Is there any reason to use a browser that isnt MFX?

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#1 lightleggy
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Come on, mozilla firefox is the best, specially firefox 4, its the most convenient browser ever...you get great addons, you can customize it, you can easily access any site you visit by just typing some word that identifies the specific address of what you want to visit (so for example if I want to get into this thread directly without going to gamespot.com forums off topic, I just need to type "reason browser mfx" on the address bar and I get the address there)

I tried using chrome, but its soooo terrible, and the same goes for safari.

I hate the people who say "OH I USE GOOGLE CHROME BECAUSE IT LOADS SITES 5% FASTER THAN FIREFOX!!! TROLOLOL" seriously, I have never even noticed that difference in speed, I suppose you could notice that if you had 256kb connection...but hell, I think that even with that much bandwith, the difference would be less than 1 second.

so seriously, why to use other browsers at all?

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#2 Tylendal
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I wonder who can fit more of a website into their screen? Oh wait, I can. Hey, why does opening a tab make your screen smaller? Oh, right, 'cause you're not using chrome. Lets put it this way. At BCIT, studying Computer Systems Technology, all the students and teachers use Chrome. I think they know what they're doing.
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#3 needled24-7
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google chrome is faster

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#4 Victorious_Fize
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It's also open source and the Mozilla foundation is non-profit. Breaking the browser up just makes it that more worth it.
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#5 bededog
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Who the hell abbreviates Firefox as MFX? The most common abbreviation if simply FF.

/lol, browser wars again
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#6 194197844077667059316682358889
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As long as I live, I will never understand why people get so hung up over the absolutely minuscule differences between browsers
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#7 lightleggy
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[QUOTE="Tylendal"]I wonder who can fit more of a website into their screen? Oh wait, I can. Hey, why does opening a tab make your screen smaller? Oh, right, 'cause you're not using chrome. Lets put it this way. At BCIT, studying Computer Systems Technology, all the students and teachers use Chrome. I think they know what they're doing.

who doesnt know anything about mozilla firefox? oh you...you can fit more of a website in a screen in firefox with a button...and opening tabs doesnt makes the screen smaller
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#8 lightleggy
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google chrome is faster

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if its faster, then im sure the difference is literally less than a second...
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#9 Kh1ndjal
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[QUOTE="needled24-7"]

google chrome is faster

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if its faster, then im sure the difference is literally less than a second...

i don't know about loading pages but on my notebook, it opens noticeably faster. in fact, the reason why i switched to chrome on my notebook, is because i saw a friend's notebook load chrome faster than mine loading FF (while his notebook is inferior in performance). haven't tested on my desktop though.
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#10 michael_1234576
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Opera>Firefox
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#11 MoldySasquatch
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Chrome

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#12 chrisrooR
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Chrome all the way.
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#13 Memberino
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Mozilla was constantly crashing on me because of the newest version of flash, i tried tons of things, and eventually had to just abandon it for Chrome.
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#14 stanleycup98
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Browsers are almost exactly the same with a few unique features. For me, the reason I use FF is because of the location bar (what OP described; seriously, that thing is epic) and the customization. Apart from those features, the only way I could tell if I was using a certain browser would be the design.
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#15 stanleycup98
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[QUOTE="Tylendal"]I wonder who can fit more of a website into their screen? Oh wait, I can. Hey, why does opening a tab make your screen smaller? Oh, right, 'cause you're not using chrome. Lets put it this way. At BCIT, studying Computer Systems Technology, all the students and teachers use Chrome. I think they know what they're doing.

Actually, FF4 has more screen space than Chrome.
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#16 Tylendal
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[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Tylendal"]I wonder who can fit more of a website into their screen? Oh wait, I can. Hey, why does opening a tab make your screen smaller? Oh, right, 'cause you're not using chrome. Lets put it this way. At BCIT, studying Computer Systems Technology, all the students and teachers use Chrome. I think they know what they're doing.

who doesnt know anything about mozilla firefox? oh you...you can fit more of a website in a screen in firefox with a button...and opening tabs doesnt makes the screen smaller

Sure, you can hit F11 and lose all your buttons until you hit it again, but I'd rather not even have to do that. As for Tabs not making the screen smaller. How do you manage to do that? Tabs have their own row in the toolbar, do they not? That takes up space, and makes the screen smaller. Unless of course you're actually using the option to ALWAYS show the tab bar, and needlessly take up space on your screen, even if you only have a single tab open.
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#17 Tylendal
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[QUOTE="stanleycup98"][QUOTE="Tylendal"]I wonder who can fit more of a website into their screen? Oh wait, I can. Hey, why does opening a tab make your screen smaller? Oh, right, 'cause you're not using chrome. Lets put it this way. At BCIT, studying Computer Systems Technology, all the students and teachers use Chrome. I think they know what they're doing.

