I have regret that I installed FF 6.0...3-4 times per day it becomes sluggish, donīt respond and so on.....
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I have regret that I installed FF 6.0...3-4 times per day it becomes sluggish, donīt respond and so on.....
I have uninstalled FF and moved over to chrome. I started getting a lot of crashes with FF. I couldn't stay on a web site without having to reload or having FF tell me how sorry they were for losing the site. Had enough.
I have yet to install the new FF. Still using Opera for now, but it does pull some memory.
I think I'm going to ditch FF and move to IE. Many of the websites I have to use seem to cater to IE.
I'm staying with FF but I will probably not update my desktop (Still using 3.x). If you want to use FF with those websites then get the IE Tab plugin. I use version 2 but the IE Tab + (not to be confused with IE Tab Plus) is the open source version. All versions can be setup to switch on when you visit your "IE" sites. Works great for my XP box when I need to use Windows Update.Quote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
Very cool! I will do that. Thank you Fire$torm. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire$torm
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Originally Posted by Fire$torm
I tried it out and it works for the most part; however, I logon to the Nevada Department of Taxation and it says, "Nice try but we know that you aren't really using IE; you're still using FF and trying to disguise it as IE... fat chance and we're not falling for it!" or something like that. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
They must have coded their site to look/call for something that only IE has that exists outside of the IE engine. Which btw is how IE tab works, using the IE engine and wrapping it in a FF window.Quote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
They MUST be getting paid by M$ to do that since only a moron or greedy idiot would code a website only for IE, The buggiest, least secure browser on the planet. Unless of course someone higher up is getting the kickback and just mandating the use of IE only........
I just installed Safari just for a change...And I am suprised...The windows version feels quite snappy, and it does not crash like FF 6.0 - gonna stick with it for a while...:D
My best friend has been saying for quite a while now that everything is a conspiracy... I'm starting to agree. I just want to know when I'm going to get my cut?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire$torm
:))Quote:
Originally Posted by STMahlberg
OK. If I wasn't such an Apple Hater I would probably give it a try. Mozilla just released a security update for FF 3.6 so I think I will stick with it for the time being.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beerdrinker
I started using google chrome about 6 months ago and haven't looked back. I love it.
For those of you who are looking for a way to possibly speed up FireFox then check out the Pale Moon Project (Link). And be sure to look over the FAQ.
This is for Windows only.
The latest Opera 11.52 looks nice. I quit Safari again, because itīs to much Apple for me...It bet it work perfect on a Mac computer - but on a Win pc itīs not "all-that"..
Opera looks alot like FF (or is it the other way round) but it feels quite fast. No lockups so far.
I'm rocking the latest FF these days, and it's fast. They must have fixed something, because no lockups in a while, and I think it's acting faster than IE9 (which in my opinion is by far the best I've seen from MS).
Chrome was blazing fast back when I used it, but I uninstalled it when F$ reported about their tracking stuff. Just out of principle - that just isn't right. I can understand getting all the data you can off someone when they come to your site (google.com, etc), I mean the person is asking for it by visiting your site in a way. But to track them when they leave your site...that I just can't agree with. A real pity, because at least a few months ago, Chrome was really fast.
@DrPop: Good to hear that. Don't know what they fixed.
I finally tried Pale Moon. Now I can honestly say that it blows the doors off of Mozilla's standard issue. Even with all of my add-ons ;)
Is that some kind of souped up version of FF or something new? (Pale Moon).
Funny my uncle just emailed me today and asked if I'd heard anything about Opera, because he quit Chrome due to the issues, and found Opera. I've never used it...maybe I should?
Pale Moon is a highly optimized version (Opti-App :) ) of FireFox for Windows only.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPop
I'm willing to give the pale moon a few days to see if I like it, what extensions don't you get if yu run the 64 bit version, anyone know off the top of their heads?
It has the same defaults as standard FF. Pale Moon does not have as many items in its "Customize Toolbar" as FF but all of my FF add-ons work including Better Privacy, All-In-One Sidebar, FlagFox, ShowIP, Grease Monkey, AdBlock Plus, Download Manager Tweak, BeefTaco & NASA Night Launch Theme.Quote:
Originally Posted by N1gh7m4r3
I just downloaded Opera to try it out because you guys were raving about it. WOW! This thing is fast. It is surely limited by my pitiful 6Mbits DSL connection...not the computer in any way!
