Windows Explorer or Mozilla Firefox??

[eskimo2]

I’ve tried Firefox, but still prefer IE.  I see too many things in Firefox that don’t work properly; especially on my school Intranet.  I also have a lot of files directly on my home PCs’ HDs that also don’t open properly in Firefox.  I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m the only one who’ll admit to using IE though.  IE isn’t as secure as Firefox, but I think it does alright and I want things to work.  I think most Firefox users are unaware of what they don’t see because it’s typically minor.
Here are the browser stats from my site so far this month after 717 visitors:
MS Internet Explorer   69.7 %
Firefox   21.6 %
Safari   4.4 %
Mozilla   1.4 %
Opera   1.2 %
Unknown   1.1 %
Netscape   0.1 %

[vorticon]

either or, depends on how i'm feeling.

firefox is often annoying  in general and frequenty crashes on this computer.

[Mark Luper]

I use IE. I like it, it works well for me so why change?

Mark

[DYNAMITE]

I use FireFox on my PC and Netscape on my Mac

[scottydawg]

Originally posted by Mark Luper
I use IE. I like it, it works well for me so why change?

Mark

Two words: tabbed browsing.

[Mark Luper]

Originally posted by scottydawg
Two words: tabbed browsing.

Would you care to explain that to me? I don't have a clue about what that signifies.

Mark

[1K3]

[eskimo2]

It means that he is not yet aware that IE-7 also has tabs.  (Have you dowbloaded IE-7 yet Mark?)

[1K3]

Originally posted by Mark Luper
Would you care to explain that to me? I don't have a clue about what that signifies.

Mark

Instead of opening another browser window, they are tabbed

[scottydawg]

Originally posted by eskimo2
It means that he is not yet aware that IE-7 also has tabs.  (Have you dowbloaded IE-7 yet Mark?)

I'm aware that IE 7 has tabs.  I'm also aware of it's multitude of flaws and vulnerabilities, lack of backwards compatibility, issues with external plug ins, horrifying rendering engine, and general crappiness.

Then again, a  browser in 2007 that is only 5.7 MB to download, has a better rendering engine, an open SDK for third party add-ons (of which I use quite a few),  and built in tabbed browsing, now that's sexy.

[scottydawg]

Originally posted by eskimo2
It means that he is not yet aware that IE-7 also has tabs.  (Have you dowbloaded IE-7 yet Mark?)

I wouldn't.  it breaks things. AND it's totally uninstallable by a normal user.

[vorticon]

" that is only 5.7 MB to download"

IE comes on computers...whats your point?

" has a better rendering engine,"

does it? i've never noticed a difference.

 "an open SDK for third party add-ons (of which I use quite a few), "

and i dont use any. nice feature, not necessarily an improvement.

"and built in tabbed browsing"

which caused great annoyance to me until i figured out how to disable new tabs from openeing on a scroll wheel click.

it does have a built in spell check though, which is great. it makes the bugs and random crashing almost bearable.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by RATTFINK
Which one do you use?

Which one is better?



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I use both.

Firefox is better.
Not just a little better either

[Rolex]

Firefox.

It isn't that Firefox displays a website incorrectly, it displays what has been coded just fine. The website was written in non-standard code to support IE, which doesn't use the standards agreed upon in standards committees that MS is a member of. It's marketing. They're just trying to force their way as a de facto standard, even if their way isn't very good.

The best reason for anyone to use Firefox is that it does not support Microsoft's proprietary virus delivery application, ActiveX.

[Wes14]

(Explaining my original post)

IE just wont keep me logged in here. It crashes a lot more then Fox. No tabbed browsing for IE6. Cant upgrade IE on this computer without being a "Skuzzy-Class" Computer Expert.

Olny problem with FireFox. it doesn't render the smilies on here correctly..

So IMHO: IE sucks..