Which browser do you use and why?

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And your favorite is ?

Poll ended at Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:09 pm

Internet Explorer
18
33%
Mozilla
9
16%
Mozilla/Firefox
25
45%
Opera
3
5%
 
Total votes: 55
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Top Gun
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Post by Top Gun »

I tried Mozilla once in a school computer lab of machines running Fedora Linux. The thing's butt-ugly, and I was never once tempted to use a tab. In fact, every time I tried to click the center mouse button to quickly scroll down a page, the stupid thing would bring up some error message about not finding a link to open in a new tab. No thanks; I'm sticking with the Evil Empire :P
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Post by Skyalmian »

The thing's butt-ugly
Yeah, because you were using the default theme. :roll:
In fact, every time I tried to click the center mouse button to quickly scroll down a page, the stupid thing would bring up some error message about not finding a link to open in a new tab. No thanks; I'm sticking with the Evil Empire :P
If I find a bug, I just download one of the nightly builds. Usually within 2 - 14 days, the bug is gone. MS can't do that...

When they discontinue Mozilla (which I use because it has everything in one), I'll move to Firefox.
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Post by Lothar »

Top Gun wrote:every time I tried to click the center mouse button to quickly scroll down a page, the stupid thing would bring up some error message about not finding a link to open in a new tab.
Was this, by any chance, Mozilla in Linux?

I get that bug all the time in Linux (using Mozilla 1.4), but never in Windows. I think it has to do with the default middle button behavior of Linux, not with Mozilla or Firefox.
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Post by Mr. Perfect »

Yeah, it doesn't do that in Windows.

He said it was in a Linux lab, BTW. ;)
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I believe X treats middle button as the left and right buttons pressed at the same time.
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Post by MD-2389 »

Mozilla Suite, been using it since 0.9.4 and never wanted anything else since. :) I actually use everything it comes with, and I prefer it over FF since its memory management is far superior.
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Post by Sage »

I use FireFox because it blocks popups better than IE. It does do that right?
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