Which browser do you use?

pmatos · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 1:54 am Post subject: Which browser do you use?

Hi all,

I've been using epiphany by I'm getting sick of its simplicity. Need a not very heavy browser with some nice eyecandy and nice features. Which browser do you use? Why?

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tdennist · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 145

Konqueror all the way! Because it's simple, and it works. It also doubles as a file browser. In short, it rocks.
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GizzmoAsus · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 2:20 am Post subject:

Where is Opera from the voting list??? While it is not free it is definitely worth the purchase in my opinion.

PowerFactor · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 2:52 am Post subject:

I refuse to vote in this poll because it's too heavily gecko biased.

I use konqueror most of the time,because it's fast at both startup and rendering. And having a spell checker when posting is very nice. I use firefox for a few sites that don't work correctly in konq.

Lews_Therin · l33t Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 657 Location: Banned

Firefox, but you left out what will probably be the two biggest alternatives (Opera and Konq).

lagrima · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 3:58 am Post subject:

firefox, love it and unfortunately internet explorer ( yes burn me in the stake ) at work :cry:

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Duck-Billed Platypus · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 4:09 am Post subject:

Mozilla Firefox, because it works. Konqueror seems to be slow for me (I don't use KDE anyway), and I stopped using Gnome several months ago, but I might go back sometime...

Mozilla's too big for me.
I've heard of Galeon, but never got around to figuring out how to use it...
I used to use Epiphany sometimes back when I still used Gnome. I sort of liked it because of its simplicity...
I sort of stopped using Netscape when I switched to Linux and found Mozilla, then Mozilla Firebird, then Mozilla Firefox...
I used Opera with Windows some time ago, but stopped when I found Firebird/Firefox...
Isn't Amaya really old? At any rate, I don't use it...

Does anyone here still use Mosaic? That'd be surprising...

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merclude · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 4:38 am Post subject:

mozilla 1.7 here, switched from firefox.

USE="-irc -mail -all that crap"

imo mozilla 1.7 has become at least as fast, as firefox..
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codergeek42 · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 5:40 am Post subject:

Firefox + Thunderbird, w/o question. (IE @ school :cry:

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(I'd use Mozilla SeeMonkey (the suite), but I like the fact that I can configure the e-mail and browser aspects seperately and much more than the suite.

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plbe · l33t Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 661

I use firefox however I do find opera to be quite speedy to bad its not open source

superjaded · l33t Joined: 05 Jul 2002 Posts: 802

On my GNOME based Linux desktop I primarily use Epiphany mostly because it integrates more tightly with [the look of] GNOME than most other things. Epiphany also feels quite a bit more responsive than Firefox, perhaps since it's just plain GTK+2 and not that weird XUL crap.

Firefox on everything else if I have the option. I'll usually even download a copy of Firefox onto a public computer if it'll let me write to the desk. Of course, I delete it after I'm done using it though.

snowbum · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 6:04 am Post subject:

Konquror for most things.
Mozy for non KDE desktop.
IE for making sure my web work doesn't look like a pile of bugs.
Lynx when I do research. It is rather fast.
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pandaxiongmao · Guru Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 478 Location: USA

I use Firefox & Links.
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j-rock · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 7:01 am Post subject:

Mozilla is way to big and slow. Opera all the way, its fast as hell, and a lot of very nice skins are available for it. Links/lynx are also acceptable when in CLI.
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hardcore · l33t Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 626 Location: MSU, MI

For the most part Firefox, and Konqueror when pages are rendered wrong in Firefox.

hypercard · n00b Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Posts: 13

Firefox - for the simplicity when it starts and for all the great plugins that you can add to it. I especially like quick notes and session saver.

SlicerDicer · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 7:23 am Post subject:

I like the big dog of mozilla the full big thingo.

I just like it cause of well its sexy browser hehe. I really just like the way it is tried firefox and did not like it dunno why mozilla 1.7 is just for me along with thunderbird its just great

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stonent · Veteran Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Posts: 1139 Location: Texas

Well they paid better than the other options I had at the time. But they eventually screwed me.

So allow me to say the following:

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spectrum · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 52 Location: ::1/128

right now Mozilla 1.6, just the browser (I have xchat and evolution for the rest). I'd use firefox, but I haven't been able to find a decent build of it for amd64...hell, Mozilla isn't even an x86_64 build. How is epiphany? I've recently switched to Gnome, since all my favorite apps are GTK or GTK2. Fuck it, I'll just try it and if I don't like it, I'll remove it.
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chino_ · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 10:25 am Post subject:

Firefox, cause it never failed me and works like a charm.

Not a resource-hog like mozilla, plenty of useful plugins, and fast!