IE7 or Firefox ?

Drebbel · 02-08-06, 05:30 PM

What browser are you using, and why ?

I use Firfox, and before that IE with tab browser add-on

Just installed IE7 and it look great !

Download the BETA here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...aredirect.mspx

sonar732 · 02-08-06, 05:32 PM

FireFox here also. Granted, my wife doesn't like it at all since it's "new" to her. Even though we've got SBC Yahoo! DSL's browser which includes tabbed browsing, she won't use it either.

Skybird · 02-08-06, 06:06 PM

I know the arguments that speak in favour of Firefox. I have installed 1.5 myself, but rarely use it.

Because I cannot work around one simple observation. I use IE6, with very restrictive settings, maximum security settings. This usually works fione for me. When I need Java or Active X, I switch to medium settings for a minute, and then back to maximum again.

I do active scans of my HD twice a weak, via Antivir PE, Adaware, Spybot and A-Squared. If I get one alarm in a year, that is much.

when I have used Firefox more often (version 1), I got one or two dozens from scanners on every active scan.

Conclusion: much more unwanted problematic stuff reached my system when using Firefox than when I use IE with max settings.

It may be against the doctinre and widespread opinion, but the way i handle IE6 is more safe than the use of Firefox, as counted by number of alarms. I am no insider, I can't explain it, it simply is my observation.

I have tried Firefox 1.5 as well. And active scans again bring unwanted results. Sinc Firefox has no features that I miss or that I need, I do not consider it to be a loss.

Drebbel · 02-08-06, 06:07 PM

Although it looks great, better than Firfox IMHO

I miss the following features:

- Open new tab when typing url in address bar
- Open all favorites from a certain favorite folder in 1 click

Rotary Crewman · 02-08-06, 06:08 PM

Firefox, won't use explorer unless i have to.

TteFAboB · 02-08-06, 06:43 PM

IE6.

XabbaRus · 02-08-06, 07:04 PM

OK looks good but I want to know why when I am already connected to the net that when I click on a link ro go to another web page the bloody dialing box keeps coming up. Regardless of how I set the connection settings it happens and is bloody annoying. Other than that it's fine.

Seems with IE6 /7 you have more control over program options etc...

Who knows I might go back to it. In many ways I preferred the layout of IE6.

gdogghenrikson · 02-08-06, 09:06 PM

firefox all the way...open source and lots of extensions. but my second choice is Opera

Sharkstooth · 02-08-06, 09:52 PM

IE7........its basically firefox anyway now.

badhat17 · 02-08-06, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharkstooth

IE7........its basically firefox anyway now.

HERETIC !

Malefactor · 02-08-06, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badhat17

HERETIC !

Careful BH,that's liable to get you KP.Not that I would know anything about such matters. :hmm:

CCIP · 02-08-06, 10:17 PM

Anything but IE. I dislike IE with extreme prejudice, to the point of ridiculousness

badhat17 · 02-08-06, 10:19 PM

I fear not the scratchety scratch of the red pen for I walk in the valley of FireFox.

SUBMAN1 · 02-08-06, 10:19 PM

IE kinda sucks. I really dislike what it does to my users in file downloads (Do you really want this file, click here if you do!). i mean, if i didn't want the file, do ya think I would have clicked on it??? Duh! Anyway, Firefox is very similar to IE 7 and the very look of IE 7 was stolen from Firefox on Linux's KDE desktop! IE 7 is no more than Firefox on KDE to me and I have already been using that for a while!

-S

PS. Add a good proxy to Firefox like Privoxy and it is the best browser combo you can have.

Hellcat · 02-08-06, 10:56 PM

I'll stick with the "second stream" developers as they seem more committed to their products than Microsoft has ever been.

For example I switched completly to Trillian (all in one instant messenger) and have never looked back. Or an even better example is Open Office 2.0. Sure you lose some of that functionality you've become accustomed to, but change is the name of the game.

