Definitive Best Browser Engine

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Which is the best browser engine ever made?  

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  1. 1. Which is the best browser engine ever made?

    • IE
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    • Opera
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    • Gecko (mozilla)
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    • KHTML
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Neowinian

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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...]

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vcv

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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...]

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

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

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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.

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vcv

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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.

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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.

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burning_jonny

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

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

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)

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Ryan V

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

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

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)

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

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burning_jonny

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

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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.

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Elliott

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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.

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It also correctly renders PNGs.

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nvizible

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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)

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