What's your browser

[Cain]

A previous thread on browsers inspired this poll.

Edit:
◊◊◊◊. Now I can't add the poll.

Argh, I'll have to make it a write-in (which will probably under-represent embarrassed IE users).

Safari
IE
Mozilla
Firebird
Opera
Netscape

 

[arcticpenguin]

Firebird for me. I keep Mozilla around as well, there is at least one web site where it behaves better.

 

[Zep]

1) Firebird
2) IE6.x, if absolutely necessary.

 

[Janus]

1) mozilla
2) links
3) IE 6 (only if there is no other way)

 

[LFTKBS]

1) Firebird.
2) IE6. Ugh.

Janus, Links or Lynx?

 

[Janus]

Janus, Links or Lynx? [/B]

Both actually. Links is more useful, but lynx is easer from the console.

 

[Luciana]

Cain:

I've added the poll for you. I hope it works out fine, because it's the first time I do that!

 

[Yahweh]

1. Firebird
2. IE 6
3. My imagination

 

[shanek]

Both actually. Links is more useful, but lynx is easer from the console.

Lynx is da bomb when you want a script to get a web page.

 

[Janus]

Lynx is da bomb when you want a script to get a web page.

wget?

 

[Lord Emsworth]

I voted Safari, but this is only my secondary browser.

I do most of the surfing with iCab, as it offers a load of features that no other browser has.

 

[Brian]

I use Slimbrowser.

 

[Psi Baba]

I voted Safari, but this is only my secondary browser.

I do most of the surfing with iCab, as it offers a load of features that no other browser has.

I'm always curious about other browsers. LE, can you briefly describe these? I've been using Opera for about two or three years (well, since version 3.x, let's put it that way). Firebird is sounding very tempting. A lot of people seem to like it. I used to be a loyal Netscape user until version 6 which was a disaster. I still keep 4.76 around because I like Composer which I use if I want to make a quicky web page and I'm too weary to get out the old HTML hammer and chisel. One alternative browser I tried turned out to be nothing more than a shell that ran over top of IE.

 

[jimlintott]

Lynx absolutely rips. Fastest browser I've used. Used to use it more but sites are less lynx friendly these days. I use Mozilla and Konquerer mostly.

Here is a shot of lynx in action:

 

[Lord Emsworth]

I'm always curious about other browsers. LE, can you briefly describe these?

All right, but both iCab and Safari are only available for the Mac platform.

Safari requires OS X, and to me it really made a good impression when I switched from Classic around June and tried this Apple product. The features are rather limited but include tabbed browsing and a pop-up blocker. And it is quite fast

iCab has been around for some years now and you can still use even the newest versions with something like System 7.5. The newest thingy they've implemented is tabbed browsing. But it always featured very elaborate download settings which enable you to suck down whole webpages and store them either as they are (files&folders) or into a webarchive (they are nothing else than .zip files). The settings for JavaScript allow you to decide what JavaScript may and may not do; that means you not only have a pop-up blocker but can furthermore block all kinds of annoying things like windows being moved or resized. It is highly configurable, has a html code error checker, a filter manager, and so on. The two major drawbacks are that (a) it is not the fastest and (b) the rendering of webpages is not too good.

 

[arcticpenguin]

I believe Safari uses the same underpinnings as Konqueror.

 

[shanek]

wget?

Wget's a downloader, not a browser. It's great if you need a file or a stream, especially if you need more than one. I find lynx better for script-based browsing and navigation.

 

[shanek]

Lynx absolutely rips. Fastest browser I've used. Used to use it more but sites are less lynx friendly these days.

Here's a hint to all the clueless web designers out there who don't use ALT attributes in their images: If your web page doesn't make sense in lynx, it won't make sense to any visually impared person browsing your site using text-to-speech.

Use ALT attributes!

 

[AfaintcoldcupofTea..]

Firebird or Opera if needed.

 

[MRC_Hans]

IE. It came with the box, and it works like a breeze. I'm wondering: What do other browsers have that IE hasn't? I can't imagine what more I could use.

Looking at the stats of my website, I can see that about 90% of the visitors use IE.

Hans