Browser Wars, Part n

Wormsie · 03-16-2005, 08:14 AM

Shifty.

artwking4 · 03-16-2005, 08:25 AM

Internet Explorer and Other. Because for some reason, Netscape was left out.

I'll probably put Firefox on my computer sometime, just for the heck of it.

Jazhara7 · 03-16-2005, 08:36 AM

My browser of choice is Revontulet. Definitely.

Now guess which Browser I mean (I think some people here have an advantage).

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Elton28 · 03-16-2005, 08:52 AM

Deffo Firefox.

Has some annoyances though; the flashing images on page loads for a start - Gamespot is the main problem. Java sometimes fails too, whereas IE does not. Still, IE IMO is sluggish and cluttered and barely customisable.

Tabbed browsing = YAY!!

pinkgothic · 03-16-2005, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Elton28

Tabbed browsing = YAY!!

Icky. The reason I don't use Firefox. And yes, I know you can turn it off, I just can't be arsed.

</feeds the cliché of the "if it comes working like I want it I'm happy" user of Microsoft products (and don't pun the "working"

)>

Jazhara7 · 03-16-2005, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by pinkgothic

Icky. The reason I don't use Firefox. And yes, I know you can turn it off, I just can't be arsed.

</feeds the cliché of the "if it comes working like I want it I'm happy" user of Microsoft products (and don't pun the "working"

)>

Well, I guess the combination of "Microsoft products" and "working" are a kind of pun in itself. No need for me to make my own pun.

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100ja a.k.a. mr_mitja · 03-16-2005, 09:51 AM

Firefox. It's faster that way when you're on dial-up.

Ninth · 03-16-2005, 10:09 AM

Firefox, because at one point I had trouble with IE and wanted to try something else for a change.
And the change made me happy enough.

Wormsie · 03-16-2005, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Jazhara7

My browser of choice is Revontulet. Definitely.

Well, revontulet is Finnish and means the northern lights or aurora borealis. But revon is the genetive form of repo which is an old Finnish word for fox and tulet is the plural form of tuli which means means fire, so Firefox it is.

Huz · 03-16-2005, 11:22 AM

Oh Firefox how I love thee and your tabbed browsing and FlashBlock and AdBlock extensions!

Except on my nasty old slow computer which is too shit to run you properly, so I use Internet Explorer instead.

Quadriflax · 03-16-2005, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by artwking4

Because for some reason, Netscape was left out.

Yeah, what up with that? I've been using Netscape for probably 7-8 years now. I know most people have something against it, but for the most part it's a pretty solid and fast browser. It's not until recently that I started using Firefox and, with my new computer build coming up, will probably use it exclusively and leave NS off.

Version 6.0 was crap, but 6.2 fixed all that. Versions 7.0 and 7.1 work fine, but there's a few tweaks with 7.2 that bug me. Like when you create a new tab it doesn't put the cursor in the address bar, so you have to click it to start typing a new address. That's highly annoying. Plus it's just too bulky compared to it's Mozilla cousins like Firefox. I never use Composer, yet for some reason I have to install it? Hmm. Plus I already have AIM installed on my comp. I don't need NS to install it again. Like many good programs, NS has become too big and clunky for it's own good. I was willing to put up with it because I like the mail client and don't like IE. But with a host of new options to choose from it's time for something new!

Jazhara7 · 03-16-2005, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by deadworm222

Well, revontulet is Finnish and means the northern lights or aurora borealis. But revon is the genetive form of repo which is an old Finnish word for fox and tulet is the plural form of tuli which means means fire, so Firefox it is.

Exactly. I really like that folk story about the origin of the Northern Lights: It says that a fox in the north is running on the snow, and it's sweeping it's tail so that sparks fly off into the sky, creating the lights - the Fox Fire/Firefox.

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Kolzig · 03-16-2005, 12:44 PM

Opera here forever.

I never really started to use Firefox, maybe because Opera had all FFox's praised features a long time ago already.

Wormsie · 03-16-2005, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Quadriflax

Yeah, what up with that?

I try to put at least one flaw into all my polls, making it art and stirring up the conversation.

