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Thread ID: 50598 2004-10-26 01:06:00 [OT] The Best Web Browser Mada (248) Press F1
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284757 2004-10-26 11:58:00 >and uses 47MB of ram instad of IE's 16MB.
I'm sorry but IE uses a lot more than that even if you don't use it.

>And most sites tend to look slightly better in IE
That is probably more to do with the fact of there being so many crappy web devs writting crappy code.
mikebartnz (21)
284758 2004-10-26 18:09:00 I have just switched to Opera (from IE) after reading all the artilcles in PCW.
So far - no probs, and i am regretting i hadn't changed earlier.
fergie (424)
284759 2004-10-26 19:36:00 > What the other guy didn't mention. If you havea a
> mouse with a middle wheel, click the wheel down on a
> link and it opens in a new tab. click on the tab with
> the middle again and its gone, that easy. But the
> extentions add alot of power.

Hey, I didn't know that before! Great click saving feature. Firefox is great!
Mada (248)
284760 2004-10-26 19:44:00 While Microsoft holds a monopoly, things aren't going to get much better.
Once someone breaks that monopoly, Microsoft will be a very competitive and good company (one hopes), meaning that IE may improve; unless they use Firefox instead.
Mada (248)
284761 2004-10-26 19:49:00 >> What the other guy didn't mention. If you havea a
>> mouse with a middle wheel, click the wheel down on a
>> link and it opens in a new tab. click on the tab with
>> the middle again and its gone, that easy. But the
>> extentions add alot of power.

>Hey, I didn't know that before! Great click saving feature. Firefox is great!

You think thats cool, get the drag and drop timmie mentioned, not only can you drag a link into a new tab, but select some words drag them into a google search.
Rob99 (151)
284762 2004-10-26 21:16:00 >Once someone breaks that monopoly, Microsoft will be a very competitive and good company (one hopes),
>meaning that IE may improve; unless they use Firefox instead.

:^O :^O :^O :^O :^O

Yeah, Right.
R2x1 (4628)
284763 2004-10-27 19:19:00 I've just changed to Firefox & I like it
One problem though my own site pages don't display as well as they did in IE
Seems to have a few alignment problems
Time for some cross browser testing & a few changes (which I should have done anyway but was too lazy)
45South (4769)
284764 2004-10-27 20:48:00 I started with IE, like most people, then tried Opera and never changed. Tried Firefox for a while but just preferred Opera.

Apart from the technicalities and vulnerabilities I think it comes down to being a bit like the car you drive. You just like the look or feel of it regardless of the specifications.

I doubt that point made way at the top about "Firefox is not open to Spyware" though. I wouldn't assume any browser is bullet proof.

"D
mark c (247)
284765 2004-10-27 20:50:00 Duh, I mean...

:D
mark c (247)
284766 2004-10-28 01:48:00 Okay, so it seems most of you don't like Microsoft, but what about its products (not taking into account the huge price tags)? Mada (248)
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