Best internet browser?

[werewolf_02]

Hey,

What do you think is the best Internet browser? At the moment im using internet explorer, but I have heard mozilla firefox is good, so may give it a try...

[glockjs]

mozilla is the best. keep IE handy cause some sites require it. but for everything else use mozilla firefox.

[werewolf_02]

In which ways is mozilla firefox better?

[glockjs]

exploits exploits exploits, the way spyware is these days that's a good enough reason...and it's way more user friendly

[werewolf_02]

Installed firefox, I like the tabbed browsing.

I'll try it out more, thanks.

[werewolf_02]

How do I stop it saving things I have searched in google, ebay etc?

[glockjs]

tools>options>privacy>saved form informaion..unclick the box

[werewolf_02]

Thanks

[Faustus]

teh fox

[lordsmurf]

IE for trusted sites.
Firefox for "surfing".

[ViRaL1]

Lynx.

[bazooka]

Firefox

[glockjs]

FF!!!!!!!!!!!!! and YW

[Dr. DOS]

mozilla is the best. keep IE handy cause some sites require it. but for everything else use mozilla firefox.

Ditto.... A few kiddie sites don't like Mozilla... but I don't think NickJr.com is planning to slam me with tojans.

[Shard92]

personally I like the old mozilla suite 1.7.3 over firefox but then again I havent' had time to try it again since they released the full v1.0

[seinman]

Try Opera too. It has most of the same features as Firefox, has already had them for years, and goes above and beyond with options and tools that Firefox only wishes it had. I don't know why it's not popular, seeing as it's been around since the late 90s. It's had tabbed browsing for at LEAST four years, and a pop up blocker for three.

[Poppa_Meth]

Opera isn't free though. Thats usually enough to make it unpopular when you have free alternatives. (it wasn't free the last time I checked at least)

Edit: looks free again. I swear at one point they had a fee on the main page.

[seinman]

That's because it's both. It is (and always has been) free, if you don't mind a two line text ad in you toolbar. It's run by Google AdWords so you know they aren't doing anything sinister with you browsing habits. Or you can pay to get rid of the ad. I personally paid for it, as I think it's well worth the cost seeing as it's the best browser out there.

[Faustus]

That's because it's both. It is (and always has been) free, if you don't mind a two line text ad in you toolbar. It's run by Google AdWords so you know they aren't doing anything sinister with you browsing habits. Or you can pay to get rid of the ad. I personally paid for it, as I think it's well worth the cost seeing as it's the best browser out there.

What we mean though is most would go with Firefox and not put up with it to begin with.

[pacmania_2001]

IE. It's convenient for me.

[Cobra]

FireFox, but with the View in IE extension. That way, in the rare case of a site not liking FireFox you can simply right-click it and launch it up in IE.

FireFox keeps your PC free of spyware, and blocks pop-ups more effectively than IE can under XP SP2.

FireFox is also quite customisable - you can choose many different skins (styles) and add many extensions onto it for added functionality and convenience. For example, I get the local weather forecast along the bottom-right bar, I can translate any main language back to English, I have tabbed browsing (one window, many pages), I have a BBCode extension that does the tedious forum code for me... The list goes on. Needless to say, my browsing experience is comfortable and unique to me.

If you don't like FireFox, you can easily uninstall it. It will run (if you allow it) as your main browser, replacing IE. You can still access IE, but if you click a link in a .PDF or something it will open FireFox and not IE. That's the only difference.

One of the guys I live with uses Opera. It is apparently a good, stable browser but it doesn't seem as user-friendly, you are limited with customisation, it doesn't block spyware (I don't think) and you've got a dirty great banner advert in the application toolbar unless you pay for it.

Lynx is text-only browsing. Hmmmm...

Just give it a shot and see what you think. As I say, you can always uninstall it again. I was impressed, and I use it 99.9% of my browsing time. I also switched to Thunderbird, their e-mail client.

Cobra

[rkr1958]

FireFox, but with the View in IE extension. That way, in the rare case of a site not liking FireFox you can simply right-click it and launch it up in IE.

I'm a recent FireFox convert; however, there are a couple pages that won't work in FireFox, most notable my company's electronic timesheet site. Anyway, I saw this extension, downloaded and installed it. But for the life of me I can't find it /use it in FireFox. It doesn't show up under view and it doesn't show up if I right-click on a save bookmark link. I've even rebooted (after installing and shutting down Firefox) thinking that that might be it. What simple thing am I missing?

[bazooka]

You right click the page and select view in internet exploder.

[rkr1958]

It works (sort off) now ... I swear I didn't have that option before ... or maybe my age is just catching up with me and I was just having a senior moment.

Now that I see "view in IE" option by right clicking I get an Alert pop-up with some fatal exception error. But, I'm getting closer ... I just need to figure this one out now.

You right click the page and select view in internet exploder

internet exploder Was this a Freudian Slip?

[rallynavvie]

Anything based on Mozilla. That includes Netscape 7.x, Firefox, and Safari. Personally I like Safari but not very available for PCs. I've been using Netscape 7.x since before Fox was in full release. I've used both and basically NS 7 is a Netscape skin of Mozilla. No reason to switch for me since they're basically the same bowser. I do use Firefox on my laptop though.

[Capmaster]

IE. It's compatible with my work web pages and I telecommute two days a week using remote desktop.

Plus, I'm used to IE and I run Spybot regularly

[Faustus]

... and I run Spybot regularly

Yeah but since I switched I Don't have to do that.

[rkr1958]

FYI: I've got the "View in IE" working now. My problem was simple. Under, Tools > Extensions > ieview > options ... I had an incorrect path to IE. Once I set it to the correct path (i.e., C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE) it worked correctly.

[SLICK RICK]

mozilla is the best. keep IE handy cause some sites require it. but for everything else use mozilla firefox.

Same here.