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Title: What Browser(s) Do You Use?
Post by: Sandwich on April 28, 2003, 02:27:32 pm

Chose the one(s) you use frequently.

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: Styxx on April 28, 2003, 02:32:41 pm

I open a telnet socket to the HTTP port and type in the commands.




No, really!

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 28, 2003, 02:33:58 pm

IE 5 and 6 for me, depends which PC i'm using.

I know my vote does not reflect this, but I was unaware that It was a "tick all that apply" type question.

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Post by: FreeTerran on April 28, 2003, 02:35:20 pm

I use IE 6.0 and my OS is Windows XP Pro :D

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Post by: Sandwich on April 28, 2003, 02:36:26 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
IE 5 and 6 for me, depends which PC i'm using.

I know my vote does not reflect this, but I was unaware that It was a "tick all that apply" type question.

You voted for which one? I'll just edit the poll and add on whatever you missed.

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 28, 2003, 02:39:17 pm

I voted for IE 6.

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: Tiara on April 28, 2003, 02:47:56 pm

WinXP Pro/Linux/IE 6

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Post by: Stunaep on April 28, 2003, 03:03:11 pm

WinXP/IE6 or Win98/IE5.5

depending on whether I want to play Max  Payne or not.

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Post by: Fineus on April 28, 2003, 03:25:52 pm

Windows XP Pro + SP1, IE6.

Sorted :devil:

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Post by: Ryx on April 28, 2003, 03:37:08 pm

WinXP, Mozilla 1.3 (alt. Black Diamond browser)

I'll give Linux another go, as soon as I can be bothered to d/l the ISOs.

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Post by: beatspete on April 28, 2003, 03:54:13 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Kalfireth
Windows XP Pro + SP1, IE6.

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Post by: JR2000Z on April 28, 2003, 04:08:42 pm

explorer and windows2000

xp sucks.

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: mikhael on April 28, 2003, 04:26:40 pm

You need to include Konqueror and whatever the GNOME Browser is, along with Free/Open/Net BSDs. Also, you might want to include Solaris for those of us who work from that platform as well.

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: Sandwich on April 28, 2003, 04:52:56 pm

FYI, reason I'm polling is because I want to see what kind of backwards compatability I should maintain in sites I build. :) Which means that, for all I care, Mozilla 1.x and Netscape 7.x could be the same option.

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Post by: Fineus on April 28, 2003, 05:04:04 pm

Well I wouldn't think you'd need to worry about compatability looking at the results!

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Post by: Sandwich on April 28, 2003, 05:24:48 pm

Still only 17 votes so far. Besides, you'd be amazed at the things that IE6 renders completely differnetly than IE5.x, not to mention Mozilla or Opera.

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Post by: Darkage on April 28, 2003, 06:11:24 pm

WinXP pro and IE6.

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Post by: Kamikaze on April 28, 2003, 06:18:57 pm

Debian Linux and Win2k (actually there's an XP system in the house, but I don't use it much) Edit: there's a mac in the house too

I use IE 6, Opera 6 and 7, Mozilla and Lynx (if I can't use Mozilla for some reason) on the linux system. (Netscape's on some of the other computers, but I don't use them)

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Post by: Martinus on April 28, 2003, 06:32:40 pm

[color=66ff00]Win2K + IE 5.5 (didn't bother updating as 2K has issues with my USB ports and as a result, my ADSL modem)
Win98SE + IE 6.whatever.
[/color]

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Post by: SKYNET-011 on April 28, 2003, 07:38:11 pm

Avant. :yes:

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Post by: Stryke 9 on April 28, 2003, 09:36:42 pm

[SIZE=24]DOS, baby![/size]

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Post by: neo_hermes on April 28, 2003, 10:06:31 pm

IE6-Windows XP

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: Admiral LSD on April 28, 2003, 10:09:56 pm

Opera 7.10 under either Windows XP SP1 or Linux.

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Post by: pyro-manic on April 28, 2003, 10:20:41 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Stunaep
WinXP/IE6 or Win98/IE5.5

depending on whether I want to play Max  Payne or not.

:wtf:  

Eh? Max Payne works fine on XP and 98 - for me, anyway. What problems did you have? If it was what I had, I know a handy little trick...

I have a hideously complex system of computers in my house:

My PC: XP home, not connected to the net.
My dad's PC: XP Home, connected, with IE 6.
My Mum's iMac: OS9.1, IE5 for Mac, connected.