Actually, FF4 has more screen space than Chrome.

Just tried to download it, and I did notice in the screenshot that it seems to be using a tab bar similar to chrome (but still has an entire row dedicated to merely the words "Firefox"), and I was interested in checking it out. Unfortunately, Firefox crashed when I tried to download the update.
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#19 Vancelvany
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IE baby. IE. :P

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#20 Diablo-B
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Its slower then Safari and Chrome. Plus Firefox is a resource hound.
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#21 Sntg_XL
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I'm using Opera. It's delicious.

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#22 DJ_Lae
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I use IE and Firefox - IE for most stuff, Firefox for my browsing for the female form. Chrome is functional enough, but I've grown weary of Google's presence in goddamn everything. Safari, well, I'm not even sure why it exists on the PC.
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#23 blackacidevil96
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chrome = faster,screen realestate ,doesnt beat down my cpu as much, and as for the type in the task bar search thing. all you have to do to get that is set your default search to google imfeelinglucky and it takes you to it.

but its a browser, y u mad?

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#24 inoperativeRS
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Chrome is more pleasing to the eye, much faster and more stable. If you think the difference in speed isn't noticeable you've obviously never used them on a netbook/slow laptop.
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#25 Chojuto
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Opera>Firefox michael_1234576
This. I actually don't mind whether I use Chrome, FF, or Opera, but I prefer Opera. I don't even have a real reason for preferring Opera, I just do. So I could also ask you the same question: why would anybody use anything but Opera? or why would anybody use anything but Chrome? Each browser has unique features, and expecting everybody to only like Firefox the best is silly.
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#26 22Toothpicks
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Haven't you made a similar thread to this in the past? Jeez dude, get over it, some people have different opinions...:/
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#27 markop2003
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Chrome has a better base than FF but worse memory usage when open lots of tabs and FF has better addons. If you just want a simple basic browser chrome is the best, if you want something advanced FF is the best.
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#28 GabuEx
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Yes, there is a reason, that being that one likes a different browser more.

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#29 RandoIph
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Just downloaded chrome to try it. On my netbook, oh yes, it's faster.
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#30 jaqulle999
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I really don't care what browser im using. Firefox works fine so i haven't really bothered testing any others out.

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#31 Inconsistancy
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I'm using Chrome, on my last set of ati drivers, FireFox would bug them, cause my video card to run (while underclocked.. 157/300 core/mem) at 99% and running 10c above normal, as well as losing a bit of overall performance until I restarted, maybe it's fixed now, but I'm gonna stick with chrome, fast, no bugs, never crashes.
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#32 stanleycup98
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[QUOTE="Tylendal"][QUOTE="stanleycup98"][QUOTE="Tylendal"]I wonder who can fit more of a website into their screen? Oh wait, I can. Hey, why does opening a tab make your screen smaller? Oh, right, 'cause you're not using chrome. Lets put it this way. At BCIT, studying Computer Systems Technology, all the students and teachers use Chrome. I think they know what they're doing.

Actually, FF4 has more screen space than Chrome.

Just tried to download it, and I did notice in the screenshot that it seems to be using a tab bar similar to chrome (but still has an entire row dedicated to merely the words "Firefox"), and I was interested in checking it out. Unfortunately, Firefox crashed when I tried to download the update.

The Firefox row is the tab bar. I just did a side-by-side comparison and FF has a good .5 cm extra vertical space than Chrome, even though that space really is insignifcant.
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[QUOTE="Tylendal"][QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Tylendal"]I wonder who can fit more of a website into their screen? Oh wait, I can. Hey, why does opening a tab make your screen smaller? Oh, right, 'cause you're not using chrome. Lets put it this way. At BCIT, studying Computer Systems Technology, all the students and teachers use Chrome. I think they know what they're doing.

who doesnt know anything about mozilla firefox? oh you...you can fit more of a website in a screen in firefox with a button...and opening tabs doesnt makes the screen smaller

Sure, you can hit F11 and lose all your buttons until you hit it again, but I'd rather not even have to do that. As for Tabs not making the screen smaller. How do you manage to do that? Tabs have their own row in the toolbar, do they not? That takes up space, and makes the screen smaller. Unless of course you're actually using the option to ALWAYS show the tab bar, and needlessly take up space on your screen, even if you only have a single tab open.