Wonder why it's not more popular?:confused:
Have you ever heard about the Peacekeeper Browser Bench??Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPop
http://clients.futuremark.com/peacekeeper/index.action
Opera scored more than double of what FF 7.01 did!!!
Dude! No wonder I am liking this thing. :D It is my browser of choice after using it half a day here. Thanks for turning me on to this one! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Beerdrinker
I just ran some test on the 4 big browsers
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I am surpriced that Chrome got overrun by Opera 11.52. I think that I will be migrating to Opera very soon. It is as fast as Chrome, but does not track ones footsteps on the web. It has extensions, it can manage and syncronize your bookmarks through Opera Unite...
Whatīs not to like???
EDIT: Please note that I ran these tests while crunching on my Aticard. Did not wanna suspend one minute of crunching....LOL
For the record I installed Opera two days ago but not sure if I like the layout. For Pale Moon I've recently noticed strange, as in not so good, behavior. Every now and then while I'm on the forum, someone's avatar will appear in the middle of the page footer. And apparently Pale Moon hates some websites. They take forever to load but I think it is because those sites are optimized for IE. Yuck! So I have switched back to FF. Need to check into Opera's security features/plug-ins. If it can match FF I may start using it.
I tried Opera as well and I also did not like the layout. I currently have Palemoon and Firefox installed. I just upgraded to FF 8.0 and it seems to be working very well. I had trouble with crashes on previous versions of FF but 8.0 seems very stable so far.
I got stuck in a discussion on a Danish forum yesterday...The subject where browsers of course.....Anyway, one thing lead to another and while I surfed around Wikipedia I found this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...b_browsers.svg
I just figured I would post it, as I find it very informative and kinda interesting...
I've been using the latest version of PaleMoon x64 as suggested by F$, and have to say it is quite speedy! Hasn't given me any issues. I liked Opera, but it had some slight issues with placing text and things in some forum software that in the end just wasn't worth it to me.
I too gave up on Opera. Just didn't like the interface and the way it did some things. I did have a problem with PaleMoon being incompatible with one or two FF extensions. I will try it again after their next major update.
I'd never use Chrome again, I've had a couple of issues where virus's use chrome.
Never again.
Maybe we should do a poll???
I canīt keep up with the answers anymore....:p
Hahahaha, Go for it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Beerdrinker
I think you made a mistake. This is a map of the London Underground ;))Quote:
Originally Posted by Beerdrinker
I've just started using Google Chrome. I use gmail a lot and was told Chrome was more compatible than with other browsers. I'm not sure if this is true, but I'm trying it out.
Anyone tried this one out yet? WaterFox A 64 bit optimized version of FireFox. I wonder if it's faster than Pale Moon?
Nope. That is the first mention of it I have seen. I might give it a look see. Thx for the link.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPop
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Originally Posted by DrPop
I gave it a shot...My computer froze almost instantly. This is Win 7 HP x64 SP1. Could not even run the peacekeeper browser bench.
Wow, that's not good. Sorry about that. I was reading an article where the guys that hack FireFox and turn it into WaterFox claim it's the fastest 64 bit variant of the browser out there. Now I'm curious why it crashed (must be som optimization they screwed with!) and I'll have to give it a try. :D ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Beerdrinker
Yeah, that figures...."I can mess something up??"...." Letīs give it a try!!!!" :pQuote:
Originally Posted by DrPop
Anyway, I am back on FF 9.01....Itīs running smooth...:cool:
Hmmm...hey Beer - do you have all the updates from Win7 and did you download and install that "Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64)" they say you need at the top of the page? I downloaded it, but when I went to install it, found it was already installed on my computer. So, I just downloaded and installed with WaterFox. I am typing on it right now.
It IS very FAST. As fast as my Internet connection, that is for sure. It doesn't seem to matter how many tabs I have open or how many sites I click on at the same time - it is not waiting on my computer at all; my Internet connection is definitely the bottleneck for sure.
EDIT: I see why it is fast -- the browser is optimized for SSE, SSE2, and X64. They hint in future they will optimize for SSE3 and 4.1 once more of their downloads are from users with CPUs capable of those instruction sets. They basically recompile the FireFox code after every release with those flags checked. So, if you are running say an Intel Core / Core2 or AMD Athlon 64 OR NEWER CPU, then you will see some awesome performance here. Glad we stumbled across this one!
At the top of the d/p page it says, "You MUST have Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64) installed!" Do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beerdrinker