Best web browsers discussion

busenbust

busenbust wrote: »

Sounding like a bore (Lol) but everyone knows where I stand: FireFox with NoScript and Adblock Plus (and also some nice suggestions as listed by JDPower above). Why oh why oh why would anyone want to still use IE. Why? Why! Why I ask :rotfl:

IE is a pile of steaming carp IMO but I appreciate that others have had different experiences.

^^^:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I must agree. So well put! And what an 'experience' it must be:rotfl:!

I think I've answered that one above.

Oh, on the contrary;)

Which is why I use IEtab. There is absolutely no way that IE can rival FF as the web browser of choice for developers, I don't know of a single one who disagrees.

Absolutely agree; those who do disagree are perhaps non-discriminatory. We must obey;)

kwikbreaks

chachu201 wrote: »

Which is why I use IEtab. There is absolutely no way that IE can rival FF as the web browser of choice for developers, I don't know of a single one who disagrees.

I didn't suggest that the only browser developers need to check their pages with is IE just that it is one that you can't ignore. Ideally the page should be checked in every browser variation there is. There are web services which do this but quite frankly if a page works in IE and FireFox then that is over 90% of users covered.

Incidentally if you use IE Tab then you are running the IE browser - you just avoid the inconvenience of launching it as a separate program. All IE tab does in effect is "skin" IE with FireFox

busenbust

busenbust wrote: »

Sounding like a bore (Lol) but everyone knows where I stand: FireFox with NoScript and Adblock Plus (and also some nice suggestions as listed by JDPower above). Why oh why oh why would anyone want to still use IE. Why? Why! Why I ask :rotfl:

negg wrote: »

Remember though: every "add-on" you have installed can see what you are doing online and can possibly return that information to the writer. That includes logging into your bank account. Do you trust the writers of all the above add-ons? The more you add, the less secure you can be.

Very fair point; I must look into that actually, although I do use add-ons very sparingly. Perhaps Mozilla's new implementation of auditing third-party add-ons will help? But a good point:cool:.

chachu201

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Incidentally if you use IE Tab then you are running the IE browser - you just avoid the inconvenience of launching it as a separate program. All IE tab does in effect is "skin" IE with FireFox

Totally correct, it just means you can do away with that horrible IE icon in the start bar Is also incredibly convenient for quickly checking cross browser compatibility. Would be useful if someone would be able to design an addon with chrome/opera/safari viewing as well, but for the moment I just have to load it up separately.

aliEnRIK

I use FIREFOX with the NOSCRIPT plugin to make browsing the web the safest way by far

supermonkey

firefox for me. And for the very occasional tricky page that doesn't display correctly, I use an addon called IE tab which renders the page in IE style. Very useful for shopandscan

JDPower

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

As for @JDPower noscript is not as big a pain as returning here asking for help with Virii/Malware that have come through via scripts.

But if a user just keeps clicking allow at every warning out of impatience or lack of understanding of what's going on then it's as useless as not having it installed to start with. I'm not criticising Noscript usefullness, just saying that your basic web user will just get fed up with it. Personally I consider myself a reasonably knowledgeable user and have tried it twice, and twice got peed off with it and uninstalled. Having said that I've never had any malware through FF (common sense and other protection) so, touch wood, it's of little use to me anyway.

I have been very impressed with a slightly similar extension that I've been using recently called RequestPolicy which protects against some of the stuff NoScript does but is more intuitive and less intrusive. My main reason for using it though is as much to stop unnecessary stuff loading on webpages that is hosted elswhere, to improve speed, and block the various tracking services on sites.

JDPower

BillScarab wrote: »

True, but therre have been at least two Firefox add-ons that contained malware. Luckily they were only used by a tiny percentage of Firefox users. So it is wise to exercise a little caution before installing add-ons.

If you're talking about the two that were recently reported everywhere it was actually only one that was malware, the other was a false positive on Mozilla's part. And if anything that little scare will make their addons site even more safe as I'm sure even more safeguards will be in place to avoid another embarrassment.

anewhope wrote: »

but you really have to have your wits about you if you're going to stray from the beaten path..

But that is just common sense, downloading from anywhere dodgy and you're playing with fire. But downloading addons from Mozilla (and reading any privacy policy presented to you when doing so) is pretty damn safe IMO

busenbust

If you're talking about the two that were recently reported everywhere it was actually only one that was malware, the other was a false positive on Mozilla's part.

Absolutely agree. Anybody else quivering in their boots; not me;) Now, let's think BIG.



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Scrilla

The article only shows a PC link for Opera, but it is also available for Mac as well as other platforms but they are Alpha versions - download link.

A different take on the browser preference: I use Choosy (Mac) (PC equivalent).

Basically, I have Safari, Firefox and Opera on my comp. I use Safari mainly as it's all synced with my MobileMe account. For anything, which I feel is 'unsafe', requires some fiddling (downloading YouTube videos) or something which I want to view with a different layout, I will use FireFox (with addons like NoScript GreasyMonkey). Choosy allows me the option of opening unfamiliar links through FireFox instead, while being completely customisable and un-intrusive during normal browsing. (Fluid is a nice compliment, as well as being a good stand alone SSB creator.)

In terms of favourite, I've got to admit I like Opera a lot. I've only used it here and there for a couple of weeks, but it is very good, even in it's Alpha stage. I have yet to decide if I will switch to it permanently from Safari.