Best Browser ! (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome & Cie)

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  1. Thom_bad

    Thom_bad Regular Member

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    I all :)

    I have bought my laptop in September and now that i'm living my indepedant-student life, i spent more and more time on internet :)

    So i wonder which browser do you use, why, how ?

    Cheers,

    Thom
     
  2. george@chongwei

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    Personally i prefer mozilla firefox and google chrome though.
    No why.:D Just my personal preferance. They didn't crash while i surfing the net.

    My advice: DO NOT use internet explorer. It's useless though..:p... keep crashing and some sites u can't really open them though.
     
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    i'm hooked on IE...heeeelp!!..But Mozilla Firefox, every so often..
     
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    Firefox with ABP or SRWare Iron ;)
     
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    "ABP & SRW" ?

    at the moment i use all of them haha at the same time :D
     
  6. Destricto_Ense

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    Firefox nightlies for me, aka Minefield.
     
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    Adblock Plus plugin [​IMG] and "Iron" is Google Crome without Google Spykit or something :p;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRWare_Iron
    But I don't really use it anymore since it didn't have Adblock Plus which is a must-have ...
     
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    looks like the nicest one is Safari :)
     
  9. wilfredlgf

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    Anything but Internet Explorer - but that doesn't mean any yahoo who comes out with a browser is good.

    My personal favourite had always been the Netscape/Mozilla projects, used

    Netscape Navigator
    Netscape Communicator
    Mozilla
    Mozilla Firebird - yes, at one point this was the name
    Mozilla Firefox - current favourite and primary browser

    Would have no issues to use Chrome, if need be - nice piece of software.

    Safari is good if you are on a Mac, otherwise it sucks on other platforms as well as silently installing things you don't need to the computer. And no, I did not make this up from hearsay - I experienced them all myself.

    It's ironic that the first thing I do when connected to the Internet after a fresh format of the PC is to use IE to download Firefox...
     
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    Chrome is my main browser.

    firefox is secondary.
     
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    ..how abt downloading Chrome??..do you use IE or Firefox?..:confused:
     
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    I think overall chrome is the best.. although it is not the perfect one just yet.
     
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    Considering I don't use IE, it must be the Red Panda itself.

    Google are one of fund contributors the Mozilla project anyway and does not look to supplant Firefox with Chrome.
     
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    ahh.. adblock plus;).. love that besides the fasterfox...:cool: that's 1 of the advantage of using MF.
     
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    haha that's so funny..
     
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    Been always a fan of the Mozilla team. Still uses their final Navigator 9.0.0.6 though the supports are dwindling...it doesn't matter so long as Firefox keeps doing what is right!

    Chrome? Great. Firefox? Super-duper! Most of my friends complains about Firefox's being a memory hugger. Well, it is and understandably the reason is due primarily to the ever fluctuating costs of memory chips nowadays! But most importantly, it needs all the memory it needs to secure our surfing experience. In a nutshell, it is dependable and secure (much more secure than any other browser. Like Netscape, Firefox is like a fortress...naturally, w/o need for elaboration...it does needs all the memory!

    People trailing behind to eavesdrop may not know that the crumbs dropped like a Hans Christian Andersen classic are only done so intentionally!
     
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    Simple Tweaks to make Firefox load page much much Faster 100% Working

    For me, it's Firefox Hands down :cool:

    Forget about IE (IE + VISTA is an absolute NO NO :crying:)

    Anyway, I came across some simple tweaks guide to make Mozilla Firefox very Fast & I would like to share with u guys (some of u might already done it as it's easily found by google it)

    First of all, get the latest update version of Firefox, & clear all browsing history (optional)


    The following method are guides which I came across:


    Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit Enter. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
    • network.http.pipelining
    • network.http.proxy.pipelining
    • network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

    • Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

    Alter the entries as follows
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    • Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
    • Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
    • Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 150. This means it will make 150 requests at once.

    Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″.
    This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.


    After u have done all the above, close your firefox & open it again.


    u will notice the changes have make Firefox load pages MUCH MUCH faster :D
     
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    I'm a Mac user hence...
     
  20. Pete LSD

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    Macs are so much faster, period.
     

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