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Browser Smackdown: Firefox vs. IE vs. Opera vs. Safari
ComputerWorld ^
| 06 December 2006
| Scot Finnie, Valerie Potter, Dennis Fowler, Preston Gralla and Ken Mingis
Posted on 12/07/2006 1:03:01 PM PST by ShadowAce
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:03:05 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:03:20 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Don't forget about AOL's browser either. /sarc
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:04:08 PM PST
by
jdm
To: ShadowAce
Took me a few days to get used to using IE7, but I like it. No problems, so far, and I find the tabs occasionally useful when I'm copying stuff from one website to another.
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:10:04 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Cicero
...I find the tabs occasionally useful... heh. I've currently got twelve (12) tabs open, with nine of them showing various FR threads.
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:12:38 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
I'm using NCSA Mosaic v1.30.
It's fast, well-designed and has all the features I could possibly need.
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:13:22 PM PST
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: ShadowAce
I use Maxthon browser mostly but Opera for certain uses such as visiting hazardous sites and downloading.
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:15:31 PM PST
by
wildbill
To: ShadowAce
Safari is great for me. I have FireFox for a few Web sites that don't display quite right in Safari. I sometimes flirt with switching to something else, but I always find my way back.
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:15:46 PM PST
by
Mr. Blonde
(You know, Happy Time Harry, just being around you kinda makes me want to die.)
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
To: ShadowAce
Firefox baby! And all who oppose Firefox, may they be eaten by a red T-rex or a planetary sized fox!
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:18:47 PM PST
by
burzum
(Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!--Minsc, BG2)
To: ShadowAce
Firefox: The Best Browser of AllBump to that.
I've never had any problems using Firefox since I started using it two years ago. I love the tabbed browsing. Nothing beats it, IMO.
To: ShadowAce
The customizability for Firefox has hooked me. It's a whole new experience.
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:21:05 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
To: ShadowAce
As more and more websites use AJAX-driven components, the discrepencies between browsers will become a much bigger issue.
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:22:41 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: ShadowAce
I use this variant of Firefox for Linux -
Swiftfox.
The absolute best browser ever.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:23:08 PM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: ShadowAce
I just (finally) started using Firefox after finding IE7 too buggy. I've been converted.
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:25:26 PM PST
by
ncdrumr
To: MadIvan
The absolute best browser ever. You've clearly never experienced Mosaic 1.30.
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:26:50 PM PST
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: burzum; atomicpossum; Mr. Blonde; arbooz
FYI, from the website:
The Poll of the Week:
What's your next Web browser going to be?
47.7% Firefox 2 rules
11.7% IE7 is where it's at
7.3% It's all about Opera 9
27.7% Safari 2 is the king
5.6%
I'm sticking with my old browser 642 Total Votes
To: MadIvan
I have to agree--and perhaps later on, I'm going to try and see if I can cross-compile a version for my Win32 partition...
To: ShadowAce
Ok, if any Opera browser users read this, HOW do I do a highlight a word then "right click to search google in a NEW tab"?
It's probably extremely simple, but i searched Opera forums and could not find a way to do this very basic task.
Also, Opera has the best RSS feed handling and internal viewer of all the browsers in this article. Far and away the best.
To: MotleyGirl70
I'd wager that the vastly greater share of Firefox fans are ignorant about and inexperienced in Opera.
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posted on
12/07/2006 1:36:28 PM PST
by
unspun
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