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What's your favorite internet browser?

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chosen1975

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OK I have read some of the post about the different browsers, Let me say that first of all I am not that bright. ButI am thinking about checking out that Mozilla Firebird that was mentioned. So now please tell me what will happen to my favorites that I have now, and I have a toolbar fom another forum as well at the top of my screen will that disappear? also earthlink is my internet provider will that be affected? like I said I am not to bright thanks much MDE
 
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Here's my take as a web developer:

I was on a web developer forum and was trying to address a problem in which Netscape didn't display my site correctly. Another developer replied that he had the same problem but the client who he was developing the site for said to:
"forget Netscape and getting the site to work with other browsers. IE is the standard and the only one you need to get the site to work with"
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I couldn't believe this! But many people who make homepages and even developers don't bother getting their site to work on anything other than Internet Explorer. I developed a site checking for compatibility with IE and Netscape. Then someone said "you should make some navigation on your site" .... well, there was a navigation menu, but they couldn't see it because they were using Opera 6 or Opera 7 which are full of CSS bugs. I was able to do a work-around for the bug but still - it wasn't my fault, it was actually the browser's.

Here is what I have found since I now have all browsers installed for testing purposes:

Internet Explorer: Most people have it. Almost all pages look fine with it. All developers test with it. This one is my choice for personal use.

Netscape 6, 7: It's suppose to have more strict CSS rules but many developers still make mistakes with CSS so if you use Netscape, you may not be viewing the site as intended. Netscape has also announced that it has totally stopped all development and therefore is officially dead. No new releases will come in the future so it's inevitable that if you have NS, you will have to switch sooner or later. I use netscape when I am using a Mac because Safari and MacIE are even worse.

Netscape 4: If you have it, burn it. Notoriously bad at just about everything. You are garanteed to see a different page than what you are suppose to see.

Opera 6,7+: Many CSS rendering bugs and errors. Opera has rendering issues that expicitly go against W3C (the standard web rules). I wouldn't recommend it. The free version also has banner ads that you are forced to constantly look at.

Safari: Some very stange CSS behavior that I have yet to come up with a fix for. I'm still new at using this one.

Mac Internet Explorer 5.2: You'd think that it would be just like the PC version but its not. I have this installed on my G5 at work and never use it. I've seen cases where MacIE thinks that the background should be placed OVER all the content, leaving the user with just a solid screen of the background... very odd. Not recommended by any one I know.

Other notes:
Disabling java_script_: Not a good idea.
Disabling Active-X: This includes the disabling the Flash plugin which I would definately not recommend since flash is being used more and more for advanced websites (its not just for animation anymore). If you get a message asking you to install the Flash Player, do it. Its great.

-John
 
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PuppyforChrist said:
Stuck with IE.

Though it's not too bad. I want to try Mozilla. Isn't that the ad-free one?
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MYIE2 is also VERY good if you prefer the look and feel of the IE browser. It basically acts like a shell on the IE browser, adding tabbed browsing and built in pop-up stopper, that should be in IE IMO. If you want to stick with IE then use myIE2.
 
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DeaconNCharge said:
I did download...it doesn't show up.....trust me I know...I went through that a lot with a few sites I was building.
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which operating system are you using and exactly which version of mozilla? I'll try re-installing from scratch and see what happens.
 
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