Which web browser do you use?

Which web browser do you use (read before submitting!)

  • Internet Explorer

    Votes: 11 10.4%

  • Internet Explorer variant (e.g. Avant)

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • Mozilla

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • Mozilla Firefox

    Votes: 83 78.3%

  • Netscape

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • Opera

    Votes: 7 6.6%

  • ISP browser (e.g. BT Yahoo!, AOL)

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • I browse on my phone / PDA

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I use telnet because I'm elite

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • I don't browse the internet

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    106
KoreBolteR said:
IE nearly ruined mine too, viruses got on my machine easy ... :(
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Maybe from the porn you was downloading?

I tried firefox and opera...didn't like them.Hell I rarely have more than 5 pages open. So I really don't need that tab thing...

I also could tell the diffrence between the speeds.

So I'm sticking with IE...well not unless Apple makes Safari for windows.Which I don't see happening for a while...
 
XD I love how ppl blame the fact that they got viruses on IE
bliink said:
Adblock in FF = click, click, done
"Adblock" in IE = navigate to your system directory, dig out the system "HOSTS" file, open it up in notepad, add the IP address/domain of the site you want blocked manually, save the file, close, possibly restart the browser/computer depending on how the planets are aligned
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Shh! >_>
 
Also on that adblock thing...Get google tool bar.

It pwnz the firefox adblock.

I guess me and Ikerous are the only supporters of IE. :|
 
Tr0n said:
Also on that adblock thing...Get google tool bar.

It pwnz the firefox adblock.

I guess me and Ikerous are the only supporters of IE. :|
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I hope that someday you will see the light, and that you will devilry like IE behind. :P
 
The_Monkey said:
I hope that someday you will see the light, and that you will devilry like IE behind. :P
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I have seen the light, but it's only on the mac currently. :laugh:
 
Mozilla Firefox :)

until IE7.0 comes with LONGHORn
 
as I said in the other 10xx topics about "which browser do you use", opera > all
 
Ikerous said:
XD I love how ppl blame the fact that they got viruses on IE
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Virusses, no. Spyware? Definitely.
I'm not someone who clicks 'yes yes yes yes' to everything, yet my system was littered with spyware, but since Firefox, zero spyware.

Gorgon said:
Mozilla Firefox :)

until IE7.0 comes with LONGHORn
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And then what? I can't see it outclassing freeware opensource programs, or browsers like Opera, since they develop much faster. And IE has a lot of catching up to do, basically 1997 tech. Even if it catches up to Firefox/Opera with IE7.0, they will develop much faster, unless MS changes it strategy.
 
Firefox needs to become standard. I am tired of using IE at school. :(
 
rpgprog said:
Firefox needs to become standard. I am tired of using IE at school. :(
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Yeah, it's useful being a member of staff as well as a student, I sent firefox out to all the computers from the server :laugh:

Speaking of which, we need to install 1.0...
 
One of the big troubles with IE itegrated with the OS is that security vulnerabilities with IE end up becoming security/stability problems for the OS a lot of the time. Crapware finds its way in through IE, next thing you know your system is running dog slow, spitting up pop-ups and spewing spam out onto the Internet, at a level depending on what kind of sites you browse.

If you turn up the security level of IE you lose almost all of that "nice" OS integration and easy-to-use feature set, and IE turns back into the late 90's clunker it's always been. By the time you get IE to a level you feel safe on the Web at, with plug-ins, settings tweaks, and third party apps, you might as well just have saved the time and used Firefox or Opera. And while you're at it, ditch Outlook too and find a better e-mail client.
 
Or you could just turn off active scripting and be perfectly safe with ie.
 
yea use thunderbird. It is pretty good although doesn't work with the msn or hotmail because m$ doesn't want people to use anything but outlook or their ad-infested site.
 
Anyone with half a clue about how to secure a computer should have no trouble with IE whatsoever.

FF is just noobfodder IMHO. "omg wtf u r using IE?? LOLOL n3wb tbh i r using teh leet firefox o_0, i r h4x0r li3k ne0"

The more users that actually use FF, the more insentive there is for it to become a target for malware. Note that there is not a multi-billion dollar corporation monitoring and patching Firefox against malware.

Obviously firefox is natively more secure from the outset, since it is basically just a shell of an internet browser, but the functionality this sacrifices just puts it out of IE's league.

Just remember that no software is 100% secure, and firefoxes day is coming.
 
lePobz, would you please list at least some of the functionality that
Firefox sacrifices compared to Internet Explorer. I wouldn't know
since I use Opera and not IE, and my experience with Firefox is limited.

