Ok, folks -- after several years of using and loving Firefox, I'm coming to the conclusion that it's becoming as bloated and clumsy (and unstable) as Explorer.
So.
What're y'all using? Anybody found something they like as much or more than FF?
Here are suggestions I found...
http://www.alternativebrowseralliance.com/browsers.html
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Because the board got shutdown again because of a load of database, I had to fettle with the settings again.
As part of that, the server no longer stores what topics you have or haven't read.
IT IS STILL RECORDED!
But now, that information lives in a delicious cookie, rather than the forum database.
Upside: this should reduce the load of database.
Downside: if you use multiple devices to access the board, or you reject delicious cookies, you won't always have that information cookie. But the New Posts feature should take care of that.
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Some unpleasant miscreant was firing incessant database queries at our server, which forced the Legal Department of our hosting company, via their Abuse subdivision, to shut us down. No I have none.
All I can do it button the hatches, and tighten up a few things. Such as time limits on how long you may take to compose a post and hit Debauch! As of 24/01/10, I've set that at 30 minutes for now.
To restrict further overloads, any unregistered users had to be locked out.
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By forcing anyone who wants in to Log In.
Is that annoying?
Yes. But there's only so much the Administerrerrerr can do to keep this place running.
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Firefox - Opera - Chrome in random rotation.
I had Firefox flake out but only because I installed a metric crapload of add-ons ( IE engine, foxy proxy, bookmark helper, forecastfox etc). Complete re-install usually takes care of that.
I had Firefox flake out but only because I installed a metric crapload of add-ons ( IE engine, foxy proxy, bookmark helper, forecastfox etc). Complete re-install usually takes care of that.
When you have chrome open, you can hit shift+esc to bring up a task manager for chrome. This will show you memory, CPU and network usage for the browser and tabs. You can compare this to what you have currently available ... if you wish, you can also give some feedback on that hereRev wrote:+1, although I switch between that and Firefox. Tried Chrome last week, and it was slow as all get out. May need to tweak the setting somehow, but I gave up on it.DerGolgo wrote:Opera.
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Edit: I'm actually viewing this on Opera. I like the turbo feature, comes in handy when my bandwidth gets squoze.
Edit: I'm actually viewing this on Opera. I like the turbo feature, comes in handy when my bandwidth gets squoze.
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I've been using Firefox for a long time. I'm currently playing with Chrome on my laptop. I'm not wild about the learning curve, but I'm slowly sussing things out.
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It's free http://www.opera.com/
I think the question if one is better than other is a matter of personal taste. It doesn't cost anything to download and try it and if you don't like it, it's easy to remove.
I think the question if one is better than other is a matter of personal taste. It doesn't cost anything to download and try it and if you don't like it, it's easy to remove.
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I use Firefox and haven't had any issues with it that would make me go looking for something else. Most of my online computing frustrations are the result of an old computer with feckall processing power and not the browser.
Someday I will manage to justify the purchase of a new computer for other than watching streaming media ...
but until it stops being able to do what I need it to do for work, 'extra' cashey money goes elsewhere - such as I want an airmesh riding jacket for when the weather gets nice!
Someday I will manage to justify the purchase of a new computer for other than watching streaming media ...
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Yes, it is free.motorpsycho67 wrote:How is Opera better than Firefox?
Is it free?
It comes stuffed to the gills with things that with Firefox, last time I checked, required a load of plug-ins.
It's easy to personalize and has many nifty features ready to go from the start.
Some features are downright clever. Like when you enter a password on a website, rather than asking you whether you want to save it and proceeding only after you have selected yes or no or never, it'll proceed so you can see whether the password you are about to save is actually correct (handy for avoiding immortalized typos).
It can mask as other browsers for websites that have been designed by idiots who think that webmasters should choose what browsers the visitors to their website ought to use.
It scores 100/100 on the Acid3 test, whereas Firefox only gets to 93 out of a 100 (that's a test for proper website rendering).
In my experience, websites are usually rendered quicker and it doesn't resize large images but lets you zoom in and out at your heart's content, something that Firefox doesn't always do.
It really comes down to personal tastes. I've toyed with Firefox now and again and keep Firefox portable around for the increasingly rare occasions when Opera is flummoxed (half the time on these occasions, so is Firefox, btw).
Speed Dial (the default page consists of screen shots of websites you can choose so you don't have to go to the bookmarks for you favorite sites but have them right in front of you when you start opera) is surprisingly handy, so is the ability to add my own icons for important websites next to the address bar or defining my own shortcuts for search engines.
It has some slightly over-hyped features that let it act like a server for impromptu file-hosting or chatrooms and stuff, inbuilt email client, RSS reader, reasonably decent download manager and a turbo function for making things go quicker.
And if all that isn't enough, there are "widgets" which are basically what plug-ins are for Firefox.
I like it.
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