fineleg Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 I presume this is what most of you use. Which desktop browser do you like the best? and Why? Vote/post comments.
h4te Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 firefox is a memory hog and slow as f***. it's garbage collection is......garbage. but still a million times better than M$'s IE. i use Dillo for basic needs most of the time when i don't have to view any flash/cricket links etc.
punjabi_khota Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 firefox is a memory hog and slow as f***. it's garbage collection is......garbage. but still a million times better than M$'s IE. i use Dillo for basic needs most of the time when i don't have to view any flash/cricket links etc. nerd:icflove:
graphic23 Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Firefox on Windows gets more attention with regards to memory leaks than the Linux version; and it eats up way too much memory when I have more a 10 tabs + flash. Whole system is unresponsive. I am considering switching out, but I'm not a fan of Mozilla(the big suite, obviously - its bulky) or Opera (requires qt libs and kde libs, and it will become very slow as I run it in a gtk env. generally). Lynx :D
nospam Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 netscape edit: no poll = fail netscape is based on mozilla firefox (gecko + ie engine)
nikred Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Of late I have been having issues with firefox. Whenever I open a browser it says the Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. I have to always manually go to the task manager and end the forefox process. I can't keep doing this all the time:((
Kohum Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Of late I have been having issues with firefox. Whenever I open a browser it says the Firefox is already running' date= but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. I have to always manually go to the task manager and end the forefox process. I can't keep doing this all the time:(( backup your profile and re-install firefox.
Macj Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 FF is great and all that but its memory management is piss poor. It never releases memory correctly, hence tends to use more memory than allocated and thus drags the system to a crawl.
Kohum Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 FF is great and all that but its memory management is piss poor. It never releases memory correctly, hence tends to use more memory than allocated and thus drags the system to a crawl. That's true - FF takes quite a bit of memory. I can keep 10 tabs open, but can't keep it open for long durations. Have to restart after 8 hours of usage [FF takes 600Mb or so of memory]
graphic23 Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Of late I have been having issues with firefox. Whenever I open a browser it says the Firefox is already running' date= but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. I have to always manually go to the task manager and end the forefox process. I can't keep doing this all the time:(( That means firefox hasn't closed properly; it happens to me very often on Linux too. GG. killall firefox-bin is teh most common command. :((
fineleg Posted March 19, 2009 Author Posted March 19, 2009 New version out: http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/03/internet-explor.html Microsoft unleashes its long-awaited IE 8 web browser to the world at high noon ET Thursday with a fusillade of new features aimed squarely at users of Firefox 3, Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari 4 — a bid to recapture market share its scrappy competition has nabbed from once untouchable Internet Explorer over the past 2-1/2 years. Not only have the three major alternatives to IE been cranking out updates and new features much faster since Microsoft's last major upgrade, all three have made significant speed gains thanks to brand new JavaScript rendering engines and other tools optimized for the modern web. And users have responded by abandoning IE 7 in favor of the competition. Web metrics vendor Net Applications tracking shows Internet Explorer with a market share of 75 percent in April 2008, but by January 2009, that number had shrunk to 68 percent. But while Microsoft has been ceding market share for some time, the company is hoping to regain some ground with the new IE 8, which the company claims offers improved security, an easier to use design and speed improvements over previous versions. However, while IE 8 may be a step up from previous versions, it’s difficult to see how Microsoft plans to win back any of the users who’ve abandoned IE in recent years. Many of the features Microsoft is touting in this release — from the improved phishing protection to features like web clippings or private browsing — have long been available in Safari, Firefox and Chrome. In fact, were it not for Microsoft’s delivery mechanism — the ability to push out Internet Explorer updates to anyone using Windows — it’s unlikely IE 8’s numbers would impress. In other words, IE is playing a serious game of catch up and the only people likely to be impressed by the latest release are those that have remained loyal to the IE brand (or are simply unaware of the alternatives). One place IE 8 does shine compared to its competitors is on the beta releases of Windows 7. Internet Explorer 8 behaves a little bit differently under the new operating system than it does on the Vista or XP desktops — thumbnails of active tabs show up when you hover over the IE icon in the taskbar. There’s also a list frequently-visited websites accessible from the taskbar, enabling you to open IE8 and jump straight to one of your favorite pages with just one click of the mouse. These new features, which can be turned on and off inside the browser’s settings, make running IE8 on Windows 7 a more complete and integrated experience — especially considering Chrome, Safari and Firefox can’t match them yet. Unfortunately for Windows 7 fans, the version of IE coming later today won’t have the Windows 7 integration. For the fully integrated Windows 7/IE 8 package you’ll have to wait until the final release of Windows 7 arrives later this year.
h4te Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 IE = yes, i have to killall firefox too because it doesn't close properly.
vadodaravictor Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 IE = yes, i have to killall firefox too because it doesn't close properly. How about Epihany or Konqueror ?:hatsoff:
graphic23 Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Epiphany, has been incomplete for a long time. And I don't think its being developed very regularly.
Centrino Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Chrome is light but does not have a full functionality.
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