no.

vote for lucky, best suggestion 2009.

 

K-meleon is a quick browser but has no add ons or anything.

I wouldn't use chrome because I don't like google.

Opera is good.

.... what OS are you on?

 

I'm been testing Chrome for about a few months right now. It feels a bit faster than Firefox though that could be because of all the extensions on FF. It's simple and quick-loading I gotta admit that and other than one or two little programming quirks and lack of a feature or two, it's enough for me to use it 50-50 with Firefox.

Safari is ludicrously slow on non-Macs. In fact, I use solely Firefox on my Macbook, which is even more than my gaming PC. Chrome may come out for Macs so I may keep an eye on that.

 

If you take the extensions off of firefox it makes a big difference in speed.

 

I know but I like most of them.

 

me too :up:

 

How does K-Meleon and Opera compare to Mozilla and Safari? What makes them better web browsers?

 

k-meleon is a no nonsense fast, lightweight browser intended for... browsing. it doesn't have any of the add-ons that make firefox "firefox". You can get it here:

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/

Opera is similar to Firefox.. it was the first browser to come out with the "speed dial" feature; which is basically a screen that gives you the sites you visited the most. It also has "mouse gestures". I don't use those but basically you can use your mouse in an "L" shape movement and you can go backwards or forwards on a page.. I'm sure there's more. With firefox you need to add these. With Opera they are standard.

http://www.opera.com/

Of course they all claim to be "the fastest browser". In my experience it has to be either K-Meleon or Firefox that are the fastest. I've never used Chrome.

But if you're looking to switch just to switch I'd say keep the one you're using now and just download another one and take it for a test drive. After all they all get you online well enough which is the point of a browser in the first place.

I've never used safari.

 

What do you like about safari?

 

Someone has something to hide from Mrs. VO.....:shifty:

 

Thanks.

Downloading K-Meleon now. I downloaded the English version 1.5.2 en-US. I assume thats the right one? lol.

 

firefox ftw(im testing 3.1 beta now)

 

Whatever is the most recent. It's not developed anymore which means that there will be no upgrades/updates/new releases. K-meleon is probably best for your system based upon the ram you told me you had, btw.

 

If you are looking for the functionality and add-on support of Firefox in Chrome, then you are going to be disappointed.

If you are looking for a speedy browser that is just for surfing, then Chrome is great.

I like using Opera, Chrome and Firefox. Who says you have to use one browser? All have pros and cons. Opera is worth a try.

 

I love chrome, i been using it since it came out. It is fast and works great. My biggest problem was when you saved images it never remembered the last spot you saved it, so if you were saving a lot of pics and wanted to put it in the same folder, you would have to keep manually put it in the folder your self, but they fixed that problem. Other Browsers may have add ons but if you dont need add ons, like me then Chrome is the best browser. It is so fast and loads fast too. If your pages crash, it gives you the option to restore it. It has the home page function where it has the top 9 pages you used...

 

I've ran into an issue with Chrome and I was wondering if you guys could help me. It runs great and I love it but my PMs are never updated. Like I read one and then I go back and its gone. It only shows yesterday's PM's. Anybody know how to fix that?

 

Never had that problem before. Refreshes don't work? I'm concerned because I just sent you one. :lol:

 

I know! I saw it and then accidently closed it out. Went back to see it and was thinking WTF. Refreshing didn't work.

 

do you log out of the site and then back in or is this all in one session?

 

Fixed it! I closed the "Today" tab by accident. I'm so dumb lol.

 

We forgive you alen

 

Just downloaded Google Chrome it is pretty good I like.

 

Try IE 8.0. I know this is blasphemy but it actually works better than Firefox

 

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I use Avant Browser, which is IE based but much improved. In my experience (on my computer anyway) its MUCH faster than FireFox.

 

Do you recommend it over Google Chrome?

 

I just updated to Google Chrome Beta, and now they have a full screen mode! its awesome! i know Opera has the same thing, where its full screen and no bar, fire fox has it but you still have the address bar, and ie i believe the same way...i love it like this, with just full screen

 

I've never used Google Chrome. From what I've heard GC isn't as customizable as other browsers. Thats one thing about Avant that you have to take time to arrange it the way you want it to look :lol: but it takes like 15 seconds.

 

You mean like when you press the F11 key? Pretty much every browser does that. :tongue:

In Firefox and IE, it waits 2 seconds before it then removes the top bar completely. Push your mouse up there and it comes back. :)

 

o :escape:

 

Question about Opera:

I'm running it right now to test it out and everything is great except the badges under the user names are presented horizontally instead of vertically so the posts are like stretched out wayyyy to the right. Is there anyway I can change that? If not, I'm going to Google Chrome, lol.

 

there's a firefox 3.5 now. not sure how old it is. just downloaded it today and it feels faster than 3.1.



edit: ok, it came out on tuesday.