3rd party browsers - recommendations?

MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
Seeing as how everyone, including the feds, suggest people stop using internet explorer, I've considered making the switch to something a little more secure. What do you guys recommend? Mozilla and Firefox seem to be pretty popular, but I haven't checked either of them out yet. I forget which one had tabbed browsing. I always did like that handy little feature. :thumbsup:

What do you guys recommend?

-Rick

Comments

  • dodododo Landisville, PA
    edited July 2004
    Firefox has the tabbed browsing, and i recommended it: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

    ~dodo
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited July 2004
    Firefox.
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    i like myIE2...it has the options to block teh bad, and has the handy tabs
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Even me.. who is a staunch IE user has just finally switched to Firefox. MS need to sort their .. out..
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    I love Firefox and i was a loyal IE user same as shorty
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    What's the difference between Firefox and Mozilla 1.7? I use Mozilla still... it has tabbed browsing too.
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    I have started using firefox and like it. Just bassed on hte omaount of trash that I have to clean up afterwards it does a good job.
    Now to migrate my family....
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    firefox is just a browser that is better anyways. mozilla has email and stuff too am i correct?
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Like shorty and Gnome I was an IE hold out just keeping everything tight and extra security but about a month ago switched to Firefox too.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Next step is a 64bit Linux. I will still need a Windows build for gaming but for day to day stuff, I will move to Linux.
  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Firefox.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    GnomeWizardd wrote:
    firefox is just a browser that is better anyways. mozilla has email and stuff too am i correct?

    Basically, Mozilla is a Browser, Email client, composer plus spell-check and HTML mini-editor, a small chat client, and the ubiquituous address book. When Firefox moves to the Gecko version that came out June 16 of this year, for a base core, I will consider using Firefox and Thunderbird (email client with Composer, cut down features for speed) instead of Mozilla, or at least testing those two in parallel with Mozilla.

    Until then, will use Mozilla 1.7. Mozilla 1.7 has a help section devoted to migrating from IE to Mozilla, with tables of how to do things and what the term differences are. Note, with Mozilla you do not have to install what you do not use, if you know what you are doing. Mozilla, as with Firefox and Thunderbird (and Camino, the MAC browser project), is on a Sun Java base.

    Mozilla is an integrated small suite of web surfing software, Firefox is "just the browser," Thunderbird is "just the email client and composer." Camino is for Macs, mostly OS X boxes. I do not have a Mac, cannot say much about that one.

    Mozilla actually has a store, they sell a disk and manual, just a disk, just the manual, etc. You do not have to buy anything there to use it, folks on broadband tend to just download it. BUT, folks on dialup might want the Mozilla CD and if new to Mozilla, the manual also-- as a reference guide until you get used to it, then if you want new CDs (1.8 is in very early Beta, not public late Beta yet), get just the CD and look at builtin help for changes, and the release notes on Mozilla.org.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited July 2004
    also, Thunderbird is a fiendishly schway e-mail client
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