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Which browser(s) do you use?

Which do you use frequently?

  • Internet Explorer 7 (beta)

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Internet Explorer 6

    Votes: 5 29.4%
  • Mozilla/ Mozilla Firefox

    Votes: 15 88.2%
  • Netscape

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Opera

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Other (post below)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    17

Jimmy 2004

New Member
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5,458 (0.78/day)
Location
England
System Name Jimmy 2004's PC
Processor S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz
Motherboard ASUS K8N
Cooling AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans
Memory 1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB)
Video Card(s) Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory)
Storage 500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA
Display(s) Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024)
Case Antec P182
Audio Device(s) Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers
Power Supply Corsair HX520W
Software Windows XP Home
This poll is multiple choice, and I'm asking which browser you use. I'd say tick the box if you use it around an hour or more each week, so using Windows Update doesn't mean you have to tick IE. I've included the major browsers out there, but if you use another say which and post any comments below. :toast:
 

PVTCaboose1337

Graphical Hacker
Joined
Feb 1, 2006
Messages
9,501 (1.43/day)
Location
Texas
System Name Whim
Processor Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.4ghz
Motherboard Asus P8Z77-V LX
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Memory 2 x 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws @ 1600mhz
Video Card(s) Gigabyte GTX 670 2gb
Storage Samsung 840 Pro 256gb, WD 2TB Black
Display(s) Shimian QH270 (1440p), Asus VE228 (1080p)
Case Cooler Master 430 Elite
Audio Device(s) Onboard > PA2V2 Amp > Senn 595's
Power Supply Corsair 750w
Software Windows 8.1 (Tweaked)
Firefox all the way...
 

Alec§taar

New Member
Joined
May 15, 2006
Messages
4,677 (0.72/day)
Location
Someone who's going to find NewTekie1 and teach hi
Processor DualCore AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+ (o/c 2801mhz STABLE (Ketxxx, POGE, Tatty One, ME))
Motherboard ASUS A8N-SLI Premium (PCIe x16, x4, x1)
Cooling PhaseChange Coolermaster CM754/939 (fan/heatsink), Thermalright heatspreaders + fan built on (RAM)
Memory 512mb PC-3200 DDR400 (set DDR-33 for o/c) by Corsair (matched pair, 2x256mb) 200.1/200mhz
Video Card(s) BFG GeForce 7900 GTX OC 512mb GDDR3 ram (o/c manually to 686 core/865 memory) - PhaseChange cooled
Storage Dual "Raptor X" 16mb 10krpm/RAID 0 Promise EX8350 x4 PCIe 128mb & Intel IO chip/CENATEK RocketDrive
Display(s) SONY 19" Trinitron MultiScan 400ps 1600x1200 75hz refresh 32-bit color
Case Antec Super-LanBoy (aluminum baby-tower w/ lower front & upper rear cooling exhaust fans)
Audio Device(s) RealTek AC97 onboard mobo stereo sound (Altec Lansing ACS-45 speakers - 10 yrs. still running!)
Power Supply Antec 500w ATX 2.0 "SmartPower" powersupply
Software Windows Server 2003 SP #1 fully patched, & massively tuned/tweaked to-the-max (plus latest drivers)
Opera MOSTLY, some FireFox, & IE6 (Windows Server 2003 Secured Build) too

I use 3 of them!

(In this order (largely/MOSTLY, Opera 8.54, but recently 9.0 since it just released)):

1.) Opera 8.54 - 9.0 (a good 90% of the time on these 2)

2.) FireFox (5% of the time, maybe)

3.) IE 6.x (Windows Server 2003 "hardened/secured" SP #1 + hotfixed build - 5% of the time, maybe)

IE I usually HAVE TO deal with when doing ASP.NET related work & studies here, as it is used by Visual Studio 2003-2005 for this as the default browser (but, other browsers run ALL of the ASP.NET stuff too, just not ActiveX's if they are used))

* :)

APK

P.S.=> IE7b1 I tried in beta #1: Was ok in beta for the most part!

However, IE7b1 hosed up IE6.x on XP on me, even when I used LOCAL to a folder switches running it via a batchfile, etc. on Windows XP, & uninstall wasn't possible!

BUT, IE7b1 on Windows Server 2003 SP #1 I could do IE7 fine w/out hosing up IE6.x using those same isolation mode of IE settings... apk
 
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Jimmy 2004

New Member
Joined
Jan 15, 2005
Messages
5,458 (0.78/day)
Location
England
System Name Jimmy 2004's PC
Processor S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz
Motherboard ASUS K8N
Cooling AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans
Memory 1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB)
Video Card(s) Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory)
Storage 500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA
Display(s) Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024)
Case Antec P182
Audio Device(s) Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers
Power Supply Corsair HX520W
Software Windows XP Home
Looks good for firefox, 7 voters have all chosen firefox when I write this.
 

zekrahminator

McLovin
Joined
Jan 29, 2006
Messages
9,066 (1.37/day)
Location
My house.
Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s) Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s) Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s) Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.
Firefox almost all the time, with some IE7 just to test it out (very pretty), and Opera when I'm playing with the school macs (forgot to select it, but oh well.).
 

