IE or Firefox?

Which do you find better?

I use IE now and it was also the reason why I got a trojan virus named "Vondo"

I've also heard that Firefox is good, but is it really that good?

I'm here to hear what you, the fine folks of GS think about these 2 internet providers,

(mostly because I need to know which is better to use on my laptop, I really need to know the better one...)

If you respond other, then please post your choice (it must be a free provider...)

I love firefox, faster and more secure, but I think really stands out is the customization. If you start using it, here are some must have add ons:

Adblock Plus

Fasterfox

Foxytunes

Download statusbar

@Aiden - ah yes terribly sorry about that mistake, I wasthinking of Verison and Cox while I was typing this...

@darksword - Is it possible to run Safari on Vista?

Firefox FTW!

BTW astor47 what does FasterFox do?

Firefox FTW!

BTW aster what does FasterFox do?

Forerunner-117

Supposedly speeds page loading, but I don't think it does anything you can't do through about:config.

@Aiden - ah yes terribly sorry about that mistake, I wasthinking of Verison and Cox while I was typing this...

@darksword - Is it possible to run Safari on Vista?

EpsilonZX

Firefox baby!

Once you try FF, I don't see why you would go back to IE.CJL182

Used IE, tried firefox, won't go back to IE

wow, a lot of people are vouching (sp) for Firefox

@Cell - you have a facination with death?

FIREFOX!!!

• better ctrl-f searching
• custom themes
• adblock plus - not advertising at all
• fasterfox
• text to image
• linkification

Firefox FTW!

BTW astor47 what does FasterFox do?

Forerunner-117

It adds some tweaks to firefox code, maybe as other user said it's nothing you can't do manually, but it saves you a lot of time if you don't want to tweak things by yourself, it's really good, try it ;)

I use Firefox :).teh_destroyer

[QUOTE="Forerunner-117"]

Firefox FTW!

BTW astor47 what does FasterFox do?

astor47

It adds some tweaks to firefox code, maybe as other user said it's nothing you can't do manually, but it saves you a lot of time if you don't want to tweak things by yourself, it's really good, try it ;)

Sweet! Do I just get this off the Firefox homepage or what?

FireFox. Like seriously... who wouldn't want this as their mascot?
[spoiler] [/spoiler]
That and IE is a revolving door for malware. FireFox just allows the user to do so much more and surf so much more securely.foxhound_fox

O.o

Isn't that pushing the ToS a bit?

Anyway, I do realize that IE is a doorway for Malware, I must ahve the worst setup ever...

IE and Norton, XD

[QUOTE="Forerunner-117"]

Firefox FTW!

BTW astor47 what does FasterFox do?

astor47

It adds some tweaks to firefox code, maybe as other user said it's nothing you can't do manually, but it saves you a lot of time if you don't want to tweak things by yourself, it's really good, try it ;)

I just added it, it made a diff, but, hardly, it's mainly better when I click a link, but if I click "back" it's the same, but hey, nice add on anyway.

[QUOTE="astor47"][QUOTE="Forerunner-117"]

Firefox FTW!

BTW astor47 what does FasterFox do?

Forerunner-117

It adds some tweaks to firefox code, maybe as other user said it's nothing you can't do manually, but it saves you a lot of time if you don't want to tweak things by yourself, it's really good, try it ;)

Sweet! Do I just get this off the Firefox homepage or what?

Yep, just get in the add-ons section.

[QUOTE="astor47"][QUOTE="Forerunner-117"]

Firefox FTW!

BTW astor47 what does FasterFox do?

ElArab

It adds some tweaks to firefox code, maybe as other user said it's nothing you can't do manually, but it saves you a lot of time if you don't want to tweak things by yourself, it's really good, try it ;)

I just added it, it made a diff, but, hardly, it's mainly better when I click a link, but if I click "back" it's the same, but hey, nice add on anyway.

I know what you mean, there are some PCs or maybe bandwidth (like mine), that experience a boost in performance but there are some when a difference is hardly noticeable.

[QUOTE="Forerunner-117"][QUOTE="astor47"][QUOTE="Forerunner-117"]

Firefox FTW!

BTW astor47 what does FasterFox do?

astor47

It adds some tweaks to firefox code, maybe as other user said it's nothing you can't do manually, but it saves you a lot of time if you don't want to tweak things by yourself, it's really good, try it ;)

Sweet! Do I just get this off the Firefox homepage or what?

Yep, just get in the add-ons section.

Awright great! Thanks!

Upon installation:

Opera > Firefox > IE7

Firefox has some great add-ons though.

O.o

Isn't that pushing the ToS a bit?

EpsilonZX

Upon installation:

Opera > Firefox > IE7

Firefox has some great add-ons though.

Velocitas8

Another good firefox add-on is "linkification" so if someone doesn't linkify their link, well, it's already linkified for ya :D

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/190

There ya go, that should be your last "copy and paste".

(oh, and for those that do have that annoying firefox glitch on GS, use "control+c" to copy the link when highlighted, and then "Control+V" to put it in your address bar.)

[QUOTE="ElArab"][QUOTE="astor47"][QUOTE="Forerunner-117"]

Firefox FTW!

BTW astor47 what does FasterFox do?

astor47

It adds some tweaks to firefox code, maybe as other user said it's nothing you can't do manually, but it saves you a lot of time if you don't want to tweak things by yourself, it's really good, try it ;)

I just added it, it made a diff, but, hardly, it's mainly better when I click a link, but if I click "back" it's the same, but hey, nice add on anyway.

I know what you mean, there are some PCs or maybe bandwidth (like mine), that experience a boost in performance but there are some when a difference is hardly noticeable.

K well I went to the addons section and installed the AdBlock addon, but I couldn't find the FastFox addon. Could someone link me please?

[QUOTE="Velocitas8"]

Upon installation:

Opera > Firefox > IE7

Firefox has some great add-ons though.

bededog

My main reason for dropping Firefox: I experienced memory leaks with every version. I miss the add-ons with Firefox, but I'm pretty pleased with Opera. Tons of great features and functionality that Firefox would require add-ons for..but a couple things like the built-in Torrent/IRC clients are a bit half-assed.

My main reason for dropping Firefox: I experienced memory leaks with every version. I miss the add-ons with Firefox, but I'm pretty pleased with Opera. Tons of great features and functionality that Firefox would require add-ons for..but a couple things like the built-in Torrent/IRC clients are a bit half-assed.Velocitas8

[QUOTE="Velocitas8"]My main reason for dropping Firefox: I experienced memory leaks with every version. I miss the add-ons with Firefox, but I'm pretty pleased with Opera. Tons of great features and functionality that Firefox would require add-ons for..but a couple things like the built-in Torrent/IRC clients are a bit half-assed.foxhound_fox

Nope.

I believe it used to, though.

[QUOTE="Velocitas8"]My main reason for dropping Firefox: I experienced memory leaks with every version. I miss the add-ons with Firefox, but I'm pretty pleased with Opera. Tons of great features and functionality that Firefox would require add-ons for..but a couple things like the built-in Torrent/IRC clients are a bit half-assed.foxhound_fox

Forerunner it's fastERfoxElArab

Ooooh. lol K I'll try again :D

Nope.

I believe it used to, though.

Velocitas8

I'm using the new IE right now. Don't like it but I have to bare with it because firefox slows down my computer after a certain amount of time for some reason

I'm using the new IE right now. Don't like it but I have to bare with it because firefox slows down my computer after a certain amount of time for some reason

Kikouken

Memory allocations..technically its not memory leaks, its memory allocations that aren't released back into system memory. They've improved this considerably in Firefox 3 though.