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Hani
hey,

Cast your vote on the best browser engine. I personally like Opera (a great UI, tons of cool features like mouse gestures, fast and secure browser), but I'm still a fanboy of IE.

EDIT: Thought of editing my post to look more mature..

Best Regards,
Hani
elliot
Firefox. sleeping.gif
v_magal
stupid ****en thread been done to death here noobie go to bed
dabozz
Maxthon all the way (formerly MyIE2). Why only those 3 options in the poll? confused.gif
hunter1234
I was using firefox before sp2, but after microsoft added the popup blocker I went back to IE.
b3ta
Firefox - it's fresh it's new + has all the features I want. Winner!
Shannon
Quote - (v_magal @ Sep 23 2004, 07:59)
stupid ****en thread been done to death here noobie  go to bed

Shut up?

If a thread has been done already, just don't post in it. It will die off quicker if elitist bitches like you didn't come in posting useless crap & flaming people.

Back on topic, Firefox. thumbs_up.gif
v_magal
just learn to look at the forums already instead of creatint he same topic over and over and over and over
krmathis
Stupid post!
Asking for the best Browser, then only list 3 choices... mad.gif

My favorite are not on the list.
Its Mozilla Firefox, but Safari and Camino are great browsers as well. thumbs_up.gif
Inplode
WHY ON EARTH make another poll about the "best web browser" your wasteing bandwith use the 1 u want to use
Vice
Worst Thread Ever.

This has been done so many times and this is the worst one yet since u only gave 3 poll choices there is like 9 diff browsers across many different platforms... why do people not use the search button!!
sgtLENIN
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tang_tito
i like IE
because i'm used to it....
ozgeek
I use what almost everyone else use - Mozilla Firefox. And yes, this thread has been done millions of times on Neowin.
lotuis
There is no the best one,but there is one you most love to use.
SeMz...
my vote goes to mozilla firefox
insanekiwi
uh, i hate those lame polls. at least once a week.
use the browser which fits your needs. period.
Shannon
Maybe there should be some kind of thread topic filter that doesn't allow any threads with "Best" & "Browser" in the title to be made... biggrin.gif
Joel
Moved here
Solarix
why is this topic still open, close it , we have enough of these
IceDogg
FireFox-- It has more options then ANY other browser. Heck if it doesn't do what you want ask someone NICELY and they will probably make an extension that will do it. So Far I've not had that happen to me. I Just look around a little and find an extension to do everything I want.. and some things I never would have thought I would want. Next I want a FireFox designed vehicle!! biggrin.gif
Kriz
Firefox.
STV
there is not such thing as a "best brower". although there is such a thing as a "best browser for you/me". for me, it is of course IE. I like it because it is basic, does what i want it to do, and doesnt get spyware or virii.

firefox may be good for some of you, but please stop trying to force your views and philosophies down everyone's throats.

STV
caerma
Maxthon...
STV
Quote - (winxptwker @ Sep 23 2004, 09:26)
I use what almost everyone else use - Mozilla Firefox.

what fantasy land do you live in? most of the world uses IE.

STV
m!ke
Fit4130Rider
Let the flame war begin!
Jasur
If i had to choose, be Opera

IE

Mozilla Suite

Even Netscape (yes its rebranded, we all know it)

then Firefox

Actually, come to think of it, i wouldnt even have Firefox on any system i own or have made etc. Thing is buggy, and until it comes up with a better Options/Preferences panel, then will never be.
imtoomuch
For the love of Jesus H Christ, not again! I didn't vote because Mozilla and Firefox are not the same thing and my vote would have gone to firefox.
Bearded Kirklander
IE 6 with MyIE 2 (or Maxthon) = Best for me
Mozilla Suite 1.7.3 is a very close second. (with autoscroll and tabbrowser extensions, that is)
HoochieMamma
The Fox thumbs_up.gif
Jase
FF'Forsure - Firefox

Use Mozilla Firefox if you want to have full control of your browser eg: visual style- simply play with the css file to suit your needs cool.gif

Use Ie if you want your browser to be Hijacked...etc rolleyes.gif

use Opera if you want a browser bloated with buttons, adds and other anoying things but faster browsing yes.gif
bkellner
IE has dropped to 57% of browsers used, while Firefox is up to 18%. Less than 2 years ago IE was at 95%. IE being IE and all IE browsers (MyIE2, Avant, etc..) People are realizing that IE really is not that great of a browser.

