Firefox May Already Be Dead

Last time I downloaded Chrome, the spell check didn't work properly. I still prefer Firefox. May switch to Chrome later on, but for now it still has too many bugs.
 
Chrome is great, never liked Firefox's bulkiness :p
Adverts are all blocked with my HOSTS file so thats not a problem :)
 
Garyvdh said:
um, of those who develop for the web... or did you not read the article? :rolleyes:
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Granted, this is skewed towards developers
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Still not clear! They refer to this site

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

From the statistics below, you can see that Internet Explorer and Firefox are the most common browsers.
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Yeah, if talking market share or use it seems like Bullschit? nowhere do I see that they refer the stats of those browsers used only by developers. I must be blind then!

W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to use Internet Explorer, since it comes preinstalled with Windows. Most do not seek out other browsers.
These facts indicate that the browser figures above are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users.

Anyway, our data, collected from W3Schools' log-files, over a five year period, clearly shows the long and medium-term trends.
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So excluding 1/2 the market seems to make the statistic work? LOL.
 
PseudZ said:
Chrome is great, never liked Firefox's bulkiness :p
Adverts are all blocked with my HOSTS file so thats not a problem :)
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Interesting, how do you block images/frames from particular websites using the host file?
 
i've tried to use both opera and chrome extensively. they are not compelling enough to move me away from ff
 
Has a Flashgot clone made it's way onto either of FF's rivals? That to me is an incredible time saver when it comes to downloading.
 
I prefer Opera over all other browsers.

It is great for if you use your computer and no one else does. Mouse gestures in Opera are king, even though similar plugins are available for FF.

Opera is also very fast (for me at least) whereas FF comes in close second. Chrome felt sluggish and IE8 couldn't even scroll smoothly. Epic fail.

Opera can be just as good as FF with Adblock (just get a hosts file and no adverts show).

Noscript functionality? A quick google came up with this: http://dev.opera.com/forums/topic/197789

Not as good as NoScript but it arms you against malicious javascript.

So with a little tweaking Opera can be as secure as FF with Adblock and Noscript. Opera also feels a lot more professional than FF does.

FF also uses that stupid download manager for EVERYTHING. Even saving a picture. It's quite annoying to have the "focus" taken away from what you are doing and you are stuck with this happy window telling you the download is complete. Sucks for when you have lots of pictures to save. Unless I missed a config somewhere, it is annoying behaviour.
 
My FF died yesterday, I accidentally clicked the "X" button....
 
Line speed aside, what sites actually require faster browsing speed though? I've got quite an old PC (circa 2005) and I never have speed issues with Firefox, other than the line speed that is.
 
Fudzy said:
Comparing AdBlock to a host file is sort of like comparing GPS to a map.
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I won't disagree. But a host file works pretty damn well and combined with some common netsense one can keep themselves safe from most of the nasties on the web.

Also Opera is "safer" out the box than FF is. Both browsers have to be tweaked for max security though.

One day, we could see a proper Adblock and NoScript developed for Opera or built in to it. Opera normally does pioneer advancements in browser technology.

Anyways, its down to personal preference. Opera does what I need it to and I was a FF fan before I used it. I also have a somewhat older PC and I find Opera runs the best on it.
 
There is only 2 noteworthy browsers as far as I am concerned..

IE and Firefox....

There is stuff I only use on IE and other stuff I only use FireFox for.. I tried many other browsers and nothing compare to either of these..

Yes.. yes before anyone starts complaining about IE and how bad it is..
That's your opinion and keep it to yourself.. I am happy with my setup of both browsers..
 
FF used to rock my world, but just became bulky and buggy the last time I updated - I forget the version - so Chrome has been really pleasing.
It's light and fast, don't care for ads really as most sites I frequent don't have pop-ups that annoy me.
 
Realistically when you're sitting on a 384kb line does it really matter what the rendering speed of your browser is?

I can understand that those with a 4mb line want the fastest browser in the world, but the average user in South Africa won't even notice.

IMHO anyway.
 
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