The Future Browser War.
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Since we can all agree that Google Chrome is the fastest and most stylish of current browsers, now our new focus moves on to the Future. Which future browser is going to inspire a check by Metanet?
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Considering i've barely used any other browser besides IE, i'm going to say IE8.
My dad has this thing about other browsers...
My dad has this thing about other browsers...
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Midori - a lightweight webkit / gtk+ browser in development.
Currently only works on *nix (incl. Macs I think) though it'll be made for Windows when it's finished.
Currently only works on *nix (incl. Macs I think) though it'll be made for Windows when it's finished.
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Extensible Chrome for me. Extensions are the only reason I'm sticking with FF3 for now.
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On Chrome updates: google just put out the Chrome 2.0 beta a couple of days ago, which is supposed to have some extension support, but they have yet to implement a full extension system
I vote Chrome
I vote Chrome
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I've been a long time supporter of Mozilla, and I am not stopping now.
Firefox!
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I only use Browserwock. I built it myself from potato skins, gin and a bastardized version of webkit. It looks like hell, handles like a coked-out beluga and runs like a demon.scythe33 wrote:Midori - a lightweight webkit / gtk+ browser in development.
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Once Chrome is able to hold extensions and gets Ad-Block, I'm dumping Firefox in the trash.
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Firefox lover.
Minefield (a firefox beta) is faster than chrome.
Firefox's only slower because of extensions.
Chrome+Extensions= slower than firefox.
I shall resist the Google domination!!
Minefield (a firefox beta) is faster than chrome.
Firefox's only slower because of extensions.
Chrome+Extensions= slower than firefox.
I shall resist the Google domination!!
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I just tried running FireFox without extensions and noticed no changes at all.Donfuy wrote:Firefox lover.
Minefield (a firefox beta) is faster than chrome.
Firefox's only slower because of extensions.
Chrome+Extensions= slower than firefox.
I shall resist the Google domination!!
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I just tried running Browserwock without parameters and noticed INFINITE SPACE!Techno wrote:I just tried running FireFox without extensions and noticed no changes at all.
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that depends if they're the same browser or not. midori looks cool, but whatever, ffox wins.
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Donfuy: But (stable) Firefox is slower /before/ extensions! Can't see many people adjusting to a new browser when they could just uninstall extensions. Not to mention that the Chrome dev preview is more stable that Firefox itself. :'(
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Minefield's almost out. And we're talking about the future here.
EDIT: AAaand Chrome doesn't have F11 (full screen mode)!!!
EDIT: AAaand Chrome doesn't have F11 (full screen mode)!!!
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Opera is the current standard.
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It's hideous, it doesn't support JavaScript, it doesn't handle CSS2, and it doesn't even support HTML4 or any XHTML.
BUT it's the fastest and smallest web browser you will ever see. I actually use it fairly often because it's so FAST. seriously, you should all try it. it's amazing.
It's hideous, it doesn't support JavaScript, it doesn't handle CSS2, and it doesn't even support HTML4 or any XHTML.
BUT it's the fastest and smallest web browser you will ever see. I actually use it fairly often because it's so FAST. seriously, you should all try it. it's amazing.
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I dislike Chrome, only thing I've found interesting was speed. But it definitely isn't the fastest I've tried. The fastest was K-Meleon. It's completely alternative and frankly not very good, but extremely fast. Anyway, I think that the main thing in Mozilla are plugins. Since I don't like user-made plugins, I don't like Mozilla. Then we come to IE 8. I tried the beta, disliked it, but it definitely has guaranteed millions of Windows 7 users. And now Opera. I think it looks more stylish than the Chrome and it has more built-in options than any other browser. And it has widgets!
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lynx, dillo, hv3 (which I love when I need FAST NOW), w3m... the above poster clearly doesn't know his 1337 browsers very well.jean-luc wrote:offbyone. http://offbyone.com/offbyone/
It's hideous, it doesn't support JavaScript, it doesn't handle CSS2, and it doesn't even support HTML4 or any XHTML.
BUT it's the fastest and smallest web browser you will ever see. I actually use it fairly often because it's so FAST. seriously, you should all try it. it's amazing.
Personally, though, I prefer just sending http commands over telnet. It gives you so much more control.
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I absolutely disagree with you on hv3 - I'm fairly certain it performs worse than OB1, and it's bigger than OB1 (even with SSL support).scythe33 wrote:lynx, dillo, hv3 (which I love when I need FAST NOW), w3m... the above poster clearly doesn't know his 1337 browsers very well.jean-luc wrote:offbyone. http://offbyone.com/offbyone/
It's hideous, it doesn't support JavaScript, it doesn't handle CSS2, and it doesn't even support HTML4 or any XHTML.
BUT it's the fastest and smallest web browser you will ever see. I actually use it fairly often because it's so FAST. seriously, you should all try it. it's amazing.
Personally, though, I prefer just sending http commands over telnet. It gives you so much more control.
Lynx is very impressive, I actually use it fairly often when it's faster to just use Lynx over SSH than to proxy through SSH (My school district filters internet access, I defeat this by surfing through a machine at home, my remote web server, or a Sourceforge box).
dillo. is. the. devil. I'm serious. it's worse than KDE and Konqueror combined, and then implemented as ActiveX controls.
I think your claim that I don't know my 1337 browsers is entirely unfounded.
Also, sending commands manually is ridiculous. you're completely eliminating any element of utility. The only reason you'd want to do that is for security/stability/intercomp testing, and there are browser extensions and OSS tools that do that so much better and faster.
Oh, or for geek cred. But seriously, maybe I'm just a 'utility' geek, but I think manual web browsing is ridiculous.
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jean-luc wins.
also, dillo is horrible. like eating angry hornets.
also, dillo is horrible. like eating angry hornets.
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Oui.incluye wrote:Opera is the current standard.
Opera innovates, Firefox emulates.
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http://www.google.ca/search?q=browserwock is the wave of the future.
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