What browser

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[PeaceNikki]

1. I use 3, actually

Google Chrome for browsing, Firefox and IE for work.

[struggle4progress]

3. Tell me about Chrome ... cuz I have a Mac

I'm not too eager to try an unofficial port of windows tech to a mac environs, so I'm simply not gonna be able to try Chrome for several months

I've primarily used Safari and Firefox in recent years, though I've just started playing around with Devon and Opera: Devon mainly for the search utility, Opera just to try it. I like being able to set page preferences for individual tabs in Opera; the spedd dial isn't as useful as I'd expected.

So what recommends Chrome?

[PeaceNikki]

4. I love it. It's very fast,

the address bar is your Google toolbar, you can highlight text and right click to search in a new tab and it just has a good "feel" to it, IMHO.

[struggle4progress]

6. Thanx!

[LynneSin]

28. I was just going to say that I love how you can google right in the address bar

I just switched from opera to chrome

[struggle4progress]

30. Doesn't Opera let you search in the address bar?

[PeaceNikki]

37. There are plug-ins/add-ons/extentions it could use

But "out-of-the-box" it's pretty powerful and VERY fast. I like it. It's slick.

[Jamastiene]

2. I use Firefox for regular browsing.

I use Netscape 7.2 sometimes just because I miss it.
I use IE when I'm working on my myspace page (which is in shambles right now on purpose) and when I'm adding an APP to myspace, because it actually lets me scroll down to click the button. The others do not. I have 800 x 600 screen resolution. That's why.

I miss Netscape Gold. I wish someone would make Firefox 3.whateverI'musingrightnow look like Netscape Gold.

[struggle4progress]

5. You can't just scroll with a mouse scroll wheel in any browser?

[Jamastiene]

7. Not with 800 x 600 resolution.

It's only for adding apps in myspace. In Mozilla based browsers, adding apps with 800 x 600 screen resolution in Myspace doesn't scroll down far enough to click the button. Everything else works fine though. I use a recliner as a computer chair, so I keep the 800 x 600 screen resolution to help me see better.

[Madrone]

8. try seamonkey.

Best of both worlds between Netscape and Firefox. It's all I use on ALL my computers - Mac/Windows/FreeBSD

If you liked Netscape you'll LOVE Seamonkey. (formally Netscape/Mozilla prior to Firefox)

[Jamastiene]

11. Cool, thanks.

Does it include an email program? I still use Netscape for my email.

[Madrone]

18. Yep - Includes email!

Although you can install the browser only if you wish.

[Sebastian Doyle]

17. Have you tried SeaMonkey?

It's a Mozilla release, though not quite as popular as Firefox. Browser & email client combined. Pretty much like the old Netscape browser.

http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

[Madrone]

9. I voted Mozilla - but it's actually called SeaMonkey now.

SeaMonkey --- FTW!

[struggle4progress]

10. I stopped using Mozilla three or four years back because Safari gave me better results

I hadn't been aware of the name-change. Tell me what's good about Seamonkey

[Madrone]

20. Hmmm....

I just woke up and here you are making me think....:D

It has an integrated email client (if you choose - you can install the browser only) and having everything integrated uses less memory than running a separate browser and email client. It's fast. Like Firefox it has a ton of extensions. My favorite extension is Ad-Block. I haven't seen an ad in years. It's super customizable - both by tweaking the preferences and by "hacking". I've used Netscape since the WAY back and so it feels very comfortable for me. Blocks pop-ups. I have mine set so that any link I click from inside a page opens up in a new tab within the same window. It's stable.

Of course, I have my favorite settings and tweaks that I perform immediately after an install, so your default install and my custom one may be two different beasts, but then that's one of the draws. How customizable it is.

[struggle4progress]

22. Thanx. I'll play around with Seamonkey some

[Sebastian Doyle]

39. Was just reading up on SeaMonkey 2.0 (in development right now)

Apparently this version will be based more on the Firefox toolkit than the old Mozilla/Netscape structure of the current SeaMonkey. Good news for those of us who use both Firefox and Thunderbird currently, but would use an integrated suite if it "looked like" Firefox.

[pokerfan]

12. Firefox since it was called Firebird

Google Chrome looks interesting but I'm waiting until they get their security issues under control.

http://www.webproworld.com/internet-security-discussion-forum/72167-google-chrome-security-vulnerabilities.html

[struggle4progress]

13. Thanx for the link!

IIRC these problems were identified almost immediately

[hunter]

Opera. Since it first came out and fit on one floppy disk.

