[Scuddie]

Originally posted by IceFire
Faster (Not on a Windows box), more stable (Depends on the user and machine), and less susceptible to spyware than IE (That one I have to give you, although IE can be plenty safe with the right configuration).  A billion times better. (Matter of opinion)

With that said, I enjoy Maxthon over Firefox, as many of the features in firefox dont work the way I like them.  I have never used Firefox for a linux distro (which I'm sure it works well with), but on a Windows OS, Maxthon feels much more "natural" than firefox.  No, I dont have annoying spam buttons on the toolbar, Maxthon blocks those out, and I can choose which I want installed.  My favorites bar is also gone.  This, as it is now, is how I like it.  I know Firefox is good for a significant amount of users, but I like Maxthon...  And you don't see me bashing Firefox as a ****pile of worthless garbage.

EDIT:  That last sentence was not directed at you, IceFire, but the whole of the Firefox fanbase.

[Kamikaze]

I'd add "Supports standards better" as a siginificant advantage in the mozilla browsers. I like to be able to view websites as they're meant to be seen and with the latest goodies.

CSS 3 is going to introduce automatic multi-column layouts. Very, very cool feature. Right now you have to do multi column using tricks with floats, not very fun.

If you go download a CVS nightly of Firefox you can already try out the CSS3 multi-column formatting (Example here: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/archives/2005/03/gecko_18_for_we.html). The mozilla source also has support for rounded corners via CSS.

[Lukeskywalkie]

I just love tab browsing. I don't know or care if it's faster or safer, but the popup blocker rules, and the google bar is already where I want it, without moving it, and tab browsing is heavenly

EDIT: that was a bit off-topic. I always keep a version of Adaware SE and spybot:search and destroy handy, and run a check every few weeks - more if I'm looking for - ahem - hard to find items online.  Any site that isn't professional and clean looking has the potential to carry/install spyware.

[vyper]

Originally posted by Kamikaze

CSS 3 is going to introduce automatic multi-column layouts. Very, very cool feature. Right now you have to do multi column using tricks with floats, not very fun.
 The mozilla source also has support for rounded corners via CSS.

How.... how.... how the **** do you do rounded corners in css?

[Kamikaze]

vyper:

http://virtuelvis.com/download/218/border-radius.html

[ZylonBane]

Originally posted by Lukeskywalkie
I just love tab browsing.

Yeah, clicking the buttons at the top of the screen is so much awesomer than clicking the buttons at the bottom of the screen.

Firefox is nice, but I won't be switching to it full-time until they fix the damn cursor rendering. It currently renders on top of the last pixel of the last character, making it almost impossible to read what you just typed under many circumstances.

The overloading of the scroll-wheel click functionality is annoying too. Center-click enters vertical panning mode, but if you happen do it over a hyperlink it also open it in a new tab. Gahh.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by ZylonBane
Yeah, clicking the buttons at the top of the screen is so much awesomer than clicking the buttons at the bottom of the screen.

Firefox is nice, but I won't be switching to it full-time until they fix the damn cursor rendering. It currently renders on top of the last pixel of the last character, making it almost impossible to read what you just typed under many circumstances.

The overloading of the scroll-wheel click functionality is annoying too. Center-click enters vertical panning mode, but if you happen do it over a hyperlink it also open it in a new tab. Gahh.

Actually, I love that feature.  Much easier to use than right-click, open in tab.

As for tabs...you don't like them,you don't like them.  Fair enuff.  Personally, I think they're the bees knees, because they help stop the screen getting cluttered with multiple windows & mean you only need to minimise / maximise / resize once compared to the Ie loadsawindows approach.  Of course, it's not like they force you to use tabs anyways.

All a matter of personal opinion, anyways.  Of course, IE simply broke for me, so I didn't really need much persuasion to switch over.

[Scuddie]

Just curious, has anyone here actually tried using Maxthon for a browser?  If not, you should.  Just to see what it feels like.  It requires some configuration before it will work like it should (read: default sucks), but I think it's a noteworthy browser.  And I think it to be judged unfairly by so many people who havent even tried it, or dont even know what it is.

[IceFire]

Originally posted by ZylonBane
Yeah, clicking the buttons at the top of the screen is so much awesomer than clicking the buttons at the bottom of the screen.

Firefox is nice, but I won't be switching to it full-time until they fix the damn cursor rendering. It currently renders on top of the last pixel of the last character, making it almost impossible to read what you just typed under many circumstances.

The overloading of the scroll-wheel click functionality is annoying too. Center-click enters vertical panning mode, but if you happen do it over a hyperlink it also open it in a new tab. Gahh.

What the eff are you talking about?

[ZylonBane]

Dude, you quoted my entire post. Could you be more specific on the point of your confusion?

[Ulala]

Amazingly enough, I understood Zylon's post and even the point of it as well. I guess there's a first time for everything.