what's your web browser and favourite add-ons.
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what's your web browser and favourite add-ons.
I use chrome; I used to use firefox but it started crashing on me about a month ago.
Honestly I've only started using add-ons and extensions but it really is the little things that make browsing more enjoyable- for instance being able to see you have a new message in your gmail inbox just by looking at your toolbar, or saving entire sessions at the click of a button.
Do we have any mac users that have stuck with safari? How does it stack up to Firefox and Chrome?
How about internet explorer? I haven't touched it since grade school- is it any better now?
Do AOL and Opera still even exist?
Honestly I've only started using add-ons and extensions but it really is the little things that make browsing more enjoyable- for instance being able to see you have a new message in your gmail inbox just by looking at your toolbar, or saving entire sessions at the click of a button.
Do we have any mac users that have stuck with safari? How does it stack up to Firefox and Chrome?
How about internet explorer? I haven't touched it since grade school- is it any better now?
Do AOL and Opera still even exist?
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I can't live without my Firefox
Spellcheck is just so useful and I the ease of bookmarks makes it easy for me to keep track of my stuff
I tried to use Chrome and Safari a while back but none of them have the same ease and instant familiarity that Firefox has
Spellcheck is just so useful and I the ease of bookmarks makes it easy for me to keep track of my stuff
I tried to use Chrome and Safari a while back but none of them have the same ease and instant familiarity that Firefox has
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Firefox. It's user interface is more stream line than IE's and is more user friendly. I rarely get a browser crash.
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Firefox compiled with xulrunner, wifi functions, alsa, and libnotify. The addons that I use are keyconfig, perapera-kun, tineye, ad-block, flash-block, edit cookies, and faviconize tab. Since xulrunner, flash has never crashed Firefox, which is something that used to happen all the time on linux. I usually have the same instance of Firefox running for over a month at a time with no problems.
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I know what you mean, after using firefox for the biggest chunk of my life, chrome still feels a bit clunky. I miss ad-block plus for fire fox (there's a chrome version but it's not as good) Chrome has the same spellcheck, but I feel it's bookmark system isn't as nice as firefox's was.
Does anyone know how to change integrated spell check from American English to Canadian English ([url]http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm[/url]) ? I guess it's not a big deal, it's just I keep getting squiggly red lines when I shouldn't be and I correct them into American spelling and I don't want to start spelling in American English when I live in Canada.
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Firefox compiled with xulrunner, wifi functions, alsa, and libnotify. The addons that I use are keyconfig, perapera-kun, tineye, ad-block, flash-block, edit cookies, and faviconize tab. Since xulrunner, flash has never crashed Firefox, which is something that used to happen all the time on linux. I usually have the same instance of Firefox running for over a month at a time with no problems.
Mannnn, you're so lucky. I always used to leave my firefox open and the next morning my PC would slow to a crawl. It constantly crashed. I reinstalled and it helped for awhile but then it started happening again and I just switched to chrome. Maybe it's vista. I hate vista. I'm going to go get windows 7 sometime next month, maybe that will help.
I read an article about chrome being the web browser of the future. Firefox just doesn't have the same funds at their disposal when you compare them to a corporate giant like Google. I'll try to find the article. It made me sad.
Edit, couldn't find THE article but these two are interesting reads.
[url]http://lifehacker.com/#!5499959/which-browser-should-i-use-firefox-or-chrome[/url]
[url]http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/19/chrome-firefox-growth/[/url]
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Firefox because of the add-ons and most awesome themes. I made this Asuka one but I use a beautiful Vocaloid one.
I use DownloadHelper quite a bit. Especially when there's about 50 images on a page.
Also User Agent Switcher, makes the internet think you're using a different device such as an iPhone, android, Internet Explorer, Google Bot, etc...
I use DownloadHelper quite a bit. Especially when there's about 50 images on a page.
Also User Agent Switcher, makes the internet think you're using a different device such as an iPhone, android, Internet Explorer, Google Bot, etc...
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I use Chrome. It has a more elegant look than Firefox in my opinion.
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Re: what's your web browser and favourite add-ons.
Actually, Opera has a huge user base, just not on the desktop. Between Opera Mobile, the Opera browser on the Nintendo Wii, and so on, they rule the embedded market.
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Re: what's your web browser and favourite add-ons.
The Nintendo DSI also uses a Opera web browser
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"Damn the torpedoes" -- ADM Farragut
"I have not yet begun to fight!" -- Cpt. John Paul Jones
"Don't be alarmed, we're taking over the ship" -- Cpt. Jack Sparrow
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"Damn the torpedoes" -- ADM Farragut
"I have not yet begun to fight!" -- Cpt. John Paul Jones
"Don't be alarmed, we're taking over the ship" -- Cpt. Jack Sparrow
Napalm Sticks to kids ♣ Λ
Chrome with adblock and TinEye. I was using safari but it leaks memory like crazy on my macbook. I prefer chrome anyway. On linux I use Firefox.
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firefox w/ a bunch of add-ons and 'mostly black' themes. Currently pimping it up with lavafox purple.
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Firefox at home. Chrome at work. My sheer awesomeness at play.
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Firefox with Tineye, Noscript and Downloadthemall. Kept myself there since 2005.
If I get into a pinch, I also use Lynx.
If I get into a pinch, I also use Lynx.
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