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tech_support
10-17-2006, 09:41 AM
Hey,

What is your favorite browser?

For me it's FireFox
codeexploiter
10-17-2006, 09:43 AM
Personally i use FireFox

But while developing site i use to test them using the following browsers.

Microsoft Internet Explorer.
FireFox
Netscape Navigator
Opera

I think we can't avoid using MS IE as it is still one of the popular browser.
tech_support
10-17-2006, 09:45 AM
I think we can't avoid using MS IE as it is still one of the popular browser.

..that really sucks when coming to browser standards.
codeexploiter
10-17-2006, 09:47 AM
But as a developer what we people can do about it. I am fully agree with you. Multiple standards is a problem for everybody :( .
djr33
10-17-2006, 10:10 AM
FF here.
I use FF frequently, Safari some, and IE when I must.
tech_support
10-17-2006, 10:11 AM
Nice ;)
the-disturbed
10-17-2006, 04:59 PM
haha, wow thats kinda funny, i vote FF, and so did 100% of other ppl, IE6 is ****, IE7 is ok but stopped workin for me a while back, Flock, one not mentioned is pretty good, developed by some ex-mozilla employees, Netscape is just EW, Opera never used it, and Safari never had enough contact with an Apple to know, but doing technical support for Road Runner, I have never had a call where Safari was the problem, IE and even FF users have called and something even as simple as clearing out the cache would fix it, no big deal, but still

PS. only time ive ever seen "Mozilla" is on an Apple, it's pretty much the Mac OS version of FF right????

jeez i keep thinkin of stuff after i post lol, sisnce we're on the subjects of browsers, how to you change the default browser COMPLETELY to use only FF for example, cause i have IE and FF, just incase FF doesnt work with something, but things like MSN still open IE when checking mail and yes i did manually tell FF to check if it was default.....
mwinter
10-19-2006, 04:05 PM
PS. only time ive ever seen "Mozilla" is on an Apple, it's pretty much the Mac OS version of FF right????

No. Mozilla was the forerunner to Firefox (Fx). It was a browser, mail and newsgroup client, and featured IRC. Aside from the former, these were optional components. Firefox is obviously a streamlined product, with Thunderbird taking over some of the other features.

Mozilla was discontinued with version 1.8, as I recall. That was sometime last year.



how to you change the default browser COMPLETELY to use only FF for example, cause i have IE and FF, just incase FF doesnt work with something, but things like MSN still open IE ...

Some things will always run particular software. Microsoft products are especially fond of other Microsoft products. Big surprise.

Mike
Twey
10-19-2006, 07:18 PM
The Mozilla suite has been discontinued, but the Mozilla Foundation are pushing SeaMonkey (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/) as its replacement, and it's based on the old Mozilla code. They've essentially just renamed it, from what I can tell.
djr33
10-19-2006, 09:42 PM
"Mozilla firefox".... I always thought that was the full name of the browser.
Learn something everyday, I guess.
tech_support
10-20-2006, 08:02 AM
It is the full name (I think)
djr33
10-20-2006, 09:25 AM
////confused
codeexploiter
10-20-2006, 09:48 AM
I think tech_support was refering to the name Mozilla FireFox.

check out the following links to know more about the history of FireFox:

one (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#History)

Two (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox)
djr33
10-20-2006, 09:57 AM
I know he was.

I'm confused. The previous posts seemed to imply they are different.
codeexploiter
10-20-2006, 10:00 AM
Actually i have a mozilla browser installed in my machine which is an old one. I have a mozilla firefox also in my machine.

The point is after a particular point developers of mozilla browser stopped working on the Mozilla browser as such and started a new browser and continued with it which is Mozilla FireFox.
djr33
10-20-2006, 10:01 AM
Ok.

I get it now.
tech_support
10-20-2006, 10:04 AM
omg. Sikky likes IE. :eek:
codeexploiter
10-20-2006, 10:06 AM
omg. Sikky likes IE.


That is not the end of the world man. Everybody has their own likes and dislikes
tech_support
10-20-2006, 10:08 AM
That is not the end of the world man. Everybody has their own likes and dislikes

Yeah, I know. Just kidding there :p
mwinter
10-20-2006, 01:40 PM
The Mozilla suite has been discontinued, but the Mozilla Foundation are pushing SeaMonkey (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/) as its replacement, and it's based on the old Mozilla code. They've essentially just renamed it, from what I can tell.

Certainly looks that way.

I know several people on Usenet were grumbling about the loss of the Mozilla suite which they much preferred over separate applications. I don't think they were aware of SeaMonkey - it might not have existed at the time.

Mike
Tristan
10-20-2006, 04:02 PM
Firefox!!!!!~~~~~~~~

Is The One!
blm126
10-20-2006, 08:05 PM
Certainly looks that way.

I know several people on Usenet were grumbling about the loss of the Mozilla suite which they much preferred over separate applications. I don't think they were aware of SeaMonkey - it might not have existed at the time.

Mike
Hmm, from what I remeber Mozilla Suite was discounted, and SeaMonkey was annouced the same day.
Twey
10-20-2006, 08:44 PM
I'm going to make a vote for Konqueror here. It's deliciously fast (under KDE, obviously) and passes the ACID test. It's good enough for me. It would be nice if I could figure out a way to make it do opacity properly, though.
blm126
10-21-2006, 02:25 AM
I voted Opera. The browser is fast, cross-platform, standards compliant(more than even firefox), and full-featured. The only thing I use Firefox for anymore is testing(Firefox, with the addition of a couple extensions, kicks Opera's butt in the debugging department). Don't get me wrong, Firefox is a great browser,Opera is just better.