Author Topic: Witch is the best internet browser? (Read 23188 times)

Jonas Wauters · « **on:** April 24, 2007, 02:59:44 PM »

This may be a supit question.
I use than windows browser an I've already tried FireFox but I didn't liked it.
Is there any other good internet browser for Windows XP SP2?

patio · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2007, 03:04:40 PM »

You could try Opera...

What was the problem with FireFox if i may ask ? ?

brenthunt · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2007, 05:52:14 PM »

Quote from: Jonas Wauters on April 24, 2007, 02:59:44 PM

This may be a supit question.
I use than windows browser an I've already tried FireFox but I didn't liked it.
Is there any other good internet browser for Windows XP SP2?

I love Mozilla. Try it. You'll like it.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/

CBMatt · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2007, 06:47:27 PM »

Witch? Never heard of that browser.

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2007, 11:49:55 PM »

I love Mozilla Firefox. The plug-ins and everything. It seems faster too, i dunno. Also the 'open new tabs' is so much better that opening new windows. I can barely use CH without that feature.

Raptor · « **Reply #5 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:23:26 AM »

Internet explorer of course!

You tried Firefox and you didn't like it? I don't know, maybe you should cancel your cable/ADSL account and retreat into a monastery..

diablo416 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:45:23 AM »

k-meleon is faster then firefox,

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/download.php

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #7 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:46:46 AM »

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k-meleon is faster then firefox

Is that true (have you tested) or are you just saying that?

Perfect Agent52 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:50:04 AM »

Quote from: Diablo416 on April 26, 2007, 05:45:23 AM

k-meleon is faster then firefox,

I would have to disagree with that. You can't go wrong with Firefox, tabs, great loadup speed, and constant updates keep bugs and other problems out.

Sorry, forgot that new IE has tabs.

Perfect Agent52 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 26, 2007, 05:51:36 AM »

Quote from: CBMatt on April 24, 2007, 06:47:27 PM

Witch? Never heard of that browser.

The person meant which, not witch. Must not be english.

diablo416 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 26, 2007, 06:10:45 AM »

Quote from: Perfect Agent52 on April 26, 2007, 05:50:04 AM

Quote from: Diablo416 on April 26, 2007, 05:45:23 AM
k-meleon is faster then firefox,

I would have to disagree with that. You can't go wrong with Firefox, tabs, great loadup speed, and constant updates keep bugs and other problems out.

Sorry, forgot that new IE has tabs.

it has all that to , for me atleast its way faster then firefox

Perfect Agent52 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 26, 2007, 06:13:01 AM »

How fast is your connection? Cause I run at 100 kbps here at school on IE, so I am sure k-meleon can't be that much faster than Firefox.

CBMatt · « **Reply #12 on:** April 26, 2007, 12:52:08 PM »

Quote from: Perfect Agent52 on April 26, 2007, 05:51:36 AM

Quote from: CBMatt on April 24, 2007, 06:47:27 PM
Witch? Never heard of that browser.
The person meant which, not witch. Must not be english.

Um...thanks.

davisw · « **Reply #13 on:** May 06, 2007, 08:16:30 AM »

Quote from: CBMatt on April 26, 2007, 12:52:08 PM

Quote from: Perfect Agent52 on April 26, 2007, 05:51:36 AM
Quote from: CBMatt on April 24, 2007, 06:47:27 PM
Witch? Never heard of that browser.
The person meant which, not witch. Must not be english.
Um...thanks.

hahaha firefox all the way you can customize it to your liking wat can you do with explorer?

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #14 on:** May 06, 2007, 08:23:33 AM »

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hahaha firefox all the way you can customize it to your liking wat can you do with explorer?

And you can change the themes and button layout. You can assign buttons under the address bar to ho wherever you want.
I haven't tried IE 7 so I'm being a bit biased here.
I don't see the point for me upgrading because I use firefox

CBMatt · « **Reply #15 on:** May 06, 2007, 08:44:57 AM »

Personally, I prefer IE6. Not too sure why; probably a loyalty thing. I've never been a big fan of Firefox, but now that I've gotten more used to it, it's growing on me. And I certainly like the add-ons. I'm still not completely sold, though. I'm just stubborn, I guess.

Raptor · « **Reply #16 on:** May 06, 2007, 08:52:06 AM »

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Personally, I prefer IE6. Not too sure why; probably a loyalty thing

What the....

CBMatt · « **Reply #17 on:** May 06, 2007, 09:12:16 AM »

I know, I know, this totally goes against your hundreds of "Use Firefox" posts.

