Web Browser

jerseydevil · 11-16-2004, 12:40 AM

I thought there was a thread on this - but I can't find it.

Anyway - I was wondering what web browsers people use. I've used Netscape since it came out. I've also used IE - at work and to make sure my website looks okay in it. I recently downloaded Firefox to see what that was like - but it's missing too many of the functions I like with Netscape (both Netscape and Firefox are built on the Mozilla code).

I can add my pros and cons of the different browsers as people post and express theirs - but right now Netscape still seems like the best browser with the most functionality still.

BeardofPants · 11-16-2004, 01:21 AM

I used to use mozilla, now I use safari (mac equivalent of mozilla/netscape). I LOVE, LOVE tabs. Tabs freakin' rule. I haven't downloaded firefox yet, but I will take a gander at it, and see if it's any good.

Count Comfect · 11-16-2004, 01:29 AM

I generally use IE, but I also have Mozilla, just because.

jerseydevil · 11-16-2004, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeardofPants

I used to use mozilla, now I use safari (mac equivalent of mozilla/netscape). I LOVE, LOVE tabs. Tabs freakin' rule. I haven't downloaded firefox yet, but I will take a gander at it, and see if it's any good.

I love tabs too. In Firefox the tabs aren't as easy to manage as in Netscape though it seems. You can't just press a button and create the tab - you actually have to go into the menu (also the order for the "close tab" and "close all tabs" seems to be backward). The other thing that I really miss though with firefox and one of the reasons I'm not switching yet - is because I love the side bar that has my search engines for searching and my bookmarks right there in verticle tabs. Netscape is so easy with the multiple tabs and with the side bar. I will NOT give up those things.

Also - I can't believe how many people think that Netscape costs money.

Microsoft must have done some really slanderous advertising against Netscape for so many people to think that it's not free.

BeardofPants · 11-16-2004, 02:56 AM

Yeah, that's why I love safari - it has a built in google bar right next to the address bar:

It's nifty cos all ya hafta do is tab across to it, and enter in the search criteria, and hit enter. Does netscape have close-buttons on their tabs, or is it like the old mozilla where you have to right-click on them to close them? (it's been ages since I used mozilla, so I have no idea what it's like now).

**Nurvingiel** · 11-16-2004, 03:57 AM

I use IE because it hasn't annoyed me too much yet. When it does, it's back to Mozilla (which I had downloaded on my old computer and liked).

The thing that saves IE for me actually has nothing to do with it. I have Norton Internet Security which is a good pop-up blocker. IE doesn't have one AFAIK, and Mozilla has a built in blocker.

Safari looks spiffy!

The Gaffer · 11-16-2004, 04:32 AM

IE, Netscape, Safari and Mozilla (I use macs at home and PC at work)

IIRC, Netscape has problems with HTML 4.

11-16-2004, 12:40 AM	#1
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	Web Browser I thought there was a thread on this - but I can't find it. Anyway - I was wondering what web browsers people use. I've used Netscape since it came out. I've also used IE - at work and to make sure my website looks okay in it. I recently downloaded Firefox to see what that was like - but it's missing too many of the functions I like with Netscape (both Netscape and Firefox are built on the Mozilla code). I can add my pros and cons of the different browsers as people post and express theirs - but right now Netscape still seems like the best browser with the most functionality still. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

11-16-2004, 01:21 AM	#2
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I used to use mozilla, now I use safari (mac equivalent of mozilla/netscape). I LOVE, LOVE tabs. Tabs freakin' rule. I haven't downloaded firefox yet, but I will take a gander at it, and see if it's any good. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

11-16-2004, 01:29 AM	#3
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	I generally use IE, but I also have Mozilla, just because. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-16-2004, 02:56 AM	#5
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Yeah, that's why I love safari - it has a built in google bar right next to the address bar: It's nifty cos all ya hafta do is tab across to it, and enter in the search criteria, and hit enter. Does netscape have close-buttons on their tabs, or is it like the old mozilla where you have to right-click on them to close them? (it's been ages since I used mozilla, so I have no idea what it's like now). __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

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