Which Alternative Browser?

[Joswin]

Hi,

Just wondering what alternative browsers other people use, and find nicer than IE. Im currentley using Opera but i was just wondering if maybe there others out there that could be better? I really like how Opera lays out the sites :) I tried Mozilla but it seemed a little too basic and IE like, i didnt really rate it much.

- Rob

:)

[Blaise Veteran]

And as not to make a big deal out of it like some other people here..

Post 2K. :)

Congrats and here's a quiet

and another vote for firebird from me as well (Y)

I never seem to have the big memory drain that some others do,

always have at least 4 Tabs open on Neowin and one with a google search.

[wilsons1179]

Yeah, one of the best memory suckers. A browser doesn't need 48 MB of memory to run. It's ridiculous. Stay with Opera 7.11.

Well if you look at this ss of the task manager I have both IE and Mozilla Firebird with neowin.net loaded in a maximized window and they use the same amount of memory

[ring0]

Well if you look at this ss of the task manager I have both IE and Mozilla Firebird with neowin.net loaded in a maximized window and they use the same amount of memory

gee, that looks like more than my browser when it's maximized ;)

sitting around and debating ram usage won't really solve anything. my computer is tweaked out to insane levels, and i use around 40MB of ram on startup - my brother's machine is tweaked *exactly* the same way, with almost identical hardware, but he can never get down past 70MB.

it just boils down to which one does the things that you like, performs best for the sites you visit, and in the case of opera, whether or not you want to pay for it.

[Antipop]

I'm gonna have to cast a vote for OPERA! I've used 'em all, I like this one the best. It's not just the browser either, I really like M2 for mail as well.

just my $.02

[zhangm Supervisor]

Moz Firebird. :)

[krmathis]

Opera all the way! :yes:

Mozilla Firebird looks promizing, but at the moment it can not beat Opera 6.06.

[CloudEngineer]

Mozilla Firebird of course.

Sure use Opera if you want ads...

[ForeverUnknown]

firebird!!

but i do use IE for certain things. very few things

[temple_treefrog]

Mozilla 1.5 Beta and Neutorxplor 2.

[craybox]

MYIE2

http://www.myie2.com/

all the way...

[Metal Head]

Started using Mozilla Firebird last week. Thought I'd never switch to it, but I tried it out and it's great. Faster than IE.

[YaZoR]

phoenix/firebird.

everything else just plain sux (ie/opera/macs/usa/cars/britney spears)

hehe

[Devil Fish]

I like Opera. Especially the load saved session bit. really cool.

:)

[forster]

phoenix/firebird.

everything else just plain sux (ie/opera/macs/usa/cars/britney spears)

hehe

I agree - firebird

I disagree - USA / Cars / Macs & Britney(altho erm, lets keep this friendly people ;)) dont suck !!

[andymorum]

I like K-Meleon, because I find Mozilla a little bit crunchy. Also I use Opera :)

[YaZoR]

phoenix/firebird.

everything else just plain sux (ie/opera/macs/usa/cars/britney spears)

hehe

I agree - firebird

I disagree - USA / Cars / Macs & Britney(altho erm, lets keep this friendly people ;)) dont suck !!

sorry i just got a bit carried away. no they dont sux. britney does though :whistle: . shes a slag.

:yes:

[cyberfrem]

Mozilla Firebird

[Zerosignull]

Firebird

[ericnmu]

I find firebird to be pretty fast when pipleining is on, but I still prefer opera.

[ring0]

Mozilla Firebird of course.

Sure use Opera if you want ads...

ads? :huh:

some folks actually still support programs that they enjoy by legally paying for them

[Devil Fish]

some folks actually still support programs that they enjoy by legally paying for them

I agree, I use and pay for opera. It is a shame that people lig off the hard work of others and give not even the smallest donation.

:angry:

[plasticparadox]

Alternative browser? Hmm.. does MSN 9 count?

And, I also use Opera 7.2 beta 9. Bought and paid for, no ads.

Check it.

[mayamaniac]

Always used avant browser because its better tabbed browser than MyIE2. But after seeing all the votes for Firebird, I decided to give it a try. Took a while to configure it, installing all the needed extentions, but I think I got it to look very close to Avant browser. The webpages loads a tad slower than IE, but its not that bad. I'm still trying to figure out how to add an Ad blocker toggle on/off button to the standard tool bar, if someone knows how, please let me know. But so far, I think I'll switch to Firebird for a week or so and see if I like it more than Avant Browser. I like list of extentions it has, you can pick what you want, makng it less bloated cause you can leave out features you don't want. As for memeory usage, its using 28MB on my computer with just neowin openned.

[Nautica]

Opera 7.11 rocks would never use anything else, and Ive tried them all!

trinsic

[Nehemoth]

Mozilla Firebird

(Optimized Version of 0.6.1+ for P3)

You can get firebird Optimized builds in the mozillazine forum....