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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:32 pm

I'm trying out Opera right now. I like it a lot. Thoughh it lacks spelcheck.

Just curious, which browser do you prefer?
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Postby Kenshin17 » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:26 pm

Firefox and Safari, but hands down FF.

Anything thats not MS rules hardcore.
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Postby Jingo Jaden » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:27 pm

Opera is crazy fast. However I have had some problems with it mixing with Javascript. Nowadays I tend to use the new I.E or Firefox.
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:31 pm

I use Firefox, though I've thought about switching to Camino. I'm really too used to the Firefox interface, though, so I doubt I'll be switching anytime soon. XD
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Postby Fish and Chips » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:43 pm

I use ManlyAwesomeBrowser. Because it's awesome. And manly. But mostly a web browser. With a search function that kicks you in the face.

Everyone should use it.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:45 pm

I'm quite sure I've never heard of that one...
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:48 pm

Shao Feng-Li wrote:I'm quite sure I've never heard of that one...


Whoa, you haven't? I have. I've thought about using it before, but I'm pretty sure it would punch me through my monitor. It's an undeniably incredible browser, though.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:53 pm

Nothing shows up in Google about it...
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:57 pm

Shao Feng-Li wrote:Nothing shows up in Google about it...


You think Google can tell you about MAB? No no. Google isn't big enough to handle ManlyAwesomeBrowser. It would shut down their systems in a day.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:28 pm

I think you guys are just messing with me now...
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Postby Warrior4Christ » Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:24 pm

Opera wins undeniably.

Although I have recently found that Opera 9.23 + Vista = bad.
9.24 is much better.
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Postby TheMelodyMaker » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:55 pm

I use Netscape, but I voted for Internet Explorer.
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Postby Kenshin17 » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:01 am

Shao Feng-Li wrote:I think you guys are just messing with me now...


It took you that long to realize that XD
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:50 am

Ok.

Crud, I forgot about Netscape XD
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Postby Kenshin17 » Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:30 am

Out of idle curiosity I googled ManlyAwesomeBrowser

I got one hit....this thread XD
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Postby Fish and Chips » Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:44 am

Kenshin17 wrote:Out of idle curiosity I googled ManlyAwesomeBrowser

I got one hit....this thread XD

Success!
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:58 am

Kenshin17 wrote:Out of idle curiosity I googled ManlyAwesomeBrowser

I got one hit....this thread XD


HAHA. Epic, epic win. XDD
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Postby blkmage » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:02 am

I am a Camino user. I find that being developed in Cocoa is a large plus for any OS X app.
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Postby mechana2015 » Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:16 pm

I use Safari, but use firefox for select features.
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Postby Kenshin17 » Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:59 pm

blkmage wrote:I am a Camino user. I find that being developed in Cocoa is a large plus for any OS X app.


Hm...then do you recommend it over Firefox on Mac?

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Postby uc pseudonym » Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:29 pm

Like most people, Firefox. It is a mix of the things I care about: low-cache browsing, decent pop-up blocking, and integrated spellcheck.
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Postby LorentzForce » Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:34 pm

w3m for me :3

OK, fine, usually firefox/iceweasel.
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Postby Kaligraphic » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:17 am

In order of preference:

lynx
Opera
Firefox
IE7
telnet :80
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Oh, and you can install Aspell to get spell checking in Opera. See this link (opera.com).
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:12 am

Radical Dreamer wrote:I use Firefox, though I've thought about switching to Camino.

I used to be a Camino user. I couldn't tell much of a difference between the two besides that Camino is more geared towards "Working with OS X".

I just use Firefox.
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Postby SnoringFrog » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:12 pm

I just got Firefox last night, and aside from a small problem with no horizontal scrollbar, it's pretty nice. I'm thinking of trying out Opera and Marathon though, and Camino since I've jsut now heard of it.

Can anyone give me a brief compare/contrast of FF, Opera, Marathon and Camino? I'd rather not take the time to download and test every single one of them.
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Postby Warrior4Christ » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:52 pm

Kaligraphic wrote:lynx
Opera
Firefox
IE7
telnet :80
IE6

Do you use lynx when you browse CAA?

SnoringFrog wrote:I just got Firefox last night, and aside from a small problem with no horizontal scrollbar, it's pretty nice. I'm thinking of trying out Opera and Marathon though, and Camino since I've jsut now heard of it.

Can anyone give me a brief compare/contrast of FF, Opera, Marathon and Camino? I'd rather not take the time to download and test every single one of them.

I briefly tried Camino about two years ago, and I haven't tried/heard of Marathon, so I can't comment on those.
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Postby HiddenWoodchuck » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:58 pm

I use Firefox... have for a long time. I tried others, but I am too used to it now, and I never have had problems with it, like I did back with IE. Opera is pretty good though... I have it on my computer, just don't use it unless I am making a webpage for someone or something... so I can check it in different browsers.
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Postby RidleyofZebes » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:10 pm

Firefox beats IE up one side and down the other. So does Chuck Norris. :D
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Postby blkmage » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:34 pm

Firefox is nice in that it has a plethora of extensions for you to use. Camino, in contrast, doesn't have that, so that is one of its large weaknesses. Otherwise, it's strengths lie in the fact that it's developed in Cocoa, so it has access to OS X specific APIs as well as having a consistent visual look with the rest of the system. It also might be faster because of the native interface (rather than XUL), but that might be because I had a lot of extensions with Firefox that I don't have with Camino. Overall, I found it nice and lightweight.
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Postby jon_jinn » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:23 pm

i use Mozilla Firefox. used to use Internet Explorer, but switched to Firefox. less pop-ups...
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