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ToolBag · 01-20-2004, 01:57 PM

Seeing that a few people have problems with IE, like myself, anyone have any other options for alternatives? I like Crazy Browser or the new Mozilla, tabbed browsing is the shit!

Silvy · 01-20-2004, 02:11 PM

I use Opera, and I like it.
The latest version was a little over the top IMHO with mail and stuff added...
But performance is getting back up with the newer revisions. And it works a hell of a lot better than IE (though it does not support IE-hacks, so some sites will refuse to work)

I'm never going back to IE again!

Redlemon · 01-20-2004, 02:11 PM

You will find many Firebird fans (a Mozilla ofshoot) on this board, I am one of them.

SiN · 01-20-2004, 02:19 PM

wow, i think we need a sticky.

<-- Opera user, btw.

ninety09 · 01-20-2004, 02:26 PM

MyIE2 is my favourite one.

omega2K4 · 01-20-2004, 02:31 PM

I mainly use MyIE2, sometimes I use Mozilla.

flamingpeach · 01-20-2004, 02:35 PM

Mozilla Firebird for me

Flesh · 01-20-2004, 02:45 PM

firebird for teh win... new version 0.8 is gonna drop soon, so look for it!

Fallon · 01-20-2004, 02:52 PM

Just moved to Mozilla here. Got tired of IE, and figured I should try somethin new.

Moskie · 01-20-2004, 03:03 PM

Opera user here. Pretty solid, customizable interface and mouse gestures. And I've grown to like the built in mail client.

Oh, and when a site is being finicky, I got MyIE2 as a backup.

genstylez · 01-20-2004, 03:46 PM

I am finding mozzilas tab system annoying. I am constantly finding that it's opening new windows with 1 tab, instead of staying a similar window.. Possibly a setting i've missed, dunno. Mozzila / Crazy Browser is good times.

cheerios · 01-20-2004, 04:20 PM

camino/safari with a sprinkling of firebird here

santafe5000 · 01-20-2004, 04:23 PM

Just downloaded Mozilla 1.6(I think), but haven't got it all figured out yet. Too long on IE and to adjusted to it. Will take me a while to get used to the different services Mozilla has.

tritium · 01-20-2004, 04:37 PM

Mozilla for me. Sometimes Opera, but usually the latter.

sailor · 01-20-2004, 04:57 PM

Chalk another one up to the Firebird.

ToolBag · 01-20-2004, 05:36 PM

Its awesome to see so many Mozilla users, I have wanted to try out opera for the longest time, just havent had a chance to download and play with it.

Stan · 01-20-2004, 06:38 PM

Firebird eliminates 98% of my Internet Explorer usage. I use one of the nightly builds optimized for Athlons and some other CPUs.

nash · 01-20-2004, 06:51 PM

I use Opera. I tried Firebird and I'm just too used to the Opera mouse gestures that the Firebird extensions can't match. Also, I find it noticably slower than Opera -- not by much, but noticable. I use IE for the sites that don't act quite right with Opera.

On a related note, does anyone have a browser on a USB pen drive that doesn't write anything to the hard drive of whatever machine that it's stuck in? Firebird worked for me, but it wrote way too many files (something like 600+ files and 200+ folders) and made the USB drive operate waaaay too slowly.

tinfoil · 01-20-2004, 06:56 PM

Safari mainly, but Firebird in the windows world.

SecretMethod70 · 01-20-2004, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by genstylez
I am finding mozzilas tab system annoying. I am constantly finding that it's opening new windows with 1 tab, instead of staying a similar window.. Possibly a setting i've missed, dunno. Mozzila / Crazy Browser is good times.

I'm not sure - the setting is probably there natively - but get this:

http://white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/...nsions.html.en

It will give you a TON of control over tabs. Check out www.mozdev.org for more nice little things to add on. But know there is a reason they're not included in the browser by default - be it in the interest of size or stability.

genstylez · 01-20-2004, 08:35 PM

Ok, cool trying it out. I'll tell you how it works later ;p

01-20-2004, 01:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
ToolBag Insane Location: Chicago	Alternative Browsers Seeing that a few people have problems with IE, like myself, anyone have any other options for alternatives? I like Crazy Browser or the new Mozilla, tabbed browsing is the shit! __________________ Jesus was a ruffies victim! Dan 3:20

