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AtomSmasher:

FYI, the latest version of IE has tabbed browsing and plug-ins.

Personally, I use Opera mainly because of its mouse gestures.  There are gesture plug-ins for both IE and Firefox, but neither one works as well as operas built-in one.  Opera also used to be far faster then both IE and Firefox, but I don't know if thats still true.

pointdablame:


--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on December 27, 2006, 06:48:33 pm ---FYI, the latest version of IE has tabbed browsing and plug-ins.

Personally, I use Opera mainly because of its mouse gestures.  There are gesture plug-ins for both IE and Firefox, but neither one works as well as operas built-in one.  Opera also used to be far faster then both IE and Firefox, but I don't know if thats still true.

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As a former Opera user, I'd say that the "All-in-one Gestures" extension for Firefox is just as capable as Opera these days.

AtomSmasher:


--- Quote from: pointdablame on December 27, 2006, 06:52:51 pm ---As a former Opera user, I'd say that the "All-in-one Gestures" extension for Firefox is just as capable as Opera these days.

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I may check that out.  I haven't tried the firefox extension for quite a while, so they may have improved it.  I just tried the IE one about a month ago and it didn't work well at all.  I've used Opera for several years though and I think its a great browser, so theres not much reason for me to switch to firefox.

TOK:

I started using it because it was so much less susceptible to being wrecked by Spy/Adware and heinous toolbars.
Firefox was actually pretty spartan when I started using it in the Kazaa, Bonzi Buddy, Gator era.  :P
Had the tabbed browsing, but a lot of pages wouldn't work with it. Situation is much improved now. I'm sure IE is more robust now too, but I've just become accustomed to Firefox and leave it set as my default browser.


leapinlew:

Ha! That Bonzai Buddy Purple Ape! That bastard... my first introduction to spyware.

As for firefox... the pages that don't work properly with firefox are getting fewer and fewer. All the ones I'm aware of are at work. Pages that require an ActiveX control or certificate specifically for IE. The primary benefit that I see for using Firefox is it has a smaller footprint than IE... even if you don't go to sites that can infect your computer, Firefox doesn't consume as much system resources.

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