And also, how does one go about securing IE without sacrificing
a sizeable chunk of functionality?
 
verbose_mode said:
And also, how does one go about securing IE without sacrificing
a sizeable chunk of functionality?
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Disabling active scripting in the local zone pretty much does the trick, and you really dont lose anything.
 
IE is pretty much very well integrated into the entire OS, it is this that is its biggest weakness (why there were a thousand more security sweet-spots than other browsers) yet also its biggest advantage.

Out of the box, IE can handle pretty much anything ... you can just drag any file into the IE window to find that out... It also acts as a pretty decent FTP client, and once it's patched on a secure machine (and is kept updated) is not a security risk.

IE is also compatible with pretty much everything. As it stands, FireFox can't even handle the 'back' and 'forward' buttons on my mouse (MX1000)

I just don't really see why people would sacrifice functionality when the only reason they give in return is security... which is a point that doesn't have a leg to stand on if you're not a complete newbie.
 
Firefox primerily on my pc, plus ie to check websites look ok. Safari on my mac at home, plus ie to check the websites. Mozilla at work cos im on os9. I have to have the most popular to ensure cross browser capabilities of the sites I make.

Where's safari?
 
lePobz said:
IE is pretty much very well integrated into the entire OS, it is this that is its biggest weakness (why there were a thousand more security sweet-spots than other browsers) yet also its biggest advantage.
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Can't really see an advantage to that, with /Prefetch 1 Firefox loads only a little slower than IE.
Out of the box, IE can handle pretty much anything ...
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Tabs? Decent ad block? Download manager? And I'm also pretty sure IE doesn't have toolbar favourites.
you can just drag any file into the IE window to find that out...
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Same goes for Firefox (from text, to images and pdf's), only things that won't open are MS specific files, but I hate that anyway in IE because when it's opened in the browser window, it's saved in a temporary directory, and when you edit it, it's not where you want it.
It also acts as a pretty decent FTP client, and once it's patched on a secure machine (and is kept updated) is not a security risk.
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Unless I've missed something, I haven't seen a feature that distinguishes itself as a good FTP client. Neither Firefox or IE are a match for any half decent FTP client.

IE is also compatible with pretty much everything. As it stands, FireFox can't even handle the 'back' and 'forward' buttons on my mouse (MX1000)
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CSS? Any other w3 standard? Right. Forward and backwards button work fine here in Firefox with my MX700, as does the slow scroll buttons.

I just don't really see why people would sacrifice functionality when the only reason they give in return is security... which is a point that doesn't have a leg to stand on if you're not a complete newbie.
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I can't remember sacrificing functionality, please point me to it. If I had lost anything, I wouldn't have switched from IE to FF. I wouldn't do that for security. I can't understand why people argue that a pre-21st century browser is more capable than a browser which had it's last update weeks ago, and has out of the box a lot more abilities, not to mention when you start using extensions.

Opera/Firefox (Opera is better, but major drawback is that it has a price) > IE.
 
I didn't even mention the loading times, thanks for bringing that one up.

Yes, Firefox loads slower than IE.

FF download manager is a joke, still doesnt add anything useful (resume control?)

Tabs are a gimmick, why you can't just use the task bar I don't know ... that is basically a tab system in itself, that's why microsoft DIDN'T add tabs to IE in the first place. As for an ad-blocker that's a fair point, but Googles toolbar does a very nice job of that.

As for the FTP thing... I have no trouble with IE as an FTP client, it does everything I need easily, no need to install other clients. I'm sure many others feel the same on this one.

I can't really complain at Firefox, it does its job well, and I have it installed myself (alongside IE) for html testing purposes. I just don't agree with the reasons so many people give for using it.

Meh... enough arguing, lets agree that opera is better than both, and free love is good.
 
If you have problems with back / forward buttons with logitech mice, open up the driver control panel and change back, forward and middle to "generic button". This makes them bindable in games again as well.

Thank you for voting and all the replies, you've been very useful :)

P.S. Any browser where you can get a virus by looking at images loses my vote. Permanently.
 
Thanks for the tips ZoFreX, mouse works fine with Firefox now :)

IE was patched against the jpeg overflow ages ago, let it go... just let it go...
 
Firefox.

Custom drop down menus, tabs, pop up blocker, alot flaster, better download manager? Yes please.
 
I'd like to point out that, while MS did patch the JPEG image exploit in the OS, the JPEG vulnerability
came from a common library included in Microsoft's public developer toolkits. Basically,
any program made that was coded to use that library to display JPEG images is vulnerable to the JPEG exploit.
So, while programs that rely on the OS to display their JPEGs would be OK, with the patch installed,
others compiled with that library right in the code would not.
 
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