Which Internet Browser Do You Use?

nCaine · September 24th, 2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by xiaomhome

I use all those listed (except safari, flock), plus: links (for console only systems, I dont like his alternative lynx it bothers me too much). At home I use firefox + opera (linux), and Chrome + opera (Windows). Konqueror when I'm not at home or when I'm too lazy to open another browser (File browsing + Web Browsing).

Opera and chrome lacks something that I really like on firefox.... Plugins! (especially noscript + adblock)

And there is 1 more browser missing in the poll, Epiphany (the gnome web browser). It looks like firefox, but it lacks many features.
http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/

xiaomhome One question , Whats the point of using so many browser ???? its real question mate.

xiaomhome · September 24th, 2008, 11:49 PM

I dont always have an option so I pick the best for "that" situation:

Browsing in favorite sites that require passwords: Firefox (Its more secure (noscript), and firefox always remember to fill the fields)

Browsing sites that uses flash: Opera (I use 64 bit operating systems and opera 64 bits has a special flash wrapper that doesnt require much 32bit libs)

Browsing files: Konqueror (Its good because you can browse your files while you can open some websites)

Using a server or a PC like a proxy (or fast searches): Links (its a web browser for console, it doesnt require X11 libs and is pretty simple) - its also good for installing some system like gentoo or arch linux with a minimal installation cd

Browsing in Windows without Internet Explorer or Opera : Chrome (Simple, go there somewhat fast and its not Internet Explorer)

Downloading microsft updates for windows XP: Internet Explorer.

nCaine · September 25th, 2008, 01:06 AM

Thx , i must admint that when it comes to all thys stuff im rather normal user , this is why i ask.

Unixlord · September 25th, 2008, 03:01 AM

Firefox's EULA issue has be resolved by Mozilla.
Xiaomhome this is for you: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?.../09/21/2121243

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"Bottom line: Now, you can install and use Firefox without having to agree to a EULA....

xiaomhome · September 25th, 2008, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Unixlord

Firefox's EULA issue has be resolved by Mozilla.
Xiaomhome this is for you: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?.../09/21/2121243

Ops sorry, Im not a slashdot frequent visitor!

AfterLife · September 25th, 2008, 05:35 AM

FireFox rules !

Concepts · September 25th, 2008, 09:08 AM

Ive been using Firefox for many years now. But I will say this, if Chrome gets some good plugins going I may switch.

DeadSpace · September 25th, 2008, 11:19 AM

Opera, does everything i need it too, and then some...and doesn't need fiddled with like some other browsers >.> just works.

Unixlord · September 25th, 2008, 11:37 AM

I actually tried switching to Opera on my laptop buy simply had to switch back to Firefox because I prefer functionality over a minor startup speed boost.

blindartist · September 29th, 2008, 05:16 AM

Honestly Opera has just about the same functionality then Firefox, its actually more feature rich out of the box then firefox is, it does nhave alot extentions, called 'widgets' that vary from games to utilities.

The only reason I didnt switch to opera is because there are a few features that FF has that i cant live without, Opera has built in gestures but they dont function quite as well as Firegestures do, like i used the zoom in on an image feature by draging up over a image with FF frequently because of my eyes, Opera only supports this by enlarging the whole page which i find annoying, also the search function, FF opens i nthe bottom of the screen, its very fast to find something, opera you gotta open up the stupid search dialog which i cant stand.

thoes couple things and a few others are the only reason i stick to FF, i find Opera actually has more to offer then FF in many ways, I just dont like the way it does certain things