Every time I mention I use something other than Firefox (see speeding up Opera thread) everyone jumps on me and tells me to use Firefox, I have seen the same comment in pretty much every other browser thread. Personally I am not convinced, I use Opera, and it works just fine, and I have tried chrome, and while the interface does not appeal to me, it runs just fine. In addition I use IE on and off and haven't had any security issues. I have tried Firefox yes, I didn't care much for the interface though, reminds me too much of IE6 (granted that was a few months ago) and takes up a bit too much of space at the top of the screen for my tastes. All that said I have a few questions for all of you who instantly scream out for me to get FIrefox. 1. Why? I haven't had security problems with the browsers I am using, and they run just fine for me, IE's a bit twitchy about add-ons, but its nothing I can't handle. 2. Of those of you who push Firefox on everyone, how many of you have tried the other browsers? You can't compare something you have never used and other people's opinions shouldn't be yours.
If I ever say 'FF FTW' it's because it works for me. From what I read Opera is just as good (probably better), but not as (new) user friendly. All test results I've seen point out that IE sucks though.
I love IE, I have never had any more problems with it than any other browser I use. Most people (I hope) wil come to realize that whether or not most software works is really up to the user, if someone is imcompetent equally across the board then they will have as many problems with FF as with IE or Chrome... As for why I love IE, pretty much every advantage that is hailed about FF I don't really care about, (and the idea that one is fatser than the other is situational at best). The difference is I hate FF's UI while IE's is far more appealing to me. And just as a counter argument to those that would bring up the topic, I know I can change FF's UI by downloading some kind of addon, but why the hell would I go through the effort when another browser already has a UI I like?
because firefox has a fox, that's why it's awesome =P imo, FF went faster than IE when i had it, not as much freezing up issue. i've tried opera and it's a lot smoother than firefox, but i get confused on it, even if i like it better, and i use FF out of habit now, mostly.
I use both chrome and firefox, for me, they are faster than IE, which is very important for me considering my slow internet speed.
I used to use Internet Explorer, but I turned to Netscape Navigator because I liked it a lot more. Firefox is about the same for me with Navigator, so I jumped ship because it was pretty much the same... Which brings it back in a circle because: If it's the same, why change? ... Curses.
I use IE, works perfectly fine for me, so I have no reason to change. It goes fast enough for me, only slowdown I have had was when the forums was using the snowing background for xmas.
i used to use Netscape, hated it, then i tried IE for a few years, then i tried FF and found a little bit more than average that FF is faster than IE for me. and so right now im using FF. i havent use the others, but im thinking about it.
I use FireFox for a couple reasons, and I don't push on people....too much....I don't think anyway For starters, I used to use IE. It crashes on me for some reason. A lot. I also don't care much for how the interface is laid out, as well as the lack of simple UI customization. It's not horrible, but FireFox is simply more intuitive in my opinion, as well as safer. I tried Opera for about a week after dumping IE, and simply couldn't get used to the control scheme. I gave Chrome a go a while back, but I guess I just don't adapt well, cause every time I did something, I'd be all "Oh, FF does it like this. It makes more sense that way" Haven't used NN in like....Seven years. As far as Safari goes, I think I don't care much for it cause my only experience with it is on a Mac, and I'm not a huge fan of web surfing on Macs
Just a note: Netscape navigator is dead. They stopped support last year (or was it the the year before?)
I think it was last year since it stopped after I was already on the forums (I heard about it through the forums).
I'm somewhere between Newbie and Experienced User on FireFox. I'm a control freak, but only in the way it looks. As far as functionality, I tweak it a bit, but I'm not crazed.
I have used everything from Chrome to Safari, and I like Opera overall eventhough I still use all the other and plus FF has lots of memory leaks, Compare 75k from firefox to 45k from opera and chrome is even less o.0
how is chrome btw? i heard it has security issues.. but its still new so, i dont hold that against it. I think firefox is good, but like 2can said.. it does memory leak and recently been kinda annoying with that very reason. I think i might try opera, if you can PM me a link for it 2can
