Windows 7: browser for windows 7

scokeev9 · 04 Jul 2010

I would say that Google Chrome is the fastest. Always has been, and always will be. Especially compared to the performance of Firefox on Windows systems. On Linux and Mac, it's not a bad choice.

scokeev9 · 04 Jul 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by danieladam

The 4 main ones I would say would be Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Chrome, I've used all and more. I absolutely dislike Internet Explorer, its messy and lags in my opinion. Firefox was definitely revolutionary, and as I have not played with the most recent version I could not tell you, all I know is the Add-ons for it make it very useful. Opera on the other hand has about 1 thing going for it, Speed Dial. It uses JVE (java virtual environment) instead of a Java Plug-in and I've had nothing but trouble trying to do basic things using java ie. games etc. To be honest I use and love Chrome, I'm not a big fan of the aesthetic aspect, the themes not very nice, BUT it does in fact give a much larger viewing area. It's neat and clean and simple.

Couldn't say it better myself!

roncerr · 04 Jul 2010

IE8 comes with Windows 7 so you're done! Also, Windows Update provides security updates and the occasional service pack every month. It has a handy thing called "accellerators". I have plenty of other computer problems to work on, I don't need to obsess over solving the browser issue over and over.

wysiwyg · 04 Jul 2010

At last we have a sensible answer,

All the "speed" issues, we are talking micro seconds, add ons shouldn't be
needed if a browser is good enough,
Without out add ons Firefox would be dead in the water,
IE8 doesn't need them, its good enough on its own.

I know they are there if you want them, but why bother its good enough without.

mickey megabyte · 04 Jul 2010

well i think it's great that we've got a bit of a choice, and we aren't forced into using a 'one size fits all' browser.

the same goes with all software. i don't think i would like windows 7 so much if i had to use ie8 and whatever version of windows media player is current.

vive la différence!

(chromeplus ftw!)

wysiwyg · 04 Jul 2010

Its all a mater of suitabilty, for the job in hand, and you prove my point that Firefox NEEDS addons to be popular,

Don't forget Win 7 gives a choice of browsers on installation, so your statement :-IE would be used by most users as it is the default browser and they dont know about other browsers or don't bother to use one.
is wrong, you don't get a default browser with 7.

You can't get away from the fact that people use Firefox because of the addons, be honest how many would use Firefox if there was no addons,

wysiwyg · 04 Jul 2010

1. Video DownloadHelper: With this you do not need to download youtube downloader or any other video site downloader. I can dare say that 99% of streaming videos can be extracted by this extension alone. I have never found a better streaming video downloader anywhere which works better than it.
SURPLUS
2. FireFTP: If you are a webmaster you can even manage without installing a FTP program by using it. It is improving with time and has all the functionality of any FTP program.
Dedicated program far more versatile
3. Jdownloader/Download Them All: You do not need to install download accelerators if you use one of these download accelerator plugins.
DON'T NEED ONE QUITE FAST ENOUGH
4. NoScript: If you are really serious about your computer security from website/browser based attacks with javascript etc. then I highly recommend this plugin. iF YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, SEE TO YOUR SECURITY

5. Adblock Plus: Very useful but as a webmaster I would never recommend this.
NOT NEEDED WITH MSE
6. Screengrab: Very useful addon for downloading a whole website page or a selected portion of it as an image. Very useful for screenshots of websites or webpages.
SNIPPING TOOL?
7. Shareaholic: Very good bookmarking addon and you can create short links using services like ******* and tinyurl from the browser itself without going to the respective websites.
TOP BAR HAS LINKS OF CHOICE.

Seems a lot of surplus !!!!!!!

mickey megabyte · 04 Jul 2010

they are surplus to YOUR requirements.

if other people like to use them, that's their choice, surely?

and for your information:

MSE doesn't block ads, the snipping tool won't save a whole webpage, and you don't know what ******* and tinyurl are for.

wysiwyg · 04 Jul 2010

Do you honestly think I've never shortened a URL,

You really are a lost cause.......

mickey megabyte · 04 Jul 2010

ok, i apologise, you do know what they are.

sorry.

Windows 7: browser for windows 7

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