MS Explorer

[Caddyman]

trying out pale moon now, thanks for the heads up Sterno

 

[Mudflap]

I'm digging Firefox 4.

 

[Dirgon]

Chrome is ridiculously awesome IMO.

Each tab (and addon) loads independently within the OS, allowing you to kill one pesky subprocess without bringing down the whole browser. This also means one tab can't hijack another tab and steal information as easily.

Because each tab is loaded independently I can drag off a single tab into a new window without reloading the page. I can also drag tabs around into a different order. Using two monitors and win 7 (Aero Snap) that means with one click and a move of the mouse I can move a tab off, into another window, and maximize it with ease.

You can't do that in firefox, because when you drag a tab off it'll reload the tab. You can also google search directly from the URL bar (You can in Firefox, but you have to know what you're doing) as well as setup search terms, such as typing in wiki blahblah will automatically search wikipedia.com for blahblah and bring up that page. You can do this in firefox, as well, but it's still nifty.

It also has first party built in addon and bookmark sync. Being a person who uses 3 computers often, this is handy for me. (Netbook, main PC, and HTPC for couch browsing/netflix/digital backups of DVDs to .iso format)

Also, all of the best firefox addons (adblock, e-mail notifiers, fasterfox (or is it fastestfox?) etc.) have Chrome versions.

 

[Nyxie]

I reccomend firefox. You will also be less likley to get those viruses! I use it on a lot of old slow computers at work, and it gives us NO problems. Google chrome is not as easy to use IMO.

I agree. Firefox. Never had any problems.

 

[Nyxie]

i use Palemoon wich is based on firefox but optimixed for windows
The Pale Moon Project homepage

Oooh I need to try this . I am all about moons

 

[Delilah718]

MS Explorer has become such a freakin' resource hog that I'm putting it in my trashcan and replacing it with Firefox

Anybody got suggestions for alternatives?

Hi PattyR -- I hear you about Explorer -- I also went to FireFox and it was a great improvement but after several years, I think it is going the way of Explorer. I have been using Chrome from Google for the past couple of months and its working like a charm.

 

[convict3]

just downloaded firefox. i like it

 

[lostknitter]

Another vote for Firefox, I love the add-ons. AdBlock Plus is the Bomb and Firefox Sync is great if you have multiple computers.

 

[pianoguy]

I switched to Chrome from Firefox a while back when Firefox became hoggish. I've been pretty pleased with it. I have heard good things about Firefox 4, though.

 

[Infernal2]

I tried the Beta on Firefox 4 as well as the recent release. I like it, but I'd still take Chrome over it on a day to day basis due mostly to how it operates its tab functions. However, the only one I'd take over any other (including Safari) is Konqueror (Konq) the KDE based web browser that comes standard for KDE wrapped Linux flavors. There is even a compatibility-dependency version for Windows that kicks massive .....

 

[kabonk]

I would go to tool internet options to advacaned and reset ie then go to malwarebytes.org and download and run it and download firefox or chrome or safari everyone should have an extra browser incase ie breaks

 

[stravaigin]

There's some good tips here about Firefox 4 What’s New And Awesome In Firefox 4 | Lifehacker Australia

 

[Sterno]

There's some good tips here about Firefox 4 What’s New And Awesome In Firefox 4 | Lifehacker Australia

found updates for most of my extensions im liking version 4