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Which browser or browsers does everybody use? Currently, I am running IE 6. I used to swear by Netscape Navigator but it kind of died. I am thinking I need a new browser, or at least another browser. I am wondering what everybody else is running and what you think of your browser. Postives and negatives of your browser. That sort of thing.
Thanks for any input.
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That 70's Guy
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I have left IE for Mozilla's Firebird. You can find it here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/As far as I'm concerned it is a better browser than IE. </2cents>
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At work, IE 6, cuz that's what they make me use At home, Safari, and sometimes Camino. I like the look and feel of Safari better (especially after they added tabbed browsing). The only reason I occassionally use Camino is when certain pages don't work in Safari. Javascript probs etc.
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Opera 7 5 to a 1,000
Fans Focus - Focusing on Fans of Sport (Okay - mainly football (the British variety at the moment - but expanding all the time....)
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Picture perfect penmanship here.
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depends on which OS I'm using at the time But most often IE6 and Mozilla
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I type Like navaho
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Safari is my browser of choice on the Mac - followed by OmniWeb - on the PC I use IE.
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On my pc, usualy AvantBrowser On mac, Safari Whats better than a browser that blocks popups?
"We're sorta like the 7-11. We're not always doin' business, but we're always open"
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That 70's Guy
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[] caspe7 said:Whats better than a browser that blocks popups? [/] hmmmm one that blocks popups, has tabbed browsing and is available for multiple platforms. (not just windows or just mac) </2cents>
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Mainly at home I use Safari, and once-in-a-while I'll use Camino. At work I switch back-n-forth between Mozilla and IE6.
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I'm using Mozilla 1.3 at the moment but am planning on switching to Firebird when I feel that it is mature enough. But seeming as this mozilla version crashes every now and then I might switch quite soon. At least I've downloaded Firebird and will test it as soon as I get the time... I also keep a copy of Navigator 4.7 and Opera 7 for good measure. =]
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I type Like navaho
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IE6 and Firebird
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I'd use Firebird if it would support the mozilla sidebars. Having the quick references for html, css, xhtml, xslt as a sidebar is a good timesaver.
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Is firebird running smoothly? Does it ever crash or is it missing some important functions?
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I know have Firebird version 0.6. It is nice. I like the optional pluggins. The first time I opened it, it took me to its default home page which asked me to download Mozilla 1.4. I didn't realize this were different at first. I thought it was just the latest build. I like the feel of the Firebird. I might stick with it.
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AvantBrowser has popup blocking and tabbed browsing. It just ins't multiplatform.
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It uses the Mozilla Engine for rendering the webpages, they are almost identical. You can even use most of the mozilla plugins in Firebird too. The Preferences Dialog is a bit more limited than the Mozilla one. If you want to have full control, you can install a extension that allows you to set every detail you want. The extension i love most is the web developer extension. As is said, Firebird doesn't have a sidebar and you'll miss the newsgroup, mail and calendar from the mozilla suite if you're used to them.
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No, I only use the browser in my browser, that's one of the reasons why I've wanted to move for ages. I don't like program suites, one program should do one thing, that's what I've always said. What I want to know is if it has all the snazzy features of mozilla, like everything on the Tools menu, Image/Popup/Cookie blocking, type ahead find, form manager, and all the other nice things about Mozilla that I just can't remember at the moment. =]
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Yes, yes, yes, yes... I'm not sute about the type ahead, so.
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Well, that wasn't too important, it's just nice not to have to use the mouse all the time.
And it's stable? Seems that I should move to Firebird straight away then. =]
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My impression is that it's a bit more stable than mozilla. Maybe because the code isn't that bloated.
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Sounds very reasonable. There's much that can go wrong with Mozilla.
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