Browsers

[John.d.h]

What is your favorite browser?  Why is it your favorite?  What are some of your favorite extensions and add-ons?  All off-topic browser-related discussion goes here.

I'll start:

• Mozilla Firefox
• Its extensibility means it can do just about anything I want as long as I can find the proper add-on, and the open source means there isn't any funny business hiding in the code.
• Chromin Frame, Personal Menu, and Fission (the three work together to free up a lot of screen space); Ad-block Plus (I couldn't live without this one!)

[Gabbe]

Firefox is the best ,and the best it that it works with glest!

[ElimiNator]

My favorite browser is firefox, because it is better then internet explorer. I didn`t find  need to try others.

[Hectate]

I use chrome and firefox equally. It depends on what I'm doing and where I am (for what's installed on the computer).

[ultifd]

1. Firefox. (add-ons) 
2. Chrome. (speed, ...)
The worst? IE. 

[modman]

Firefox!  If you're willing to deal with the slight speed disparity between FF and Chrome, FF has all the add-ons  you could ever want and more!

I hear that IE actually opens up each tab in a new process, so it hogs a ton of RAM!

[ultifd]

Yeah... who uses IE anymore...?  Only some schools, some people, and M$$ People (or not)  ...
Speed, speed, Firefox is fast enough for me... 
But yeah, I think Firefox is first in my list, and then Google Chrome.   

[-Archmage-]

Who needs Google Chrome, Firefox is the best!

Chrome has their 1 line for search and website URLS?
Sure, but there's a great addon for firefox called Omnibar, that can do the same thing.

Speed...who cares Firefox has got plenty of speed!

[ultifd]

Well, it is obvious that we all like Firefox.
Addons? There is are a lot...and a bunch of useful ones.
Adblock Plus... WOT... ietab... UnPlug...a lot.  

[ElimiNator]

And fireFTP.

[zombiepirate]

Yeah... who uses IE anymore...?

Old ladies who click the blue e and the internet magically appears. Firefox isn't a blue e so obviously the internet cannot magically appear from it's icon.

I usually use chrome because it almost starts faster than the calculator app. I actually use the chromium daily builds for Linux and have found them to be quite stable except for the occasional bad build. Generally I will switch to Firefox if I need to use Java, Flash, RSS feeds, or some other plugin. For some reason my Java doesn't doesn't work in chrome.

[-Archmage-]

Old ladies who click the blue e and the internet magically appears. Firefox isn't a blue e so obviously the internet cannot magically appear from it's icon.

 
Oh, that's good!

[ElimiNator]

Old ladies who click the blue e and the internet magically appears. Firefox isn't a blue e so obviously the internet cannot magically appear from it's icon.

Yah, 

[Omega]

Yeah... who uses IE anymore...?

My dad... I know, I know. I set their default browser to firefox, got my mom and sis to use it, but my dad's reluctant. He yelled at me when I removed the icon for IE from the desktop...

I use Firefox normally, but in my current computer conditions, I use Safari (amazing how well it works on windows, for an apple program ). For some reason, FF is heavily affected by my blinking and flashing windows problem, like many programs, but Safari isn't affected at ALL. It has pretty good web design stuff too by default, though FF's web design extension owns it.

[ultifd]

Yeah... who uses IE anymore...?

I use Firefox normally, but in my current computer conditions, I use Safari (amazing how well it works on windows, for an apple program ). For some reason, FF is heavily affected by my blinking and flashing windows problem, like many programs, but Safari isn't affected at ALL. It has pretty good web design stuff too by default, though FF's web design extension owns it.

Oh yes, Safari is actually quite nice.

My dad... I know, I know. I set their default browser to firefox, got my mom and sis to use it, but my dad's reluctant. He yelled at me when I removed the icon for IE from the desktop...

About your dad, eh, I think I know some people like that.  
One thing you could do is make IE look like Firefox, and trick your Dad into using it.  
But uh, a lot of my family and relatives (friends too) use Firefox. After all, it won a Guinness world record.

[xxcatmysteryxx]

Yeah I like Firefox too it depends what computer I'm using like my main computer I use firefox but on my laptop I use IE haha im not an old lady and on school and public computers i use IE but i prefure Firefox

[ultifd]

Yeah I like Firefox too it depends what computer I'm using like my main computer I use firefox but on my laptop I use IE haha im not an old lady and on school and public computers i use IE but i prefure Firefox

Yeah, a lot of schools and at public places, such as the library, use IE... 

[-Archmage-]

I was over at a friends house, and I was using IE, so I asked my friends Dad, and he said ok, so I installed Firefox on his computer, just like that.

Didn't have to do any convincing.

[ultifd]

I was over at a friends house, and I was using IE, so I asked my friends Dad, and he said ok, so I installed Firefox on his computer, just like that.

Didn't have to do any convincing.

Yeah, well, some people are like that, while others are just... 

Anyone tried Opera? What do you think of it...? 

[Hectate]

Anyone tried Opera? What do you think of it...? 

I haven't tried Opera on PC, but MAN, Opera Mobile for my Windows 6.1 touchscreen smartphone (Palm Treo Pro) is AWESOME. Before I was using the IE that came with it, and it was a painful experience. Slow loading, would always default to the "mobile" version of pages, even when putting the setting to "computer" instead of "mobile browser".

Opera restored my faith in the internet on a mobile device. It's fast, has multiple tabs, a beautiful start page with 9 shortcuts that you can set, loads everything like it was a computer, and has the smoothest most functional zoom ability I've ever used. If you need a browser for your mobile phone, check out Opera for sure. No doubt about that one. They even have a few different versions, for if you don't have a smartphone for instance (or no touch screen control).

[ultifd]

Anyone tried Opera? What do you think of it...?  

I haven't tried Opera on PC, but MAN, Opera Mobile for my Windows 6.1 touchscreen smartphone (Palm Treo Pro) is AWESOME. Before I was using the IE that came with it, and it was a painful experience. Slow loading, would always default to the "mobile" version of pages, even when putting the setting to "computer" instead of "mobile browser".

Opera restored my faith in the internet on a mobile device. It's fast, has multiple tabs, a beautiful start page with 9 shortcuts that you can set, loads everything like it was a computer, and has the smoothest most functional zoom ability I've ever used. If you need a browser for your mobile phone, check out Opera for sure. No doubt about that one. They even have a few different versions, for if you don't have a smartphone for instance (or no touch screen control).

Yeah, I have heard a lot about Opera on phones...  
Very cool. Maybe one day I can check it out.  

Still...

 

[xxcatmysteryxx]

Still...

 

hahahaha

[John.d.h]

This might be a dumb question, but whenever I run Firefox on Linux, its spell-checker tries to get me use British spellings of words, so how do I change it to American English?

[Gabbe]

I hear that IE actually opens up each tab in a new process, so it hogs a ton of RAM!

Fcuk your right! it does open each tab in a new process!

[-Archmage-]

John, spell a word wrong, and the when it gets the squiggles right-click it, and try looking around on the languages submenu, I think you'll find what you want.