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Started by Jeth Calark, Jun 19 2009 09:54 PM

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#1 Jeth Calark

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Posted 19 June 2009 - 09:54 PM

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#2 Devon

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Posted 19 June 2009 - 10:08 PM

I fit into the red :p

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#3 Rafv Nin IV

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Posted 20 June 2009 - 12:42 AM

I use IE when I'm at school, because they've got DeepFreeze and so I can't download Mozilla.

But at home, it's Mozilla...and Verizon Yahoo! browser when I don't want my history seen (it's password-protected).

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#4 Jeth Calark

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Posted 20 June 2009 - 12:58 AM

I fit into the red :dry:

So do I. :cool:

You got something to hide there, Rafv? :p
Anyways, I may have an optional way to use Firefox at school for you Rafv. :p Two questions: Do you have a USB flashdrive, and are you allowed to insert it into the school computers?

#5 Rafv Nin IV

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Posted 20 June 2009 - 03:02 AM

Actually, I don't have a flashdrive, although it seems everybody else does. IE doesn't really bother me much, except that you can't use tabbed browsing and I don't know the keyboard commands like I do with Firefox.

And, incidentally, I'm pretty damn sure any adolescent male using the same computer as the rest of the family has something to hide.

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#6 Jeth Calark

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Posted 20 June 2009 - 05:15 AM

Pity. There are portable (as in, can run off a flashdrive) versions of many programs, including Firefox. :p If you do think about getting one, don't get anything smaller than 4 GB. :cool:

I personally have a 16 GB one. :p

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Posted 20 June 2009 - 07:51 PM

If only that pie chart was accurate, the world would be so much better *sigh* :p

But at home, it's Mozilla...and Verizon Yahoo! browser when I don't want my history seen (it's password-protected).

Firefox 3.5 (almost out) has a private browsing mode.
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Posted 20 June 2009 - 08:33 PM

But IE8 is clearly superior:

http://www.microsoft...comparison.aspx

Microsoft says so


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Posted 20 June 2009 - 10:26 PM

I use IE8 :p
It has tabs and private browsing and that kinda stuff :p
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Posted 21 June 2009 - 12:19 AM

I use Firefox. Why? Because some guy recommended it to me and my IE kept crashing on my extremely overloaded hotmail account.

That's all.

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#11 Jeth Calark

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Posted 21 June 2009 - 01:16 AM

@M@tt: Lifehacker.com mentioned that little graph. It was a great joke-of-the-day. :p

@Ridder Geel: Please get another browser. Firefox and Chrome are two excellent browsers that are far better than IE. :dry:

IE has better security? Please MS, don't offend those of us with a brain. Why is it that IE is known as the most crash- and virus-prone browser?

As for privacy, Chrome had it before they did, and the on-the-verge-of-being-here FF 3.5 has it.

Ease of use? FF can be matched to anyone's style with its add-ons.

Web Standards? While IE finally gets full support for all the old standards, the other browsers are already transitioning into the next generation standards.

Reliability? *cough* See my first point. Look at Matias' post. And last I knew, you still can't see TOTR's website in IE.

Customize? They're honest in saying FF has more add-ons, but they're not when they say IE has (FF add-on) stuff pre-integrated. Funny, I've never seen FF add-ons that mimic IE functionality. That's considered a good thing, mind you.

Daily Performance? Ask anyone....any other browser is faster than IE.



There, I'm done ranting from on top of my soapbox. :p Get yourself a new browser, Ridder. :cool:

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Posted 21 June 2009 - 01:56 AM

I'm going to have to say it.
All of you shut up. I'm getting tired of the constent flame wars between browser users. I'd rather listen to Seg's furry crap.
I'm looking at you, Jeth :shiftee:

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Posted 21 June 2009 - 02:06 AM

this is so true, im on my new computer now and the first thing I did with it was download firefox with IE8. no joke

#14 Jeth Calark

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Posted 21 June 2009 - 03:30 AM

While I'm a big Firefox fan, I'll say this Elvenlord (and you may quote me): I don't care what browser you use, just don't use IE. There is no common sense reason to use IE. :good:

There, I'm done ranting from on top of my soapbox. :shiftee:

And I gave you fair warning not to hold me that totally serious. :p

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Posted 21 June 2009 - 09:49 AM

I use IE. Why, you ask? Because it's faster than FF on my pc >.<
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Posted 21 June 2009 - 10:57 AM

I still use IE8. It's got tabbed paging and works perfectly. Why the fuck would I want to use FF because I can modify it to my personal style? I don't care about the looks, I just want to look at some internet pages, that's all. Also, I don't care whether FF is 8ms faster dan IE.
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Posted 21 June 2009 - 01:13 PM

I use FF because it's great!
I use Opera for porn, because then I can delete all cookies upon exits :shiftee:
I use IE one time for each time I reformat the computer, to download, yeah, FF...

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Posted 21 June 2009 - 03:31 PM

I still use IE8. It's got tabbed paging and works perfectly. Why the fuck would I want to use FF because I can modify it to my personal style? I don't care about the looks, I just want to look at some internet pages, that's all. Also, I don't care whether FF is 8ms faster dan IE.


Addons aren't about 'looks'. Extra functionality.

My addons:

Adblock - no more ads! (Revora is whitelisted though)
Download Them All - download manager. IE8's is slow and uses one window per download. DTA is faster than FF's inbuilt manager, and can do things like download all items on a page.
Download Helper - can download music/videos from YouTube, Last.fm, Myspace etc.
WebDeveloper - useful tools
FireFTP - again useful
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Posted 21 June 2009 - 05:29 PM

I don't know what I'd do without FireFTP, such a handy lightweight client :shiftee:

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Posted 21 June 2009 - 10:52 PM

Haha, that's nice. :shiftee:

Edited by euthanasie, 21 June 2009 - 10:53 PM.

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