how do you surf?

chicken · Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:34 am

... on the internet, that is the actual question

how do you explore the endless widths of the internet? how do you strive through the thick jungle of TE? what guide have you chosen to battle against pop-ups, ads and other nasty stuff that lurks behind each corner?

IE? firefox? opera? safari? chrome?

i always switch between firefox and opera. currently im only using opera but there were times i used them both

psychokind · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:01 am Post subject:

firefox

and what's important to me is my NetMeter, which shows bandwith usage.

chicken · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:22 am Post subject:

yea, firefox has some neat addons like adblock, fasterfox, speed dial, etc. etc...

thats why im always switching between browsers

Dark_Gaia · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:22 pm Post subject:

hmm everphoenix. he tells me all the cool gamesites like bulbapedia and shoddy battle n stuff ><

Miss Prime Blue · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:09 pm Post subject:

I use opera 10 and I love it.

I've dumped IE because it blows. Firefox wasn't bad, but opera is faster.

Jason Tandro · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:50 pm Post subject:

IE 8 at work, Google Chrome at home. I use Spybot S&D and Malware Bytes to keep my compy safe. I'm also a surfing multi-tasker. Usually have more than one page open at a time.

Mantaray · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject:

there is no firefox on my laptop so i gotta use IE or AOL. but on the regular computer i use firefox, which is much faster than these two combined

tay120n64 · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:22 pm Post subject:

FireFox. Always.

Can't stand IE. Haven't tried Chrome yet though...

Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:01 pm Post subject:

Primarily with Firefox. I think it's mostly due to the addons. I would use Chrome (it is ever so slightly faster at rendering, and very much faster at Javascript) but, I can't really be arsed, I like Firefox. Let's say I like the way it feels.

Shockingly though, you are all filthy liars regarding not using IE, because this is what the Forum stats say:

40.00% MSIE 7.0
27.00% Firefox 3.5.7
19.00% MSIE 8.0
14.00% Firefox 3.0.1

Can't beat the stats

EverPhoenix · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:18 pm Post subject:

Dark_Gaia wrote:hmm everphoenix. he tells me all the cool gamesites like bulbapedia and shoddy battle n stuff ><

EverPhoenix be thy guide.

i use chrome, and i dont use a firewall. i figure firewalls wont stop anyone who really wants in, and its not like i have anything valuable. an anti-virus is a must, and i use avast.

Freedan · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:30 pm Post subject:

eFlare wrote:
Shockingly though, you are all filthy liars regarding not using IE, because this is what the Forum stats say:

40.00% MSIE 7.0
27.00% Firefox 3.5.7
19.00% MSIE 8.0
14.00% Firefox 3.0.1

Can't beat the stats

Don't look at me when you say that. Firefox all the way.

I don't like IE. Don't know why.

Dark_Gaia · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:10 pm Post subject:

ive always used ie. never had any real problems with it. havent tried many others n dont see any reason to change =D

Jason Tandro · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:45 am Post subject:

eFlare wrote:
Shockingly though, you are all filthy liars regarding not using IE, because this is what the Forum stats say:

40.00% MSIE 7.0
27.00% Firefox 3.5.7
19.00% MSIE 8.0
14.00% Firefox 3.0.1

Can't beat the stats

My workplace must have IE 7, then because that's what I use the most.

tay120n64 · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:04 am Post subject:

eFlare wrote:Primarily with Firefox. I think it's mostly due to the addons. I would use Chrome (it is ever so slightly faster at rendering, and very much faster at Javascript) but, I can't really be arsed, I like Firefox. Let's say I like the way it feels.

Shockingly though, you are all filthy liars regarding not using IE, because this is what the Forum stats say:

40.00% MSIE 7.0
27.00% Firefox 3.5.7
19.00% MSIE 8.0
14.00% Firefox 3.0.1

Can't beat the stats

Yes, but does that include visitors and lurkers as well?

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:35 am Post subject:

I use Firefox. The add-ons I have include:

- AdBlock Plus (oh my god I love it so much)
- IE Tab (just in case I have to get on Microsoft's website that lol only allows you to download their shit with IE!)
- Rikaichan and the Japanese-English dictionary
- LJLogin (Livejournal plugin that makes it easy to switch between journal names; since I roleplay on LJ and clone sites, it's stupidly useful to me)
- SomethingAwful Last Read enhancement (so I know what was last read on SA if I'm lurking about. Yes I have an account there, I am a goon.)

I recently had a horrid virus on Vincent (my laptop) in which I had to format since it let a Trojan Dropper on my my machine, but MalwareBytes, Spybot Search and Destroy, SUPERAntiSpyware, and AVG Free 9.0 are my weapons of choice for my computer.

*sigh* If only I had a Mac instead, no viruses for them.