DotChris Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I know this is going to sound like a fanboy but as a webdev it makes me sick to have to cater to IE CSS issues. I switched to firefox back in the 1.0 days and still use it. Currently running the RC 3 of 2.0 and its the best version yet and about memory.. you cant expect a major app to use anything under 30 mb of ram. The new firefox only uses 35-45 MB of ram for me compared to 55-65 with IE 6(havent tried IE7 cause i promised myself never to go back). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitebread Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 IE7 FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlerippappa Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 FF 2.0 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r3volution Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 IE7 seems a bit glitchy - I can't actually see a difference, but it seems to run less smoothly than firefox. I just feel a little bit cautious and antsy when im using it. The installation ran smoothly (albeit slow) on my 2.8GHz P4 with 1GB ram. I probably will switch back to Firefox 2.0 RC3 if IE7 does not meet my standards in the next week or so. P.S. welcome to Neowin littlerippappa (weird long name that is hard to spell) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus450 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I am using opera, which doesn't use much RAM at all. I haven't run into many incompatibilities lately, so I very rarely change to IE7 to do anything unless I am watching a Media Player Video (which for somereason I can't get to work in Vista/Opera). Opera is faster than both browsers, imo, and pages just load so much faster. The downloads are faster than both FF and IE7 plus, I like the download manager in opera better than FF. I love the widgets in Opera, I use them all the time and hope that they will get better and there will be some more coming soon. So basically over all Opera suits ALL of my needs and I will support Opera all of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCobra Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 IE7 as well. Never liked FF :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nookadum Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Firefox 2.0 RC3. I'm trying IE7 now... it's improved, but not very impressive, so I'll stick with what I've been using since. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravix7 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Opera primarily with IE7 for the few sites that are IE only. IE7 is pretty decent and as a result i'll be uninstalling firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daybreak Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 IMHO, currently, Opera 9 > IE7/Firefox 2 > Firefox 1.5. When Tab Mix Plus works properly with Firefox 2 and more themes are available, it'll move from a draw to ahead to of IE7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanboy89 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 SeaMonkey 1.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted October 19, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 19, 2006 IE7 is improved, but there are still far too many problems with it that I cannot excuse as a web designer/developer. Sure they "fixed" a few things and added proper PNG support, but that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncidentFlux Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Opera the better browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Opera the better browser. yes, and ignorance is bliss! :D I prefer Firefox 2.0 over IE7 and Opera, it just works for me, never liked how those two browsers handled things. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vista Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Opera! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammoh Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I Will Use both IE7 And Firefox 2.0. But I prefer Firefox more. IE7 is copy of firefox 1.5. I am waiting for firefox 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravix7 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 IE7 is copy of firefox 1.5. And firefox got all it's ideas from other browsers. The only thing innovative about Firefox is spell checking, about:config and clear private data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 IE7 is awesome. But its Maxthon FTW, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavv Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 All three. These threads are so ****ing useless. The only reason I'm posting is to try and stop future ones from spawning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysah Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 IE7 is my choice closely followed by Opera and then Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyosuken Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 BOTH... IE7 and FF2, i like the recover from crash with FF2 (and wished it was the same under IE7). But i like to use them equally the same, the favorite center in IE7 is better, i wished there were some filtering when viewing resized pictures (but i can live without it). [OT]They both share the same troubles with memory : open up to 16/20 pages loaded with pictures under IE7 you won't be able to do anything unless you close some pages (right click gets disabled, menu don't let you save pages etc...) and under FF2, the browser becomes heavy and the system literally crawls.. and this is with 2GB of memory :x...[/OT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassem Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Firefox, all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 IE7, Firefox and Opera are all great browsers. However, I like Firefox 2.0 the most, followed by IE7. To me, I just find using Opera a little "weird," with its unique rendering engine and the way the UI is organized and displayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePitt Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 nothing can beat Opera. Small (4.6MB vs 15MB!!! (IE7)), the fastest browser out there and with a low resouces print. Completaly opposite to IE7 and Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Veteran Posted October 20, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 20, 2006 Will be using both. IE7 is now my main browser, with Firefox and Safari (on Mac) as backup for my web design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoxphuse Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Just installed IE7. There are vast improvements here. To me it is better than FF 1.5. I really like the Favourites Center, which is a wise idea. The only thing I would hope is that Microsoft enables us to login to our 'passport' via IE7, then imports all favourites. That way it's not actually permamently on there, but only when we login. IE 7 has a clean, slick now, compared to IE 6. But with Firefox you can pretty much change what you want to do with it. For now IE7 over FF 1.5. Have to wait and see what FF2 can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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