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jubbo83
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i hate firefox. i hate IE much much more! i use the latest version of opera and love it. the only thing firefox has over opera (in my opinion) is that firefox is compatible with more websites. i think safari has similar problems - i heavily modified my myspace page (a hell of a lot more than those crappy myspace html generators stinking up the internet), which displays fine in IE but **** in opera and doesn't come up at all in safari on my mates mac. but at the end of the day i think it was my 'rush job' HTML coding, but myspace sucks so who cares!
18/07/2007
central qld
phatbass82
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Opera, man you're keen. I downloaded Opera recently just to see what it had to offer, I wasn't too happy. I think they did well with the Wii version, but their PC version reminds me of the early days (around 1995 when I first got the internet) of using the internet with Netscape...
18/07/2007
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
trinest
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Opera rocks, its got a-lot of features and its much better designed than Firefox...

That new social web browser rocks too.
18/07/2007
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
jubbo83
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trinest said: Opera rocks, its got a-lot of features and its much better designed than Firefox...

agreed, i like the fact it can run bittorrents too!
18/07/2007
central qld
Serega
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jubbo83 said:

trinest said: Opera rocks, its got a-lot of features and its much better designed than Firefox...

agreed, i like the fact it can run bittorrents too!



Run bittorrents? How does that work, what does it do?
18/07/2007
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
In a galaxy far far away: (melbourne, vic)
annirowe
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Bit Torrent is a file sharing Protocol. Normally you need a client to (like Limewire for downloading from the Gnutella Network) to download stuff. But Opera can handle bittorrents natively.
18/07/2007
NBA Live 08
Mill Park, Victoria
phatbass82
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I never knew that of Opera, I'll have to check it out again. Somes I do like to have a go of bit torrents, but can't be bothered to install another program download it.
18/07/2007
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
annirowe
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Better off downloading uTorrent. A very small foot print rather than a whole browser.
18/07/2007
NBA Live 08
Mill Park, Victoria
phatbass82
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uTorrent, are you sure it's not just for Mac's? I use to use ABC Torrent. Small program, quick and easy to install.
18/07/2007
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
curby
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I had firefox we had problems.
18/07/2007
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desi
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curby said: I had firefox we had problems.


What problems? You didn't give it enough time to get used to it?

phatbass82 said: uTorrent, are you sure it's not just for Mac's?


I used to have uTorrent installed on my Win XP computer. It's available for download from their site, wherever it is.
18/07/2007
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annirowe
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Nah Nah. uTorrent is for PC. Your getting confused with what I said to you before...xTorrent

EDIT... Get the 1.7 BETA. Works fine.
18/07/2007
NBA Live 08
Mill Park, Victoria
desi
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trinest said: Opera rocks, its got a-lot of features and its much better designed than Firefox...

That new social web browser rocks too.


You mean Flock? That's built on Firefox
18/07/2007
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trinest
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desi said:

trinest said: Opera rocks, its got a-lot of features and its much better designed than Firefox...

That new social web browser rocks too.


You mean Flock? That's built on Firefox



I talk about the features not the speed >.>
18/07/2007
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
desi
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trinest said:

desi said:

trinest said: Opera rocks, its got a-lot of features and its much better designed than Firefox...

That new social web browser rocks too.


You mean Flock? That's built on Firefox



I talk about the features not the speed >.>


Where did I mention speed in that reply?

I was saying that Flock is built on Firefox's backend. Flock is almost like one giant Firefox extension (but it's not, obviously).
18/07/2007
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exclipy
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I've tried them all and found Opera to be the best. It's the fastest, and it has the most features. The interface is really well designed.
19/07/2007
Cairns, Queensland
Robocop
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I'm a firefox user myself, absolutely hate IE, gave Opera a whirl a little while back and it was nice, albeit had the aforementioned compatability issues with some sites, did like the built in torrent support too.

Have been meaning to have a look at Safari, it looks nice, but will wait till the full release is out before giving it a go i think.
19/07/2007
Goondiwindi/Toowoomba, Queensland
texinick
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I've been a web developer for the last 10 years, so have had my fair share of fun & madness with all of them.

I won't use IE on anything... piece of junk. It may be a great browser for some, but as a web developer, it has caused more problems than all other browsers put together.

Opera is nice, I've tried it on several occasions, but there is something that just doesn't sit right with me... if they opened their plugin architecture so that 1passwd could support it, I'd give it another chance.

Firefox is great... I really like it. The add-on's are great, and I've been using it more since I started using Google Docs and Google Mail (so I can use Google Talk). The only downside is Firefox is so slow on Mac. It takes MUCH longer to load than Safari.

On the Mac I find myself returning to Safari nearly every time. Safari,for me, is FAST, STABLE, FAST, causes the LEAST amount of PROBLEMS, FAST and works properly with just about everything we throw at it. Did I say it was fast too?? Safari's roots are in the linux world too, so the stability doesn't surprise me.

As for the Windows Safari option.. I'm happy to see the browser there, although at the moment it's still early days. The initial load time is slower than Firefox, but render time is pretty much the same. I think there's a lot of promise for Safari, and when Google get's things working with Safari, I'd use it on PC & Mac. Until then, I'll stay with Firefox on PC.

Sorry for the ramblings!
19/07/2007
annirowe
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Excellent Ramblings from Someone who knows....

**Edit** Or maybe its just cause your a Mac man!! lol
19/07/2007
NBA Live 08
Mill Park, Victoria
texinick
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hahaha.. I am now.

But to be honest, I use the best tools to get the job done in the quickest time. Firefox may be the 'better' all-round browser, but if I want to get in and check my bank account before going out, then Safari is the quickest (on Mac) to do that. On the PC though, at the moment, I still think Firefox is the quicker. If I'm going to edit spreadsheets on Google Docs, then I'll use Firefox on PC & Mac.

If Safari can improve its startup time on the PC, then I'd be using that more. (plus I love the way the fonts look in comparison to FF!)
19/07/2007
monolocco
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il stick to internet explorer 4 thanks!!!
19/07/2007
Sydney
Deed
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I'll stick with opera, firefox was ok but opera runs smoother and faster for me. Plus i think it just looks cleaner aswell.
19/07/2007
Melbourne, Victoria
Serega
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Wow this has turned into a browser war... YAY! And so far Firefox is winning on the PC, and Safari on the mac.
20/07/2007
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
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zfishes
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Firefox owns it
20/07/2007
Sydney, Australia
desi
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I think we're forgetting about the king of all browsers, and the best friend of accessibility-conscious web designers everywhere: Lynx.

Text-only rocks your world.
20/07/2007
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