Best Browser

[maddmaxx]

Well not wanting to sound like I'm pimping Opera(which I am,BTW) I'm sure you all know that it's free now and simply the best there is, IMHO. http://promote.opera.com/logos/Opera1.gif
http://www.opera.com/

[madmat]

Does it allow you to import bookmarks from Firefox? I disliked that lack before.

[maddmaxx]

Yes it does. You simply click on the expand button in bookmarks and then click on file and you get a dropdown and it's right there. Go get it and try it again.;) http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e174/maddmaxx1/Opera.jpg

[Rob Williams]

Lynx is the best browser!

Opera is ok, but I still prefer Firefox. I like how Opera follows all the standards and is ultra quick to patch security holes. I just could not get to enjoy it like I did with Firefox.. I found it too clunky.

Last time I used it was before it became free.

[maddmaxx]

I just find it way faster than anything else. Firefox has it's good points and definately more bells and whistles than Opera. I have not tried Lynx but I will give it a look for sure.

[Rob Williams]

Hehe, I was semi-joking about Lynx. It's a text based browser that is great if you need to log into a remote server running Linux. It's available for Windows, but it's text based so it's not so popular :)

I know what you mean about Firefox, it does have a lot of bells and whistles but it's not overloaded. It has so many extensions that I have come to rely on, and it would be great to see if Opera could match that functionality.

I do hand it to Opera, they are up against some massive competition. You know that a CEO cares about his browser when he offers to swim across an ocean ;)

[maddmaxx]

Well I figured that out as soon as I got to the Lynx home page, Heh. D'oh

[madstork91]

I tried orpera because of the post... Its alot faster, but i find the the way it works to be different enough from its competitors to be uncomfotable for me to use... I still have it installed and may use it in the future.

[CoolZone]

with opera in the latest releases i get high cpu usages

[Cool Barn]

I have read in a number of places that Opera is the fastest browser out there, so I am very tempted to give it a try. To be honest though I like the bells and whistles of Firefox - some of the extensions and themes you can download are really nice and handy. Not to mention that there are a number of tweaks available to make Firefox run quicker than at its default settings, so even though Opera may be slightly faster I'd hardly call Firefox a slouch in the speed department.

I guess it comes down to whatever browser you try first. If you get used to Opera you'll probably prefer Opera; if you get used to Firefox you'll probably prefer Firefox.

Only noobs and masochists prefer Internet Explorer :D

[Jakal]

I noticed FireFox was a bit slow when I first started using it, but found a solution in <a href ="http://www.totalidea.com/freestuff4.htm">FireTune</a>.

[andanton]

I must be the minority here. I think that Microsoft IE 6 is the best browser. Not because I like Microsoft.

I think IE 6 is the best because its the most compatible. Everything works with it and all web sites look the way they were designed to look.

[Uc-ker]

I must be the minority here. I think that Microsoft IE 6 is the best browser. Not because I like Microsoft.

Guess who else uses it? Yeah, me too.

[xstatic]

I'm a FireFox user. Couldn't live without my FireFox :)

[Cool Barn]

I must be the minority here. I think that Microsoft IE 6 is the best browser. Not because I like Microsoft.

I think IE 6 is the best because its the most compatible. Everything works with it and all web sites look the way they were designed to look.
The only reason all sites work with it is because web developers are forced to specifically code for IE because it has such a huge user base. It is actually a pain in the arse for developers because oftentimes it follows the "Microsoft standard" and not general Web standards.

So I agree with you that it is compatible with everything, but I don't know where you get the notion that it displays websites "the way they were designed to look". The vast majority of browsers that strictly adhere to Web standards like Opera and Firefox display webpages the way they are supposed to look. Internet Explorer displays them a little differently according to how Microsoft believe they should look.

[Angela Miller]

I like using Firefox because of the tabs.

[living_joke]

I like using Firefox because of the tabs.

Thats' the same reason why I use FireFox. The tabs feature is very nice. I also prefer to get away from Microsoft products as much as I can.

[anibalX]

Opera for me is the best.. VEERY customizable, many options and i like very much to hide images when i only wanna read.. and the pop up blocker is very eficient

[discharge]

Remember the good old days when Netscape was the best browser?

Nowadays I use FireFox, only because I feel safer using a non-Microsoft browser. Microsoft IE has way too many security holes.

