What browser?

AlanYork · 17-03-2005, 17:12

Simple question.....what browser is best, Firefox or Internet Explorer? I've always used IE but am currently here in the States and using my lady's Firefox which seems marginally quicker and has a choice of seach engines. So what are the pros and cons of each one? If Firefox is better, which seems the case at first glance, why aint everyone using it?

Raistlin · 17-03-2005, 17:15

Oh Dear.....

Here we go again.....

Mal · 17-03-2005, 17:17

You just know this is going to get nasty

I think this is a subject, if you do a search through the forum, will be influenced by people's attitude towards Microsoft (on the most part).

Me? I like firefox, but that's just my preference.

Raistlin · 17-03-2005, 17:19

TBH, there's a million and one threads about this (not that I've ever been one to discuss active discussion around a topic), you might be better having a look through the search listings and seeing what you can find.

This thread's gonna deteriorate fast (and probably sound a lot like the other threads on the subject to boot!!).

bob_builder · 17-03-2005, 17:33

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Originally Posted by AlanYork

Simple question.....what browser is best, Firefox or Internet Explorer? I've always used IE but am currently here in the States and using my lady's Firefox which seems marginally quicker and has a choice of seach engines. So what are the pros and cons of each one? If Firefox is better, which seems the case at first glance, why aint everyone using it?

Before everybody else adds the 2p worth I thought I would get in!

It is probably an intertia thing - IE is bundled with Windows and the vast majority of users cannot be bothered to download anything else.

It is also a preference thing - some people complain that Firefox is not like other Microsoft programmes so they prefer IE. Others prefer Firefox for the same reason!

Personally, I use Mozilla Suite which is a full package version of Firefox with email, newgroups and HTML composer because I prefer that.

dilli-theclaw · 17-03-2005, 17:35

I use firefox and IE.

The choice - as they say - is up to you

ntl customer · 17-03-2005, 17:36

I use IE. Does the job and what I need of being able to browse the web with it, so why bother fixing something that ain't broke?

The whole thing about spyware etc is over-egged IMO - only click happy users, people who install everything under the sun (e.g. smiley central *spits*) and people who don't tie down their IE settings get such problems.

Far as I'm concerned, each to their own and all that.

ikthius · 17-03-2005, 17:37

yip I am a firefox convert, but as everyone else says there is too many threads here in this forum about the same question you asked, I thnk you should search and test on your own to see which one you like best, as it will be what YOU like.

ik

punky · 17-03-2005, 17:41

I prefer FireFox... It has more features, and performs better against spyware and popups... It also has much better CSS support.

I use it, and when it trips up I use IE as a last resort.

AlanYork · 17-03-2005, 17:45

Get nasty? Have I touched on a nerve here or said something I shouldn't? I just wanted an opinion really. I'm getting to grips with computing now, whilst far from being an expert. I had no idea this had been discussed elsewhere, then again, no sarcasm whatsoever intended here, others may have the time and inclination to browse the forum to find previous threads on this, I don't.

So if its old ground, please could you redirect me to the threads where I can get more info, after all, if you really have run through all this before, you're right, there's little point in discussing it all again.

It was more the pros and cons I was after, especially the security aspect. The Firefox main start page seems to imply IE has security issues, then again, it's in their commercial interests to say that possibly. I have no idea if its true or not, like I said, I'm getting to grips with computing but am far from an expert.

OinkyBoinky · 17-03-2005, 17:54

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Originally Posted by AlanYork

what browser is best, Firefox or Internet Explorer?

Neither they're both crap lol, go for opera... much better than both comnined...

ntl customer · 17-03-2005, 18:02

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Originally Posted by OinkyBoinky

Neither they're both crap lol, go for opera... much better than both comnined...

This is the sort of comment that usually kicks off the argument in these types of threads, I find ...

*ducks*

*cue flamewar of browser X is crap change to browser Z*

AlanYork · 17-03-2005, 18:03

Not heard of that one to be honest...am looking more closely at Firefox and it seems I have to install Quicktime, Real Player etc, Flash player, even if I already have them on IE...is this the case? Other than that, Firefox looks pretty much the biz at first glance.

Stuart · 17-03-2005, 18:14

AlanYork, try both. If you like Firefox, use it. It's a matter of personal choice really. Pretty much any browser you can think of will have some advantage over IE (more secure, faster, better standards support), but you will still need IE for some sites.

Try firefox. If you like it, you can use it. If you don't, what have you lost? A little bit of time.

I personally prefer Opera..

Mal · 17-03-2005, 18:15

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Originally Posted by AlanYork

Get nasty? Have I touched on a nerve here or said something I shouldn't? I just wanted an opinion really. I'm getting to grips with computing now, whilst far from being an expert. I had no idea this had been discussed elsewhere, then again, no sarcasm whatsoever intended here, others may have the time and inclination to browse the forum to find previous threads on this, I don't.

Sorry, I wasn't having a pop at you, I just meant that the I.E. v Firefox threads tend to turn nasty between the two warring parties.

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Originally Posted by AlanYork

So if its old ground, please could you redirect me to the threads where I can get more info, after all, if you really have run through all this before, you're right, there's little point in discussing it all again.

Do a search microsoft fanboys*, as I'm sure that phrase was used in a couple of threads.

* I'm not having a pop, just that phrase could lead him to the nasty threads.