Firefox Myths

Hifructose

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Discuss please.  I know some, but I am not quite the uber geek. It appears to me that Firefox is only better if one is actually going to use lots of extensions.  I know IE has always seemed faster for me.  They're saying Opera's the fastest but Opera seems to have problems with some things, even this website, maybe it's changed. I also think Stumble Upon is worth getting Firefox in itself. BTW I'm using Internet Explorer 6 with a tabbed browsing extension I picked up somewhere.  That's 6 with tabs; not 7.

EDIT: for those who don't know, IE 7 has tabbed browsing but it's pre-release software. like beta.

EDIT 2: dam...Firefox 2 beta didn't see this.

Anageth

I've never liked Firefox, and have always used IE. I can't be bothered to sheep along like others who think it's "cool" to hate Microsoft.

outfctrl

I have Firefox and IE 7 beta.

The only thing I dont like about Firefox is that you cant watch some movies from web pages.  You have to reconfigure it somehow.  I use it most of the time though.

I like the new tabbing features of IE 7.

Wakizashi

I use Opera, and yes, there are still some problems with this site. 

Jackcolt

I use Firefox, not because it's cool, but because I like it.

I like the interface, I like the extensions/plug-ins, I like the tabbed browsing, I'm still convincied that FF is faster IE when counting the startup of Explorer.exe. Did you see that test computer? It sucked. Before you make a more comprehensive list with more computers, the list is worthless.

Just like I don't look at pure statistical FPS while playing a game, I judge how good it runs on my rig by actually playing and feeling it. And yes Firefox is far safer than IE. Just try going to www.keygen.us or similar sites.





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Also, when I create sites in Dreamweaver, I often have trouble with getting the design to look right when testing in IE. That doesn't happen in Firefox. When I compare to the Design in Dreamweaver, FF is always accurate.

RK-Mara

Like jack said. FF has extensions/plug-ins etc. That's why I use it.

Neptus

Because everybody has been using Firefox and other new browsers, IE has been upgraded more often.

Ever since my mother got a worm on her computer because she was googling images with IE, I'll never ever use it again.

Syri

been using firefox for years now, mainly cause it's cross platform, so i can have the same browser whether i'm in windows, linux or mac os at the time
plus it's nicely html compliant, which i always found a plus when writing websites. was less forgiving, so you could easier see where problems may arise in a site. plus the code view when you went to view the output totally smashes ie's "let's just open it in notepad without formatting!" approach

Xexima

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Originally posted by Anageth
I've never liked Firefox, and have always used IE. I can't be bothered to sheep along like others who think it's "cool" to hate Microsoft.

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BURN THE HERETIC!

/seriousness on

I usually use FF it just seems to work faster, and with less complications, than IE.

patheos

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Originally posted by Hifructose


 I also think Stumble Upon is worth getting Firefox in itself.

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Thanks, I got that right when i read that, and have been stumbling all over the place for a few hours.

Vampir

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Originally posted by Wakizashi
I use Opera, and yes, there are still some problems with this site. 

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it took me about a month but im now using opera seemlessly on all websites.....

xdoubted

i currently use firefox, due to the sheer fact of when downloading i can choose to just open or save. for small files and installers i prefer to just open rather than save.