Exactly what I think.

It's very sad that there is 4 pages full of people commenting on their favorite browser, when the thread clearly is a poll for favorite browser engine.

IE and Maxathon and Avant all use the same engine, the IE one.
Opera uses it's own.
Safari and Konqueror use KHTML
Netscape, Mozilla and Firefox use Gecko.

If people would read the poll, they would see this. But still, they continue to post complaining there is already a poll on this, when the poll they speak of is in fact favorite browser, where this is browser engine, like I already stated.

So, put simply, THIS POLL HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN DONE.

Do you get it yet?

A vote of confidence for the browser would translate to a vote of confidence for the engine, wouldn't it?

gecko.
no question.

No.

I think Gecko is the best rendering engine, barely. I do think Opera is faster still, the engine, though.

However, I think Opera as a browser in whole is better.

just wanted to inform you that Firefox can be run with profile from a usb key drive. and there is a firefox .msi install avaivable (not official) but one will be for 1.0

give me IE's wide-ranging compatibility, with firefox's daily updates and ease of use, all topped off with opera's speed and infinite customization. then i'll be happy

i use opera 99.99% of the time, but i prefer firefox's rendering engine. the problem is that i can't get it to behave exactly how i want, whereas opera performs perfectly. so i can live with a few site incompatibilities in exchange for awesome performance everywhere else.

Gecko, definitively..

Gecko all the way...its:
Faster
Safer

<- Will be proud of Gecko!

Firefox all the way, use to use Avant Browser but then I discovered FF and have never looked back.

I go with firefox all the way.

The best thing i have read on neowin

I 100 % agree with this

i agree with u
internet explorer with service pack 2 is satisfying

Gecko is more compliant with the standards, but ie is more forgiving to bad code. Both have advantages.

the gecko engine runs smooth enough for me and has faster page loading time then any browsers that use the IE engine atleast on my computer

Gecko get my vote, because:
* Fast rendering.
* W3C Standard compliant.
* Portable to most platforms/OS.
* Open source.

Gecko.

Follows standards, no annoyinig IE animations/effects.

Opera.

Fastest browser.
Many cools features (like Top 10 Website) mouse gestures.
More secure than FireFox.

Here you are all talking about how great and secure Firefox is, but you forget one thing, All these extension required to make it just a little usable. Is the vulnerabilities about Firefox, since the creators can program weaknesses into it them, and later use them to their advantage.

Maybe FireFox is faster, but it’s certainly NOT more secure, and all you people talking about viruses, and worms. Today almost all users are using Anti-virus and firewall. And if you are not, it does not matter if you use IE, Firefox or opera etc…
And SP2 closes these gabs, and those of you how says SP2 is crap, might just be using a pirated version of Windows.

And NO results show that FireFox is more secure than IE.

Now Open source, has the same problem 200 programmers working all with different skills, and not all with the same purpose, some is genuine but still some is going to try to get something out of it. I am using IE, because it loads faster, it requires less memory, than FireFox with all those needed Extensions to at least get a descent browsing. And it’s just as secure as FireFox, Tabbed browsing I really don’t need that. And the fact that FireFox does not support ActiveX. And it’s simply easier to use.

I like Firefox!!

i voted for firefox also

Opera

Mozilla Firefox (Gecko) gets my vote. So far, I've tried Internet Explorer, MyIE2/Maxthon, Mozilla/Firefox, Opera, and a few more browsers.

So... I'd go with Firefox.

Firefox, its safe to use. and for the SP2, check this out:

Two New IE Vulnerabilities Surface
By David Worthington, BetaNews
November 17, 2004, 6:01 PM

While this week's headlines have thus far been dominated by news of renewed Web browser development, bug hunters at Secunia have shifted attention back toward the browser's darker side: A seemingly endless stream of security vulnerabilities. Secunia has issued a "moderately critical" advisory for Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The exploit bypasses a security feature in the Windows XP SP2 edition of the software that notifies users when they are opening certain file types, making way for malicious downloads. "Hide extension for known file types" must be enabled in order for the exploit to occur, and is the default setting.

A second vulnerability in the "execCommand()" JavaScript function allows malicious Web sites to lure users into downloading a file masquerading as an HTML document through IE's "Save as HTML Document" feature.

Secunia recommends disabling Active Scripting support and the "Hide extension for known file types" option.

mozilla/firefox now that firefox is catching steam a lot of pages are designed around mozilla compatability. but opera is a very powerful browser so for me it could go eather way

I use IE and Firefox.

Firefox. But I'll switch to Konqueror if Firefox catches steam.
Then to Amaya [or someother unkown] if Konqueror catches steam.
Them to IE when...

So as longs as it's not the "big huge" one everyone else uses.... I'll use it.

Bah, maybe I'll write my own for a challenge. [good CS project too...]

You'll use a browser because it's not popular? Wow, talk about pathetic.

The safest browser is the one no malicious programmer would bother wasting time to attack. If no one is using it, almost no one will btoher exploiting a flaw.

without a doubt gecko

Gecko loves me and i love Gecko.

Look at what he said. He said he'll use it because it's not "the big one". He neither said nor implied anything about security.

And that is BS. Firefox nor Opera will ever be as security-bug-ridden as IE. People attack IE because it's EASY.. not because more people use it.

Gecko...

PS... Changing to a new username again, and guess what I'll vote Gecko with that one too...

I like TouchNet Browser,it's so cool!!!

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gecko

Definitely Opera.It is da fastest.So it's engine is da best.

I think Opera have the best engine.. It's THE fastest, no doubt. It's also very fleksible...

i voted for IE
used the others once... but never really got to like them...

Fire Fox is the best

I vote for standards compliance. So far Gecko (Mozilla Firefox) is my #1 .

Both KHTML (Safari) and Presto (Opera) gets thumbs up.

BTW, doing a quick Google search, here are the names of common rendering engines:

• Gecko (Mozilla)
• KHTML (Safari, Konqueror)
• Presto (Opera)
• Trident (MSIE)
• Tasman (Mac IE)

*edit* double post

How does Tasman [Mac IE] do in regards with rendering pages? Is it better than Internet Explorer for Windows?

IE 5.2.3 for Mac OS X is better in some regards than its Windows counterpart. It has full support for CSS1, so if you code your site properly it's not bad.

When it came out it definitely was leaps and bounds better than IE5 for Win. Nowadays it's old skool.

IE for me. fastest on my machine, loads all websites most accurately compared to others on my machine, and it doesnt use as much memory as FF in my experience.

i also dont really go for that tabbed stuff myself.

so IE.

Maxthon is IE.

Maxthon owns all. MOUSE GESTURES, PEOPLE! Right click, close tab at the top of the list! Doesnt have enormous tabs!

It's always been Gecko, but I switched from Mozilla to Firefox a couple of months ago, seeing how 1.0 was a dramatic improvement from the previous releases.

It also correctly renders PNGs.

umm.. as far as i can interpret with the limited skills i have acquired at deciphering the english language, i would say that he was not asking the question "which browser is the best?" but rather "which rendering engine is the best/most reliable?"

my vote goes to opera tbh, im using it now, i've used it for a long time, and i will be using it for a long time into the future! (me @ 7.6 tp 4)