Jonas Wauters · « **Reply #18 on:** May 12, 2007, 09:56:51 AM »

I have the same problem as CBMatt I don't seem to like firefox.
I have no reason but its just something inside that doesn't like it.µ
Maybe I just need to get used to it I will give it an other chance.
But May I ask whats better in firefox than IE7.
The layout definitely NOT but that's my opinion.
(modified with beter spelling

)

Jonas

Raptor · « **Reply #19 on:** May 12, 2007, 10:23:55 AM »

Quote from: Jonas Wauters on May 12, 2007, 09:56:51 AM

I have the same problem as CBMatt I don't seem to like firefox.
I have no reason but its just something inside that doesn't liek it.µ
Maybe I just need to get used to it I will give it an other chance.
But May I aske whats beter in firefox than IE7.
The layout defenetly NOT but thats my oppinion.

Jonas

Neither is your spelling.

IE7.0 copied a lot of things from Firefox. If it wasn't for Firefox users IE users would still be stuck with the *censored* excuse of a 6.0. They would have dragged its life span on and on (6.1, 6.2..) because no one would have had anything to compare it with. (No, a browser (Opera) with banners and advertisements won't get anyone their blood running thank you very much )

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #20 on:** May 12, 2007, 09:33:52 PM »

First time I saw IE7 at my friends house, I realised how crap it looked compare to firefox and the first thing I thought was "The layout/theme sucks and they copied the Tabs"
But these are only my opinions.

Jonas Wauters · « **Reply #21 on:** May 13, 2007, 03:41:44 AM »

I find that the Layout of firefox sucks but some-one said something about editing that.
Is this possible?

Jonas

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #22 on:** May 13, 2007, 04:13:42 AM »

Quote from: Jonas Wauters on May 13, 2007, 03:41:44 AM

I find that the Layout of firefox sucks but some-one said something about editing that.
Is this possible?

Jonas

Yes, I don't really like the default themse so i changed it to "MacFoxIIgraphite" which is awesome.

Jonas Wauters · « **Reply #23 on:** May 13, 2007, 04:29:28 AM »

Yesterday I've read in the paper that there was a new kind of virus called bots.
Those bots infects your computer when your surfing and clicking an infected web page.
Does some-one knows if this is true and if FireFox or IE7 is better protected against those viruses.

Jonas

Raptor · « **Reply #24 on:** May 14, 2007, 08:42:42 AM »

Quote from: Jonas Wauters on May 13, 2007, 04:29:28 AM

Yesterday I've read in the paper that there was a new kind of virus called bots.
Those bots infects your computer when your surfing and clicking an infected web page.
Does some-one knows if this is true and if FireFox or IE7 is better protected against those viruses.

Jonas

No, they're both evil. Stay off the Internet and do yourself a favour.

Jonas Wauters · « **Reply #25 on:** May 14, 2007, 09:16:01 AM »

Stay off the internet ?!

$:-\$
That isn't a solution for me.

But I want to thanks all of you to advice me to use FireFox.
I installed it and learned to work with it and now I really think that it is the BEST internet browser you can modify allot.

Jonas

CBMatt · « **Reply #26 on:** May 14, 2007, 11:17:31 AM »

Quote from: Raptor on May 14, 2007, 08:42:42 AM

Quote from: Jonas Wauters on May 13, 2007, 04:29:28 AM
Yesterday I've read in the paper that there was a new kind of virus called bots.
Those bots infects your computer when your surfing and clicking an infected web page.
Does some-one knows if this is true and if FireFox or IE7 is better protected against those viruses.

Jonas

No, they're both evil. Stay off the Internet and do yourself a favour.

And perhaps even uninstall SP2, right? Heh.

Jonas Wauters · « **Reply #27 on:** May 14, 2007, 11:33:05 AM »

What I did noticed is that FireFox works slower than IE.
And is it possible that when you open a new tap that it automatically opens your homepage?
I searched but didn't found that possibility while I can do this in IE.

Jonas

Calum · « **Reply #28 on:** May 14, 2007, 11:44:37 AM »

Google for a Firefox tweak guide, there are loads of ways to speed up Firefox and optimize it for any connection and system.
As for opening your homepage with a new tab, try this extension.
An extension is available for anything you could want from FF, if you look hard enough.

Jonas Wauters · « **Reply #29 on:** May 14, 2007, 11:54:13 AM »

I didn't look for addons for opening your homepage with a new tab.
I thought it was a build in option apperantly not.
If it is normal that IE is faster than I think FireFox sould do something about it next update.
Sow I'll just wait for that

. I hope they do.

Jonas

Calum · « **Reply #30 on:** May 14, 2007, 11:57:00 AM »

When is IE faster?
When opening pages, when starting, or what?

Jonas Wauters · « **Reply #31 on:** May 14, 2007, 12:05:29 PM »

IE loads faster and is faster in startup.
But that is my opinion.

