Internet Browser

[Anatol]

I use Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2! (if you couldn't tell)

[G3K]

<3 Firefox.

[Andi]

The whole Mozilla Pack. (The normal Mozilla, not Firefox)

[dark_phoenix]

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.

[G3K]

Yeah, but Opera is a commercial browser. Even Microsoft hasn't lowered to that level.

[Anatol]

hehe. They'll find a way to force a commercial one on us someday.

[Conway]

I use Internet Explorer. Why would anyone want to use a different one when Windows already comes with one?

[Andi]

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?

[Conway]

Integrated spyware? That's the first I've heard! O_o

[Lemeri]

IE is SpyWare, but it's what I use anyway.

[Andi]

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.

[Anatol]

Mozilla's also so cool cause you can download different extensions for it.

[Andi]

I had one which enabled mouse gestures like in Black & White.

[Conway]

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?

[Andi]

Java environment?
Anyway possible it loads faster than IE.

[DragonsLover]

I use Internet Explorer. But your browers are interesting.

[Anatol]

Oh no! Now IE is beating Mozilla!
http://getfirefox.com

[Conway]

Java environment?

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

[Andi]

I'm not sure, but I think you are wrong.

[G3K]

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.

[Andi]

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.

[Conway]

Hmmm . . . Interesting! What's the difference between Mozilla and Firefox?

[Andi]

Nothing. Firefox is more designed as a single product. Mozilla is the whole suit. I hope that's right.

[Conway]

Currently browsing in Avant Browser.

Here's a cool page!

[hydraboxdog]

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

[Lemika]

Internet Explorer 6.0.

... Unfortunately.

[Lemeri]

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.

[Andi]

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.

[G3K]

IE supports DHTML.

That is reason enough not to use it.

[Conway]

I must be really behind! What's DHTML?

[G3K]

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.

[G3K]

Something for all you IE lovers.

[Conway]

I really shouldn't be laughing at that! (lol!)

[Anatol]

I like it...very tasteful!

[Andi]

Hehe! What do you think about a career as an anti-MS artist?

[Anatol]

Here's a frightening thought! (Don't let it keep you awake at night.)

http://lemmings.freeprohost.com/msfirefox.jpg

[Lemeri]

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.

[Lemika]

Yeah, I despise IE as well. And I think that's funny.

[remline]

 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)

[Conway]

Okay okay, I was wrong!

[Liebatron]

I don't use firefox because it's slower than a dead slug. not just a slug, A DEAD SLUG!

[dark_phoenix]

I think you meant to say Internet Explorer is slower than a dead slug.

[Astral`Lemming]

I have officially been converted. I use Firefox now, and I can safely say it rules.

[Mr. K]

I switch to Firefox! Problem is, my parents don't like it.  They are slaves of IE.

[drumnbach]

I use Space Bison 2.0

[AstralLemming]

O-kay. That is bizarre.

[drumnbach]

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.