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Title: Internet Browser
Post by: Anatol on August 28, 2004, 12:49:59 AM
I use Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2! (if you couldn't tell)
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: G3K on August 28, 2004, 12:50:37 AM
<3 Firefox.
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Post by: Andi on August 28, 2004, 08:55:25 AM
The whole Mozilla Pack. (The normal Mozilla, not Firefox)
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Post by: dark_phoenix on August 28, 2004, 01:21:29 PM
firefox is the best! i dont see why you wouldn't want to use it. no popups that popup continuasly, and a handy tab. (even though mozilla and opera have that too) the cool thing about opera is that you can just right click and move the mouse right or left and it will go forward or back a page.
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Post by: G3K on August 28, 2004, 01:36:46 PM
Yeah, but Opera is a commercial browser. Even Microsoft hasn't lowered to that level.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Anatol on August 28, 2004, 01:45:11 PM
hehe. They'll find a way to force a commercial one on us someday.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Conway on August 28, 2004, 02:02:37 PM
I use Internet Explorer. Why would anyone want to use a different one when Windows already comes with one?
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Andi on August 28, 2004, 02:20:44 PM
Internet Explorer has:

no features like
-popup-blocker
-cookie manager
-password manager
-download manager
a lot of security holes
no skins
intigrated spyware
(I heard in SP2 they have changed a bit at it, but SP2 is the LAST thing I'll install.)

Anyone else wants to go on?
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Conway on August 28, 2004, 02:34:35 PM
Integrated spyware? That's the first I've heard! O_o
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Lemeri on August 28, 2004, 03:08:10 PM
IE is SpyWare, but it's what I use anyway.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Andi on August 28, 2004, 04:14:05 PM
IE uses for the "Related Links" Button a service called Alexa. This software stores everything you enter in forms, where you go in the internet, your IPadress and some more things, even if you don't use it.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Anatol on August 28, 2004, 05:44:39 PM
Mozilla's also so cool cause you can download different extensions for it.
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Post by: Andi on August 28, 2004, 07:30:24 PM
I had one which enabled mouse gestures like in Black & White. :P
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Post by: Conway on August 28, 2004, 09:30:57 PM
I've just downloaded and installed Mozilla, which I am currently using. It certainly has more features than IE, but the whole Java environment can be a bit annoying. And is it my imagination, or does stuff seem to load faster in Mozilla than in IE?
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Andi on August 28, 2004, 09:32:24 PM
Java environment?
Anyway possible it loads faster than IE.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: DragonsLover on August 29, 2004, 05:40:46 AM
I use Internet Explorer. But your browers are interesting.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Anatol on August 29, 2004, 04:30:41 PM
Oh no! Now IE is beating Mozilla!
http://getfirefox.com
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Post by: Conway on August 29, 2004, 04:50:16 PM
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Java environment?


 Yeah, the user interface in Mozilla seems to be Java based. I could be wrong, though.
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Post by: Andi on August 29, 2004, 06:23:24 PM
I'm not sure, but I think you are wrong.
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Post by: G3K on August 29, 2004, 06:29:16 PM
I think it was programmed in C++... could be wrong, though.

Oh yeah, a point worth considering; the part of the United States government responsible for computer security recommended that people switch to Firefox because IE was so full of security holes.

GO ON AMERICANS, DO YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY, DOWNLOAD FIREFOX TODAY.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Andi on August 29, 2004, 06:41:21 PM
The "German Federal Armed Forces" (Stupid word. But there was no other in the dictionary for "Bundeswehr") also switched to Linux because of too many security holes in MS products.

If I would be programmer at MS, I might be somehow depressed.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Conway on August 29, 2004, 06:53:19 PM
Hmmm . . . Interesting! What's the difference between Mozilla and Firefox?
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Post by: Andi on August 29, 2004, 07:02:34 PM
Nothing. Firefox is more designed as a single product. Mozilla is the whole suit. I hope that's right.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Conway on August 29, 2004, 07:48:30 PM
Currently browsing in Avant Browser.

