----------------------------------- revangrey Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:37 am Best Browser? ----------------------------------- Hey guys, I was just wondering what the best internet browser was (in your opinion of course). I am currently using FIREFOX but my computer often uses >90% cpu on FIREFOX alone (it goes up and down, not constantly above 90). so I am looking for another browser, better than ie that I will probably not stuff full of applications. I downloaded safari earlier today but I cannot scroll for some reason... Any and all suggestions appreciated :D p.s. is opera any good? :| ----------------------------------- Euphoracle Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:04 am RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- Chrome, because I like it. ----------------------------------- TheGuardian001 Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:42 am Re: Best Browser? ----------------------------------- It really depends on what I want to do. If I'm just doing some quick browsing and want fast page loading, I use chrome, but I normally want the added features of Firefox's addons, so I'll have to go with Firefox, since it's what I use day to day. Oh, and Opera seems to be a pretty nice browser. It seems to be a bit easier on memory than Firefox, although it lacks the addons I love so very much. It's definitely at least worth a look. ----------------------------------- apomb Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:02 am RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- operamini ----------------------------------- saltpro15 Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:02 am RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- Opera here, Firefox is a little chunky for my liking... ----------------------------------- andrew. Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:52 am RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- On Windows, I think the best is Opera. It's the fastest, but you don't have the add-ons like in Firefox. Safari is also good, but it's kind of "chunky" (as saltpro puts it) on Windows. Edit: I forgot to mention that Chrome is also very good, but it's basic and is only good for if you want to view a few webpages. ----------------------------------- revangrey Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:34 pm Re: Best Browser? ----------------------------------- blargh I forgot to put in chrome. Oh well, thanks for the suggestions! ----------------------------------- rdrake Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:24 pm Re: Best Browser? ----------------------------------- blargh I forgot to put in chrome. Oh well, thanks for the suggestions!Worry not, I have added Chrome. Anyways, my thoughts... Chrome is fast but lacks extensions, so it's useless. Opera tries too hard to look different. I hate how it looks on my desktop since it uses Qt and I do not use KDE. The lack of extensions combined with the fact that it's ugly makes it useless. Safari on Windows is useless. On OS X it's ok and it has extensions, so I usually use it on OS X. Firefox is clunky but it keeps getting better and better. The vast array of extensions makes it my primary choice. IE is great for debugging Silverlight and/or ASP.NET applications. It loads faster than all the others and plays nicely with the debugger. Otherwise it sucks worse than the rest. Edit: I suppose I should quantify how IE is "faster" to load. By load I mean start up. Loading web pages is usually slow. ----------------------------------- Insectoid Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:44 am RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- I used Opera for a bit on my PC. It doubles as a torrent downloader (forget the actual term) so you don't need to open limewire or similar massive appliations. I switched to firefox quickly, as it gets around most of the restrictions on my school's computers (muahahaha). I hate safari, mostly because I can't be bothered to looks for and get used to the buttons and options & stuff. My favourite is Firefox by far. Also, http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=18768 http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=18291 http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=6048 Just a few of the many identical threads. Felt like putting it out there, this topic's been done to death. ----------------------------------- Shah-Cuber Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:02 am Re: Best Browser? ----------------------------------- ... Chrome ... ----------------------------------- Zren Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:22 pm Re: Best Browser? ----------------------------------- Chrome is fast but lacks extensions, so it's useless. Chrome now has themes, and the development of extensions is coming soon. There's already basic extension support in the developer builds. Chrome is more or less my favourite, though I like it's clean and speedy interface, thus I won't be installing many extensions when it does come out. I'll keep those mainly on Firefox. ----------------------------------- rar Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:12 pm RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- I use Opera 99.9% of the time. I'm amused to see that people are saying Firefox is "chunky" because I had heard that Opera was worse, but never experienced anything to back that up. In my experience, Opera has always run better than Firefox. Plus with Opera, you needn't go search for all the add-ons because everything you need is already there. It does lack the customization of Firefox, but most, if not all, the features you need are already there. I learn something new about it everyday lol ----------------------------------- Dan Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:27 pm RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- I use Firefox mostly because i have yet to find anything better. I find Firefox has memory and cpu issues, however i like the UI and add ons enought to use it over