RamistThomist
Puritanboard Clerk
Firefox, while having neat gadgetry, crashed too often.** I have now gone with the new and improved IE.* If anyone knows a better alternate, I am listening.
I am apostating from Firefox
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Coram Deo
Puritan Board Junior
Opera
It is better then IE and does not crash as much as Firefox... It is a great great program.......
On the issue of apostatizing from computer programs, I am thinking of apostatizing from Windows AGAIN and going with a newer version of Linux, maybe Dabian, maybe something else....
It is better then IE and does not crash as much as Firefox... It is a great great program.......
On the issue of apostatizing from computer programs, I am thinking of apostatizing from Windows AGAIN and going with a newer version of Linux, maybe Dabian, maybe something else....
ReformationArt
Puritan Board Freshman
I'm wondering what is causing FireFox to crash? In my experience it's been far more stable than IE.
You might want to try Firefox 3 - or wait until it comes out of beta. It is supposed to be better, use less memory, etc,
Poimen
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
What operating system do you use? I recently bought a new laptop with Windows Vista and I have found that Firefox crashes a lot more than it used to with XP.
Have to be honest Casey, with the improvements on the Safari 3 I do not see the need for Camino.
youthevang
Puritan Board Freshman
If you want to become more of an apostate, you can get a Mac with OS X 10.5, add Ubuntu to it, and download Flock for a web browser for either Ubuntu or Mac or both.
DMcFadden
Puritanboard Commissioner
Windows XP was a solid platform. But Vista on my newest laptop has me contemplating the strange fire of Mac. I just wish that Libronix had its Mac version out already. With more than 3,500 books in the Libronix format on my machine, it is prohibitive for me to change yet.
Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw those words
....then I read on 
gene_mingo
Puritan Board Junior
I have just recently rejected both windows and mac os. I am currently migrating to FreeBsd. FireFox works best for me with most sites, but I would like to run Dillo or Cheetah instead. They are both smaller and more streamlined than FireFox. Flock has a problem with amd64 systems, until that is worked out, I won't use it. Now if only this site was optimized for dillo...
Casey
Puritan Board Junior
Two reasons I use Camino:Have to be honest Casey, with the improvements on the Safari 3 I do not see the need for Camino.
1. It uses the same rendering engine as Firefox, so web pages generally look right (haven't used Safari for a while, so I don't know how good it's doing in that category)
2. I can't use the latest version of Safari anyway 'cause I've got Panther and Apple won't let me update for free
Camino is fast, free, and very stable -- and open source.
Actually I woud agree FULLY with you in regard to the older Safari vs Camino, if you know someone with the newest Safari, ask if you can mess around on it, I think you would be pleased (frankly...I think they borrowed some ideas from FF)Two reasons I use Camino:Have to be honest Casey, with the improvements on the Safari 3 I do not see the need for Camino.
1. It uses the same rendering engine as Firefox, so web pages generally look right (haven't used Safari for a while, so I don't know how good it's doing in that category)
2. I can't use the latest version of Safari anyway 'cause I've got Panther and Apple won't let me update for free
Camino is fast, free, and very stable -- and open source.
Now I feel bold enough to confess too. I dumped Firefox months ago. I didn't use gadgets, but it kept crashing.
I've tried all sorts of OSs, but I'm pretty much stuck with the Windows/Office complex because of people I deal with and where I live (home state of MS).
Even our state has drunk the Koolaid. You could not conduct online business with the state unless you were running IE or Netscape. Safari, FF, Opera, etc., sorry, move to another state or use the mail.
I've tried all sorts of OSs, but I'm pretty much stuck with the Windows/Office complex because of people I deal with and where I live (home state of MS).
Even our state has drunk the Koolaid. You could not conduct online business with the state unless you were running IE or Netscape. Safari, FF, Opera, etc., sorry, move to another state or use the mail.
Ouch for FF!
Richard King
Puritan Board Senior
It seems anything is worse off if you are using Vista.
Unless you have 2G of ram you are pretty much doomed to problems.
You can remove what they call "bloatware" that comes with Vista and get a little bit better performance.
This year I am going to force myself to learn about open source options.
Unless you have 2G of ram you are pretty much doomed to problems.
You can remove what they call "bloatware" that comes with Vista and get a little bit better performance.
This year I am going to force myself to learn about open source options.
youthevang
Puritan Board Freshman
Now that Netscape (Navigator) will no longer be supported after February, I wonder what will take its place?
Thomas2007
Puritan Board Sophomore
I'm a Mac user, and while I use Firefox for some of it's tools, I still prefer Safari. They have a Windows version now, you can download it for free and give it a spin, I think you may be pleasantly surprised.
Apple - Safari 3 Public Beta
Apple - Safari 3 Public Beta
Where is Browser H**l anyway?
Reformed Musings
Puritan Board Freshman
I use FireFox 2.0.0.x in both Windows and Ubuntu Linux. I think that it works better, even renders better, under Linux. I'm looking forward to the 3.x release. There aren't enough of my favorite extensions working in 3.x yet to move over. As to instabilities, they seem to be related to Adobe's Flash plug-in. Restarting Firefox periodically seems to help.
I thought WinXP was OK for the most part, but Windows Updates would always break things, sometimes important things. Vista broke almost everything, so I decided not to undergo that punishment. I've officially had my fill of Micro$oft. A friend of mine has spent over $1,000 in software upgrades due to the Vista on his laptop. My move to Linux cost me $0 to attain parity with my extensive WinXP setup, and the quality is excellent. Gotta love Open Source.
I like Firefox because using extensions, I can control all scripts, flash objects, cookies, pop-ups, redirects, and ads directly from the status bar on a site-by-site basis. I like that kind of flexibility and easy control. I don't know of another browser that can do that, but maybe I don't get out much anymore.
I thought WinXP was OK for the most part, but Windows Updates would always break things, sometimes important things. Vista broke almost everything, so I decided not to undergo that punishment. I've officially had my fill of Micro$oft. A friend of mine has spent over $1,000 in software upgrades due to the Vista on his laptop. My move to Linux cost me $0 to attain parity with my extensive WinXP setup, and the quality is excellent. Gotta love Open Source.
I like Firefox because using extensions, I can control all scripts, flash objects, cookies, pop-ups, redirects, and ads directly from the status bar on a site-by-site basis. I like that kind of flexibility and easy control. I don't know of another browser that can do that, but maybe I don't get out much anymore.
Greg
Puritan Board Sophomore
I've been running Firefox as my primary browser for the past three years and have never encountered crash problems.
Same here. Are you using Vista? I've been using Windows XP with no problems.
toddpedlar
Iron Dramatist
RamistThomist
Puritanboard Clerk
I changed my mind. As bad as Firefox is (and it is bad), it is much better than IE.
You are fickle.
toddpedlar
Iron Dramatist
You are fickle.
Not necessarily. IE really is that crappy, and it only takes 15 minutes after installing it to figure that out.
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