Browser War

[Tremulant]

Looks like third party software to me, my desktop lacks the blue E

[Amtie]

Maybe you got different settings on? The OS i have is vista ultimate. Maybe that changes something in the GUI.

[Tremulant]

Maybe you got different settings on? The OS i have is vista ultimate. Maybe that changes something in the GUI.

Yeah, different settings on, that's totally it... Awww and i really wanted to use IE7 too, i hate it when pages render properly.

[sSopris]

Am i the only one who doesn't use third party software, but instead uses lovely ol' IE7?

It suits my needs excellently.

Probably

[Her3tic]

Opera is so usefull with the Mouse Shortcut!!!

And it's been proved that it's the faster one to load a web page

[maple14]

Never had any problems with firefox before.

[David]

Opera is so usefull with the Mouse Shortcut!!!

And it's been proved that it's the faster one to load a web page

[citation needed]

[Lava Croft]

Opera is so usefull with the Mouse Shortcut!!!

And it's been proved that it's the faster one to load a web page

[citation needed]

If even a open-source crazy fundamentalist like kevlarman agrees on this, I think the guy has a point. 

[CreatureofHell]

Am i the only one who doesn't use third party software, but instead uses lovely ol' IE7?

It suits my needs excellently.

Probably

No , you are not alone...

EDIT: but then again, I am using Opera...but only since I first saw this thread which was 2 days ago...

[Amtie]

Creature you traitor! xD

[PIE]

Its people that use IE that have been keeping microsoft feeling like they could just keep screwing up the standards. Thank goodness they are taking a step in the right direction with 8... I didn't used to hate IE so bad until I started building websites and realizing how oblivious it was. Now i just build standards complient sites and if you use a non complient IE you are SOL... That is the way the net SHOULD be. (Waits patiently for CSS3)

I use firefox... but it does horrible horrible things sometimes..  I hope 3 fixes more in the not eating up my processor and memory department than the 1 to 2 upgrade did.
Opera isn't bad either.

[Her3tic]

I took my information on an article on Clubic.com
http://www.clubic.com/article-65217-1-internet-explorer-firefox-opera-match.html

It's in french, so actually a big part of you wont understand but here what they come with the loading of one web page (Firefox, IE and Opera)


Javascript Test


And browser startup
(Red: First startup ... Blue: Second Startup)


Memory occupation
(Red: in front of you... Blue: reduced page)


And a lot more test...

[Her3tic]

Sorry for double post, but it's not related to my last post...

Glowing letters are shitty with Opera

[Shadowgandor]

No, you're not alone ^^

@ Amt111

[CreatureofHell]

that is a very good point about those glowing letters...how annoying 

[Amtie]

No, you're not alone ^^

@ Amt111

Woohoo! Glad to see also that IE7 uses the least memory when not in use. Although it sucks a lot at other stuff =[ 

[NiTRoX]

omfgtfo

[sSopris]

could it possibly be, gentlemen, that the popularity of these browsers to one person is personal opinion and the desire to get what bests suits them?

[techhead]

Glowing letters are apparently non-compliant with standard HTML.
They look bad in every browser EXCEPT Internet Explorer.
(Safari and Firefox letters look exactly like Opera letters)

[Paradox]

Its people that use IE that have been keeping microsoft feeling like they could just keep screwing up the standards. Thank goodness they are taking a step in the right direction with 8... I didn't used to hate IE so bad until I started building websites and realizing how oblivious it was. Now i just build standards complient sites and if you use a non complient IE you are SOL... That is the way the net SHOULD be. (Waits patiently for CSS3)

I use firefox... but it does horrible horrible things sometimes..  I hope 3 fixes more in the not eating up my processor and memory department than the 1 to 2 upgrade did.
Opera isn't bad either.

CSS3= end of images for rounded corners, shadows, and gradients.

As for FF3 fixing a lot, it does, but not as much as it should. Opera is still faster and lighter.

[Lava Croft]

could it possibly be, gentlemen, that the popularity of these browsers to one person is personal opinion and the desire to get what bests suits them?

No, it's mostly based in incorrect information and open-source zealotry. In the minds of most open-source zealots, Opera is deemed inferior merely because it's closed source. Internet Explorer users mostly don't know better or do not have the option to switch browsers. Mac users are weird alltogether, they got Safari :>

[Her3tic]

So they're nothing to do with those Ugly Glowing stuff?

So we are Dooomed to see it really badly...

I post these information about these three browser only to inform people, not to urge them to switch to Opera 

[Atom Eve]

Glowing letters are annoying, anyway.

[CreatureofHell]

nah, glowing letters are fun

[Tremulant]

I had no idea all those passages of text plastered around the forums with background colours were supposed to be "glowing text", how horrible. From the IE screenshot It looks rather hackish, but then i suppose it's quicker to put glowing halos around non AA text, even if all other text on the page happens to be AA.

[Atom Eve]

Sure, you're missing out on the ugly glowing letters, but then just think of the plethora of shit that IE has troubles rendering that FF and Opera pass by with flying colors.

[Tremulant]

Just so all of us non-IE browser users can see what astonishing awesomeness we're missing out on.
http://browsershots.org/http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/css/ie_filters_generator.html

[NiTRoX]

Just so all of us non-IE browser users can see what astonishing awesomeness we're missing out on.
http://browsershots.org/http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/css/ie_filters_generator.html

Like anyone is going to waste his time just to see shiny letters..

[mooseberry]

I use Grand Turismo 5.

Or Firefox.

[Her3tic]

Lava said

Opera is deemed inferior merely because it's closed source.

But Opera keep improving their browser frequently, there is always a new version of it when i look. Of course it's not like an Open Source, but at least, it improve.