Neowin Forums > Definitive Best Browser Engine

Kilroy-was-here

Apr 17 2005, 11:56

Clear winner

)(RockerBoy

Apr 19 2005, 03:19

Firefox

russ0943

Apr 19 2005, 03:20

FF is killin

littlejerry

Apr 19 2005, 08:47

Firefox

vcv

Apr 19 2005, 17:25

It's GECKO, not firefox.

glasscleaner

Apr 20 2005, 00:56

i was allway use the GECKO engine (with firefox) and i have give a try to the new Opera 8. and wow. really faster, and "smother" browsing... but less support for plug in...

fastest: opera
reliability: GECKO

(my idea so dont bitch me)

pre

Apr 20 2005, 01:01

FF is teh sexy beast!

worbd

Apr 21 2005, 14:08

Is "FF" a browser engine?

thegreatone_amit

Apr 22 2005, 11:17

Mozilla Firefox rocks!!!

vcv

Apr 22 2005, 18:54

QUOTE(thegreatone_amit @ Apr 22 2005, 06:17)

Mozilla Firefox rocks!!!

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Great. Too bad it's not a browser engine.

moogleman

Apr 22 2005, 19:42

QUOTE(worbd @ Apr 21 2005, 09:08)

Is "FF" a browser engine?
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No.

Gecko is.

tuqueelukee

Apr 25 2005, 07:32

Apple's WebKit, based on KHTML.

Elliott

Apr 25 2005, 11:53

QUOTE(tuqueelukee @ Apr 25 2005, 02:32)

Apple's WebKit, based on KHTML.
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Yay! Finally, another person who knows how great WebCore/WebKit is and didn't just blindly vote Gecko without looking at all the options.

nightmonkey

Apr 30 2005, 02:33

At least those morons finally shut up about this being posted earlier.

Who gives a **it! If you feel like replying on the topic then answer. If you just want to bitch at people then walk down the street and do it but don't come on here and start whining and try to hijack someone else's posting just because you may have seen the same info elsewhere it's rude and just plain stupid because:

1.) Other people are replying to this posting that may have not came across the other postings yet.

2.) You get to hear different viewpoints from different people.

3.) Just because you may have been on this board longer in no way makes you "God"

4.) If you don't have anything good to say then keep your holes shut

That being said... I am voting for Firefox (Gecko engine) because Micro"Soft" blows donkey A**.

ryan420

May 1 2005, 03:46

another vote for gecko here

miniM3

May 2 2005, 22:20

I've been using a combination of opera + ie for a couple of years now.
It's getting annoying that opera doesn't render properly some sites. I did try firefox as beta 0.9 something. The only thing I love about opera is mouse gestures. Very fast. It may sound stupid, but I'm reverting back to ie. Getting bored of sites that don't load properly. I will still keep opera. But for specific tasks.

Help

May 2 2005, 23:14

QUOTE(Hani @ Sep 23 2004, 07:50)

whom do u think is the best browser, i chose opera it's the fastest, better ui,no active x. I hate mozilla browser

, IE with sp2 is excellent. Vote & tell why.
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wait... we are talking about rendering engines aren't we? Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think rendering engines have anything to do with a browser's features, or for that matter, the UI, or active X.

Read more about common rendering engines here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines

CrisCr0ss

May 2 2005, 23:14

QUOTE(miniM3 @ May 2 2005, 17:20)

I've been using a combination of opera + ie for a couple of years now.
It's getting annoying that opera doesn't render properly some sites. I did try firefox as beta 0.9 something. The only thing I love about opera is mouse gestures. Very fast. It may sound stupid, but I'm reverting back to ie. Getting bored of sites that don't load properly. I will still keep opera. But for specific tasks.

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Have you heard of all-in-one mouse gestures[extension], it does the same thing as opera's

Milo.Ant

May 3 2005, 21:41

OPERA!!!

xxdesmus

May 3 2005, 21:47

lol...it's like saying "Which religion is better"

It's a matter of preference in the real world, yes I know and love gecko because of it's quality standards support, but it's really not that big of a deal when IE has 90% of the market.

mr_demilord

May 5 2005, 08:19

FIREFOX!!!

vcv

May 5 2005, 15:44

QUOTE(mr_demilord @ May 5 2005, 03:19)

FIREFOX!!!

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Ehem.. you mean

GECKO

It's not that hard people. At least TRY.

mr_demilord

May 5 2005, 16:32

Opera and Internet Explorer arent browser engines either

vcv

May 5 2005, 16:56

QUOTE(mr_demilord @ May 5 2005, 11:32)

Opera and Internet Explorer arent browser engines either

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Opera is the only browser to use it's engine, so it's fair to simply say Opera. As far as IE, you're right. I'm assuming the person simply didn't know the code-name for the IE engine though.

