Firefox or IE? - Page 2

Kell_ee001 · 05-02-2007, 18:05

petemc · 05-02-2007, 19:57

Having spent the afternoon coding to find my site didn't work quite right in IE, that smiley is sooooooooooo fitting. Crazy ass browser. FF, Opera, Safari were spot on. IE went off like it'd been smoking crack.

Daz · 06-02-2007, 10:43

[curious] On 7 as well? [/curious]

Admiral Huddy · 06-02-2007, 11:02

IE always.. Everytime I hear people having explorer problems, they are using FF.. So what's the benefit of FF over IE?

Daz · 06-02-2007, 11:39

Cross platform support, more complete CSS support, published source code, can make any modifications you want to it either through the source or through extensions, at one time tabbed browsing (a TDI is now pretty much a standard requirement of a browser, and I dont think it's unfair to say that's down to FF), arguably better security in a sand boxed browser which has a smaller market share.

Of course, they're only benefits if you need or use them.

Admiral Huddy · 06-02-2007, 11:43

so how come it seems so buggy.. I'm not sold.

Daz · 06-02-2007, 12:02

That's a pretty subjective statement. I've never had Firefox crash on me since 1.5.x (we're now on 2.0.x), but then, I dont use many extensions either.

LeperousDust · 13-05-2007, 01:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daz

Opera lacks Google browser sync so it's off the table for me (well, that and I dont really get on with it anyway). That thing is a god send.

I'm digging this up because i fell accross this by accident and totally thought of you Daz

. So try opera now, you don't have much of an excuse now mwahaha.

I haven't tried oSync myself, so i don't know if it syncs everything (i think it may lack cookies) but it looks damn close to the google browser sync.

Also Opera is an MDI as opposed to the TDI firefox/IE7 interface. I didn't realise it until the other day but its really annoying for me now not to have a *real* MDI program!

Mark · 13-05-2007, 12:27

MDI is so last century (if you believe Microsoft).

/looks at MDI software I work on every day.

Feek · 13-05-2007, 12:30

MDI?

05-02-2007, 18:05	#11
Kell_ee001 Wants Big Meat Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 6,478	__________________

06-02-2007, 10:43	#13
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	[curious] On 7 as well? [/curious] __________________ apt-get moo

06-02-2007, 11:02	#14
Admiral Huddy HOMO-Sapien Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 6,692	IE always.. Everytime I hear people having explorer problems, they are using FF.. So what's the benefit of FF over IE? __________________ I just got lost in thought.. It was very unfamiliar territory. Techie Talk \| My gaming Blog \| PC spec \| The Admirals log

06-02-2007, 11:39	#15
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Cross platform support, more complete CSS support, published source code, can make any modifications you want to it either through the source or through extensions, at one time tabbed browsing (a TDI is now pretty much a standard requirement of a browser, and I dont think it's unfair to say that's down to FF), arguably better security in a sand boxed browser which has a smaller market share. Of course, they're only benefits if you need or use them. __________________ apt-get moo

06-02-2007, 11:43	#16
Admiral Huddy HOMO-Sapien Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 6,692	so how come it seems so buggy.. I'm not sold. __________________ I just got lost in thought.. It was very unfamiliar territory. Techie Talk \| My gaming Blog \| PC spec \| The Admirals log

05-02-2007, 19:57	#12
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	Having spent the afternoon coding to find my site didn't work quite right in IE, that smiley is sooooooooooo fitting. Crazy ass browser. FF, Opera, Safari were spot on. IE went off like it'd been smoking crack.

06-02-2007, 12:02	#17
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	That's a pretty subjective statement. I've never had Firefox crash on me since 1.5.x (we're now on 2.0.x), but then, I dont use many extensions either. __________________ apt-get moo

13-05-2007, 12:27	#19
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	MDI is so last century (if you believe Microsoft). /looks at MDI software I work on every day.

13-05-2007, 12:30	#20
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	MDI? __________________