Alec§taar

New Member
Joined
May 15, 2006
Messages
4,677 (0.72/day)
Location
Someone who's going to find NewTekie1 and teach hi
Processor DualCore AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+ (o/c 2801mhz STABLE (Ketxxx, POGE, Tatty One, ME))
Motherboard ASUS A8N-SLI Premium (PCIe x16, x4, x1)
Cooling PhaseChange Coolermaster CM754/939 (fan/heatsink), Thermalright heatspreaders + fan built on (RAM)
Memory 512mb PC-3200 DDR400 (set DDR-33 for o/c) by Corsair (matched pair, 2x256mb) 200.1/200mhz
Video Card(s) BFG GeForce 7900 GTX OC 512mb GDDR3 ram (o/c manually to 686 core/865 memory) - PhaseChange cooled
Storage Dual "Raptor X" 16mb 10krpm/RAID 0 Promise EX8350 x4 PCIe 128mb & Intel IO chip/CENATEK RocketDrive
Display(s) SONY 19" Trinitron MultiScan 400ps 1600x1200 75hz refresh 32-bit color
Case Antec Super-LanBoy (aluminum baby-tower w/ lower front & upper rear cooling exhaust fans)
Audio Device(s) RealTek AC97 onboard mobo stereo sound (Altec Lansing ACS-45 speakers - 10 yrs. still running!)
Power Supply Antec 500w ATX 2.0 "SmartPower" powersupply
Software Windows Server 2003 SP #1 fully patched, & massively tuned/tweaked to-the-max (plus latest drivers)
Jimmy 2004 said:
Looks good for firefox, 7 voters have all chosen firefox when I write this.

Heh, I am one of them myself...

:)

* I use them all - browsers today are like nearly the same as far as featuresets & useability, but not in performance, or security in tests @ least.

Still, they are much like today's Disk Defraggers (Execsoft Diskeeper, O&O Defrag, Raxco PerfectDisk), Decompressors (WinZip/WinRar), System Restoration Programs (GHOST, DRIVEIMAGE, TRUEIMAGE) vs. 1 another in competition:

ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES/TYPES OF SOFTWARES, IMO?

Damn near the same in quality + features &/or performance!

(Though, again, as far as browsers are concerned: Opera has been shown overall the fastest & least bug/vulnerability ridden... why I tend to use it is because of those reasons).

APK
 
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zekrahminator

McLovin
Joined
Jan 29, 2006
Messages
9,066 (1.37/day)
Location
My house.
Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s) Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s) Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s) Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.
Alec§taar said:
Though Opera has been shown overall the fastest & least bug/vulnerability ridden... why I tend to use it is because of those reasons.
I used Opera because it was the only one we were allowed to use on the schools macs :laugh:.
 

Jimmy 2004

New Member
Joined
Jan 15, 2005
Messages
5,458 (0.78/day)
Location
England
System Name Jimmy 2004's PC
Processor S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz
Motherboard ASUS K8N
Cooling AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans
Memory 1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB)
Video Card(s) Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory)
Storage 500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA
Display(s) Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024)
Case Antec P182
Audio Device(s) Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers
Power Supply Corsair HX520W
Software Windows XP Home
No one uses Netscape so far, I used to find it quite good if not a little slow to load.
 

zekrahminator

McLovin
Joined
Jan 29, 2006
Messages
9,066 (1.37/day)
Location
My house.
Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s) Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s) Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s) Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.
A LITTLE slow? If there's one thing that gives me a hate for Mac 9, it's netscape lol. The school i was in was on a T1 line and it felt like the mac lab was networked on dial up :laugh:.
 
Joined
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Messages
1,737 (0.25/day)
Location
Canada
System Name death machine
Processor intel 6600 quad core cooled by scythe mutgen 2
Motherboard dfi lanparty UT P35-T2R
Cooling air
Memory crucial ballistic tracer 4 gb
Video Card(s) nvida 260 gtx
Storage segate baracuta 500 GB , western digital blue 1TB
Display(s) asus 23.6 vh242h
Case lian-li pc-a70 full tower
Power Supply 650 watt Antec Earth Watts
Software windows 7 and lots of other titles
firefox rocks
 
Joined
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Messages
444 (0.07/day)
Location
West Chester, Oh
System Name N7
Processor AMD Ryzen 3600
Motherboard Asrock B450 Gaming-ITX
Cooling Custom loop
Memory Gskill F4-3600C16D-16GTZNC
Video Card(s) PowerColor RX6900XT Red Dragon
Storage Intel 545s 256gb, Samsung 840 series 250gb, WD Blue 1tb ssd
Display(s) AOC Q3279VWFD8 1440p
Case Enthoo Evolv mAtx
Audio Device(s) onboard, Steelseries Arctis 3
Power Supply Seasonic GX750
Mouse Corsair M65 Pro
Keyboard HyperX Alloy FPS Pro
Software Windows 10 64 bit
Benchmark Scores Firestrike 21626 Time Spy 8907
I use Firefox most of the time. But i also use Internet Explorer 7 and Opera. It depends on what mood i'm in.:D
 
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