The Definitive "BEST BROWSER" thread

[SidVicious]

Avant Browser is the best. :yes: :cool:

[struct]

I tried firebird out for a few minutes and I honestly don't see why most people love it so much.

[krmathis]

Opera RULEZ! :)

Yeah, it shure does! :yes:

[.will]

I USE IE6sp1.  It does what I want, if well maintained is fast enough, renders most pages well (I never said it conformed to standards, I am saying it renders well).

I use a plugin for TABS, the GOOGLE toolbar  (good pop-up blocking).

Just waiting for a good download manager that doesn't interfer too much.

what do u use 4 tabs?

[Sushubh]

man. the day i installed sp1, IE slowed down more (page loading is slow, can't scoll page until the page is loaded). Opera for me beats everything else on speed.

[Sushubh]

Yeah, it shure does! :yes:

man dont tell me u are an Opera employee ;)

u are nearby Opera Inc.

[HellBender]

0 votes for netscape.. its a shame, really.. netscape was owning IE back in the day if win95. i remember when i finally donned IE and first downloaded netscape.. i was sold for life :]

well, sold for like 2-3 years anyway :D

[TGD]

I don't use Firebird because it offers me nothing IE doesn't. I use Avant for all your "tabbed" ish.

Every single webpage looks good in IE. Many webpages look bad in Firebird. And you can go on about your standards and ****, but at the end of the day I want the browser that looks the best.

[bobeck]

firebird for me...just started using it a month or so ago and i'm hooked

[Elliott]

Safari. Fastest, good features, and one of the best UIs ever.

[noir]

warwagon: Yes its been done before, but that would be like you only would hold an election once, opinion can change over time.

I voted for the flaming birdy :geek:

[AshMan]

Why do you care?

[Joshie]

I use Firebird primarily, with IE as my Windows Update browser, of course. Naturally, I wish Windows Update was a standalone application, but I suppose MS pushed the browser trend too far and can't turn back now. Personally, I never shared the old 90s belief that everything can and should eventually exist within a web browser environment. It puts a wall around innovation. Sure, there's still some room to move around, but after a while, the border is going to become all too apparent.

But anyway, Firebird pleases me, though it has a few bugs which get on my nerves. Some webpages just don't load properly, and I don't really care if some of the Mozilla zealots blame it on the site coder for working with IE instead of Mozilla. I don't care about the politics and pseudo-theology about this browser war. When it comes to the web, I'm a user, and I simply want to browse. I don't share in the Linuxite psychosis that a computer user is a sheep if they don't know how to program everything down to their own drivers.

I'll stick with Firebird until the new Longhorn IE is far enough along for me to evaluate. At that point, I'll compare the two and come to my next conclusion. But for now, Firebird is a much more comfortable, if slightly more sluggish, browsing experience.

[Bant Veteran]

wow firebird is rockin the poll. i dont know what i would do without it ;p

[6XGate]

Got to love Mozilla Firebird.

After using IE for some many years and getting use to its actual usefull and helpful features, Mozilla wasn't usefull enough when if first came out. But man when Mozilla Firebird came out. All of IE's best features and all of Mozilla's best features in one browser, you can't beat that.

Now if only I could just get a good theme for it. :huh:

:D Oh well.

[6XGate]

OH yeah, I almost for got to add that I like the fact that Mozilla Firebird has only crashed on me ONCE in the 6 months i've been using it. Much better compaired to IE's two or three times a day and Netscape/Mozilla's at least once a week. Wouldn't you folks say. :happy:

[karma_police]

MyIE2

[DOCa Cola]

firebird..

i am surprised that so many people also use firebird..

[kombolcha]

great to see people using avantbrowser (Y)

thats what i use

[Mr.ZAk]

the old good IE !

[caerma]

Internet Explorer!

[Tran]

Firebird all the way!

[tr1kstanc3]

IE loads faster and uses less system resources. Firebird is great for tabbed browsing. I use both =|

[slayerx02]

I use MyIE2. I think it uses a little more system resource but since its tabbed its alot better then having multiple IE windows open. And intergrated popup stopper works better than a separate software.

[Amerk_5]

IE loads faster and uses less system resources.  Firebird is great for tabbed browsing.  I use both =|

The reason IE loads so quick is because it's so tightly integrated into Windows that parts of IE are always running.