Which Browser ???

davroduk · Post by **davroduk** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:17 pm

I have always used the Netscape Browser on tinterweb but since upgrading my Java and Macromedia Flash I find that some sites cause my older version of Netscape to turn off part way through loading.
I have tried the latest version of Netscape but that turns off when loading the Homepage.
I dont have any probs when using Intenet Explorer but I do know that it is prone to security flaws so........
What would you all suggest as an alternative Browser ??
I have been advise to try Firefox or Opera.
Which would you say is best, or do you have any other suggestions ???

Answers on a postcard to the usual address please ........

a1 · Post by a1 » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:19 pm

firefox 2 is based on gecko like netscape was/is , its teh awexome .. dont piss about with out of date browsers , its not worth it... and uninstall the old ones first before installing firefox / opera so you get no 'conflicts' ..

opera is suposed to be ok ...

netscape browser the aol thing will be shite , [guesses] coz it'll have aol mitherware in it ..

thunderbird is the email side of firefox if you need a email client..

Java is shite and never works proper , upgrading it probably ballzd summert, the browser should do the java bits anyroad, firefox does (or seems to) . and it does it better than java's own stand alone shiteware "plug in" *coughs*70megs*coughs* ...

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:40 pm

The new Internet Explorer is shite, it's like going back to dial-up.

a1 · Post by a1 » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:45 pm

communistworkethic wrote:The new Internet Explorer is shite, it's like going back to dial-up.

thats just coz you never turned off IE7's 'cleartype' blurrovision setting and never turned off IE7's 'phishing' filter , neither .. thats all those probs were...

anyway firefox is his best bet... and its phishing filter is quicker .. and it has no blurro setting ..

warthog · Post by **warthog** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:47 pm

Firefox for me. Thunderbird is good too for e-mail.

malcd1 · Post by **malcd1** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:53 pm

Firefox for me too. Don't bother going anywhere else.

davroduk · Post by **davroduk** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:40 pm

Ok I am now viewing and posting this with Firefox.
Seems a lot faster than Netscape (but thats not difficult).
Does it block pop ups?
What other add ons would you recommend?
Only bummer is that I cant uninstall Netscape cos the uninstall file cant be found, but it doesnt seem to be conflicting or causing any other probs at the moment.
Will give it a go and see what happens.

a1 · Post by a1 » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:57 pm

davroduk wrote:Ok I am now viewing and posting this with Firefox.
Seems a lot faster than Netscape (but thats not difficult).
Does it block pop ups?
What other add ons would you recommend?
Only bummer is that I cant uninstall Netscape cos the uninstall file cant be found, but it doesnt seem to be conflicting or causing any other probs at the moment.
Will give it a go and see what happens.

you might need to get the macromedia flash plug in for SWF flash files to work (youtube , everywhere , etc) in the browser ... you can get it from macromedia.com or adobe.com or whoever owns it now .... if youve not done it already...

the pu blocker should be on already , the antiphishng should be on already,...

you might be able to uninstall netscape if you go directly to uninstall file rather than doing it thru the add/remove programs bit on winders.. or the install file and choosing 'remove' insteadve the other options

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:05 pm

a1 wrote:
communistworkethic wrote:The new Internet Explorer is shite, it's like going back to dial-up.
thats just coz you never turned off IE7's 'cleartype' blurrovision setting and never turned off IE7's 'phishing' filter , neither .. thats all those probs were...

anyway firefox is his best bet... and its phishing filter is quicker .. and it has no blurro setting ..

oh but I did and it's still shite-o-rama.

phishing filters are bollox anyway.

davroduk · Post by **davroduk** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:08 pm

a1 wrote:
davroduk wrote:Ok I am now viewing and posting this with Firefox.
Seems a lot faster than Netscape (but thats not difficult).
Does it block pop ups?
What other add ons would you recommend?
Only bummer is that I cant uninstall Netscape cos the uninstall file cant be found, but it doesnt seem to be conflicting or causing any other probs at the moment.
Will give it a go and see what happens.
you might need to get the macromedia flash plug in for SWF flash files to work (youtube , everywhere , etc) in the browser ... you can get it from macromedia.com or adobe.com or whoever owns it now ....

Got it thanks.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:16 pm

Is it just me or does this very same subject get raised around here once every twenty days or so?

a1 · Post by a1 » Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:20 pm

communistworkethic wrote: oh but I did and it's still shite-o-rama.

phishing filters are bollox anyway.

ie7's is the slowest* in the world ..

*this word probably can be changed to snoopiest (not in the charlie brown or west coast rapper sense) for probably whats really going on with that... maybe ...

Is it just me or does this very same subject get raised around here once every twenty days or so

probably , its like mozilla have an army of paid firefox fan clubbers ...

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:23 pm

Is it just me being ignorant, or is everyone talking in Matrix code?

a1 · Post by a1 » Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:30 pm

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:Is it just me being ignorant, or is everyone talking in Matrix code?

[joke] them printing presses are crap .. [/joke]

malcd1 · Post by **malcd1** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:39 am

davroduk wrote:Ok I am now viewing and posting this with Firefox.
Seems a lot faster than Netscape (but thats not difficult).
Does it block pop ups?
What other add ons would you recommend?
Only bummer is that I cant uninstall Netscape cos the uninstall file cant be found, but it doesnt seem to be conflicting or causing any other probs at the moment.
Will give it a go and see what happens.

The Streetmap one is ok. Highlight a postcode right click and open up in Multimap, Streetmap or Googlemaps.

Dictionary tooltips as well. Double click any word on a website and the dictionary description appears.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:40 pm

Firefox here to, recently changed from IE, mainly cos I heard the new IE is shittier than the old one. Firefox is far better and I'm an old technophobic git so if I can use it anyone can

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:45 pm

I will of course step in and say like I alway do in these threads that firefox is the bomb.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:03 pm

americantrotter wrote:I will of course step in and say like I alway do in these threads that firefox is the bomb.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:27 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
americantrotter wrote:I will of course step in and say like I alway do in these threads that firefox is the bomb.

Some transatlantic translation required, Bruce? Well, don't ask me - a bomb is usually bad, but "the bomb" -

Daxter · Post by **Daxter** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:37 pm

da bomb

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