There has been a lot of talk on the forums lately having to do with web browsers. It’s quite clear that the days of Microsoft Internet Explorer are over. There are countless alternatives to IE that are faster, more stable, and more customizable. But the question is — what one are you using? There’s the customizable Mozilla Firefox, the original Opera, the speedy Apple Safari, and many more. The most popular browser amongst the members of PTF is Mozilla Firefox, made clear by the many posts. Take a look at the excerpts below, and be sure to vote in the poll of the week! There’s a thread about the upcoming Internet Explorer 8, Firefox add-ons, and Opera 9. (Register on the forums so that you can participate in the poll and discussion!) Also, here are the browser stats for the PTF forum for the month of March, 2008. Exact numbers are backed out, but the percents are there.
I hate IE. It’s so slow, it’s full of crap. Mozilla is lightweight, and has tons of add-ons that you can download. Safer, too.
okay i been surfing the net [with Firefox] it seems to get faster the more i surf… cause i guess is pre caching everything… links before i click them etc…hrm…
ErrorZilla is useful for those “cannot be displayed” pages.
FasterFox for speed.
IE Tab There are some (very few) sites (usually older ones) that don’t display correctly in firefox. Instead of waisting time switching into IE, just open it within an IE tab in Firefox.
The only main thing that I like about Opera is the start up screen, you can put all your sites right there, and thrn you just click them instead of having to type in the adress. I wish firefox had something like that that they could offer.