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Main Forums => Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap => Topic started by: Novice on October 29, 2008, 10:25:53 PM
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I'm coming out of my recent post-slump to ask everyone's opinion on browsers. I've tried most of the new browsers and they are frustrating me to no end! Here are some of the recent browsers I've been using and why they SUCK.
Internet Explorer 8:
-Isn't compatible with my university's website that uses "inline frames". This is a real tack in my trousers because I use this site all the time.
-Opening a new tab is more time-consuming than it should be even when the page that opens by default is about:blank.
-I have to use "compatibility view" for all of the websites I visit. Why don't they just, oh, MAKE IT COMPATIBLE?!
Mozilla Firefox 3 (Or whichever the latest version is):
-Doesn't remember the websites I've been to. I find this insane. Once I start typing "gee -" in the address bar, I expect something to pop up. But, no. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I can't think of what it could be.
-There is no "go" button. Only a refresh.
Google Chrome:
-When typing in the index page of a website (Let's say, for instance, geekforum.org), it brings up pages further in the website and not the index page. For example, it would bring up the 'What are you Listening to' thread instead of just the main page.
I understand every browser is going to have issues. They all have good traits (IE's color-coded tabs are cool, and it opens more files than other browsers; Firefox actually seems quicker; and Chrome has the simplicity I like), but I say there has to be something out there that works the way it's supposed to.
I'm thinking about hitting up an old-versions website and getting an old version of something. Any ideas?
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Firefox has colored tabs, too
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Have you tried Opera?
I'm with ya 100% on the "GRRRRR" about browsers. I use one until I get fed up with it's shortcomings, then switch to another. Endless Cycle.
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Firefox has colored tabs, too
:-D
Have you tried Opera?
Nope. I'll let ya know how it goes.
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I never fancied Opera. I've always been a Firefox man myself. Although this new version has some issues.
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All browsers piss me off in some way. I'm apparently just very picky about my browsers.
Opera, however, pisses me off the least. It still has its issues, but it's the one to which I always find myself comparing other browsers, and it's the one that annoys me the smallest amount.
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Firefox certainly does remember where you've been. When you start typing it does produce a dropdown listing sites that start with those letters. I think the only way it wouldn't is if you have told it to clear private info.
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Or if you have the keep history set to "0". That'll do it too.
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Lynx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)) is the best - the ONLY way to look at porn the way it's meant to be displayed. 8-)
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I figured I was doing something wrong with Firefox to cause the issue. Hm . . . This is the browser I am currently using. For one (as I mentioned) it seems fast, and I also have to use it for my second, online job that uses a custom browser.
I like Opera. At least for now. It has managed to make it past my first day of scrutiny. Oh, and after that last post I'm sure I will be trying Lynx.
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Lynx (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)) is the best - the ONLY way to look at porn the way it's meant to be displayed. 8-)
If anyone on this forum does not know what that is before reading that link, there is a problem.
Also, just for my opinion, firefox is the best. IE7 is okay, IE8 absolutely sucks, and Safari is too bland.
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Houston...
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Houston...
I totally did not get that.
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Houston...
there is a problem.
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I swear everybody on this forum is making me feel very, very stupid.
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AHA!! You shoulda seen ME yesterday... oh wait...
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Hey now!. :lol:
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Don't take it personal, kid. We're just messin' with ya.
Well, okay. BizB isn't. But most of the rest of us are. :lol:
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I know. Thats why I put the :wink:.
I try to not take things personally. Usually, I totally fail, however.
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I disagree.
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For I am stupider than you.
Probably this part; and I concur. (with pb)
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Yep.
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Sorry. I thought you were gone already. Didnt mean to "interrupt", so-to-speak.
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There have been newer browser-related threads but this is mine so.. ARISE!
Just updating to say that my search is over. It was over as soon as Chrome started doing this:
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/squirelmasta772/chromeplz.jpg)
Too many tabs to know which one has that annoying ad that somehow got past DoNotTrackMe or your ad blocker and is currently raping your ears with terribleness?
Chrome's got ya covered.
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I've been using Chrome exclusively for years, now. Anything you can do, G can do better (except social media, mail, and anything that involves desktops).
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pretty much