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| What browser do you use? |
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6% |
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| Firefox |
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68% |
[ 60 ] |
| Opera |
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14% |
[ 13 ] |
| Safari |
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6% |
[ 6 ] |
| SeaMonkey |
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2% |
[ 2 ] |
| Konqueror |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
| Camino |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Amaya |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Lynx |
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0% |
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RaceDrv709
Toucan
Joined: Nov 02, 2007
Age: 18
Posts: 264
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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 Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: Browser poll: What browser do you use? |
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Basically, what browser do you use? If you use more than one, choose the one you use the most. I have Firefox and Opera, but use Opera more. Linux users are out of luck on this poll because I can't have an other option. (no pun intended)
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OrderAndChaos30
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Joined: Apr 08, 2007
Posts: 111
Location: Beaverton/Portland Oregon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:25 am Post subject: |
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| Why are Linux users out of luck? I am running FireFox, have Opera and using the IEs4Linux script the distasteful options of Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 and 7.0. Needed for compatibility testing of Web site I am creating of course. |
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pakled
"Bless his Heart"
Joined: Nov 13, 2007
Age: 50
Posts: 2776
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:37 am Post subject: |
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I have to use Internet Exploder at work, but that's not a choice... |
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wsmac
WP Elevator Operator - What Floor Please?
Joined: Sep 01, 2007
Posts: 2740
Location: Humboldt County, Little Blue House on the Corner
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:49 am Post subject: |
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| pakled wrote: | | I have to use Internet Exploder at work, but that's not a choice... |
  Yeah, I use that at work also.
At home I use Firefox mostly, but lately it's been messing up with me so I'm back to using Opera.
I still have Safari onboard but never use it.
At school in the digital media lab... well, actually in the rest of the computer lab... you can use IE or Firefox. 
At least someone there got smart!
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patrick6
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Joined: Feb 24, 2008
Posts: 1901
Location: London, U.K.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:09 am Post subject: |
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| I've been using Firefox ever since it came out, whenever that was... 3 years? |
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lau
Quinquaginta Novem! Male Gee-knee-us + silly bits.
Joined: Jun 18, 2006
Age: 59
Posts: 7053
Location: Somerset UK
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:23 pm Post subject: Re: Browser poll: What browser do you use? |
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| RaceDrv709 wrote: | | Basically, what browser do you use? If you use more than one, choose the one you use the most. I have Firefox and Opera, but use Opera more. Linux users are out of luck on this poll because I can't have an other option. (no pun intended) |
I don't understand. Why can't you have an "other" option?
I use SeaMonkey (also cross platform).
I only occasionally use Opera, Firefox, Konqueror, Lynx and elinks.
The only one that's Linux specific, that I can think of, is Konqueror.
Lynx has been around since pretty much the start (1993) and is still in use.
Where's Safari? (PS Ooops! That's actually on the list! And its one I've NEVER used.)
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Personally, I prefer to browse by using "wget" and reading the HTML directly with "less".
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tomadao
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Joined: Mar 11, 2008
Age: 17
Posts: 115
Location: Sitting on the toilet
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Opera, of course, and Konqueror, on Linux. When I'm without X, I use Links sometimes. I almost never use Internet Exploder or Firesucks (sorry their fanboys). |
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LostInEmulation
Penguin
Joined: Feb 11, 2008
Posts: 1235
Location: Germany
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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I use Konqueror, dillo or links, Stupid poll!
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Tim_Tex
WP's Resident Simpsons and South Park Aficionado
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Age: 28
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Location: Central Texas
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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I use IE 7, but plan to get a Mac, thus, I would be using Safari.
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Compiku
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Jan 14, 2008
Age: 18
Posts: 68
Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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I use a Windows PC and a Mac, so I mostly use Firefox and Safari. But what's ironic is that I mostly use Safari on Windows and Firefox on the Mac (though I formerly used Camino).
I think I'm one of the few people out there who takes Safari for Windows seriously. But WebKit is one of the best rendering engines out there (way better than IE), and in some ways feels less bloated than Gecko. WebKit also supports a lot of fancy new CSS animations and stuff, but that's not really a reason why I use it, because there aren't any sites that use that stuff.
You can argue about rendering engines and standards all you like, but what really matters to most users is (a) that pages render properly, and (b) how "fast" it feels. IE7 may not support a bunch of standards, but it doesn't break most pages, either. |
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deep-techno
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Joined: Jan 08, 2006
Posts: 1047
Location: Swindon, England.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:41 am Post subject: |
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Safari on the PC is significantly faster than Firefox 2.0. It also has nicer text smoothing, like on a Mac. Perhaps my computer is just slow.
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Enigmatic_Oddity
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Joined: Nov 05, 2005
Posts: 1453
Location: Australia
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| Isn't text smoothing dependent on whether you have ClearType fonts enabled for the OS? |
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richie
Ye Olde Bookwyrme
Joined: Jan 10, 2007
Age: 49
Posts: 11261
Location: Lake Whoop-Dee-Doo, Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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I use FireFox it is very clean, clear, and easy to use, I also have Safari but I only use it for looking for stuff for my i-phone such
as Web Apps.
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patrick6
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Joined: Feb 24, 2008
Posts: 1901
Location: London, U.K.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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You guys should try out Firefox 3.0 Beta 5.
I've got a good tip for removing ads, I've been using this method for blocking ads for over 3 years and I hardly ever see ads...
Go to:
http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html (This is the best hosts file I have used and I have tested out at least 15 different ones)
Just stick that into system32/drivers/etc, overwrite the old hosts file, and after that you will rarely ever see any ads. One thing I must note though, right after you are done installing the host file go into firefox and type in about:config in the address bar. Scroll down until you see "XUL error pages", double click it so that it says "false" under value. If you don't do that you will get "can't connect" messages in place of the ads that you'd normally be seeing but now you won't see any ads at all. It's a great method and I highly recommend it.
BTW, if you use IE I recommend that you don't use this method, you will get annoying error messages in place of all the ads that you'd normally be seeing, but if you use IE explorer ads probably don't bother you because you are so used to seeing them...
Also, if you use Firefox install Adblockplus for extra ad blocking. |
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Compiku
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Jan 14, 2008
Age: 18
Posts: 68
Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| deep-techno wrote: | | Safari on the PC is significantly faster than Firefox 2.0. It also has nicer text smoothing, like on a Mac. Perhaps my computer is just slow. |
I was going to mention the font smoothing in my previous post, but I got distracted somehow. But yes, that's one of the main reasons why I like Safari on Windows.
| Enigmatic_Oddity wrote: | | Isn't text smoothing dependent on whether you have ClearType fonts enabled for the OS? |
For most things, yes, but Safari uses its own font smoothing, similar to the one used on Mac OS X. I've always thought that OS X's smoothing renders crisper than ClearType, even on an LCD. |
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