What browser do you use and why?
Thought I'd start a thread on web browsers.
Yep, that's right. Web browsers.
Not the most innovative nor enlightening of subjects I'm sure but let's face it, where would we be without our primary means of getting at all the lovely web content out there just dying to be consumed?!
Me? I mainly use Mozilla Firefox and have done for a while now. I choose it over the alternatives due to its minimalistic features and the simply vast array of plugins available. I can choose to install the components I am likely to use instead of being offered a solution that's saturated with features I'm never going to go anywhere near. I also can't find some of the functionality/behaviours I've now become accustomed to in any other browser.
Add to this Jon Hicks' strangely appealing and iconic logo and that's me sold!
Here are some of the extensions I use at home:
Some others I use at work include Nagios Checker and Switch Proxy.
I do tend to use IE for certain things when I'm forced to. Some of BT Wholesale's systems are notoriously bad for this and tend to play up if you attempt to use anything other than IE. Another example that springs to mind is Channel 4's Simulcast streaming service that also only works using Microsoft's offering.
Another browser I've used in the past is Opera Mini which I had installed on my old Symbian smartphone. I have to admit though that I now prefer the integrated browser on my N95 as opposed to Opera's latest beta of Mini.
I do have one irritation with Firefox, and that's the fact that since version 2 it does have a slight tendency to crash occasionally whereas this never happened before. Having said that the auto recovery feature saves the day when this does happen and I'm willing to put up with it for the functionality it provides.
So there it is. What browser do you use and why?
Yep, that's right. Web browsers.
Not the most innovative nor enlightening of subjects I'm sure but let's face it, where would we be without our primary means of getting at all the lovely web content out there just dying to be consumed?!
Me? I mainly use Mozilla Firefox and have done for a while now. I choose it over the alternatives due to its minimalistic features and the simply vast array of plugins available. I can choose to install the components I am likely to use instead of being offered a solution that's saturated with features I'm never going to go anywhere near. I also can't find some of the functionality/behaviours I've now become accustomed to in any other browser.
Add to this Jon Hicks' strangely appealing and iconic logo and that's me sold!
Here are some of the extensions I use at home:
Some others I use at work include Nagios Checker and Switch Proxy.
I do tend to use IE for certain things when I'm forced to. Some of BT Wholesale's systems are notoriously bad for this and tend to play up if you attempt to use anything other than IE. Another example that springs to mind is Channel 4's Simulcast streaming service that also only works using Microsoft's offering.
Another browser I've used in the past is Opera Mini which I had installed on my old Symbian smartphone. I have to admit though that I now prefer the integrated browser on my N95 as opposed to Opera's latest beta of Mini.
I do have one irritation with Firefox, and that's the fact that since version 2 it does have a slight tendency to crash occasionally whereas this never happened before. Having said that the auto recovery feature saves the day when this does happen and I'm willing to put up with it for the functionality it provides.
So there it is. What browser do you use and why?
Firefox ftw! 
I like Opera, and for my home PC I use that and only that. On my mobile I use Opera Mini.
I use Firefox at work, under sufferance to a certain extent but it's hard to argue with the fact that it's faster than Opera most of the time, is sooooooo easy to configure the way you want it (which is important as I spend most of my work time on forums and external websites) and that it uses less memory on my work lappy. I hate the satisfaction this gives Bob and Liam though!
I use Firefox at work, under sufferance to a certain extent but it's hard to argue with the fact that it's faster than Opera most of the time, is sooooooo easy to configure the way you want it (which is important as I spend most of my work time on forums and external websites) and that it uses less memory on my work lappy. I hate the satisfaction this gives Bob and Liam though!
