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Posted: Jan 29 2008 05:37 pm

DarkMaze wrote:

How well can you browse on your phone? I've never actually seen mobile web-surfing in action.

When there's a wireless network, surfing is quick and painless. When I do it via satellite, the load times can be painful. It's all touch-based though, which makes scrolling and enlarging easy as pie.

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GPFontaine wrote:

Syd Lexia wrote:

I thought that too... but maybe not.

I use IE 6.0, but Fontaine saw it and I'm almost positive he uses Firefox. He doesn't seem like the kinda guy who would use IE.

/sigh

I am not that type of guy.

I'm also not that type of guy.

I use whatever, whenever. Well, not Safari, it just fucks everything up. But pretty much all other browsers.

Security wise here is the latest rundown of modern browsers
Most secure: IE7 > Firefox 2 > Firefox 1 > Mozilla 1.5 > IE6 :Least Secure

Still, to a large degree security is dependant on stupidity, so I suppose that isn't the best way to rate browsers.

IE renders pages in the MS way, which contrary to every linux nut's thoughts on the subject is the way that more than 80% of the world sees things. So whenever possible keeping things kosher with IE is a necessity. Firefox is number two, so it is also important, but they conform to those... er... what do you call them. Oh... Standards.

So when I code I try to validate to conform to the standards, but I may change things up to try and make it look nicer on IE.

When coding script it becomes a bigger pain in the ass. I try really hard to just keep it to IE and Firefox, but even standards can't save you with Javascript. Often times multiple versions of code need to be written. Same goes for CSS.

Also I have to factor in that I use a PC about 90% at work, and 50% at home. The rest is a Mac. So IE isn't an option, but Camino is, and so is Native Safari. Which sucks as much as the Windows version.

And to make things all the more fun, I sometimes browse using my Wii, which uses the crap flavored Opera browser.

Now that is a total piece of shit software that should just fucking die. The Wii web doesn't have to suck, they just choose to let it. Even with a keyboard hooked up to the usb port it still sucks balls.

So... what browser am I going to select?

On a PC - IE for work. Firefox for Porn.
Just set it so that Firefox resets every browsing session (nice little feature).

On a Mac - Firefox

Both browsers have a lot of the same features now, so what are some of the features that stand out as better in each?

Firefox has spell checking
Internet Explorer has ActiveX
Internet Explorer has more CSS options (which are nicer to use)
Firefox has better add-ins... but I don't use them
Firefox has better cache management tools

In the end I choose Both.

The competition that was lacking before firefox came out allowed Microsoft to slow down their IE work. And in the end it made IE very unstable, featureless, and risky.

That competition has now made IE7 a great browser and in turn, Firefox is now better too.

We all win.

But I win the most, because I don't give a shit about what i have to use, and that lack of a choice allows me to have less anxiety and more tranquility.

Yay me!!!

there are actually plugins for firefox that let you use IE7 in firefox tabs. best of both worlds. how cool is that?

Posted: Jan 30 2008 10:20 pm

IE Tabs. Although Firefox 3 is supposed to have that ability natively.

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Char Aznable wrote:

IE Tabs. Although Firefox 3 is supposed to have that ability natively.

Well, I just installed Firefox 3 but on the mac, so I have no idea about how IE will work out.