[phonywish]

Thumbs up for Opera. Plenty of updates on a frequent enough basis. Has all the feaures I could dream of wanting. It does not drain all my system resources like other browsers I tryed. Runs smoothly.

[Fr00zen]

My opinion is that IE is the best browser. It does take a little technical know-how to set it up correctly, but it can be run 100% safely. I use open in another window to open as many windows as I want, and just alt-tab between them. I don't need or miss any of the features in browsers like FireFox. I heard about FireFox's tabs but I'm happy with my IE.

[Angela Miller]

The only time I use IE is when I need to access an ftp website like my school website requiring a log-in. I really don't believe IE can be 100% safe unless you only check email and still you have to be careful.

[Rob Williams]

IE is the best browser just like sex without a condom is smart.

[supramax]

IE is the best browser just like sex without a condom is smart.

Have you had issues with IE in the past that made you not like it. Could you list what the issues were, so others can be aware of them?

[Cool Barn]

Have you had issues with IE in the past that made you not like it. Could you list what the issues were, so others can be aware of them?
Wow, you want to know about all the issues associated with Internet Explorer? I think it would be much quicker for Rob to list the things he DOES like about it ;)

[fullpicture]

Wow, you want to know about all the issues associated with Internet Explorer? I think it would be much quicker for Rob to list the things he DOES like about it ;)

He speaks the truth. Microsoft itself will post page long explanations about a <i>single</i> bug in IE. Imagine how many pages it would take to explain thousands of bugs?

[skyrise]

This thread really only discusses browsers that run under win?

What is the favorite browser people use when running under linux?

[Cool Barn]

He speaks the truth. Microsoft itself will post page long explanations about a <i>single</i> bug in IE. Imagine how many pages it would take to explain thousands of bugs?
Exactly right my friend.

Then after you have explained the thousands of bugs and security issues you have to detail how and why Microsoft have stuck by and promoted their own standards instead of those of W3C as adhered to by all other browsers. Then why not mention how IE killed superior browsers like Netscape by unfairly monopolising the market, and how Microsoft got around this by imbedding Explorer so tightly into the shell that it couldn't be removed. Then mention how antiquated it has become because Microsoft hasn't been bothered to work on it for years, until they got wind that an upstart called Firefox was stealing some of their market share. Why not bring up how un-customisable it is compared to the majority of other browsers, and how teamed up with Outlook Express is the largest portal of viruses and malware in the history of computing.

Did I leave anything out?

[xstatic]

I disagree about it being as buggy as people think. IE, of course, has security bugs, but it is no more buggy then any other browser. The reason more bugs show up for IE then for a browser like Firefox is because there are extremly more people using IE then other browsers. The more people who use a browser, the more bugs that will be found.

[discharge]

I disagree about it being as buggy as people think. IE, of course, has security bugs, but it is no more buggy then any other browser. The reason more bugs show up for IE then for a browser like Firefox is because there are extremly more people using IE then other browsers. The more people who use a browser, the more bugs that will be found.

You got to ask yourself if there are more bugs because #1- There are more people looking for them, or #2- There are more bugs in the software to be found.

Less bugs in the software, in the first place, would leave less bugs to be found ;)

[Ben]

I disagree about it being as buggy as people think. IE, of course, has security bugs, but it is no more buggy then any other browser. The reason more bugs show up for IE then for a browser like Firefox is because there are extremly more people using IE then other browsers. The more people who use a browser, the more bugs that will be found.

This is not necessarily true. One of open source's philosophies is that all bugs are shallow if enough eyes look upon them. If you read The Cathedral and The Bazaar (http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/), it makes this point. This is the case with Firefox since it is open source. Whereas with IE we can only find bugs by random chance of finding holes more or less, with Firefox we can actually look at the code and see the holes in it. Thus I would say Firefox is more secure because it is open source.

[Cool Barn]

I disagree about it being as buggy as people think. IE, of course, has security bugs, but it is no more buggy then any other browser.
When fullpicture mentioned thousands of bugs, I think we all know he was referring to security-related bugs and issues. Internet Explorer itself is stable enough; it's just that it contains more holes than ten tons of swiss cheese.

[maddmaxx]

Hey all you lovely and talented people, as I have said since Opera (http://www.opera.com/) is now free you should try it if you haven't to see what it has to offer. It loads images faster than FF and has tabbed browsing. What have you got to lose?

[maddmaxx]

Opera 9 (http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?ver=9.0b) Beta. Try it.