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Prak, the Mad

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What browser's best?
« on: January 25, 2010, 02:46:30 AM »
SO my firefox is fucked...

So I'm looking at downloading a new browser:
Finally upgrading IE to 8 (never did it becaue I used firefox)
Uninstalling and Reinstalling Firefox
Google Chrome
Safari

those are the ones I know about, what's best?

and no, I ain't switching to Linux because I know nothing about it.  :P
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2010, 02:55:16 AM »
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2010, 03:03:17 AM »
Ah welcome Semanticat, please take a seat and give us your opinion.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2010, 03:08:50 AM »
It was more a comment on how the resulting arguments going to get messy. 

I like Firefox.  My brother prefers Chrome, and before that Safari.  He says he likes Chrome better.

I can't be arsed to try a new browser because I'm chill with firefox.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2010, 03:16:15 AM »
yeah, that's pretty much how I was, until firefox crapped out on me. Figure I might as well get som opinions if I have to download something anyway.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2010, 03:18:03 AM »
I'd give Safari a try then.  If you have to restart, I'd go for a new one anyhow.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2010, 03:26:13 AM »
I've used Safari, I used to have a mac and it was the default. But I haven't used it in a long time.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2010, 03:27:38 AM »
I find Firefox to be the most secure.  As long as you're careful, you don't even need a firewall running.  Definitely can't say that about IE!
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2010, 03:31:24 AM »
That only makes me want to dial into your modem and show you that you do indeed need a firewall running regardless of your internet browser.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2010, 03:36:54 AM »
Like I said, as long as you're careful.  :smirk
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2010, 10:04:43 AM »
Chrome is pretty efficient, though I liked firefox mostly because of extensions galore.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2010, 10:23:12 AM »
There's always Opera, which is the fastest browser due to being ridiculously tiny.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2010, 10:24:41 AM »
Quote from: CountArioch on January 25, 2010, 03:08:50 AM
It was more a comment on how the resulting arguments going to get messy. 

I like Firefox.  My brother prefers Chrome, and before that Safari.  He says he likes Chrome better.

I can't be arsed to try a new browser because I'm chill with firefox.
Same here, pretty much.

Also, +1 to veekie's post. I wonder if there's a search toolbar for tvtropes. :smirk
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2010, 10:31:21 AM »
Quote from: Prime32 on January 25, 2010, 10:23:12 AM
There's always Opera, which is the fastest browser due to being ridiculously tiny.
That's what I use, at least for primary browsing.

At work, I have FireFox in case I need to do javascript debugging.  I also have FireFox at home for my wife because she prefers it to Opera, and I under no circumstances want her using IE on my computer.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2010, 11:31:10 AM »
Unfortunately firefox has an annoying bug - it eats up memory if you let it run for a long time (overnight for example). So i use opera, which is actually like firefox with add-ons.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2010, 01:13:10 PM »
Quote from: RobbyPants on January 25, 2010, 10:31:21 AM
Quote from: Prime32 on January 25, 2010, 10:23:12 AM
There's always Opera, which is the fastest browser due to being ridiculously tiny.
That's what I use, at least for primary browsing.

At work, I have FireFox in case I need to do javascript debugging.  I also have FireFox at home for my wife because she prefers it to Opera, and I under no circumstances want her using IE on my computer.
Opera's so ridiculously tiny it's my 'casual' portable browser.
Got a copy in a thumbdrive and all.
Granted, if I'm setting up shop on a public computer for a while I copy my whole porta-fox into the computer to get all my favorite setup.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2010, 04:39:21 PM »
Because no one used it yet:
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2010, 02:03:42 AM »
Another +1 for Opera. My girlfriend uses Firefox because she's more used to it. I converted my arch nemesis to Opera the other day -- it has a built in torrent downloader and that sold him.

I can't begin to list the number of things wrong with IE, though from my understanding it's gotten better with 8.
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2010, 04:33:02 AM »
Quote from: kurashu on January 29, 2010, 02:03:42 AM
I can't begin to list the number of things wrong with IE, though from my understanding it's gotten better with 8.
Though considering what it's like, it's like saying Cania is better than Nessus.
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"Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."

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"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
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Re: What browser's best?
« Reply #19 on: January 29, 2010, 01:45:36 PM »
Quote from: veekie on January 29, 2010, 04:33:02 AM
Quote from: kurashu on January 29, 2010, 02:03:42 AM
I can't begin to list the number of things wrong with IE, though from my understanding it's gotten better with 8.
Though considering what it's like, it's like saying Cania is better than Nessus.

At least it's an improvement?
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