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IE or FireFox?

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aditya.shevade
aditya.shevade Original post #1
Jul 19, 2006 at 8:21 PM
Hi

Can anyone tell me which of the 2 mentioned above are better secured and user friendly an.. in short which of the 2 is better?

What are the advantages of the one over the other?

Aditya
samrulez
Jul 19, 2006 at 8:33 PM
Well.....firefox over IE....for various reasons....IE is nothing compared to firefox........Firefox and Opera are the best....
anandk
anandk #3
Jul 19, 2006 at 8:58 PM
ahem, i STILL use ie actually ! not exactly, but MAXTHON, which is an ie based browser. i decided on it after using 'em all. so i suggest u try out Maxthon, firefox and opera atleast, for say a week each, and decide on one, depending on ur comfort level with each.
S
Jul 19, 2006 at 9:12 PM
i think opera is the best.i have tried atleast so many browsers but opera is the best.
bukaida
bukaida #5
Jul 19, 2006 at 9:18 PM
IE with all the latest patches is probably the best in terms of site compatibility
Browsers specially opera has a gr8 deal of compatibility issue with many sites.As an example
open this site with both IE and opera-
*www.indianrailways.gov.in/
and see the difference.
casanova
Jul 19, 2006 at 9:40 PM
U can use opera as it is the safest browser. Opera does have problems in renderring some sites, u can open it in IExplore.
But, use firefox, opera and ie to see wat suits ur needs. As of me I am in love with Opera.
Pathik
Pathik #7
Jul 19, 2006 at 9:48 PM
opera is the best.... as for rendering problems in some sites..i use ie7b3 for them...
B
borg #8
Jul 19, 2006 at 9:57 PM
yep, opera is the most underrated of all the browsers, I feel
knight17
Jul 19, 2006 at 10:18 PM
IE is good you will get all features except if you can use avant browser it runs on top of IE.
so install ie7 and all latest patches...
you are ready to go..FF is a system hog...Other option is Opera....I use it
Third Eye
Third Eye #10
Jul 19, 2006 at 10:20 PM
What's the difference bukaida.opera loads faster than IE.
bukaida
bukaida #11
Jul 20, 2006 at 1:29 PM
I have the screen shots of the same site in IE6 and Opera9.The difference is clear. The left panel is completely missing in opera.
chesss
chesss #12
Jul 20, 2006 at 2:58 PM
Obviously don't use IE. Its piece of horsedung! rated 8th on the list of WORST tech products ever!!

Between opera and firefox, my preference goes overwhelmingly to Opera. Firefox no doubt is awesome but only with extensions, if you don't plan to use extensions then simply go for Opera, otherwise try both.

As for 'site compatibility' , do this in opera

Rightclick > site pref > cookies > delete cookies(manually) > network tab > mask as internet exploder .

Now the site will become 'compatible' . Note that this option really hurts Opera, coz the site thinks that its actually IE, hence hurting Opera's market share.

Example of the stupid indianrailways.gov.in site working in Opera:
*h1.ripway.com/chesss/sniffing1.png
killerz
killerz #13
Jul 20, 2006 at 10:00 PM
firefox is the best it loads text faster ,n if any site requires only ie then u can use the ie extention,that does it plus there are many other usefull extentions too which will make ur work more faster.
Brave_Hunt
Jul 20, 2006 at 10:57 PM
I'll suggest you firefox untill the IE7 comes out officialy.
bukaida
bukaida #15
Jul 20, 2006 at 11:32 PM
my ie version is 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519