01-20-2004, 02:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Silvy paranoid Location: The Netherlands	I use Opera, and I like it. The latest version was a little over the top IMHO with mail and stuff added... But performance is getting back up with the newer revisions. And it works a hell of a lot better than IE (though it does not support IE-hacks, so some sites will refuse to work) I'm never going back to IE again! __________________ "Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. " - Murphy MacManus (Boondock Saints)

01-20-2004, 02:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	You will find many Firebird fans (a Mozilla ofshoot) on this board, I am one of them. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

01-20-2004, 02:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
SiN strangelove Location: ...more here than there...	wow, i think we need a sticky. <-- Opera user, btw. __________________ - + - ° GiRLie GeeK ° - + - ° 01110010011011110110111101110100001000000110110101100101 Therell be days/When Ill stray/I may appear to be/Constantly out of reach/I give in to sin/Because I like to practise what I preach

01-20-2004, 02:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	I mainly use MyIE2, sometimes I use Mozilla. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

01-20-2004, 02:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
ninety09 Flavour of the Weak Location: Canada	MyIE2 is my favourite one.

01-20-2004, 02:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
flamingpeach hip mama Location: redmond, washington	Mozilla Firebird for me __________________ I've eaten my veggies all my life so bring it on, I am educated and strong for the revolution.

01-20-2004, 02:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
Flesh Psycho	firebird for teh win... new version 0.8 is gonna drop soon, so look for it!

01-20-2004, 02:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
Fallon Junkie Location: RI	Just moved to Mozilla here. Got tired of IE, and figured I should try somethin new.

01-20-2004, 03:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
Moskie Pure Chewing Satisfaction Location: can i use bbcode [i]here[/i]?	Opera user here. Pretty solid, customizable interface and mouse gestures. And I've grown to like the built in mail client. Oh, and when a site is being finicky, I got MyIE2 as a backup. __________________ Greetings and salutations.

01-20-2004, 03:46 PM	#11 (permalink)
genstylez Tilted Location: :D	I am finding mozzilas tab system annoying. I am constantly finding that it's opening new windows with 1 tab, instead of staying a similar window.. Possibly a setting i've missed, dunno. Mozzila / Crazy Browser is good times.

01-20-2004, 04:20 PM	#12 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	camino/safari with a sprinkling of firebird here

01-20-2004, 04:23 PM	#13 (permalink)
santafe5000 EVIL! Location: Southwest of nowhere	Just downloaded Mozilla 1.6(I think), but haven't got it all figured out yet. Too long on IE and to adjusted to it. Will take me a while to get used to the different services Mozilla has. __________________ When all else fails, QUIT.

01-20-2004, 04:37 PM	#14 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology	Mozilla for me. Sometimes Opera, but usually the latter. __________________ Blah.

01-20-2004, 04:57 PM	#15 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Chalk another one up to the Firebird. __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

01-20-2004, 06:56 PM	#19 (permalink)
tinfoil Fucking Hostile Location: Springford, ON, Canada	Safari mainly, but Firebird in the windows world. __________________ Get off your fuckin cross. We need the fuckin space to nail the next fool martyr.

01-20-2004, 05:36 PM	#16 (permalink)
ToolBag Insane Location: Chicago	Its awesome to see so many Mozilla users, I have wanted to try out opera for the longest time, just havent had a chance to download and play with it. __________________ Jesus was a ruffies victim! Dan 3:20

01-20-2004, 06:38 PM	#17 (permalink)
Stan Upright Location: Canada	Firebird eliminates 98% of my Internet Explorer usage. I use one of the nightly builds optimized for Athlons and some other CPUs.

01-20-2004, 06:51 PM	#18 (permalink)
nash Psycho	I use Opera. I tried Firebird and I'm just too used to the Opera mouse gestures that the Firebird extensions can't match. Also, I find it noticably slower than Opera -- not by much, but noticable. I use IE for the sites that don't act quite right with Opera. On a related note, does anyone have a browser on a USB pen drive that doesn't write anything to the hard drive of whatever machine that it's stuck in? Firebird worked for me, but it wrote way too many files (something like 600+ files and 200+ folders) and made the USB drive operate waaaay too slowly.

01-20-2004, 08:35 PM	#21 (permalink)
genstylez Tilted Location: :D	Ok, cool trying it out. I'll tell you how it works later ;p