11-16-2004, 12:40 AM | #1 |
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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.
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11-16-2004, 01:21 AM | #2 |
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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.
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11-16-2004, 01:29 AM | #3 |
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I generally use IE, but I also have Mozilla, just because.
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11-16-2004, 01:42 AM | #4 | |
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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.
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11-16-2004, 02:56 AM | #5 |
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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).
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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!
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11-16-2004, 04:32 AM | #7 |
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IE, Netscape, Safari and Mozilla (I use macs at home and PC at work)
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11-16-2004, 04:43 AM | #8 |
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Why some of you have two or more web browsers in the same computer?
It looks like a waste of space...
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11-16-2004, 06:48 AM | #9 |
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I've used Netscape since my IE stuffed up. The only downside to it really is that you can't copy images from the pages directly- you have to save them to your hard drive first. Annoying.
Oh wait, I forgot to mention that I also dislike the way images in Netscape load. Gives me the irrits. Last edited by Linaewen : 11-16-2004 at 06:57 AM. |
11-16-2004, 09:25 AM | #10 |
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i always used IE till i got AOL, and then it was just too much trouble to
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God it sounds like the Matrix.
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11-16-2004, 12:23 PM | #13 | |
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I use IE, basically because it was one the computer when I got it.
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11-16-2004, 12:38 PM | #14 | |
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11-16-2004, 01:48 PM | #16 |
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IE on the PC... my job's all about web work, so i have to use what the majority uses
safari on the mac is great too... though i don't do much of my browsing there
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Here are samples of the various browsers... Netscape 7.1 Firefox 1.0 IE 6.0
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i do check out with other browsers for certain customers... unfortunately, some of the larger ones (mutual fund companies in particular) do not want to spend the extra time/money involved for browser compliance (at least beyond aol/netscape)... they want it to work in IE first and foremost
that said, in most cases i try to keep things basic enough so that browser compliance is not much of an issue
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I've come up with problems with my site between IE and Netscape. For instance - I have a spacer graphic between the blue tables to space them out properly vertically (you can see the tables in the pages above). Netscape will display the two tables properly - no matter where the <table> tag appears in the code. IE however will show a full space between the two tables unless the <table> tag is right next to (on the same line as) the <img>tag used for the spacer graphic. It was so annoying to figure this out and correct it so it looks right in both browsers.
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11-16-2004, 03:31 PM | #20 |
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i agree... there are a many little annoyances like that
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