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[Saddo]

I was a big IE user but just upgraded to IE8 and althpough it has some funky new features it is totally wank for some things.... so i'm using firefox alot more over the last week and liking some of the stuff it does

[CGM]

I was a big IE user but just upgraded to IE8 and although it has some funky new features it is totally wank for some things.... so i'm using Firefox a lot more over the last week and liking some of the stuff it does

I like the way Firefox has tabbed browser sessions within a single frame. There also seems to be an automated spellchecker in Firefox, which is kinda nice. I prefer the way IE deals with configuration of security and privacy options.

On the whole, IE seems noticeably faster, but Firefox is more stable. One thing I do notice is that Firefox is a noticeably slower for somethings, such as posting and replying here in the forum. I actually have to sit there and watch the little icons on the message toolbar fill in, ditto for the smilies on the right. Have you noticed this Saddo?

[killersheep]

I use IE until it gives me problems, then I go over to FF. The only reason I still use IE is habit, I like FF much better.

[CGM]

I decided to give Google Chrome a testdrive. What a sad joke of an application it is. It probably works fine, and it's faster than greased lightning, but it's soooo non-intuitive. The user interface is absolute shit. Pure garbage. Why they did things that way is beyond me. I mean, whoever heard of an application without a file menu? Took me ages to figure out how to load an html file from my hard drive.

And what's this horsehit about the install? Click on the download button and it automatically downloads, installs, imports all your favorites from IE without giving the user any options? Sorry, but I like to separate the install from the download, none of this automatic shit for me.

In short, my reaction is that it has potential, but the user interface is a complete turnoff. I wouldn't recommend it to my enemies, though I might suggest it to ICB if he ever shows up.

over and out. I have an application to uninstall.

[CGM]

I decided to give Google Chrome a testdrive. What a sad joke of an application it is. It probably works fine, and it's faster than greased lightning, but it's soooo non-intuitive. The user interface is absolute shit. Pure garbage. Why they did things that way is beyond me. I mean, whoever heard of an application without a file menu? Took me ages to figure out how to load an html file from my hard drive.

And what's this horsehit about the install? Click on the download button and it automatically downloads, installs, imports all your favorites from IE without giving the user any options? Sorry, but I like to separate the install from the download, none of this automatic shit for me.

In short, my reaction is that it has potential, but the user interface is a complete turnoff. I wouldn't recommend it to my enemies, though I might suggest it to ICB if he ever shows up.

over and out. I have an application to uninstall.

I'm kind of changing my mind on Chrome. The interface is kind of weird, but entirely functional once you get used to it. The viewable area seems a bit bigger than Internet Explorer, and it is quite a bit faster, especially on an older machine like mine that does not have a gig of RAM like modern PC's. On my machine it blows the doors off of both Internet Explorer and Firefox.

[the_PRODIGY]

I love the new Opera..you can keep any search bar of any site you like. and it's faster than Firefox. It also has a bandwith indicator and a resumable download manager.