TmasterT

May 5 2005, 23:56

QUOTE(vcv @ May 5 2005, 09:56)

Opera is the only browser to use it's engine, so it's fair to simply say Opera. As far as IE, you're right. I'm assuming the person simply didn't know the code-name for the IE engine though.
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i prefer presto over gecko or tasman

TheWahbinator

May 6 2005, 00:25

QUOTE(vcv @ May 5 2005, 12:56)

As far as IE, you're right. I'm assuming the person simply didn't know the code-name for the IE engine though.
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Well...
IE for Windows = Trident
IE for Macintosh Carbon = Tasman
Someone edit the poll

Angel Blue01

May 6 2005, 00:28

I can't be;eive so few people voted KHTML

worbd

May 6 2005, 14:43

KHTML isn't very good. WebCore (Safari) is quite good, though.

Lucida

May 6 2005, 21:15

F I R E F O X

mr_demilord

May 8 2005, 15:37

QUOTE(Lucida @ May 6 2005, 23:15)

F I R E F O X

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agreed

worbd

May 9 2005, 15:08

Firefox is not a browser engine.

Crazysah

May 18 2005, 05:59

Best is Opera or IE. I am still deciding on which to use lol!

mircleman

May 18 2005, 06:06

mine

Help

May 22 2005, 23:29

QUOTE(vcv @ May 5 2005, 16:56)

Opera is the only browser to use it's engine, so it's fair to simply say Opera.
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Presto = Opera 7 and above
Elektra = Opera 6 and lower

Serb-Man

May 22 2005, 23:44

I never had any problems with IE, but I tried firefox too. I don't see any difference between those two, that's why I have them both installed.

vcv

May 23 2005, 01:52

QUOTE(Help @ May 22 2005, 18:29)

Presto = Opera 7 and above
Elektra = Opera 6 and lower
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Elektra is also way outdated and irrelevant to the discussion.

yefeiyang

May 28 2005, 03:09

i am using maxthon!

mr_demilord

May 28 2005, 12:58

QUOTE(yefeiyang @ May 28 2005, 05:09)

i am using maxthon!
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Wow you must be proud, using the Internet Explorer engine, maxthon is not a engine

cork1958

May 28 2005, 13:02

Anybody that thinks the gecko engine is the best is nuts. That crash & burn POS!! I'd rather use the IE engine, but I won't because I DO use the best engine and that is Opera's.

nquinnathome1

May 28 2005, 13:02

I think Opera

Elliott

May 28 2005, 13:14

QUOTE(cork1958 @ May 28 2005, 08:02)

Anybody that thinks the gecko engine is the best is nuts. That crash & burn POS!! I'd rather use the IE engine, but I won't because I DO use the best engine and that is Opera's.

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Are you insane? The Gecko engine is the second best engine out there next to WebCore (in terms of standards compliancy). In speed, it's third behind WebCore and Presto (Opera).

llbbl

Jun 1 2005, 14:17

Gecko!

QUOTE

Gecko is generally considered to be the second most-popular layout engine on the Web, after Trident (used by Internet Explorer for Windows), but before KHTML (used by Konqueror), WebCore (used by Safari), Presto (used by Opera) and Tasman (used by Internet Explorer for Mac).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_%28layout_engine%29

llbbl

Jun 1 2005, 14:22

Some moderator should change the poll to reflect the true names of the browser engines instead of adding the browsers that are a result of said engine, otherwise by not listing FF you are discriminating against what I think to be the best browser out there!

vcv

Jun 2 2005, 02:23

QUOTE(llbbl @ Jun 1 2005, 09:22)

Some moderator should change the poll to reflect the true names of the browser engines instead of adding the browsers that are a result of said engine, otherwise by not listing FF you are discriminating against what I think to be the best browser out there!
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Huh? Gecko is listed, how is that discriminating against firefox?

llbbl

Jun 3 2005, 03:04

QUOTE(vcv @ Jun 1 2005, 21:23)

Huh? Gecko is listed, how is that discriminating against firefox?
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Because it is not clear. They are listing the names of the other browsers on the engines, but do not have FF listed. The poll should be more accurate and list the names of the engines followed by the browser(s) for that engine in parathesis.

vcv

Jun 3 2005, 04:01

QUOTE(llbbl @ Jun 2 2005, 22:04)

Because it is not clear. They are listing the names of the other browsers on the engines, but do not have FF listed. The poll should be more accurate and list the names of the engines followed by the browser(s) for that engine in parathesis.
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But a LOT of clients use gecko.

devyant

Jun 4 2005, 02:00

Opera browser, its the fastest imho.

soldier1st

Jun 10 2005, 05:42

gecko
the ie engine is terrible.it's also full of bugs and problems.

McoreD

Jun 10 2005, 05:56

Going back to History....

Have I got this right?

IE was based on Mosaic. So did Netscape. But then Mark rewrote the rendering engine because he didn't have access to the Mosaic code as he left the university. Gecko engine is what he ended up rewritting?

Thanks.

E t h a n

Jun 10 2005, 06:01

Gecko is great!