[bmwboy]

What Web Browser do you primarily use?I normally use Firefox, some of the extensions I just couldn't live without!

[mirone]

First is Firefox. Than IE. :rolleyes:

[subgeniusd]

[quote:db876c29cd]Opera is without a doubt the best web browser on the market, and is superior to Firefox in many ways that people do not know.[/quote:db876c29cd]So true. It's the fastest of the Linux/Linux compatible browsers I have loaded up. Hangs up on certain sites but that is rare and it has too many cool features to mention. I wish I could configure to open set of "home tabs" like FF, Mozilla, Konqueror etc. instead of just one but that's no big deal.For XP I stay with the great Maxthon 2.0 (beta). Technically an IE shell but so much faster and feature rich I consider it a different browser. Try it and see. Great forum too. D.

[tammman]

I use Netscape 7.2, no complaints.

[michaelgoonan]

Thanks! I'll do that.

[KellieCM]

Hi Michael,Yes, we are still ironing everything out with the new site. I know that some testing was done with Opera, but I don't know the extent of it. If you have a specific bug to report (and it sounds like you do), please email it to webmaster@pcworld.com with the subject line "Bug Report" and any pertinent information (browser, browser type, platform, url, etc).Thanks! Your feedback is very important to us.Kellie

[michaelgoonan]

There is only one downfall of Opera, and it is that some sites on the Internet (particularly MS sites, although they don't support Firefox either) don't fully support the browser. Apparently PCWORLD doesn't even have full Opera support. I cannot click on any of the links in the menu above the forum that say "FAQ" "Search" and so on, and so I have to open Safari to edit my profile. This is a new design though, so I'm sure they're working on it, at least I hope so.

[michaelgoonan]

Opera acctually does have many themes that you can download from Opera or from third parties, and you would be suprised at how many extensions are included in Opera by default.

[bmwboy]

[quote name='michaelgoonan']Opera is without a doubt the best web browser on the market, and is superior to Firefox in many ways that people do not know. Firefox is a good browser, but nowhere near as good, secure, fast, user friendly, and feature packed as Opera. Oh, and Internet Explorer is crap. You probably know that already! :DI too like opera, but, the lack of several extensions, and the lack of themes keep me from switching.

[Zmark]

Firefox is primary, and I use Opera quite a bit. Those two are the best browsers around in my opinion. :)

[michaelgoonan]

Opera is without a doubt the best web browser on the market, and is superior to Firefox in many ways that people do not know. Firefox is a good browser, but nowhere near as good, secure, fast, user friendly, and feature packed as Opera. Oh, and Internet Explorer is crap. You probably know that already! :D

[Andrew]

I use FireFox, Opera and IE about the same. I also use my own web browser that I coded in the common language of visual basic.

[Cosmo]

AOL came out with thier own browser (and bundled it in with the new aim), does anyone use that? I think it's just crappy software, the onlything useful aol ever came out with (in my opinion) is aim. Everything else is just inferior.

[charles7514]

Just got the new firefox update 1.5.0.6, only browser I use. Tried opera, kept crashing. Plus hard to live without my extensions.

[erod013]

I've been using a browser called Avant, which is built on IE. I've tried IE (5 & 6), Firefox, Opera, and Avant. Avant is the best of this group hands down. It runs just like Firefox with the built in pop up blocker, tab browsing and all the other good stuff, but it loads much quicker than Firefox did. It is 100% free of spyware. The only thing is that it doesn't offer all the plug ins that Firefox does which I like because a couple of those plug ins would cause issues w/ my browser. However anything that operates on IE will work with Avant. It will also alert you when there is a newer version available just like Firefox. I wanted to use a browser that wasn't one of the big ones without losing out on performance, which brought me to Avant. I read an article that over 85% of the world uses IE and about 14% using Firefox with the rest using another browser. Since so many people use IE most spyware/viruses/grayware were written to affect IE and Firefox was #2.

[vielbig7]

Okay so I have been running IE for years now and the only other two browsers I use(d) are my friends mac powerbook safari and the older versions of netscape from the mid 90's.My question is this: if I want to switch from IE to say, Firefox, what is the proper way to make the switch. (I was under the impression I could download a free version of the mozilla browser, is that correct?)How complicated is it to have both installed and avoid conflicts? Or will I need to remove the IE program files via add/remove programs in the control panel at some point.Any help is greatly appreciated

[Zmark]

[quote name='vielbig7']Okay so I have been running IE for years now and the only other two browsers I use(d) are my friends mac powerbook safari and the older versions of netscape from the mid 90's.> > > > My question is this: if I want to switch from IE to say, Firefox, what is the proper way to make the switch. (I was under the impression I could download a free version of the mozilla browser, is that correct?)> > > > How complicated is it to have both installed and avoid conflicts? Or will I need to remove the IE program files via add/remove programs in the control panel at some point.> > > > Any help is greatly appreciatedAll that you have to do is download the Firefox exe., click and install. Actually there is no 'switching' involved as the Firefox browser is independent of the Windows system. You do not have to remove anything from IE, in fact that is not advisable.... Once installed, you can have the choice of either Firefox or IE, choose whichever browser you desire ......you'll need IE anyway in order to get MS updates.... I have Firefox and use it regularly..... and on occasion I'll use IE for updates and such......you'll have the option of setting Firefox as your default if you wish to do that.

[TheNameless]

Firefox, it's the most functional browser I've used. Opera is awesome as well, but Firefox takes the cake for expandability, in my humble opinion.

[themagain]

I like Firefox better than every other browser out there, except the way that Firefox reads Javascript weird.

[HVMDesign]

I use FireFox.I also have Opera, IE6, IE7, Netscape, and Flock installed for testing purposes on my graphic design and coding jobs.