BF2S Forums what so good about firefox

Anything is better than Internet Explorer, unless it's Safari.

Firefox is what I use, I tweaked a whole bunch of stuff in it tom make it go faster and I use every part of it.  I would definitely recommend it over IE any day.

Gawwad wrote:

Firefox with 'faster fox', down them all, adblock plus and 'clean & close' (for the download window) is the best browser.
You don't have anything you don't need or want and it's nice and clean.

I didn't like Opera one bit when I tried it. Too much crap...

Really? I see no crap on Opera.... just good integrated tools. Unlike FF, where you have to download the plugins. What is there to bet that FF copies Opera with speed dial in the next release ( a plugin already exists, ha ).

I use both, I use Opera as my main browser and FF as a side browser.

Firefox is more secure, has nice features, lets you  tune it easier and loads faster

Last edited by Nordemus (2008-01-12 12:16:49)

elbekko wrote:

I hate the old 'x copied y from z'. If speeddial is a handy feature which is popular in Opera, and a popular FF extension, why not implement it?
Or do you want to have a browser not improve?
Firefox is far from perfect, but IMO, Opera is much further from perfection.

Everyone has their opinion. Except for the IE users.

stef10 wrote:

get Opera. Better that any of the options you put out.

Zimmer wrote:

Everyone has their opinion. Except for the IE users.

Last edited by Funky_Finny (2008-01-12 13:38:19)

I loathe i.e from a personal perspective as i hate its layout so I use opera as my main browser as its great once you've grown properly accustomed to it, personally my favourite things about it are the speed dial, the widgets (I always use the calculator ones) and its high lever of customisability with its layout. I use firefox 2 as my side one for things where i feel i need the slight speed increase or when viewing pronz as its more secure and you can link in a Ccleaner button to remove all traces of, um....unsavoury things.

By the way, Speed dial is what comes up on opera when you press new tab, it has 9 boxes that you can turn into links to web pages, they show a minaturized view of the web page which you can tell to update at regular intervals. You can set what ever the site you want in 2 clicks.

Anyone want to provide a demonstration?

edit: nevermind

http://operawatch.com/news/2007/04/oper … uages.html

Last edited by Noobeater (2008-01-12 15:46:59)

Opera is great! Its been out since 1996 and is the best web browser there is. Its been proved to be the most fast and most secure there is. END!!!

Opera FTW

again?

more?

Last edited by stef10 (2008-01-12 16:14:44)

Why have crap you don't need in the core when you can have a relatively lightweight core and a whole lot of extensions?
Yes, FF has up to now failed the lightweight core, but FF3 is alot lighter and easily outpaces Opera. It also passes Acid2 perfectly (I tested it).

I like how it downloads files.  I would lose files all the time downloading with IE.  Firefox FTW.

G3|Genius wrote:

I like how it downloads files.  I would lose files all the time downloading with IE.  Firefox FTW.

IE7Pro for IE7 provides a very FF-like download manager.

elbekko wrote:

Why have crap you don't need in the core when you can have a relatively lightweight core and a whole lot of extensions?
Yes, FF has up to now failed the lightweight core, but FF3 is alot lighter and easily outpaces Opera. It also passes Acid2 perfectly (I tested it).

It's the exact same with Opera 9.5, so there is no comparison. Both browsers are giong lightwieght in their next major released.

Gawwad wrote:

stef10 wrote:

Opera FTW

again?

more?

Opera's own site +
"An unexpected failure has occurred.
It has been logged and will be addressed by support.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."

Good going.

I don't honestly give a fuck, use which ever you like.

lol, its not my fault that firefox is getting that message. Go to google and type opera+most secure. Lets see if firefox can do that.