Internet Explorer or Firefox - Page 4

Druchii · 15-05-2006, 14:47

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Originally Posted by littld

Installed IE7 today but it has one great big bug so I am trying Firefox. The "Home" button (I use all the time) is on the right in IE7 and I just can't get used to it. Unfortunately, Firefox doesn't have close buttons on the tabs so I am right-clicking a lot.

If you have a scrolly mouse, the centre scroller if it can be clicked will also close tabs in firefox

**Chris** · 15-05-2006, 14:54

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Originally Posted by Druchii

If you have a scrolly mouse, the centre scroller if it can be clicked will also close tabs in firefox

Top tip!

I never knew that ...

Druchii · 15-05-2006, 14:58

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Originally Posted by Chris T

Top tip!

I never knew that ...

Found it and ended up shutting my banks website down... Wasn't impressed. Good thing though, you can also double click on an em,pty part of the tab bar for a new tab

paul11974 · 15-05-2006, 15:10

this is what makes firefox stand out from internet explorer the ability to add on lots of extensions

Millay · 15-05-2006, 15:32

I use a mixture of the two, soemtimes you are forced to use IE, and as a web devloper cross browser compatability is a must.

But its the same for linux, i switch between that and windows.

If only the companies would all sit round a table thrash out some standards and then we might be able to use one product all the time, until then my computing experience feels a bit disjointed.

Gareth · 15-05-2006, 15:47

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Originally Posted by topcreator

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Originally Posted by Dodger444

Maybe there should be an option to vote for opera too? I use FF & Opera very rarely IE.

I am just interested about IE and FF

You might only be interested in these 2, but others may have a preference for another browser... I'd suggest at least having a 3rd option of 'Another browser'.

By the way, if your avatar is anything to go by, you'll be better off going with Firefox as IE isn't natively available for Linux, and even under Wine, it's not that great

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Originally Posted by jtwn

Well, if you choose to use a browser that disables everything to claim its secure and then have more vulnerabilities found in a period versus IE, then thats your choice.

Care to quantify that statement...? Usually when people suggest this, it turns out that they're comparing a mature product that has been released many years ago (IE) with a newer product that is still new-to-market (FF). I find it a better comparison to examine IE v1.0 with FF v1.0 and look at the number of flaws in each product

Also, despite Microsoft's huge budget for IE, even MS can't compete with the number of C++ programmers that are free to examine the FF codebase, identify and ultimately work on fixing any issues that are flagged. AFAIK, Mozilla is still quicker at fixing FF bugs than Microsoft is at fixing IE bugs.

topcreator · 15-05-2006, 16:14

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Originally Posted by Gareth

You might only be interested in these 2, but others may have a preference for another browser... I'd suggest at least having a 3rd option of 'Another browser'.

Is it possible to add another browser to the poll?

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Originally Posted by Millay

I use a mixture of the two, soemtimes you are forced to use IE, and as a web devloper cross browser compatability is a must.

But its the same for linux, i switch between that and windows.

If only the companies would all sit round a table thrash out some standards and then we might be able to use one product all the time, until then my computing experience feels a bit disjointed.

With the IE tab (link) you can switch to the IE rendering engine in Firefox which saves having to actually use IE

v0id · 15-05-2006, 17:50

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Originally Posted by littld

Unfortunately, Firefox doesn't have close buttons on the tabs so I am right-clicking a lot.

there's a little red x on the far right of your opened tabs

littld · 15-05-2006, 18:54

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Originally Posted by v0id

there's a little red x on the far right of your opened tabs

Yes - didn't see that. Works a treat, thanks.

TheBlueRaja · 15-05-2006, 20:38

The new version of Firefox (v2) has little x's on each tab ala IE7.

But to be honest, i prefer it the way it is - dont ask me why - i tried IEtabs a couple of months ago and ended up dumping it.

topcreator · 15-05-2006, 20:52

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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

The new version of Firefox (v2) has little x's on each tab ala IE7.

But to be honest, i prefer it the way it is - dont ask me why - i tried IEtabs a couple of months ago and ended up dumping it.

Where can you download firefox v2???

Druchii · 15-05-2006, 21:01

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Originally Posted by topcreator

Where can you download firefox v2???

It's called Bon Echo and its an Alpha release i think, you're best of getting portable Bon Echo. The uninstaller doesn't work the last time i checked, but as Portable versions don't install to begin with there should be no problem

TheBlueRaja · 15-05-2006, 21:03

Its still Alpha... but you can get it if your desperate...

Clicky...

MadGamer · 15-05-2006, 21:09

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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

Firefox.

IE7 is a step forward for MS, but the real bugger about it is that the Adblock and Flashblock addons for Firefox just makes Firefox, and using the internet, so much better.

IF IE7 had some sort of free Advert blocking software then i would concider using it more.

I have it in on my machine (IE7) but it never gets used other than for sites that force you to use IE.

Using Firefox is like having a nice, distraction free browsing experience, using IE is like using a Pinball machine to access the web.

*cough* ietab extension *cough*

TheBlueRaja · 15-05-2006, 21:12

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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

The new version of Firefox (v2) has little x's on each tab ala IE7.

But to be honest, i prefer it the way it is - dont ask me why - i tried IEtabs a couple of months ago and ended up dumping it.

Thanks anyway.