This means I have to download stuff on one of my parents' comps, stick them onto a floppy or CDRW, leg it upstairs, and stick it on my machine to use it. Vice versa for emailing stuff to people: onto a floppy disk or five, back downstairs, onto my dad's pc and do it from there. Four words: PAIN. IN. THE. ARSE. Keeps me fit, though (my room's on the third floor of the house - lots of stairs).

If I can persuade my dad to shell out for broadband, I'll buy a router and get myself connected. Otherwise, I'll be doing a lot more running about...

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Post by: Vertigo1 on April 29, 2003, 01:49:42 am

XP Pro
IE6 SP1
Mozilla 1.3 (soon to be reverting back to 1.2.1.  1.3 is one to avoid folks.  Its utter ****.)

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: Shrike on April 29, 2003, 02:21:26 am

Win 2k, IE6.x

Plain vanilla.

I stopped using NS after it turned into complete ****.

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Post by: kode on April 29, 2003, 02:45:07 am

windows, linux
IE 6, opera, mozilla, links, lynx

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Post by: Admiral LSD on April 29, 2003, 02:48:29 am

Quote

Originally posted by Vertigo1
Mozilla 1.3 (soon to be reverting back to 1.2.1.  1.3 is one to avoid folks.  Its utter ****.)

On Linux, 1.3 wasn't too bad (for Mozilla that is...), it natively supported Xft anti-aliasing (1.2 had to be hacked to achieve the same result IIRC) which makes X's traditionally crappy font-rendering look half-decent. Browsing with it still went at roughly the same speed as a glacier though...

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Post by: kasperl on April 29, 2003, 03:24:17 am

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Originally posted by Stryke 9
[SIZE=24]DOS, baby![/size]

i always wanted to test out a dos browser, what exactly are you using?

i don't like using my mouse (or trackball) much, but i don't know any command line like browser,

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Post by: Nico on April 29, 2003, 03:27:19 am

never mind, misread :p

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Post by: Admiral LSD on April 29, 2003, 03:37:46 am

The large text indicates he's joking but given how backward and old-fashioned he is, I wouldn't put the masochism of DOS web browsing past him...

There are two DOS-based browsers that I'm aware of: DosLynx (http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/), which is a port of the *nix Lynx text browser and Arachne (http://arachne.browser.org/), which is a graphical browser.

Depending on how you access the net though, neither may be very practical. Arachne won't use the Windows TCP/IP stack (at least, not the last time I looked at it) and while it has it's own internal TCP/IP stack and dialler this would be useless if you have a LAN internet connection or a host-based modem (ie: a WinModem). I don't know if DOSLynx is any different.

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Post by: kasperl on April 29, 2003, 03:42:36 am

to bad, i use a LAN connection.

does anyone else know any command line likeborwsers, or some thing that i can operate with my keyboard easily (not his tab,tab,tab,tab,tab,tab,tab,enter stuff with IE)

edit: typo

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Post by: Tiara on April 29, 2003, 04:47:32 am

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Originally posted by kasperl
to bad, i sue a LAN connection.

:lol: Typos own!

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: kasperl on April 29, 2003, 04:50:44 am

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Originally posted by Tiara


:lol: Typos own!

rofl, edited.

however, i could sue them for downtime (chello ):rolleyes:

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Post by: Stunaep on April 29, 2003, 08:27:16 am

Quote

Originally posted by pyro-manic


:wtf:  

Eh? Max Payne works fine on XP and 98 - for me, anyway. What problems did you have? If it was what I had, I know a handy little trick...

um... it quits in the middle of loading a level. no errors, no nothings it just CTD's.

And Win98 has a nasty sound bug, with all sounds playing a pitch lower than they should.

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Post by: Sandwich on April 29, 2003, 10:26:06 am

Quote

Originally posted by Vertigo1
XP Pro
IE6 SP1
Mozilla 1.3 (soon to be reverting back to 1.2.1.  1.3 is one to avoid folks.  Its utter ****.)

Eh? What's wrong with it?

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Post by: Vertigo1 on April 29, 2003, 11:43:47 am

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Originally posted by Sandwich


Eh? What's wrong with it?

Lets see....

1. Stylesheet gets completely ****ed up for no reason whatsoever, requiring a cache clearing.
2. When you click on a link, and the site is still loading, it fubars up.
3. It takes FOREVER to load (30 seconds, compared to the 5 seconds 1.2.1 took to load).
4. Doesn't recognize e-mail from an older version of Mozilla. (and yes, I did back it up)

Need I go on?

