Which replacement for Internet Explorer?

Try IE8?

If you're getting page not respnding a lot then i dont think its down to just the browser but something more. Perhaps a problem with the o/s.


Not sure why it keeps doing this. My brother was having the same problem with Vista HP 32. I tried resetting the defaults etc but still problem continues. Ran Avira full scan and it does not identify anything; OS has been running very well with not one blue screen since I got the system in Sept 08. So, yeah could be something else but nothing obvious springs to mind and at a bit of a loss...but busy using FF now and all seems well.
 
Johnnytoxic said:
Firefox is **** in my experience. IE8 RC1 rules all. It's just cool to go with firefox at the moment which basically means your a sheep.
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Richdog said:
Jesus wept, what utter garbage.
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+1!

But, going back to 'Johnnytoxic'...

Firefox is brilliant. In my experience it is faster and more customisable than Internet Explorer (I haven't tried IE8 yet). Also, Firefox (and Opera) adhere to the web standards set out by W3C.

Choosing Firefox doesn't mean you're a sheep. Firefox is a brilliant browser, my entire household uses it. With IE7 they were picking up allsorts of different bits of Spyware and sometimes the odd trojan - switching them to Firefox has reduced this by at least 90%.

Forgot to mention this earlier - as I design websites, I also choose Firefox. However, I find Opera better for this. If it doesn't work in Opera, its unlikely it'll work in anything else.

And breathe!
 
ThriceNightly said:
recent chrome convert from firefox

found chrome to be much faster than firefox (i also found ff resource hungry)

as mentioned above give them a good try out first :)
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Chrome is an excellent browser. Lacks the customisation factor that I like though.

However, I use it for Facebook and GoogleMail - so much faster due to its superb JavaScript Engine and Performance.
 
Well, for me Chrome and Opera are nice, but they lack the features I really like. Maybe when TraceMonkey's done Ff will win on all counts, but for me it's won on the counts that matter most to me.

Yay, choices! :p
 
davestar_delux said:
Opera is what I use and it's great.

Firefox is kinda slow and buggy but the Cult of Firefox wont tell you that.
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Firefox really is slow. I've been using Opera for ages now but with some little problems cropping up I decided to give FF another go. I couldn't believe how much slower than Opera it was at loading pages and so on. :eek:

Greenlizard0 said:
Opera, though I'm really tempted by Chrome. It's a lot faster than the former.
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Chrome faster than Opera in all areas or just for Javascript heavy sites? I think the Java engine in Chrome is much newer than Opera's. Opera say their Java engine was the fastest when they released it but is now slower due to newer Java engines on other browsers. Course Opera say their new Java engine will be the fastest in the browser world when they release that.
 
spiki said:
What do you recommend in place of it?
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Short answer: anything :D

I've tried all the major browsers, and I think the important thing is for all the fans of Fx / Chrome / Safari / Opera to stop putting down the others and squabbling over which one is the best and to point out that all of them are good browsers and all of them are a massive improvement over IE. Every time you put down any of the alternative browsers, you might just be encouraging someone to stick with IE, and the monstrosity that is IE has a big enough advantage already without being able to divide and conquer as well!

Firefox: a great browser, especially for people who want extensibility
Chrome: a great browser, especially for people who want the last word in speed
Opera: a great browser, especially for people who want lots of functions built in
Safari: a great browser, especially for people who want speed within a nice UI
 
MarcLister said:
Firefox really is slow. I've been using Opera for ages now but with some little problems cropping up I decided to give FF another go. I couldn't believe how much slower than Opera it was at loading pages and so on. :eek:
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Have you tried 3.1? They've got a new JavaScript engine in it called TraceMonkey that's supposed to lay waste to the competition. I'd be interested in seeing how you think it compares.

Let me know when Opera has NoScript. ;)
 
BillytheImpaler said:
Have you tried 3.1? They've got a new JavaScript engine in it called TraceMonkey that's supposed to lay waste to the competition. I'd be interested in seeing how you think it compares.
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The 3.1 beta? No I haven't. :o Don't mind giving it a go but it wasn't just Javascript heavy sites loading slowly compared to Opera but pretty much all of them. :p

I'll certainly give it a try now in the interests of browser testing. :) Any particular sites you think I should compare FF3.1/Opera 9.52/FF 3.0.6?

BillytheImpaler said:
Let me know when Opera has NoScript. ;)
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It has! You can adjust the site preferences for each site and stop it from running Javascript. OK it turns Javascript on or off for a site and isn't as flexible or sexy as NoScript but you can turn Javascript off for each site in Opera or as a browser setting. ;)
 
Gmail, really long Slashdot discussions with the now-default Javascript comment system on, and SunSpider, of course. I'm sure there are loads of other "Web 2.0" AJAX-heavy sites that rely on rendering speed that I'm not thinking of.
 
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