TigerShard · 03-16-2005, 01:10 PM

Huh?! You mean, browsers other than FireFox exist in this world? Amazing...

SoccerDude28 · 03-16-2005, 09:29 PM

Firefox, just coz I hate Microsoft and love open source. But in reality, I use both IE and firefox and I really don't care.

Maquisard · 03-16-2005, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by deadworm222

Well, revontulet is Finnish and means the northern lights or aurora borealis. But revon is the genetive form of repo which is an old Finnish word for fox and tulet is the plural form of tuli which means means fire, so Firefox it is.

I could've told you that just by looking at what she voted for.

Jazhara7 · 03-17-2005, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by TigerShard

Huh?! You mean, browsers other than FireFox exist in this world? Amazing...

Don't let them fool you! Everybody knows that the defininiton of "browser" is "Firefox". Every little child can tell you that.

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Jazhara7 · 03-17-2005, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mares

I could've told you that just by looking at what she voted for.

Well, shat. That's too easy.

*hurkles*

Don't be such a Hinderling.

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Maquisard · 03-17-2005, 03:38 AM

"hinderling: A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal."

err...yes 'mam?

I shall cease my base, degenerate activities forthwith.

View Poll Results: Your browsers
Internet Explorer	17	45.95%
Firefox	24	64.86%
Opera	5	13.51%
Mozilla	2	5.41%
Safari	1	2.70%
-Other-	4	10.81%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll

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03-16-2005, 08:25 AM	#2
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03-16-2005, 08:36 AM	#3
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03-16-2005, 08:52 AM	#4
Elton28 Αγαπώ την Κέρκυρα Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: YORKSHIRE AN' PROUD OF IT!! Posts: 649	Deffo Firefox. Has some annoyances though; the flashing images on page loads for a start - Gamespot is the main problem. Java sometimes fails too, whereas IE does not. Still, IE IMO is sluggish and cluttered and barely customisable. Tabbed browsing = YAY!! Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Μανολι Θα ημουν μαλλον στο ποδιλατο μου!!!

03-16-2005, 09:51 AM	#7
100ja a.k.a. mr_mitja pain is love Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Posts: 1,348	Firefox. It's faster that way when you're on dial-up. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. - W.C. Fields There are more old drunks then old doctors. - Willie Nelson by_100ja

03-16-2005, 10:09 AM	#8
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03-16-2005, 11:22 AM	#10
Huz Kersal Massive Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 1,430	Oh Firefox how I love thee and your tabbed browsing and FlashBlock and AdBlock extensions! Except on my nasty old slow computer which is too shit to run you properly, so I use Internet Explorer instead. Share Share this post on Twitter

03-16-2005, 12:44 PM	#13
Kolzig The Reggienator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Vaasa, Finland Posts: 5,519	Opera here forever. I never really started to use Firefox, maybe because Opera had all FFox's praised features a long time ago already. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "The old standby, that never got old in the first place. We come back to them weekly, nightly, for hours at a time--and they always deliver. They are pure, timeless, and often taken for granted." - Nick Breckon - Shacknews My gamesale list updated 26.8.2007 Hey, dear people please buy my games, I need money to conquer Europe! Or do something similar.

03-16-2005, 01:10 PM	#15
TigerShard Resident AG Ninja Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 387	Huh?! You mean, browsers other than FireFox exist in this world? Amazing... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "Funny, everytime I get involved in saving the world I turn into a kleptomanic." -George Stobbart in Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon "Intution tells me how to live my day. Intuition tells me when to walk away. Could have turned left, could have turned right, but I ended up here, bang, in the middle of a real life" - Natalie Imbruglia 'Intuition'

03-16-2005, 09:29 PM	#16
SoccerDude28 Homer of Kittens Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Francisco, Bay Area Posts: 4,374	Firefox, just coz I hate Microsoft and love open source. But in reality, I use both IE and firefox and I really don't care. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ -------------------------------------------------- Games I am playing: Jeanne D'Ark (PSP) Firefox rules

03-17-2005, 03:38 AM	#20
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	"hinderling: A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal." err...yes 'mam? I shall cease my base, degenerate activities forthwith. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

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