Let's talk browsers: Why do you use the ones you do?
So here's another interesting debate: which browser is best? Which one do you use?
Usually the most opinionated seem to be the ones who use Firefox. If a Firefox user sees someone using anything BUT Firefox, they will complain. They walk into a library, see it has IE, so they'll download Firefox.
I like either IE or Firefox. I usually settle in to one so it saves all my sessions and cookies.
I'm not sure why people use other browsers, like Safari, Opera, or Netscape. Google Chrome is apparently a good choice, as this is growing in popularity.
My question for you is this: Which one do you use?
Does it vary depending on the platform? Do you like an older version better than a newer? Do you use a strange browser, and if so, why?
Nah, I use a range of browsers, firefox is my main browser, but I'm not adverse to using kazekage, amaya, opera or safari(in wine, they need to make a linux release already).
I use all of them for different things, although firefox is by far my favourite graphical browser.
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I love the simplicity of the command line, and it's nice to be able to read forums etc without being bogged down with huge sigs, blinking banners and avatars, I do like images, but I also prefer simple, small pages, and honestly there are some sites out there that're so many times better viewed on a command line than in all their pink texted, green background, yellow links with flashing images everywhere glory. (Oh, yeah, and no javascript+flash+java+crashing browsers/Ram consuming techniques, yeah, I've seen those pieces of javascript and flash some people use. Not nice at all.)
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True. Some are better. However, I seldom find the poorly-designed websites helpful. But yes, I can see how this can be a plus. Sometimes I copy the text and paste it in word or notepad in order to read it.
I've been using Opera about 99% of the time for about 4 weeks now because Firefox is full of tabs my girlfriend wants to keep open for looking at curtains and bedding etc.
I'm not really bothered which browser I use as long as it's not Internet Explorer.
I've been using Opera about 99% of the time for about 4 weeks now because Firefox is full of tabs my girlfriend wants to keep open for looking at curtains and bedding etc.
I'm not really bothered which browser I use as long as it's not Internet Explorer.
i've been using opera since version 6 and i love it. version 10 just came out!
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Did they make a version of Chrome ready to go on Linux yet?
It's in dev form, but only for debian distributions right now because they're sending out prebuilt systems packaged in .deb's for some reason (rather than, say, source so everyone could build it themselves and help out easier)
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I think some people have already used the source code to build a Linux version. Might have to google around for it.
Doh, I was going to http://code.google.com/chrome apparently that link doesn't work(That's what you get for trying to guess the URL that it should be on, rather than googling it).
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Yeah. I was aware of the possibility of compiling it from source, but I was wondering if they'd got round to making a proper finished product, ready for general-purpose use by the general (Linux-using) public.
Originally Posted by multimediocrity
What made you decide to try a certain browser?
It wasn't Internet Explorer.
When I'm doing my web tinkerings, I tend to lean more towards Firefox because then the developer tools are there to hand, but for regular browsing I couldn't give a flying fudgecake what I'm using as long as it's fit for purpose.
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Originally Posted by Stephen Philbin
(rather than, say, source so everyone could build it themselves and help out easier)
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