Internet Browsers
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Hey, I am posting this to hear peoples thoughts on different Internet Browsers. The two i am going to name are 'Mozilla Firefox' which i am currently using and 'Microsoft Internet Explorer' I prefer Mozilla Firefox because: 1. It has a built in spell checker. 2. If it crashes you can restore your last browsing session. 3. It seems to be faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer Well that is all i can think of at the moment. Please reply with your thoughts, and any other points you have about the two different browsers. Thanks for reading
Benjamin Dodd
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Hey, I am posting this to hear peoples thoughts on different Internet Browsers. The two i am going to name are 'Mozilla Firefox' which i am currently using and 'Microsoft Internet Explorer' I prefer Mozilla Firefox because: 1. It has a built in spell checker. 2. If it crashes you can restore your last browsing session. 3. It seems to be faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer Well that is all i can think of at the moment. Please reply with your thoughts, and any other points you have about the two different browsers. Thanks for reading
Benjamin Dodd
I have found that most people's preferences in this matter have less to do with the browsers themselves, and more to do with their quasi-political views vis-a-vis Microsoft... Having said that:
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
1. It has a built in spell checker.
So? I have one too - in my head.
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
2. If it crashes you can restore your last browsing session.
It crashes? Can't remember when IE last crashed on me.
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
3. It seems to be faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer
When browsing? Can't say I've noticed that. But IE definitely first loads from cold MUCH faster than FF on my machine. I prefer to use IE for browsing because it's more forgiving of )other people's!) bad code and therefore displays more sites better than any other browser. And I don't like the way FF displays (by default, ie unstyled) form fields (text boxes etc) - I just think they're ugly in comparison to IE. For dev work, I use both, as I need to make sure my work is cross-browser compliant. I do like FF's Firebug though - that is seriously useful. Fred
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I have found that most people's preferences in this matter have less to do with the browsers themselves, and more to do with their quasi-political views vis-a-vis Microsoft... Having said that:
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
1. It has a built in spell checker.
So? I have one too - in my head.
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
2. If it crashes you can restore your last browsing session.
It crashes? Can't remember when IE last crashed on me.
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
3. It seems to be faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer
When browsing? Can't say I've noticed that. But IE definitely first loads from cold MUCH faster than FF on my machine. I prefer to use IE for browsing because it's more forgiving of )other people's!) bad code and therefore displays more sites better than any other browser. And I don't like the way FF displays (by default, ie unstyled) form fields (text boxes etc) - I just think they're ugly in comparison to IE. For dev work, I use both, as I need to make sure my work is cross-browser compliant. I do like FF's Firebug though - that is seriously useful. Fred
Fred_Smith wrote:
t crashes? Can't remember when IE last crashed on me.
Not so much crashing as closing without the user closing it correctly, like a fault in explorer or something. Firefox also has the built in autofill which is very useful if you are sick of filling in your name and address many times over. Although IE served me well the 3 years i used it, i have it installed and use it sometimes.
Benjamin Dodd
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I have found that most people's preferences in this matter have less to do with the browsers themselves, and more to do with their quasi-political views vis-a-vis Microsoft... Having said that:
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
1. It has a built in spell checker.
So? I have one too - in my head.
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
2. If it crashes you can restore your last browsing session.
It crashes? Can't remember when IE last crashed on me.
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
3. It seems to be faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer
When browsing? Can't say I've noticed that. But IE definitely first loads from cold MUCH faster than FF on my machine. I prefer to use IE for browsing because it's more forgiving of )other people's!) bad code and therefore displays more sites better than any other browser. And I don't like the way FF displays (by default, ie unstyled) form fields (text boxes etc) - I just think they're ugly in comparison to IE. For dev work, I use both, as I need to make sure my work is cross-browser compliant. I do like FF's Firebug though - that is seriously useful. Fred
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I have found that most people's preferences in this matter have less to do with the browsers themselves, and more to do with their quasi-political views vis-a-vis Microsoft... Having said that:
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
1. It has a built in spell checker.
So? I have one too - in my head.
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
2. If it crashes you can restore your last browsing session.
It crashes? Can't remember when IE last crashed on me.
Benjamin Dodd wrote:
3. It seems to be faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer
When browsing? Can't say I've noticed that. But IE definitely first loads from cold MUCH faster than FF on my machine. I prefer to use IE for browsing because it's more forgiving of )other people's!) bad code and therefore displays more sites better than any other browser. And I don't like the way FF displays (by default, ie unstyled) form fields (text boxes etc) - I just think they're ugly in comparison to IE. For dev work, I use both, as I need to make sure my work is cross-browser compliant. I do like FF's Firebug though - that is seriously useful. Fred
I just reported one issue in IE 7 here: ;P http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?msg=2255121&forumid=343280#xx2255121xx[^]
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