? ....just going by all that i'v heard...a bunch of bolony it may be ;)

WhatWouldJewelDo · 09-21-2005, 01:10 AM

I'm on a Mac, and plus, I use AOL ( :cry: ) so, I use the AOL browser and Safari (the Apple browser, which btw, kicks any other browsers butt!!) and I think the AOL browser is an ancient version of IE, but im not sure.

Little Bird · 09-21-2005, 07:29 AM

Marc, Firefox has many good points. It is exactly as you said and also, less likely to be hit with Spyware and Viruses than IE. I do find it a bit slow and has a couple of fiddly points. I still use it though, especially when testing graphics and for regular websites I visit. But I sometimes get a bit frustrated with it's slight picture load lag but that's just coz I'm a bit fussier.

I have always like the potential of Opera but really, the whole ad banner crap just put me off. Now that they got rid of that (with the exception of Ebay Comparison bar and Amazon Search bar) my firewall hasn't even bugged me once. Big change from IE! It is also very fast and loads in nano second speed. I'm sure it would benefit our dial-up members. I will see how I get on using it a bit more.

bluediamond · 09-21-2005, 08:39 AM

ewww we have a mac user.

:bowns:

:lalala:
dave

doyouwanttoplay · 09-22-2005, 08:39 AM

Firefox all the way baby! Best change I ever made :)

Those new iMac G5's are sexy as feck, and I want one. But the idea of OS X Tiger gives me the heeby jeebies!

WhatWouldJewelDo · 09-27-2005, 12:40 AM

hehe... i have one!! (imac G5)

Dave, umm... no.

btw.. those power mac g5's look like cheese graters, i laugh everytime i see one.

doyouwanttoplay · 09-27-2005, 06:57 AM

I think I've decided to myself I can't justify ?900 on an iMac G5. What I'm probably going to do instead is spend a few hundred on a cube PC instead :)

WhatWouldJewelDo · 10-01-2005, 08:12 AM

have fun staring at the "blue screen of death" a month after you get it... :D

im so mean to PCers

BTW.............. true fact:

I had my iBook G3 for THREE YEARS with everyday use without crashing/freezing/breaking/virusing/whatever PCs do

Little Bird · 10-02-2005, 12:30 PM

Just know that you cant upgrade your cube PC. If you want to improve anything like your sound card, graphics card etc, there will be no slots to put them. Everything is onboard

View Poll Results: Which web browser do you use?
Internet Explorer	7	77.78%
Firefox	1	11.11%
Opera	0	0%
Netscape	0	0%
Other	1	11.11%
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09-20-2005, 10:57 PM	#1
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	Just curious which one you use the most. I have just downloaded the new ad free Opera browser. I have never used it before anyway as I was put off by the ads but I am already liking it. I have used Firefox for a while now but chop and change between it and IE depending on where I am. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

09-20-2005, 11:51 PM	#2
Veilingmeat Veiling yet very Meaty Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dismal Euphonic Ol' Blighty! Posts: 885 Rep Power: 0	Always been using Internet Explorer...but would'nt mind going for Firefox, i heard its better for browser settings etc...i.e such as it'll accept most picture posts within forums without having all those poxy red crosses all the time, and less adds apparently!? ....just going by all that i'v heard...a bunch of bolony it may be ;) __________________ Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy! Oh, Satan! one and unique God of my soul, inspire thou in me something yet more, present further perversions to my smoking heart, and then shalt thou see how I shall plunge myself into them all! -Marquis De Sade-

09-21-2005, 01:10 AM	#3
WhatWouldJewelDo Members Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 507 Rep Power: 0	I'm on a Mac, and plus, I use AOL ( :cry: ) so, I use the AOL browser and Safari (the Apple browser, which btw, kicks any other browsers butt!!) and I think the AOL browser is an ancient version of IE, but im not sure. __________________ <span style=\'font-family:Courier\'><span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\'><span style=\'color:yellow\'> how 'bout stopping eating when I'm full up how 'bout me not blaming you for everything how 'bout me enjoying the moment for once how 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out thank you India thank you terror thank you disillusionment thank you nothingness thank you clarity thank you thank you silence</span></span></span>

09-21-2005, 07:29 AM	#4
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	Marc, Firefox has many good points. It is exactly as you said and also, less likely to be hit with Spyware and Viruses than IE. I do find it a bit slow and has a couple of fiddly points. I still use it though, especially when testing graphics and for regular websites I visit. But I sometimes get a bit frustrated with it's slight picture load lag but that's just coz I'm a bit fussier. I have always like the potential of Opera but really, the whole ad banner crap just put me off. Now that they got rid of that (with the exception of Ebay Comparison bar and Amazon Search bar) my firewall hasn't even bugged me once. Big change from IE! It is also very fast and loads in nano second speed. I'm sure it would benefit our dial-up members. I will see how I get on using it a bit more. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

09-21-2005, 08:39 AM	#5
bluediamond Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South East England / Russia Posts: 1,692 Rep Power: 10	ewww we have a mac user. :bowns: :lalala: dave __________________ Please clicking a few of these : http://www.HQ13.com http://www.russianradio.info http://www.stabletours.info http://www.personalcleaners.com

09-22-2005, 08:39 AM	#6
doyouwanttoplay Members Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Camberley, Surrey UK Posts: 132 Rep Power: 230	Firefox all the way baby! Best change I ever made :) Those new iMac G5's are sexy as feck, and I want one. But the idea of OS X Tiger gives me the heeby jeebies!

09-27-2005, 12:40 AM	#7
WhatWouldJewelDo Members Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 507 Rep Power: 0	hehe... i have one!! (imac G5) Dave, umm... no. btw.. those power mac g5's look like cheese graters, i laugh everytime i see one. __________________ <span style=\'font-family:Courier\'><span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\'><span style=\'color:yellow\'> how 'bout stopping eating when I'm full up how 'bout me not blaming you for everything how 'bout me enjoying the moment for once how 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out thank you India thank you terror thank you disillusionment thank you nothingness thank you clarity thank you thank you silence</span></span></span>

09-27-2005, 06:57 AM	#8
doyouwanttoplay Members Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Camberley, Surrey UK Posts: 132 Rep Power: 230	I think I've decided to myself I can't justify ?900 on an iMac G5. What I'm probably going to do instead is spend a few hundred on a cube PC instead :)

10-01-2005, 08:12 AM	#9
WhatWouldJewelDo Members Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 507 Rep Power: 0	have fun staring at the "blue screen of death" a month after you get it... :D im so mean to PCers BTW.............. true fact: I had my iBook G3 for THREE YEARS with everyday use without crashing/freezing/breaking/virusing/whatever PCs do __________________ <span style=\'font-family:Courier\'><span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\'><span style=\'color:yellow\'> how 'bout stopping eating when I'm full up how 'bout me not blaming you for everything how 'bout me enjoying the moment for once how 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out thank you India thank you terror thank you disillusionment thank you nothingness thank you clarity thank you thank you silence</span></span></span>

10-02-2005, 12:30 PM	#10
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	Just know that you cant upgrade your cube PC. If you want to improve anything like your sound card, graphics card etc, there will be no slots to put them. Everything is onboard __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom