Internet Browsers

finetuning · 22nd January 2007, 23:35

I m using opera 8.54 since last year.....infact I m using opera since 6.01 with my dialup connection that time........its fast & good...I love Email client of opera named M2 where with a single touch of button I can check my entire mails at different sites like gmail...yahoo...hotmail...etc...also some feature like Notes are so good for me.....

mithun · 23rd January 2007, 07:18

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Originally Posted by abhijitvp

Internet Explorer for me

Go and try Firefox and you'll surely move IE to the Trash Bin !!!

CrAzY dRiVeR · 23rd January 2007, 18:09

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Originally Posted by mithun

Go and try Firefox and you'll surely move IE to the Trash Bin !!!

i shifted from IE to Opera, and then to firefox... I hate it when i have to use IE, from college...

Steeroid · 23rd January 2007, 18:24

Has anyone used the new IE (7???) yet? I had to use it yesterday after my Flying Blue site refused to work on Firefox (damn! why is everyone MS compliant?) and it looks and feels very different from the old IE.

Still slower than Firefox, though

Bass&Trouble · 23rd January 2007, 18:33

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Originally Posted by Steeroid

Has anyone used the new IE (7???) yet? I had to use it yesterday after my Flying Blue site refused to work on Firefox (damn! why is everyone MS compliant?) and it looks and feels very different from the old IE.

Still slower than Firefox, though

I'm using IE 7. I think it came bundled with Office 2007. All text appears in 'Calibri' font, rather than Arial. Dont know any other specific changes.

Akshay1234 · 23rd January 2007, 18:48

ive had ie7 for the past few months.. but its crap.. its too slow. firefox is way faster in opening and browsing.

khanak · 23rd January 2007, 20:14

Im a firefox user too....

Has anyone noticed that version 2 hangs....

the previous version was a lot more stable

Adi_k · 23rd January 2007, 20:56

Opera Rules, checkout the latest one

Equus · 23rd January 2007, 21:02

Tried IE7 and got back to Firefox in no time!

sreenivass · 23rd January 2007, 21:15

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Originally Posted by khanak

Im a firefox user too....

Has anyone noticed that version 2 hangs....

the previous version was a lot more stable

Yup it does when I pen quite a few tabs, ay some thing like 7 to 8 and above.

sidharth_j · 24th January 2007, 11:17

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Originally Posted by khanak

Im a firefox user too....

Has anyone noticed that version 2 hangs....

the previous version was a lot more stable

Add to that, version 2 is a HUGE memory hog! Even IE 7 doesnt take up so much memory. Plus it crashes as soon as you have 7-8 tabs open...

IE7 doesnt have the same problems..except for maybe each tab takes toooo long to open up, but once it is open, they are fine. But it also crashes occasionally...but then that is to be expected.

Bottom line is, firefox2 is not much better that IE7, and definitely is worse than the previous 1.5 version

sreenivass · 24th January 2007, 11:31

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Originally Posted by sidharth_j

Add to that, version 2 is a HUGE memory hog! Even IE 7 doesnt take up so much memory. Plus it crashes as soon as you have 7-8 tabs open...

IE7 doesnt have the same problems..except for maybe each tab takes toooo long to open up, but once it is open, they are fine. But it also crashes occasionally...but then that is to be expected.

Bottom line is, firefox2 is not much better that IE7, and definitely is worse than the previous 1.5 version

It is still running on windows right. firefox2 on linux does not cause similar problems, no crashes seen even with derivatives of mozilla (like galeon , etc..). I'd trust firefox (or mozilla) derivatives than IE any day.

navdeep · 24th January 2007, 11:35

best part is tabbed version of firefox although IE 7 is also tabbed now. Never thought of shifting back to IE

RX135 · 24th January 2007, 11:38

I have been using Firefox 2.0.0.1 and it never hang up on me. (No, not even with multiple tabs).

Good thing about it is that, even if it does at some time, it can always restore the session back exactly the way it was before crashing (tabs, pages, including text typed in text boxes), which is really cool.

sajo · 24th January 2007, 12:04

Been using IE7 since a few months. And Mozilla 1.7. And Opera 7.52 (I reluctantly upgraded from 6.0 a few years ago :P ). IE7 declares "welcome to tabbed browsing" like it was some earth shattering innovation.

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Internet Explorer	110	14.99%
Netscape	4	0.54%
Mozilla Firefox	363	49.46%
Opera	63	8.58%
Apple Safari	28	3.81%
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22nd January 2007, 23:35	#76
finetuning BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 394 Thanked: 13 Times	I m using opera 8.54 since last year.....infact I m using opera since 6.01 with my dialup connection that time........its fast & good...I love Email client of opera named M2 where with a single touch of button I can check my entire mails at different sites like gmail...yahoo...hotmail...etc...also some feature like Notes are so good for me.....
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23rd January 2007, 18:24	#79
Steeroid Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: N.A Posts: 7,046 Thanked: 2,751 Times	Has anyone used the new IE (7???) yet? I had to use it yesterday after my Flying Blue site refused to work on Firefox (damn! why is everyone MS compliant?) and it looks and feels very different from the old IE. Still slower than Firefox, though
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23rd January 2007, 18:48	#81
Akshay1234 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 10,265 Thanked: 12,317 Times	ive had ie7 for the past few months.. but its crap.. its too slow. firefox is way faster in opening and browsing.
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23rd January 2007, 20:14	#82
khanak Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mumbai/Toronto Posts: 2,799 Thanked: 268 Times View My Garage	Im a firefox user too.... Has anyone noticed that version 2 hangs.... the previous version was a lot more stable
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23rd January 2007, 20:56	#83
Adi_k BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 146 Thanked: 45 Times	Opera Rules, checkout the latest one
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23rd January 2007, 21:02	#84
Equus Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,123 Thanked: 423 Times	Tried IE7 and got back to Firefox in no time!
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24th January 2007, 11:35	#88
navdeep BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 892 Thanked: 4 Times	best part is tabbed version of firefox although IE 7 is also tabbed now. Never thought of shifting back to IE Last edited by navdeep : 24th January 2007 at 11:39.
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24th January 2007, 11:38	#89
RX135 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: pune Posts: 2,106 Thanked: 75 Times	I have been using Firefox 2.0.0.1 and it never hang up on me. (No, not even with multiple tabs). Good thing about it is that, even if it does at some time, it can always restore the session back exactly the way it was before crashing (tabs, pages, including text typed in text boxes), which is really cool. Last edited by RX135 : 24th January 2007 at 11:43.
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24th January 2007, 12:04	#90
sajo Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 2,625 Thanked: 1,153 Times	Been using IE7 since a few months. And Mozilla 1.7. And Opera 7.52 (I reluctantly upgraded from 6.0 a few years ago :P ). IE7 declares "welcome to tabbed browsing" like it was some earth shattering innovation.
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