ShEp
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right ive got internet explorer not sure what version but its causing me nothing but hassle
whats the verdict on firefox? any1 here got it? is there better ones to look at before i delve in and change my explorer?
let me know cheers
ShEp
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John
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opera is the best.
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Kathryn W
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I tend to find that my firefox is MUCH faster than my IE...
I also find that with the options of a number of tabs on the same page is useful!
I think firefox is much more useful than IE!
Why not just keep IE incase you change your mind?
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Planty02
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The newest version of IE has tabs just like firefox...I used to use firefox but now i find that IE offers the same features and is more compatible TBH - try downloading the latest version from microsoft, its free (think they check your Windows is legal first tho)
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ShEp
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tell me more of this opera?
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John
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http://www.opera.com/
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Joe
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I use Firefox and its been tip top for me, tabbed browsing is always helpful and keeps itself updated. Even if IE does all this too now ill just stick to Firefox now.
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ShEp
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cheers 
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Sam
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I have Firefox but only for testing purposes for my site, I use IE for main browsing.
Opera I think is better than Firefox IMO.
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abdus
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Firefox 
you can also use firetune to optimise firefox
[Edited on 09-08-2006 by abdus]
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Dom
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firefox uses stupids amounts of memory, leave it running for a few hrs and i fine it has gobbled up 100+mb.
I use SeaMonkey, based on the mozilla engine like opera/firefox, but a lot simpler and less flashy - it can be a tad flakey once in a while, but its certainly faster than firefox and ie
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ssj_kakarot
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opera i used to use firefox but tried opera and never went back, so much more features.
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mooney
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ive used firefox for the last few months and never had a problem with it, ive got a 1gb of ram so dont really notice if it takes up 100mb+
havent tried opera but will do, like firefox because of the themes and foxytunes(control music player at the bottom of the web browser)
got the futurma theme at the moment
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James_DT
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Opera is the best for the PC, although Safari is still the best browser IMO. I much prefer IE to Firefox, and IE is far faster than Firefox as they've bloated Firefox out with loads of features just for the sake of beating IE. Firefox was initially developed to be a cut-down version of Mozilla, but Firefox is now bloatier, more memory hogging and slower than Mozilla and IE.
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mooney
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just looked at the same webpage in ie,firefox and opera and firefox used the least memory, opera was just over 5mb more
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Dom
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like i said leave firefox running for a while on a page and memory will be gobbled
And i totally agree with what james said - it the early versions of firefox it used to be pretty damn quick, but the last few versions are slow compared to IE - hence why i use seamonkey, as its just a simple browser, has tabs but doesnt offer anything else in terms of features and its fast too
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mooney
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have you tried the fastfox add-on?
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James_DT
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I don't want to use a browser that you have to have an addon or a tweaking program for; I want a browser which works exactly as I need it to from the start.
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Marc
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No problems here with Firefox. Takes a bit of getting used to at first but I prefer the layout now.
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Cybermonkey
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Firefox with the FasterFox add-on is fecking awesome. RFC specs are mega high for super fast browsing
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kz
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firefox is crap, but unfortunatly i have no choice, i have to use it  nothing ever loads and its started to crash everyday
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abdus
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quote:
Originally posted by kz
firefox is crap, but unfortunatly i have no choice, i have to use it nothing ever loads and its started to crash everyday
then your pc is crap
[Edited on 11-08-2006 by abdus]
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by abdus
quote:
Originally posted by kz
firefox is crap, but unfortunatly i have no choice, i have to use it nothing ever loads and its started to crash everyday
then your is pc is crap
doesnt sound like firefox is the problem
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kz
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well tbh it mainy windows media videos... which makes sence i guess, and also will never connect to any online radio stations 
and as for crashing... it manly only happens on myspace, which is a piece of shit anyway.
but, imo IE >>> FireFox!
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by kz
but, imo IE >>> FireFox!
ian should ban you for that.
ive tried opera & firefox.. both better than IE, take your pick out of those two
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