opera. Chrome and IE are windows only so they are not realy and option for me. I also am not a fan of webkit witch Chrome and Safari use. I do like Opera mini for my portable devices however. ----------------------------------- Amailer Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:06 pm RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- The main reason I'm sticking with firefox is the extensions. Can't do without them. (firebug, web dev, scale, color pick :D and yeah ad block...er...which i assure you is disabled on compsci :roll:) ----------------------------------- TheGuardian001 Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:45 pm Re: Best Browser? ----------------------------------- Well, If you really wanted to get chrome you could just build it from source. Although that seems like a lot of work just to get a browser. ----------------------------------- gianni Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:49 pm Re: RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- I also am not a fan of webkit witch Chrome and Safari use. Why? ----------------------------------- Dan Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:36 pm Re: RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- Can't do without them. (firebug, web dev, scale, color pick :D and yeah ad block...er...which i assure you is disabled on compsci :roll:) You are free to block ads here, i have ad block plus on some of my computers and am to lazy to turn it off for compsci.ca. As i see it, if you use ad block plus your not clicking ads any way. What i hate are websites that stop working when you block there ads for no good reason or try to work around ad block plus. Well, If you really wanted to get chrome you could just build it from source. Although that seems like a lot of work just to get a browser. Most of my applications on linux are complied from source (i use gentoo) however to my knowalge there is no offical realses for linux and most of the ones to date are not very stable. If i am wrong let me know as i would like to try it. I also am not a fan of webkit witch Chrome and Safari use. Why? I am still mad about it screwing up the file upload standard and breaking support for dwite. Tho yes i know the issue has been fixed in the new Rails and there are patchs to fix it but i still don't think Rails should have needed to make a work around. Beyond that i am ok with webkit but i don't like Chrome for other reasons (no offical linux support, no add ons, i don't like the UI, and worried about privacy issues), as for Safari i don't own an apple computer (reasons for witch would be for another topic). I do have Konquer on most of my linux desktops witch i blive is webkit based and not to bad as a file manager but i have had issues with how associating an html file with an editor can break the web browsing (it trys to open web pages in the editor rather then it's browser). ----------------------------------- DtY Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:17 pm RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- I don't block ads because they kinda pay for the websites. It's like time shifting TV and skipping commercials (Which I do anyway, but the TV shows aren't making less money because I'm not seeing the ads) ----------------------------------- Zren Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:01 pm Re: RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- i don't like the UI, Firefox is actually toying around with some of the elements that make up chrome. Though it'll have more of a glassy feel. http://lifehacker.com/5324095/first-look-at-firefox-40-design-mockups ----------------------------------- ecookman Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:06 pm RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- I like firefox fast simple looks good on default intuitive. ----------------------------------- revangrey Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:05 am Re: Best Browser? ----------------------------------- Also, http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=18768148 http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=18291149 http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=6048150 Just a few of the many identical threads. Felt like putting it out there, this topic's been done to death. Sorry about that, I actually looked around for similar threads but I couldn't find any (that search thing is horrible...). Thanks for adding chrome rdrake. After getting conflicting reports on all the browsers in the poll I ended up downloading them all. Chrome- good for opening up windows when I click on links that people send me over msn (youtube etc.) Opera- would be good if I used torrents FIREFOX- still my favorite but no longer default browser IE- what can I say? I don't hate it but it's pretty useless Safari- .>) http://www.maxthon.com/ ----------------------------------- apomb Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:36 pm RE:Best Browser? ----------------------------------- im a vuze guy, and transmission user in Linux. is that opera's only defining feature? ----------------------------------- gianni Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:45 pm Re: Best Browser? ----------------------------------- I am still mad about it screwing up the file upload standard and breaking support for dwite. Tho yes i know the issue has been fixed in the new Rails and there are patchs to fix it but i still don't think Rails should have needed to make a work around. Beyond that i am ok with webkit but i don't like Chrome for other reasons (no offical linux support, no add ons, i don't like the UI, and worried about privacy issues), as for Safari i don't own an apple computer (reasons for witch would be for another topic). I do have Konquer on most of my linux desktops witch i blive is webkit based and not to bad as a file manager but i have had issues with how associating an html file with an editor can break the web browsing (it trys to open web pages in the editor rather then it's browser). Are you referring to Safari-