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: Stryke 9 on April 29, 2003, 11:53:32 am

Browser? Who needs a wussy browser?

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Post by: HotSnoJ on April 29, 2003, 01:37:09 pm

Win98, IE 6, and sometimes Opera on one box and WinXP don't really use a browser 'cuz it doesn't have internet access :( on the other.

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Post by: castor on April 29, 2003, 03:21:20 pm

98SE & Mozilla 1.02, mostly.

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Post by: Tiara on April 29, 2003, 03:24:57 pm

Meh, never had problems with IE. Why change it when it works fine?

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: Carl on April 29, 2003, 04:25:27 pm

windowz for shizzle, my nizzles!

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: Sandwich on April 29, 2003, 05:05:14 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Vertigo1


Lets see....

1. Stylesheet gets completely ****ed up for no reason whatsoever, requiring a cache clearing.
2. When you click on a link, and the site is still loading, it fubars up.
3. It takes FOREVER to load (30 seconds, compared to the 5 seconds 1.2.1 took to load).
4. Doesn't recognize e-mail from an older version of Mozilla. (and yes, I did back it up)

Need I go on?

1. Haven't had that.
2. Haven't had that.
3. Didn't time them, but I don't recall 1.21 loading anywhere near 5 seconds - more like the 10-15 it takes 1.3 (on my comp; ie. I can't see a difference)
4. My upgrades have been seamless, emails included.

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Post by: J.F.K. on April 30, 2003, 08:33:30 am

XP, Linux, IE6, Mozilla, Lynx.

[q]Originally posted by Shrike
I stopped using NS after it turned into complete ****.[/q]

;):ha:

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Post by: Gortef on May 01, 2003, 05:01:42 am

WinXP Pro SP1
IE6

works well enough

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Post by: Fetty on May 01, 2003, 05:11:47 am

win98se ie5.0 (never toutch a runing system even if its open for attaks :D )
win2k sp2 ie5.5
winxp pro sp1 ie6

Title: What Browser(s) and OS(es) Do You Use?
Post by: RangerKarl on May 01, 2003, 05:22:43 am

I use ME and Opera 7.0.

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Post by: Tiara on May 01, 2003, 06:16:51 am

Quote

Originally posted by RangerKarl
I use ME

:shaking:

I used that once, it lasted 2 days before I put Win98 back on it.

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Post by: kasperl on May 01, 2003, 06:18:59 am

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Originally posted by Tiara

:shaking:
I used that once, it lasted 2 days before I put Win98 back on it.

in my experience, ME out of the box is more stable then 98SE out of the box, but once you start updating, 98SE wins rather quickly.

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Post by: Turnsky on May 01, 2003, 06:24:30 am

98 hasn't died on me yet :nod:

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Post by: pyro-manic on May 01, 2003, 06:25:28 am

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Originally posted by Stunaep

um... it quits in the middle of loading a level. no errors, no nothings it just CTD's.

And Win98 has a nasty sound bug, with all sounds playing a pitch lower than they should.

Hmmm. 'Snot what I had.... I don't have any problems like that. A mate of mine did, but then he just re-installed it and it worked fine... but you've tried that, right? :)

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Post by: Turnsky on May 01, 2003, 06:31:47 am

never had that prob...

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Post by: Terorist on May 01, 2003, 06:50:57 am

Windows 2000 and Opera 7.10. You IE users don't know what you're missing. :)

I honestly don't know how I would manage if I had to use IE, there just are so many things that are essential to efficient browsing... MDI, mouse gestures (I don't recall the last time I had to actually press any buttons), integrated search functions and engines (customizable!), excellent keyboard support, fully customizable interface and controls, allowing the opening of only requested pop-ups, great security, support for custom css style sheets (this enables some very useful tricks...) and it's light and fast too. Those are some of the main reasons for using it. :)

Hmm, should I put up a screenshot, showing how mine looks like... it's a bit different from the almost repulsive default skin... I go for extreme minimalism, and the features of O enable me to go farther than otherwise possible. Ultimate minimalism would of course be the usage of fullscreen mode all the time, but that's too much for normal use. :)

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Post by: Fetty on May 01, 2003, 10:54:45 pm

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Originally posted by Tiara


:shaking:

I used that once, it lasted 2 days before I put Win98 back on it.