Here's a cool page! (http://www.free-web-browsers.com)
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: hydraboxdog on August 30, 2004, 12:33:04 AM
Why doesn't everyone use Firefox? In my opinion, Firefox is the best. I used to use Internet Explorer, but it is slow and brings me a popup every time I open it. X_X
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Lemika on August 30, 2004, 05:23:30 PM
Internet Explorer 6.0.

... Unfortunately.
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Post by: Lemeri on August 30, 2004, 05:49:42 PM
If you get a pop-up, just use ALT+F4 to kill it. They aren't that much of a problem, and IE works fine for me. I switched to IE rather then Netscape because so many sites only load in IE.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Andi on August 30, 2004, 06:34:54 PM
Currently IE has mor html functions. If you use IE it's also easier to use the buttons for the text format. Mozilla has in that direction too less functions.
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Post by: G3K on August 30, 2004, 07:28:25 PM
IE supports DHTML.

That is reason enough not to use it.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Conway on August 30, 2004, 07:33:23 PM
I must be really behind! What's DHTML?
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Post by: G3K on August 30, 2004, 08:03:35 PM
It's an extension to HTML developed by Microsoft which allowed basic animation... unfortunately, only Internet Explorer supported it, and its abilities were so restricted that it became pointless but insanely popular among badly-designed websites.
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Post by: G3K on September 03, 2004, 10:19:09 PM
Something for all you IE lovers. (http://www.ldine91.freeserve.co.uk/misc/Firefox.png)
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Post by: Conway on September 03, 2004, 11:01:59 PM
I really shouldn't be laughing at that! (lol!) :D
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Post by: Anatol on September 04, 2004, 02:36:04 AM
I like it...very tasteful! :D
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Post by: Andi on September 04, 2004, 07:18:43 AM
Hehe! What do you think about a career as an anti-MS artist? ;)
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Anatol on September 04, 2004, 01:36:10 PM
Here's a frightening thought! (Don't let it keep you awake at night.)

http://lemmings.freeprohost.com/msfirefox.jpg
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Lemeri on September 04, 2004, 02:26:02 PM
I'm having a breakdown....

Oh and G3K, don't confuse me with an IE lover. I hate IE more then almost anything. I just use it because all the sites I like only load under it.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Lemika on September 06, 2004, 06:03:27 PM
Yeah, I despise IE as well. And I think that's funny.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: remline on September 17, 2004, 05:22:35 PM
Quote from: Conway  link=1093654199/15#17 date=1093798216

  Yeah, the user interface in Mozilla seems to be Java based. I could be wrong, though.

The User Interface of Mozilla and Firefox is done in XUL and JavaScript, NOT Java.  B)
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Conway on September 17, 2004, 05:30:50 PM
Okay okay, I was wrong! :-[
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Post by: Liebatron on January 12, 2005, 12:20:29 AM
I don't use firefox because it's slower than a dead slug. not just a slug, A DEAD SLUG!
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Post by: dark_phoenix on April 09, 2005, 02:21:22 AM
I think you meant to say Internet Explorer is slower than a dead slug.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Astral`Lemming on May 08, 2005, 09:59:33 AM
I have officially been converted. I use Firefox now, and I can safely say it rules.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: Mr. K on May 08, 2005, 10:29:57 AM
I switch to Firefox! Problem is, my parents don't like it.  They are slaves of IE.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: drumnbach on May 08, 2005, 02:59:37 PM
I use Space Bison 2.0
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: AstralLemming on October 03, 2005, 04:54:28 PM
O-kay. That is bizarre.
Title: Re: Internet Browser
Post by: drumnbach on October 04, 2005, 09:12:08 PM
It's a proxomitron reference. When you surf the web, your browser details are sent to various servers. But you can obfuscate such details with various HTTP header editors. SpaceBison is one of the ready-made headers that comes with the HTTP editing software, The Proxomitron.

Of course, once you delve into it, it is easy to code your own HTTP header editors. Mine's called the Drumnbachomitron; a name that will surely catch on.