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Opera 10.0 Alpha

Postby Steve » Wed May 27, 2009 9:36 pm

I got Opera 10.0 Alpha (the kind of version more glitchy than a beta version) and the new rendering engine is crazy fast, but they need to work out the bugs. It makes a black line appear on the screen for a second or two when you scroll, and some Web 2.0 stuff won't load.
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby WhereThePoopIs » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:03 pm

Opera and firefox look a lot alike. Firefox is easier on the eyes but opera is faster. I use both.
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby Eisen » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:11 pm

I used to like Firefox, but now I can't stand it.
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby geardawg » Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:04 pm

I use Google Chrome, and it's fucking fast and easy to use.

Want to take another open window in Chrome and merge it with your main window into another tab? Drag that window into your main window. Simple as that.
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby Andrew » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:45 am

At my mom's house, I use FireFox and Opera.

At my dad's, Google Chrome because my only other option in IE6. And my dad's disabled downloads for my user account so I can't get any other internet browser

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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby Elekari » Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:58 pm

I'll just put a list on which ones I prefer the most because I've used a lot

1- Firefox 3
2- Safari 3
3- Opera
4- Google Chrome/Chromium

IE is just insecure shit in my opinion.
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby Steve » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:48 pm

Web browser discrimination has hit a new low. Look what I found on the random plug-in recommendations for wordpress: wordpress.org/extend/plugins/no-ie/
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby McMaNGOS » Fri May 28, 2010 3:37 pm

Steve wrote:Web browser discrimination has hit a new low. Look what I found on the random plug-in recommendations for wordpress: wordpress.org/extend/plugins/no-ie/
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Haha, I should totally add that to my WordPress blog.

On-Topic: Chrome.
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby Elekari » Fri May 28, 2010 4:02 pm

1- Firefox
2- Chrome
3- Opera

I've been wanting to switch to Chrome, but there's no real adblocking software, just ad hiding
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby Steve » Fri May 28, 2010 4:07 pm

Elekari wrote:I've been wanting to switch to Chrome, but there's no real adblocking software, just ad hiding

That's weird, knowing they wouldn't benefit from that sort of thing. Though, they probably have something in the browser that lets them know it wasn't viewed (that may only work for them).
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby PATRICKRL » Fri May 28, 2010 9:28 pm

I'd happily use IE6 over Chrome Your Preferred Web Browser
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby Insanimania » Sat May 29, 2010 12:16 pm

I'm sticking with Opera, it hasn't let me down yet.

And it downloads things faster, if that makes any sense at all.
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My Preferred Web Browser

Postby Steve » Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:43 pm

I still use Opera, but Google Chrome has proven useful as a secondary, college campus Internet browser. I don't use it most of the time, so if I do at school, I don't have to worry about unwanted data collection (as much).
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby Leafblower29 » Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:59 pm

[s]I always use Firefox unless I'm stuck with a slow computer then I use Chromium. Yes Chromium NOT Google Chrome.[/s]
I'd like to change my answer to Chromium. I do still have Firefox just in case.
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby Steve » Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:54 pm

I've heard of that Chromium browser since mentioned once or twice by people I follow on Twitter. Is it a modded Chrome? I suspected it was a mobile version.
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby Snowfish » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:36 pm

Is an open source version, I use it too.
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby samuelarnold » Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:58 am

I prefer firefox and i think it is probably best. Opera is a little faster but alot of things you cannot download on opera that you can with firefox. When it comes to security firefox leads.
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby RAK » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:56 am

ive gotten really used to the default browser of my installed ubuntu flavor: chromium
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby WhereThePoopIs » Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:16 am

Firefox now.

I still have Opera but rarely use it.
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Re: Your Preferred Web Browser

Postby Makfroggy » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:09 am

I prefer Google Chrome and Firefox.
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