2 hours including the message of "please install a mainboard on your system"

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Post by: Admiral LSD on May 02, 2003, 12:36:35 am

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Originally posted by kasperl


in my experience, ME out of the box is more stable then 98SE out of the box, but once you start updating, 98SE wins rather quickly.

heh, gotta agree with that. In it's final days as a Windows 2000/9x dual boot my system had ME on it. For a 9x system, it wasn't that bad. Until I started browsing network shares that is. I'd browse down a few levels and every time without fail, it'd hang up and carry on forcing me to use the three finger salute and kill the Explorer window (which killed the entire Explorer and all my systray icons at the same time...).

Thinking it had something to do with the Network card driver, I downloaded the latest 98/Me driver from RealTek and proceeded to install it. Each and every time I ran the Update Driver Wizard it'd crash right after feeding it the driver. After several attempts, including one that forced me to reinstall all my network drivers and protocols from scratch, I gave up. I hardly ever used ME and was just about ready to torch both it and Windows 2000 replacing them with a single Windows XP install which I did and never had a problem since.

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Post by: 01010 on May 02, 2003, 01:30:53 am

Quote

Originally posted by Admiral LSD


heh, gotta agree with that. In it's final days as a Windows 2000/9x dual boot my system had ME on it. For a 9x system, it wasn't that bad. Until I started browsing network shares that is. I'd browse down a few levels and every time without fail, it'd hang up and carry on forcing me to use the three finger salute and kill the Explorer window (which killed the entire Explorer and all my systray icons at the same time...).

Thinking it had something to do with the Network card driver, I downloaded the latest 98/Me driver from RealTek and proceeded to install it. Each and every time I ran the Update Driver Wizard it'd crash right after feeding it the driver. After several attempts, including one that forced me to reinstall all my network drivers and protocols from scratch, I gave up. I hardly ever used ME and was just about ready to torch both it and Windows 2000 replacing them with a single Windows XP install which I did and never had a problem since.

I have exactly the same problem, if I try to browse the network I have to be damn quick about it cause without fail after five minutes it will completely lock up, funny thing is though, if you leave it it'll give you access to the window for ten seconds then lock up again, it does that intermittently every few minutes. Weird.

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Post by: J.F.K. on May 02, 2003, 06:21:01 am

I could never get my home network functioning. Went through half a dozen pairs of NICs, formatted and tried every OS, but nothing went. I think I lost half my hair trying to get it working. :mad:

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Post by: Amon_Re on May 02, 2003, 03:47:07 pm

WinME is the worst pile of code ever to leave Redmond, i mean, even Windows3x was more stable :eek:

As for my OSes, i'm using a Win2k station ('cause there's nothing else that runs Fred2, and XP is to bloated for me), a mac laptop, my main workstation is *still* my amiga, and my server runs Linux, and they all sing together :)

Cheers,

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Post by: kode on May 02, 2003, 03:56:53 pm

what do you mean more stable than windows 3.x? under my years with windows 3.1+ under dos, it never crasched on me.

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Post by: Amon_Re on May 02, 2003, 04:14:37 pm

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Originally posted by kode
what do you mean more stable than windows 3.x? under my years with windows 3.1+ under dos, it never crasched on me.

That's what i said, win3x was more stable :)

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Post by: kode on May 03, 2003, 11:08:53 am

Quote

Originally posted by Amon_Re


That's what i said, win3x was more stable :)

umm...  it was the "even" in your post that got me into that.

but on that account, all of the windows 9x was less stable...

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Post by: killadonuts on May 03, 2003, 11:38:09 pm

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Originally posted by Sandwich
Chose the one(s) you use frequently.

you sure like these polls, dont you Sandwich?
That's ok it gives me something to do

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Post by: Ace on May 05, 2003, 11:59:33 pm

Win XP with Opera ;)

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Post by: tEAbAG on May 06, 2003, 01:09:57 pm

Woooo!  Go MSDOS 6.22!  Woooo!

The last pure thing before they cluttered up my monitor with "graphics".

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Post by: diamondgeezer on May 09, 2003, 03:08:23 am

(http://www.diskant.net/jiji/nintendo/images/bowser.gif)

Sorry, felt it had to be done

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Post by: Sandwich on May 09, 2003, 09:10:25 am

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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
(http://www.diskant.net/jiji/nintendo/images/bowser.gif)

Sorry, felt it had to be done

:wtf: And this was worth bumping for what reason exactly? :doubt: :no:

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Post by: diamondgeezer on May 09, 2003, 06:10:51 pm

Er... it wasn't that far down the page, you know. Looking at the dates, it seems vote bumps have been keeping the thread afloat.

Anways, the topic says 'what browsers do you use', and I posted a pic of Bowser. See? I did put a disclaimer on it...