Firefox is the new IE
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- ********0
opera 10 is the way to go in my book. also just did the update so now my web browser works like a webserver for transfering media. Use it for my mail application, sticky notes, built in torrent app... its really awesome. firefox is my secondary but i have been not liking it so much, ie third. Oh yea i also like opera development tools built into the browser.
- i haven't used opera, but the guy next to me raves about it all the time.fugged
- its pretty awesome. and i dont do the whole smart phone thing but seems liek its got cool utilities to sync with comps and phone.********
- phone. gonna test it out to sync my bookmarks between work and home comps********
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i dont know how it is on a mac. but im diggin it on a pc. ram load can be a bit dependant upon how much u use it for and what u allow it to do. i use to bag on it back in the day. but damn its come around. i like the fully skinnable/customizeable gui. i like its email (a little different because its really thread dependent, but part of its speed) my favorite of ie/firefox/old chrome... havent tried the latest chrome. i recommend a test run for anyone on pc and see how they like it.
- chow0
To those suffering from high memory consumption in Firefox: how many extensions do you have installed? Disable your extensions and check memory usage again.
Also, Firefox 3.5 (the current stable version) was the first FF release with the all-new TraceMonkey Javascript engine. My understanding is that the development team's main focus in 3.5 was to get the new Js engine released with no major bugs, and that we can expect significant performance gains in future releases as there is lots of room for optimization (including memory usage).
I like Safari, except for the retarded auto-completing URL bar that doesn't behave like any other part os OS X. Apple, what were you thinking?
- raf0
Strangely, I have a feeling FF kerns type better than Safari. Even QBN looks a bit awkward when I open it in Safari from time to time. Those are very tiny differences, but they're noticeable.
I'm on Snow Leopard, this could be a factor.
- I don't think there's much in it raf .. maybe spaces are slightly wider in safari?********
- I don't think there's much in it raf .. maybe spaces are slightly wider in safari?
- fugged0
Pretty geeky, but nonetheless interesting.
http://www.antigrain.com/researc…
- raf0
^^ does anybody else notice this or is this only my computer (or hallucinations) ?
- ********0
On FF3 restart session is not on demand, bloody fuckers.
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Firefox is a bloated mess, people say its great because of the extensions then you tell them it runs like shit then they just tell you to turn off extensions, then you break it to them that you wer eusing vanilla FF.