Favorite Web Browser

Professor Frink · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:14 am Post subject:

I went from firebird to epiphany and right back to firebird. It might be me but it seems firebird renders pages quicker, also i hate double clicking the address bar to type a new address in like you have to do in epiphany, one click firebird knows you want the whole address. Also the google bar i like a lot better than typing it in the address bar. Also seems a lot more options (middle clicking opens in a new tab is amazing). I would like it to be GTK2 themeable but you can't win them all.
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superjaded · l33t Joined: 05 Jul 2002 Posts: 802

I'd prefer Epiphany if it acted a little more like Firebird.

They're a whole bunch of little things about it too -- like the fact I need some GNOME config tool to be able to change my associations (as opposed to /etc/mailcap Firebird uses), to not focusing on the URL input bar in a new tab to not being able to tab across results in teh URL search bar (you know, the type in http://forums. and it brings up every page you've viewed that begins with that?). If it weren't for those three things, I could look past the fact there's no real way to do mouse gestures (or is there?) and start using Epiphany instead of Firebird.

So, overall, I'd have to say my favorite is still Firebird, although Epiphany shows potential as well.

Oh yeah, I also don't like how CTRL+U doesn't delete the current line like I'm used to doing in most programs. That's something that's always annoyed me with GNOME-based programs.

GenKreton · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:38 am Post subject:

I love my mozilla. Only thing I like about Konq better is the up dir level. It comes in ahndy on some pages.

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Karny · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 12:33 pm Post subject:

Another vote for Firebird here..

I was a _big_ Galeon fan, but after Gnome 2.4 switched to Epiphany, I haven't bothered to get either Epiphany or Mozilla...
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triad · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 1:29 pm Post subject:

DILLO ROCKS!
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zenlunatic · Guru Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 312

maor · Guru Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Posts: 323

konqueror for me cause it the fastest and most usable browser out there this day's why mozilla base browser have good rendering they r way too slow .

ikshaar · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:42 pm Post subject:

Firebird : +1 vote
(will be perfect when Phoenity theme will be upgraded to 0.7)

<rant>By the way, I don't understand how epiphany became the official Gnome browser... it's sad to say the least. That bookmark window is among the most annoying feature ever made. May be I missed the option to get rid of it, but after 2 hours I get rid of the browser all at once. </rant>
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The Mountain Man · l33t Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 643

I like Mozilla. It has a lot of preferences that really let you customize how it looks and operates. Firebird seemed just a little too slimmed down for my taste, but I'll definitely keep an eye on its progress.

malloc · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 762

Well i was a diehard fan of galeon (1.2.x that is, i've never liked 1.3.x) but the darn thing was way too mem consuming, so i decided to try firebird and i totally got hooked. It's fast, it's good looking and it does a very good memory management.

ventricle · Guru Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Posts: 305 Location: UK/Australia

I like Firebird, but I'm being annoyed lately by all gecko browsers just crashing on certain pages. It makes surfing the net in gnome almost impossible. I wish this was fixed, as it was excellent before this problem. See, it works lovely on Windows.
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adammc · Apprentice Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 230 Location: Europe

interesting, it nearly never crashes here...what pages are ya viewing?
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ventricle · Guru Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Posts: 305 Location: UK/Australia

adammc · Apprentice Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 230 Location: Europe

works for me, does it crash with an error (dialog box or terminal)? or does it just close?
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deepthought · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 6:08 pm Post subject:

I like simplicity. I like epiphany.

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ventricle · Guru Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Posts: 305 Location: UK/Australia

Epiphany crashes with it's little error box that lets you do a crash report. I think this is part of gnome though. Firebird and Mozilla crash without errors, the browser just shuts down.
There is no error when running from CLI. You know this is really driving me batty, and it's crossed my mind more than once to install a different Linux distribution to solve the problem. I will wait it out maybe another week or two, but if it's not fixed by then, I'll have to get rid of this and try something different.
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so · Retired Dev Joined: 08 Sep 2003 Posts: 115 Location: Roma

Firebird
also If I get little problems during web navigation

pandora · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:44 pm Post subject:

Opera for me;Firebird is too slow. I'd never heard of Epiphany so I might have a look at it.

MatzeOne · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:15 pm Post subject:

opera 6.12 at my laptop for work (ibm thinkpad)
moved on my home-pc from opera 7.21 to mozilla 1.5.
i'll take a look at firebird.

btw... lynx is also very cool

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