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Firefox or Internet Explorer?

Firefox
34 (69.4%)
Internet Explorer
7 (14.3%)
Opera
1 (2%)
Safari
2 (4.1%)
Chrome
5 (10.2%)

Total Members Voted: 48

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Offline Androgeos Exeunt

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Re: Firefox or Internet Explorer?
I don't see an option to choose more than one, so I'm not voting. :no::rolleyes:

Firefox is good if you want to surf Flash-free websites fast, but if you're going to interact with certain Flash applets like, say, a Shockwave.com game, use Internet Explorer. Safari is good if you want to keep your page history list empty, or if you want to add web clips into Dashboard. This is why I use all three.

There are unique problems associated with each browser, though:

Firefox - Freezes when too many large Flash applets are on screen or being loaded. Certain Flash applets do not work properly.

Internet Explorer - Crashes when too many tabs are open. Uses too much virtual memory.

Safari - Occasionally fails to load web pages. Dashboard function messes up from time to time.
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Offline Mongoose

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Re: Firefox or Internet Explorer?
Hmmm, they may have upgraded it finally, when I first went to upgrade it told me that FireFTP wouldn't work with it, hadn't checked in a few weeks though, admittedly.
Yeah, I've had FireFTP up and running for some time now.  I think it took them a bit of time after FF3 was released to patch it, but it works just the same as ever now.

 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Firefox or Internet Explorer?
Adblock Plus (block ads, images and more)... and of course NoScript (to allow flash,javascript etc only on pages that you need)
Call me a weirdo, but I use Adblock Plus for both. Scripts die with a *.js* filter rule and can be revived by creating exceptions when needed.
Yes but how would you know which .js script to block without going to the site atleast once?
:wtf: Umm... by using the *.js* filter rule. You know, asterisk.jsasterisk. It filters anything that has .js somewhere in there. Then, when I'm on a site, if some crucial functionality seems to be missing, I just check through the blockable elements list and try to pinpoint the particular script elements that I should allow. Or with sites that I trust, like HLP, I just create a @@*.hard-light.net/* exception rule.

Simple.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

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15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
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18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

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00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

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Offline Mars

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Re: Firefox or Internet Explorer?
Flashblock does much the same thing, but it makes it a much more simple task.

 

Offline DeepSpace9er

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Re: Firefox or Internet Explorer?
I try to use Opera as much as I can, but sometimes it has issues playing embedded flash videos so I fire up IE to handle it.

 

Offline fener

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Re: Firefox or Internet Explorer?
:wtf: Umm... by using the *.js* filter rule. You know, asterisk.jsasterisk. It filters anything that has .js somewhere in there. Then, when I'm on a site, if some crucial functionality seems to be missing, I just check through the blockable elements list and try to pinpoint the particular script elements that I should allow. Or with sites that I trust, like HLP, I just create a @@*.hard-light.net/* exception rule.

Simple.

My bad, I should've read it better  :snipe:

Also something for more privacy concerned Chrome users to try - Iron

  

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Re: Firefox or Internet Explorer?
I don't see the Snuffleupagus option :P
Snuffleupagus would make a great web browser.

It'd be better than the others combined, IMO. :)
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