I use to be the biggest IE junkie, hating firefox and supporting IE on every thread like this. Now I can't stand IE, and love Firefox and Thunderbird.
- It looks basically the same, actually better.
- It has less security issues.
- It has a lot more and much nicer features.
- about:config
- Better CSS support (Why I made the switch to begin with)

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In order:
Firefox, Opera, IE
HoochieMamma
Quote - (krazie @ Sep 24 2004, 00:39)
I use to be the biggest IE junkie, hating firefox and supporting IE on every thread like this. Now I can't stand IE, and love Firefox and Thunderbird.

I was EXACTLY like you. yes.gif
Gahmahn
I think the best browser for anyone is the one they feel easiest to use. My personal preference is Firefox, because I can't live without using tabs now.
Bearded Kirklander
Quote - (HoochieMamma @ Sep 23 2004, 07:41)
I was EXACTLY like you. yes.gif

But then you got Prozac and you realize that IE 6 is not so bad, Mozilla is great and Opera sucks tanks! biggrin.gif

heh...
demorgoron
IE 5 w00t.gif w00t.gif w00t.gif
v_magal
I cant believe another thread like this on a played out subject went to 3 pages
beanboy89
Mozilla Suite 1.7.3.
hadiz
FireFox thumbs_up.gif
D0401
firefox
stezo2k
Firefox, it's free, fast, updated a lot and looks nice
rayjin
Google browser... oh yea!!! rofl.gif
supernova_00
The Definitive "Best Browser" Thread Search is your friend...btw it was only on the second page. Requesting this be made a sticky.
Nebuchadnezzar
Opera.
ryno267
firefox.... duh !?
altermind
I use IE and am testing out firefox...... but I don't use stock IE.. I use avantbrowser.....

I must admit.. the live favs in firefox are nice... but the interface is slow and the redraw on the images and scrooling is much slower then IE for me
TTIDean
IM using Firefox now after using Internet Explorer and getting annoyed with all the security issues and all the spyware programes that you get smile.gif
Killer XP
Hi Hani,

Go to my weblog Computer's Tip's and How-To's

Switching to Mozilla Firefox from Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox

Firefox is attracting huge attention due to its good webpage rendering engine, security, and handy features. It is also easy to personalise with extensions and themes.

* Very Standards compliant - Based on Gecko engine.
* Tabbed browsing, one-click-downloading and integrated Google search all standard.
* Open source
* Very secure
* Extensions - Countless add on features can be downloaded
* Themes - You can personalise your Firefox by downloading themes
* Easy to use and intuitive
* Good accessibility

The reasons why you should switch over to Firefox browser.

1) Standards compliance. If you don't design/maintain websites, then this means nothing to you. If you do, it means everything.

2) Tabbed-browsing. IE doesn't have it.

3) Popup blocking. Windows XP users who have SP2 now have it, but what about Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000?

4) Security. Firefox will not give a malicious site the ability to run arbitrary code. IE shouldn't, but who knows? It's been exploited numerous times.

5) Extensions/Themes. There are so many extensions and themes whose functionality is not duplicated on IE, it's rediculous to try to count them. IE has no native theme support.

6) Performance. Firefox easily out-performs IE in general page rendering time on old and new hardware and interprets JavaScript much faster.

7) Privacy. Browsing history, cookies, and cache data are only stored in one place by Firefox, and when you ask Firefox to delete those files it deletes them! IE/Windows maintains your entire history and typed-urls in system-level hidden files that aren't deleted when you ask to delete them. You can't even browse to those files in Explorer.

8) Cross-platform Firefox is compiled and tested for many hardware/OS platforms, whereas IE only works with Windows x86 machines and Apple machines running Mac OS.

9) Community-driven. Firefox is distributed by a community of developers/testers/users who take input from each other and from the current browser market. This means Firefox is always up-to-date with features that the users want. IE hasn't had a major release in something like 7 years, and is distributed commercially with only limited user feedback.

10) It's the underdog. Firefox is an underdog in the new browser wars that are beginning to emerge because of Microsoft's laziness. I just like to root for the underdog, especially when it's as awesome as the Fox.

11) The download's are easy becuse you can put the download program's and bookmark's off the internet into my documents folder with the installer icon so it will be easer to find. Also it makes it so ease to burn to on the CD install the program quicker.

12) No ActiveX controller=no code being executed from you simply being on a webpage.

13) IE = hackers paradise.

14) The tons of extensions, like Adblock, Gmail Composer, Google Preview, etc.

15) Multiple search engines. IE can't even do this without extra third party toolbars.

16) Much harder to get spyware and other stuff making your Windows install unstable, since there's no ActiveX problems, and because Firefox is a smaller target for hackers than IE.
giga
The Fox for me.
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