View Poll Results: My main browser is:
Internet Explorer 7	8	12.70%
Internet Explorer 6	9	14.29%
Internet Explorer older than 6	0	0%
Firefox	39	61.90%
AOL	0	0%
Opera	5	7.94%
Netscape	0	0%
Other	2	3.17%
Voters: 63. You may not vote on this poll

02-08-06, 05:30 PM	#1
Drebbel Dutch Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Almost at periscope death ! Posts: 1,665 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	IE7 or Firefox ? What browser are you using, and why ? I use Firfox, and before that IE with tab browser add-on Just installed IE7 and it look great ! Download the BETA here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...aredirect.mspx

02-08-06, 06:06 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,615 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I know the arguments that speak in favour of Firefox. I have installed 1.5 myself, but rarely use it. Because I cannot work around one simple observation. I use IE6, with very restrictive settings, maximum security settings. This usually works fione for me. When I need Java or Active X, I switch to medium settings for a minute, and then back to maximum again. I do active scans of my HD twice a weak, via Antivir PE, Adaware, Spybot and A-Squared. If I get one alarm in a year, that is much. when I have used Firefox more often (version 1), I got one or two dozens from scanners on every active scan. Conclusion: much more unwanted problematic stuff reached my system when using Firefox than when I use IE with max settings. It may be against the doctinre and widespread opinion, but the way i handle IE6 is more safe than the use of Firefox, as counted by number of alarms. I am no insider, I can't explain it, it simply is my observation. I have tried Firefox 1.5 as well. And active scans again bring unwanted results. Sinc Firefox has no features that I miss or that I need, I do not consider it to be a loss. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

02-08-06, 06:08 PM	#5
Rotary Crewman Sonar Guy Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The cold part of a Helicopter, the back. Posts: 395 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Firefox, won't use explorer unless i have to. __________________

02-08-06, 06:43 PM	#6
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	IE6. __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand

02-08-06, 05:32 PM	#2
sonar732 The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central MO Posts: 1,562 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	FireFox here also. Granted, my wife doesn't like it at all since it's "new" to her. Even though we've got SBC Yahoo! DSL's browser which includes tabbed browsing, she won't use it either.

02-08-06, 06:07 PM	#4
Drebbel Dutch Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Almost at periscope death ! Posts: 1,665 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Although it looks great, better than Firfox IMHO I miss the following features: - Open new tab when typing url in address bar - Open all favorites from a certain favorite folder in 1 click

02-08-06, 07:04 PM	#7
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	OK looks good but I want to know why when I am already connected to the net that when I click on a link ro go to another web page the bloody dialing box keeps coming up. Regardless of how I set the connection settings it happens and is bloody annoying. Other than that it's fine. Seems with IE6 /7 you have more control over program options etc... Who knows I might go back to it. In many ways I preferred the layout of IE6. __________________

02-08-06, 09:06 PM	#8
gdogghenrikson Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 978 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	firefox all the way...open source and lots of extensions. but my second choice is Opera __________________ And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown.

02-08-06, 09:52 PM	#9
Sharkstooth Red Shoe Queen Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Chicago Posts: 124 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	IE7........its basically firefox anyway now.

02-08-06, 10:17 PM	#12
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Anything but IE. I dislike IE with extreme prejudice, to the point of ridiculousness __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

02-08-06, 10:19 PM	#13
badhat17 Navy Dude Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Derbyshire La La Laa Posts: 176 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I fear not the scratchety scratch of the red pen for I walk in the valley of FireFox. __________________

02-08-06, 10:19 PM	#14
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	IE kinda sucks. I really dislike what it does to my users in file downloads (Do you really want this file, click here if you do!). i mean, if i didn't want the file, do ya think I would have clicked on it??? Duh! Anyway, Firefox is very similar to IE 7 and the very look of IE 7 was stolen from Firefox on Linux's KDE desktop! IE 7 is no more than Firefox on KDE to me and I have already been using that for a while! -S PS. Add a good proxy to Firefox like Privoxy and it is the best browser combo you can have. __________________

02-08-06, 10:56 PM	#15
Hellcat Ensign Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 224 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I'll stick with the "second stream" developers as they seem more committed to their products than Microsoft has ever been. For example I switched completly to Trillian (all in one instant messenger) and have never looked back. Or an even better example is Open Office 2.0. Sure you lose some of that functionality you've become accustomed to, but change is the name of the game. __________________ "readiness is only accomplished when the need for it is over"