On Mac the tabs don't take up toolbar space. There already is a reserved space for it above the URL box.
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#34 stanleycup98
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I don't get the argument that Chrome has better performance and uses less CPU. The way that Chrome runs is that every tab is essentially a new instance of Chrome running. For me, opening a second tab on Chrome uses more CPU than having five tabs open in Firefox. And my Firefox is running a ton of extensions, while Chrome is stock.
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#35 James161324
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Firefox, just crashes for me, and feels slower than chrome.

Plus chrome has the web store which i like.

Plus sync so i can have the same browser experience on both pc's

Chrome opens faster to, plus chrome never says another instance of chrome is running please restart

Chrome FTW

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I wonder who can fit more of a website into their screen? Oh wait, I can. Hey, why does opening a tab make your screen smaller? Oh, right, 'cause you're not using chrome. Lets put it this way. At BCIT, studying Computer Systems Technology, all the students and teachers use Chrome. I think they know what they're doing.Tylendal
What? I use Firefox and when I open a tab, my screen does not get smaller.

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#38 AmazonTreeBoa
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Who the hell abbreviates Firefox as MFX? The most common abbreviation if simply FF.

/lol, browser wars againbededog
FF=Final Fantasy to me. But I also have never seen MFX.

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#39 rockon1215
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The only thing that really makes FF any different than chrome for me is that FF has tree-syle tabs

I have yet to find a chrome equivalent

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#40 SolidSnake35
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This thread made me change to Chrome for the time being. Good going.
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#41 LJS9502_basic
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Yeah. I got tired of all the slowdown that happens with the upgrade and I'm using Chrome now. It is faster...
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#42 lightleggy
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Its slower then Safari and Chrome. Plus Firefox is a resource hound.Diablo-B
I guess that would be an important detail if you had 512mb ram and 1.6 processor... seriously, in my pc it opens in less than 3 seconds and it doesnt even consume 1% of the resources...and i've tried it on many many many pcs and it was no different. also you guys are saying that firefox crashes like every 5 seconds...in my whole time of using firefox, it has crashed less than 6 times, and FF4 has never crashed
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#43 lightleggy
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Haven't you made a similar thread to this in the past? Jeez dude, get over it, some people have different opinions...:/22Toothpicks
this is my first browser thread ever...
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#44 PernicioEnigma
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I use Google Chrome. Not necessarily because it's better, it just suites my needs better. I don't use any addons, and whenever a page is loading in FF4 things lag for some reason, like when a page is loading and I move the FF window around the monitor it skips.

Edit: Chrome also has easily the best address bar. The way it doubles as a search engine query is implemented better than any other browser in my opinion. The new IE does it well too, but it's still not as good.

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#45 lasseeb
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I still use Internet Explorer 2 :P

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#46 lightleggy
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ok im really tired of seeing people posting that firefox crashes and crashes and that its full of bugs...I bet that it only crashed once for you guys and like 2 years ago with firefox 2...so now because of that you say it crashes every 5 seconds...i've never met a person who had those problems with firefox... also, comparing im feeling lucky to the address name bar search is probably the saddest thing i've ever heard...yeah...keep using your im feeling lucky...im pretty sure is completly innefective in front of the FF counterpart :lol: and you guys see? FF does fits more in the screen and the screen doesnt makes anything when opening tabs, and the button saying "firefox" is at the same level of the tabs bar. also, even if it wouldnt fit more screen, why the hell would you complain? its like a 5 cm difference, what the hell are you going to fit there? again I suppose its a notable difference if you have some 12 inch screen...
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#47 inoperativeRS
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[QUOTE="lightleggy"] I guess that would be an important detail if you had 512mb ram and 1.6 processor... seriously, in my pc it opens in less than 3 seconds and it doesnt even consume 1% of the resources...and i've tried it on many many many pcs and it was no different. also you guys are saying that firefox crashes like every 5 seconds...in my whole time of using firefox, it has crashed less than 6 times, and FF4 has never crashed

I have 3 gigs of RAM and an (admittedly old) dual-core laptop CPU. Chrome is noticeably faster. It uses more resources if you have several tabs open at once but the user experience is definitely smoother. Firefox doesn't really crash but adobe reader and flash would often crash, which hasn't happened on Chrome for me yet. I only changed a couple of months ago though.
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#48 BrianB0422
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I personally used IE8(or 9) until about 6 months ago. I never really cared about the differences until IE started crashing all the time. Chrome works for me!
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#49 AmazonTreeBoa
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I haven't ever used Chrome. How secure is it? I really couldn't care less about speed. I am more interested in it being secure. I have heard Google shares your search history. Is this true? I want to try Chrome out, but I don't want an unsecure browser.

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#50 Shottayouth13-
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Chrome is faster. Hence I use Chrome. And yes, it there is a noticeable difference in speed.