klein Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I like Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidegate Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 FF is a memory hog - the next verison is rumored to address that issue. That aside it is just nicer to use & plenty fast. A lot of sites are (lazily) coded to IE though so I haven't removed it from my machine. And what's not to love about the FF's Clear Private Data function? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 On those rare occasions I have to use a Windows machine, it's Firefox for me.But why only have Firefox and Exploder as options in the poll? What about Safari, Opera, and the other browsers? My old boss is a die-hard Windows man. I got him to try Safari and he liked it so much better than Internet Exploder that he installed five other browsers to see what the world has to offer. He eventually settled on Opera as his cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Firefox, then Opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Safari, Firefox, and Camino. I hate Windows-only, IE-only sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalparadise Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I thought Explorer was dead. It went obsolete for Mac users some time ago. The way PCs hang onto software and hardware dinosaurs is funny.Safari is even fading fast on the Mac. Firefox is pretty nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klein Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 Safari, Camino, and Opera have been added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I run Ubuntu + Firefox. Works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I recently downloaded the updated version of IE on one of my machines. It includes tabbed pages and is basically their theft of Firefox, but it had problems with a number of sites, including everything from work, so I stopped using it. Typical Microsoft garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I'm officially in the Mozilla code-base camp. I find that Camino runs faster on my Powerbook (PPC G4) but compared to the modifications I can install on Firefox, it always leaves me wanting more. I tend to switch between the two, but have never taken a liking to Safari.Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I use IE for almost everything. Lowest common denominator rules. I only use Firefox when I have to accept cookies from an untrusted site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I only use Firefox when I have to accept cookies from an untrusted site.I use Firefox for everything. I have it configured to purge all my cookies, except for a select few, every time I close the browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I use Firefox for everything. I have it configured to purge all my cookies, except for a select few, every time I close the browser.May I ask how you do that? What is the advantage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webdude Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 May I ask how you do that? What is the advantage?Just go to firefox tools, options, and the cookie option is right there. You can go private data section, click on settings and have even more options with what to do with your private data.Advantage of removing cookies? Privacy. Companies can't track your movements. Normally, your individual data is not compromise, just your movements online, but that already reveals a lot. They use the info for marketing purposes and also know what stuff (like ads) to serve you when you visit their sites. If you don't feel comfortable with that, then its good to purge cookies whenever you close the browser, but that also means having to login every time you visit some sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I thought Explorer was dead. It went obsolete for Mac users some time ago. The way PCs hang onto software and hardware dinosaurs is funny.Safari is even fading fast on the Mac. Firefox is pretty nice.You mean the Dell laptop I saw in Starbucks the other day with the dual parallel ports, VGA output, and 3 1/2 inch floppy drive isn't state of the art?(More like State of the Ark)Just go to firefox tools, options, and the cookie option is right there. You can go private data section, click on settings and have even more options with what to do with your private data.Advantage of removing cookies? Privacy. Companies can't track your movements. Normally, your individual data is not compromise, just your movements online, but that already reveals a lot. They use the info for marketing purposes and also know what stuff (like ads) to serve you when you visit their sites. If you don't feel comfortable with that, then its good to purge cookies whenever you close the browser, but that also means having to login every time you visit some sites.Here's an example of that:A couple of weeks ago my wife used my computer to surf for information on a particular brand of cosmetics. For the next three days, I was getting ads for that brand on entirely web sites I was surfing. Seems to have worn off. The cookie probably expired. Many self-destruct after a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I will say that Safari and Camino are really faster on my dinosaur (PPC G4) Powerbook. But I like the abilities of Firefox better, even though it feels bloated and kinda clunky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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