I liked it so much I happily paid for it.

I'll use firefox occasionally, and when I'm using a Windows machine Chrome is really growing on me.

[struggle4progress]

23. I've been playing around with Opera this week. I like it so far

[Awsi Dooger]

14. I voted for Safari as a stuffy Mac guy

It's by far the best browser I've ever voted for

[struggle4progress]

25. I have problems with Safari crashing when multiple pages are open

It may be a version issue with the software at my workplace: but if I have ten or fifteen tabs open, with several loading, the browser irregularly crashes

[mwooldri]

15. 5 installed on this PC:

IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Chrome.

Firefox gets the most use, Safari tends to be #2 for me. My wife likes IE still... my son uses whatever we give him. Opera's there for using but I generally don't, likewise I got Chrome on the machine and tried it but there's something wrong with the Flash on it I can't figure out.

[enigmatic]

16. Green Browser

http://www.morequick.com/indexen.htm

[struggle4progress]

26. Neva hoid uv it. Can you tell me why I should try it?

[Pierre.Suave]

19. I vote4d Mozilla

because Camino is a Mozilla browser.

[struggle4progress]

27. OK. I've just taken a quick look at Camino, and I have a question:

will Camino let me turn off image loading?

I've looked at Preferences and glanced over the dropdown menus; I've looked at their web help; and I can't can't find it. Of course, I might just be old and blind ...

[struggle4progress]

36. Found the answer: it can be done as a hidden preference and requires a file edit

Disable image loading

People using a dialup internet connection might not want images to load due to the costs. To stop images from loading, add the following code to your user.js file:

user_pref("permissions.default.image", 2);

Note that more options are available: 1=accept all images, 2=block all images, 3=block images from third party hosts.

http://caminobrowser.org/documentation/hiddenprefs/#DisableImageLoading

[struggle4progress]

32. Am I wrong? I don't seem to be able to rearrange tabs in Camino

Seamonkey, Safari, Firefox, Opera all let me do that

[Pierre.Suave]

33. you know what

I dont know, I never try to do those things. I never found a use for re-arranging tabs, or any of the other things other browsers do. I simply use them to browse.

I also do not think it does image blocking, but try here: http://pimpmycamino.com/ and see if there is anything there that will help.

[struggle4progress]

34. Thanx for the link! Checking it out now

As far as tab rearrangement, you give a perfectly sensible response. But here's why such a feature can be useful to me: I sometimes follow news stories in depth. I may have fifteen or twenty tabs open. Many browsers seem to open new tabs at the far right. It's sometimes helpful to sort the tabs somewhat, to compare (say) different edits from the same author more easily

[Pierre.Suave]

35. That makes sense

but all I do is surf DU and look at pron...:P

[dembotoz]

21. ie because it is what the thing came with

[struggle4progress]

29. Did IE ever add tabbed browsing? The last I looked (and it's been a while)

the only way to get tabbed was via a plug-in that had some security issues

Nitwit that I am, I used IE for years: dozens of windows open, popups everywhere

Really do yourself a favor and try Firefox. I downloaded 2.0.0.something on dialup several years ago and was overjoyed: everything in tabs and I could block annoying pop-ups

I've got 3.0.1 on a Mac and haven't had problems, but I've seen irate comments in this forum that the penultimate Firefox was better than the latest version. In any case, the older 2.0.0.whatever on my ancient PC has been a real workhorse; I've never had any problems with it, and Mozilla will continue to maintain 2.0.0.thingy until December

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

[mainegreen]

24. Firefox & Lynx. Just a note: these polls are skewed because IE people don't vote

or don't know what a browser is.

:7

[bikebloke]

31. Safari at home

But lately, I'm finding more sites that won't work and have to jump over to Firefox for them.

Firefox at work. But there's one function in our web-based software that won't work with Firefox, so I have to jump over to Exploder real quick.

[MrCoffee]

38. I'm digging on Chrome lately

Usually Firefox, but I've been playing around with Chrome a bit and like what I see so far.

[struggle4progress]

41. Any comments on Chrome beyond what PeaceNikki said in #4?

[samuraiguppy]

40. explorer is buggy for me

I used to love Netscape--but now it isn't free. I use Mozilla FireFox