What Browser Do You Use?

**tacmig99** · 08-18-2006, 08:55 PM

I use FireFox, the beta for Internet Explorer 7 looks promising though.
I have no idea what will be added to FireFox 2 which I think is coming out in the next few months so not much to be excited about for that...

I also test my website in IE6 but I don't really use it for anything else.

**mburt** · 08-18-2006, 09:13 PM

This poll is obviously going to be lead by Firefox, but we'll see how it turns out

**Twey** · 08-18-2006, 09:35 PM

I wasn't sure whether to go for Firefox or "Other..." I usually use Firefox, but recently I've turned to Konqueror because Firefox (at least the Linux version) is so slow. Unfortunately, Konqueror is a resource hog. I'd use Opera but it's not Free... and so the quest for the perfect browser goes on.

**mwinter** · 08-18-2006, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by Twey

I'd use Opera but it's not Free...

Free, in terms of FSF or license fee? It's not the former, certainly, but it should definitely be the latter (the Windows version is).

Even though it's not open source, I don't see why that should stop you from using it if it's better than its competitors.

Mike

**Twey** · 08-18-2006, 10:08 PM

FSF. I avoid non-Free software wherever possible, although sadly it isn't always. Nevertheless, I would prefer a slower, Free browser over a faster non-Free browser.

/EDIT: Careful with open-source and Free software. Free software is necessarily open-source, but open-source software doesn't have to be Free. There are practical reasons for open-sourcing a piece of software, but Free software is a philosophical idea. In fact, even Microsoft have some software that is technically open-source.

**boogyman** · 08-18-2006, 11:42 PM

i try to avoid IE as much as possible because they really suck in regards to web standards... but hey... thats microsoft... and since IE still has the floor when it comes to browsers ... thusssssssssssss I do test my code in IE :|

**mburt** · 08-18-2006, 11:52 PM

but hey... thats microsoft

They may have done porely on MSIE, but there are alot of Microsoft (windows) programs that I really like. Simply saying that Microsoft isn't up to standards, isn't necessarily true.

**tacmig99** · 08-19-2006, 12:03 AM

Actually I think what pissa is trying to say is exactly what is being said in that link in Twey's signature. Microsoft does things very differently than everyone else when it comes to the internet and a lot of people don't like that. Personally the only reason I don't use IE anymore is because I was getting too much spyware which got me very annoyed.