Firefox and Chrome are still at the top. I don't think i have used Internet Explorer for god knows how long.
Basically this. It's not a question of if it's cool- it's a question of if it's good.Gxas said:It was never "uncool" to use IE. The problem with it was that it had gaping security holes in it that other web browsers don't have. Hence why I've never gotten a virus on either of my computers and my friend has had to wipe her computer three times now in less than a year. She runs more virus protection than I do (I use no active scanners and rarely run malwarebytes). In fact, the only difference between the two of us is that I use Chrome and she uses IE.
You can use whatever browser you want. Just don't question and whine when your computer is infected due to your choice.
(Mind, I haven't looked at IE9 at all, they may have fixed it all, but I will never touch the thing ever again.)
Not entirely sure. When I made the switch to Opera, I didn't immediately see a method by which I could bring all my bookmarks over too, so ended up building bookmarks and other preferences again from the ground up.smearyllama said:...Squid94 said:Am I the only one using Opera?
I used to be on Firefox, but it was too slow. As was IE before that.
Can I transfer my data?
Protip: Download the IE Tab extension. It allows you to open what is essentially an IE emulator inside a Chrome tab if a website is buggy in other browsers.Byrn Stuff said:I use it for most of my browsing and only revert to IE/Firefox when some site (I'm looking at you, Lotus iNotes) doesn't support other browsers.
Sounds like a Page files problem. You might want to head to their forums and ask how to lower the chance of that message popping up.MiracleOfSound said:I dunno, but Chrome and Firefox are damn slow for me at the moment. I keep getting that 'Kill Pages' message.
Yes, using opera myself. It's not really a "feature fight", there are some differences. But I use opera because of personal preference.Squid94 said:Agreed! That's why I've settled on it.Aelrath said:I use opera :3 Works flawlessly.Squid94 said:Am I the only one using Opera?
actually, IE9 doesn't really have THAT big security holes. That's what people have got stuck in their mind from the old days.kortin said:I use firefox. I don't like IE at all. With the security holes and all that, its much safer to use a different web browser. My friend is constantly needing to run virus scans and all that because he refuses to use a different browser for some unknown reason.
Again, not THAT big security holes in IE9. 99% of the times you can avoid it by using your brain while surfing the net.AngryMongoose said:Get evidence to me of increased security and stability, then I'll consider it.
Firefox crashing, don't know. Atleast Flash crashes in firefox. in my experience it's slower to start up also.Thaliur said:I've been using IE (again) since version 8, because I was fed up with Firefox occupying about 80% of my RAM, especially on my netbook, starting slowly and crashing. It didn't crash often, but more often than IE, and when it crashed, it took all the tabs with it.
Also, IE uses a Win7 security feature no other browser uses (as far as I know). When IE8+ is running on a Win7 PC, it runs with lower permissions than a standard user, not quite sandboxed, but with highly restricted read/write permissions. AdBlock is integrated as well (called "Tracking Protection". Just have it use the right block lists and your web pages are clean.
IE starts a lot quicker than Firefox and offers jumplist functions (but maybe these two problems got fixed in FF4).
And: Silverlight is awesome, and doesn't feel as fluid in FF. Let alone Safari (which I - embarassingly - actually used until I realised that "Apple" folders kept popping up all across both my harddisks)
Yes, especially with the older versions. if using correct CSS you can avoid most if not all problems with IE.Chatney said:Speaking as a web designer and developer, all versions of IE should die this very instant and never return.
There's always the option to send them to a page or show a notice that the web page doesn't either work in IE or simply that that it might show up better on other browsers.JMPease21 said:reason I don't use Internet Explorer:
I'm a web designer as for every css or html element that works with all other browsers, there's an error with IE. So then I have to rewrite my code to include a workaround, exception or a good old fashioned "blahblah" to fix it.
I can't just ignore IE because it still has a strong % of users.
so yea anyone who makes web apps/sites will tell you that IE can die in a fire.
I know. But I don't know what they were smoking when they decided to make them disappear by default. I can do that on my own, but then I had to hunt around the new interface when I wanted to check my email. And it still won't go where it was pre-update.ash-brewster said:Protip: Firefox 4 has both a home button and the option to place them where you want on the browser bar.maturin said:Oh, then it must be better. Firefox pissed me off with its latest update. I need a fucking home button, geniuses. And I should be able to put it wherever I want.bibblles said:The browser bars are slimmer than Chrome
Right click the browser bar and click customize. You can add whatever buttons you want and drag them around to where you prefer.