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The Help Desk => Computer Related Discussions & Questions => Topic started by: ironhorsedriver on January 08, 2010, 06:41:25 PM
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What browser does everyone use? I just switched to firefox because I got tired of IE locking up and going slow. Are there any pros-cons to them.
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Firefox. I switched because IE kept timing out and crashing.
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Firefox because I think it is safer that IE.....
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Opera or Firefox at home,IE and Opera at work.
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Firefox and sometimes Opera. Opera is interesting, especially the turbo function. I didn't like Chrome at all, and I haven't liked IE since Firefox came out.
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I'm finding I'm happier with firefox. Still freezes up on me sometimes, probably an add on. I've heard Chrome is also tracking software, so I'm not really interested in that.
Opera, I thought was for Apple. Does it work well with PC's? And is there really any reason it would be better than Firefox?
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I'm finding I'm happier with firefox. Still freezes up on me sometimes, probably an add on. I've heard Chrome is also tracking software, so I'm not really interested in that.
Opera, I thought was for Apple. Does it work well with PC's? And is there really any reason it would be better than Firefox?
Firefox is becoming a memory hog instead of the trim browser it originally was. You may not have enough processing power/ memory. I've noticed that since 3.0 Firefox has really started bogging down my machine.
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At home I use IE, at work I use opera, Firefox, or Safari depending one which OS or preferences of the machine.
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The one thing that has given me more problems than anything with browsers is Flash. I've lost count of the number of times that a browser tab will shoot up to 90+ percent cpu due to Flash content. Unfortunately, so many websites require Flash for content, instead of it being gravy. I'm running XP 64, and have used a 64 bit build of Firefox that is amazingly fast compared to the regular version. The problem is addons like Flash, 64 bit version doesn't exist yet.
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I use Firefox - on my XP home netbook and on the Vista 64 desktop. Never have any problems.
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I use Firefox - on my XP home netbook and on the Vista 64 desktop. Never have any problems.
I have less problems with Firefox than I ever did with IE, however, I've noticed that the memory usage with Firefox has been continually increasing. I like it and use it, don't get me wrong. I was just passing on an observation. Currently, FF is using just near 400 Mb of memory. It used to be down around 200 or less. Of course, I have 3 browser windows open and a few add ons running.
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Firefox, since version 1.1 or 1.5. IE7 sort of caught up with FF, but they made pointless user interface changes and it had nothing that was a compelling reason to switch back.
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I've been using Google Chrome exclusively on my old computer for about 3 months. I wanted to see how hard it was to get malware/spyware/viruses on it. I have no antivirus or other protection on it. So far no problems have cropped up.
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Firefox, since version 1.1 or 1.5. IE7 sort of caught up with FF, but they made pointless user interface changes and it had nothing that was a compelling reason to switch back.
IE7?
Aren't we up to 8 or 9 by now?
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I use Firefox on the PC that has XP (btw thanks for the tip Thor, I've dropped a couple of add ons and it is noticeably faster). With Vista (which I hate and will have to upgrade soon) I use Opera because I can't get Firefox to work.
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Firefox.
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I use IE but I do have Firefox and Chrome downloaded.