Jonas

patio · « **Reply #32 on:** May 14, 2007, 03:31:01 PM »

OK everyone get out your stopwatches that round up to the thousandths of seconds and start now....

Browser speed discussions are an absolute waste...the only way to do a comparitive test would be on identical machines inside a vacuum chamber with an internet connection that could be monitored at the packet level.

Think about it...

CBMatt · « **Reply #33 on:** May 14, 2007, 11:30:38 PM »

Quote from: Jonas Wauters on May 14, 2007, 12:05:29 PM

IE loads faster and is faster in startup.
But that is my opinion.

Jonas

Same here. I've always noticed that IE tends to load significantly faster (I mean the program itself, not pages). I suppose it doesn't matter too much, though.

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #34 on:** May 14, 2007, 11:39:40 PM »

Yeah, like when you restart your computer or when you turn it on. When you run Firefox for the first time it takes quite a while to start. But then after that when you try to open it's fine.

Kryptonite · « **Reply #35 on:** May 18, 2007, 06:14:49 AM »

Must admit that I just wanted to post the same question ( similar one ) as this one. But I followed the recommendations of the forum administrators and found this question which will work for my needs.

I have a Gateway laptop with an AMD Athlon, a gig of ram and windows XP. It seems to take forever to get to the desktop ( this is not the problem but I thought I would throw it in for any side comments ) On that laptop I have IE 5.x as well as Opera.
I can't say that I have noticed a speed difference between the two browsers but I have noticed that less cookie are collected with Opera than IE 5

I also have an HP laptop with an Intel Centrino Duo which loads the desktop a lot faster than the Gateway. I basically have the same items in the systray. As an experiement I was thinking of trying Foxfire as my second browser and noticed that the download mentions Google; I'm guessing it means Foxfire with a Google menu bar? Is there a Google free version that I can download and what version is it?

BTW this HP alerts me everyday that there are updates available for my computer and when checking closer it wants to update IE. The version that is currently in place is 6.0.2900. Is 7 any better than 6?

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #36 on:** May 18, 2007, 06:42:26 AM »

If you download firefox now, it comes with the Google Toolbar.
To get rid of the toolbar, do the following:
Open Firefox
click on Tools at the top
click Add-ons
click the Google Toolbar and choose Uninstall.

Simple

ms_dos_sux · « **Reply #37 on:** May 30, 2007, 07:15:56 PM »

im not sure this would belong in this section, as it is completely subjective.

Comp Guy · « **Reply #38 on:** May 30, 2007, 07:47:12 PM »

I also noticed that IE seems to load faster than firefox. I also did not like firefox when I tried it. But maybe it's just me

.

Carbon Dudeoxide · « **Reply #39 on:** May 30, 2007, 11:26:51 PM »

If you have too many add-ons, firefox will start slower but for me, web browsing is much easier.

Calum · « **Reply #40 on:** May 31, 2007, 06:44:55 AM »

Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on May 30, 2007, 11:26:51 PM

If you have too many add-ons, firefox will start slower but for me, web browsing is much easier.

So remove some, and/or follow one of the many Firefox tweak guides.

Quote from: ms_dos_sux on May 30, 2007, 07:15:56 PM

im not sure this would belong in this section, as it is completely subjective.

So you felt the need to resurrect this topic?

Can we leave the topic alone please?
It's finished, let it rest in peace.

2k_dummy · « **Reply #41 on:** May 31, 2007, 07:27:59 AM »

Just out of curiosity, where does one find the Witch internet browser. I think I've ever tried it.

Kryptonite · « **Reply #42 on:** June 04, 2007, 07:56:27 AM »

Quote from: ms_dos_sux on May 30, 2007, 07:15:56 PM

im not sure this would belong in this section, as it is completely subjective.

If my posts are in the wrong place it's perfectly fine if someone with the power to do so; moves them.

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Author Topic: Witch is the best internet browser? (Read 23188 times)

Jonas Wauters

patio

brenthunt

CBMatt

Carbon Dudeoxide

Raptor

diablo416

Carbon Dudeoxide

Perfect Agent52

Perfect Agent52

diablo416

Perfect Agent52

CBMatt

davisw

Carbon Dudeoxide

CBMatt

Raptor

CBMatt

Jonas Wauters

Raptor

Carbon Dudeoxide

Jonas Wauters

Carbon Dudeoxide

Jonas Wauters

Raptor

Jonas Wauters

CBMatt

Jonas Wauters

Calum

Jonas Wauters

Calum

Jonas Wauters

patio

CBMatt

Carbon Dudeoxide

Kryptonite

Carbon Dudeoxide

ms_dos_sux

Comp Guy

Carbon Dudeoxide

Calum

2k_dummy

Kryptonite