Which IE front end (shells) do you use?

[abc@home]

I had used firebird 0.6/0.7 as default browser for several months a few years back but I switched back to IE6. Perhaps some people like me are going to stick with the Trident engine no matter how "faulty" the rendering is. Just like some people who love the sweet sound of vaccum tube amps, though vaccum tubes may not always produce the highest fidelity. :happy:

IE could be a little lean in features but fortunately we get tons of IE front ends (shells, addons, plugins, extensions or whatever one wish to call) to choose from. I tried many and settled with Maxthon for more than a year now. Maxthon is very customisable, has tons of features, and has the most sophisticated plugin system and tons of plugins (500+ and counting) which can satisfy nearly any specific/unusual needs.

I am interested to know your choice, if you happen to use one. There are much more IE shells than what's listed but poll options are limited to 10, so I select those which seem to be more popular and have an English home page. There is nothing to do with the order of options, just what came up in my mind. If you use one which is not listed, you're welcome to name it.

Maxthon (MyIE2)

Netcaptor

Avant

AM Browser (Crazy Browser)

Slim Browser

Green Browser

GoSurf

The World

AOL Explorer

Others

Now let's have some fun but not flame. And to FF/opera users, we probably know enough how "suck" IE is and there is no need to tell us again. Thanks! :p

[Crazysah]

Well I have been using Avant for a long time now and I am really loving it. So go Avant!!!

[AQUaDeX]

I normally use Internet Explorer by itself but the only IE shells I use are AOL Explorer and MSN 9, I voted AOL Explorer because I tend to use it more (tabbed browsing rocks), but I do think you should put MSN 9 as one of the selections too.

[Galley]

If I was forced at gunpoint to use IE, I would use NetCaptor, the original tabbed browser.

[illicit]

The IE shell I use would be Maxthon.

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

I tried them all before I keep Firefox for good

but maxthon was my best pick

[struct]

As for me:

IE6: couldn't live without tabbed browsing once I tried it

Opera: probably second best I've used, very nice.

FF: I disliked that some pages didn't render correctly, and you had to hunt down extensions for every little feature I was used to in other browsers

Maxthon: tried it, loved it. I might leave it one day for Opera if the security problems start to overwhelm it though.

[JRosenfeld]

Slimbrowser.

Also Deepnet Explorer, which is fast and has a good proper RSS feed reader (and Gnutella based p2p addon for those who want that)

http://www.deepnetexplorer.com/

[Bearded Kirklander]

It's all about the Maxthon.

Haven't been a pair as good as IE 6 and Maxthon since the days of Sonny and Cher. :p

You got your Tabbed Browsing, Tab Groups, ability to block Flash, use Mouse Gestures, pop-up blocker, ad-blocker and a whole lot more.

[Malisk]

This one gave me a laugh:

http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/snap.jpg

And they call that "slim"? :laugh:

[Bearded Kirklander]

This one gave me a laugh:

http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/snap.jpg

And they call that "slim"?  :laugh:

Wow. I dunno. I like my interface nice and simple. All I did was basically add the Maxthon links - 4 of them - right on the toolbar in IE and that was it. I don't like too many icons, like that Sbrowser and Avant seem to have, for example.

Also, I prefer tabs to a true overlapping MDI any day of the week. :)

[groingo2]

I have been seeing what still works with IE7 Beta 1 and so far even Neoplanet works good as well as Enigma and TheWorld.

Have been to some scummy sites to see if things stay secure and after three days have picked up no unwanteds!

[Crazysah]

Avant is actually the second most popular! GO Avant! More people should try it out.

[Farstrider]

I tend to use two browsers: Maxthon and Avant! Maxthon rocks and is the king as far as I am concerned and Avant comes a close second.

[iron2000]

I am using Maxthon.

[Crazysah]

I am using Maxthon.

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You should try avantbrowser.

[abc@home]

Nice to meet fellow maxthon users here. Have a nice day! :)

[Crazysah]

Can the people who voted for Avant Browser.. please tell me? Also can you all help me convince other users to also use Avant BrowseR?

[srdiamond]

iRider (http://www.iRider.com). Why are people, even those who use their browsers for hours daily, so averse to paying a few dollar for a better browser design?

Stephen R. Diamond

[turkishdelight]

I've tried...

Maxthon (and MyIE2)

Avant

Crazy Browser

Slim Browser

Green Browser

The World (sort of)

AOL Explorer (back when I still had AOL :x )

MSN Explorer (when I was testing XP's features)

And more.

[linx05]

Maxthon all the way. I went through a stage where I tried every browser because I couldn't find one that suited me. I eventually settled on MyIE2 (now named Maxthon). Year or so later I am still using it :)

[caerma]

Maxthon here...

[groingo2]

I've been using TheWorld for some time now and now use it with IE7B1 and it simply does everything well, unfortunately their website has vanished so it may now be a collectors item as well.

P.S. : Neoplanet also works well with IE7B1...another colllectable too!

[SharpGreen]

I use my own homemade one called Firefly

[ehlo]

I would probably use maxathon if it wasnt for firefox plugins