The Last Straw (Calling Slyfox or Ty)

[X]

I've fucking HAD IT with Internet Explorer. I've used it for years and years, well aware of all of it's problems. I've had it shut down on me and restart a million times before, but it was never enough to make me want to switch.

Today however, was the last straw. I was in the midst of download 4 different things, and internet explorer shuts down on me when 3 of them are up to 99% complete. That's it, I'm fucking DONE with IE. I've now installed Mozilla Firefox. Anyways, question to Sly, Ty, or anyone else with a decent knowledge of computers. Any thing I should install alongside Mozilla? I seem to remember both Sly and Ty saying something about some kind of add on that is great for Mozilla or something.

Anyways, let's all discuss how fucking stupid IE is and why it's probably responsible for AIDS, famine, and the Rwandan genocide.

Oh and random sidenote, I'm watching Mad TV right now...and holy fucking shit the Dandy Warhols are AWFUL. This is quite honestly the worst television performance I have EVER seen in my entire life. I wasn't sure if this was a skit making fun of the band or if they were serious.

 

[Murfish]

get the add block plus add on

 

[48.7 is Approximately 49 Times Better Than You]

Google Chrome.

 

[X]

Is Chrome better? What do you think Murf?

 

[GSM]

Firefox is the shit dude, you need to install it, it´s really better than IE.

 

[Murfish]

Is Chrome better? What do you think Murf?

Alright this is a serious issue for me.

I think Chrome is a little faster so I use it for normal stuff.

Porn, however, is serious business, so I use firefox for stuff like that.

Firefox is more reliable IMO.

 

[SavageTaker]

IF IE had been around when the reactor exploded in the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, it would have been its fault too.

 

[X]

Well Murf has settled the argument, Firefox it is. Pr0nz is serious bidness.

 

[Raw Power]

I use Chrome, it's faster.

 

[FromTheSouth]

I use firefox because I like the interface better. In all honesty, the speed at which you browse is more a function of your service provider than your browser.

Use the adblock add-on and you'll be fine.

Go through the add on pages and scope some of them out. I don't know how you use the web, but a lot of them have interesting functions.

 

[Shadowmancer]

yeah pretty much get Firefox, ad-block and then get a skin at the same time.

 

[Ty Burna]

Firefox all the way X, and it's not even close really. As previously mentioned, get the adblock plus add on, that will eliminate all those ads you see on the sides of the page. Also another add on I would recommend is the downloadthemall! add on.

What dta! does is it's a download manager. But it also helps speed up your downloads as well. Instead of one single connection from your computer to the download source, it puts out multiple connections, thus allowing for more data to be transferred at once. I have seen increased download speeds since I started using it.

 

[Murfish]

I use firefox because I like the interface better. In all honesty, the speed at which you browse is more a function of your service provider than your browser.

Use the adblock add-on and you'll be fine.

Go through the add on pages and scope some of them out. I don't know how you use the web, but a lot of them have interesting functions.

Chrome uses less resources and some test show that it is actually faster.

...but that's one facet of a browser

 

[Slyfox696]

Google Chrome sucks. Avoid it like gonorrhea. IE sucks...avoid it like HIV.

Opera and Safari...meh. Not worth your time.


Go with Firefox 3.5. Get the Adblock Plus add-on. Anything after that is just for your own amusement.

Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

Chrome uses less resources and some test show that it is actually faster.

...but that's one facet of a browser

I like when people say that a certain browser is "faster". First of all, the difference of speed is in milliseconds, so even if their claim is true, the difference is so insignificant, anyone with a moderate knowledge of computers and internet doesn't give a fuck. Second of all, most browsers are tested by handling products from that company...for example, Safari is tested by running Apple applets, Chrome with Google, etc.

The "x" browser is faster is such a crap argument. Firefox does require a hefty amount of resources to run, but so do most programs these days when you're running them on all computers.

 

[Raw Power]

I dunno, it's probably not a technical problem, I just found from experience that Chrome loads faster etc. Firefox is decent though.

 

[simpsons_fanatic742]

Wow Xfear, we literally did the same thing. I've used IE my whole life and I never thought I would switch to Firefox. But I got sick and tired of IE always crashing and me having to close the browser and go through the hassle all over again. So I downloaded Firefox last week and I haven't had a problem yet. Looks like me and you have crossed to the other side, but I think the grass is greener here.

 

[Murfish]

Google Chrome sucks. Avoid it like gonorrhea. IE sucks...avoid it like HIV.

Opera and Safari...meh. Not worth your time.


Go with Firefox 3.5. Get the Adblock Plus add-on. Anything after that is just for your own amusement.

Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865


I like when people say that a certain browser is "faster". First of all, the difference of speed is in milliseconds, so even if their claim is true, the difference is so insignificant, anyone with a moderate knowledge of computers and internet doesn't give a fuck. Second of all, most browsers are tested by handling products from that company...for example, Safari is tested by running Apple applets, Chrome with Google, etc.

The "x" browser is faster is such a crap argument. Firefox does require a hefty amount of resources to run, but so do most programs these days when you're running them on all computers.

When I'm using my laptop, fox tends to use three times the resources that chrome uses. Browsers also tend to be the heaviest programs that I use.

 

[Moon Knight]

I don't understand why IE would affect downloads. Whenever I download anything IE has nothing to do with it.

 

[X]

I don't understand why IE would affect downloads. Whenever I download anything IE has nothing to do with it.

If you're downloading something off of the internet, and the internet closes, the download does as well. If you're downloading a file from a website/server, and that connection to that server ends, obviously the download will as well.

 

[Steamboat Ricky]

Well Murf has settled the argument, Firefox it is. Pr0nz is serious bidness.

I am not an advocate...but "Pr0nz" definitely made me LOL.

 

[Moon Knight]

If you're downloading something off of the internet, and the internet closes, the download does as well. If you're downloading a file from a website/server, and that connection to that server ends, obviously the download will as well.

IE isn't the internet it just lets you browse it. I usually use bitcomet or utorrent to download anything I need, legally and have had IE close on me, didn't affect a thing. I am guessing you weren't using one of those?

 

[X]

IE isn't the internet it just lets you browse it. I usually use bitcomet or utorrent to download anything I need, legally and have had IE close on me, didn't affect a thing. I am guessing you weren't using one of those?

Yeah I'm not talking about torrents or anything like that, but downloading from a server like Rapidshare or Netload. If IE closes while you're downloading from one of those, it kills your download.

 

[Moon Knight]

Yeah I'm not talking about torrents or anything like that, but downloading from a server like Rapidshare or Netload. If IE closes while you're downloading from one of those, it kills your download.

Ok, I see. I don't normally use those or download anything using IE's stuff. Don't like the idea IE or any browser could close on me costing me the download. But I think you can use utorrent or bit comet for all your downloads, even rapidshare. But I'd need to check.

 

[drwow]

I would test out both Firefox and Opera, I tryed out both for a while and ending up going with Opera, I just prefer the interface to fire.
Plus I don't use a ton of extentions, so I don't really have a need for for the fully customizable FireFox.

I also like the way the way that opera gives you a different tab instead of a mini window when you download things, you can do file converting if you have AVS (I think that's it) right in the screen where it shows you all the downloads, convert the files by right clicking on them
right in the download menu and convert them right there.

It really all comes down to personally prefence, try them both.

 

[Fizzy]

Firefox all the way X, and it's not even close really. As previously mentioned, get the adblock plus add on, that will eliminate all those ads you see on the sides of the page. Also another add on I would recommend is the downloadthemall! add on.

What dta! does is it's a download manager. But it also helps speed up your downloads as well. Instead of one single connection from your computer to the download source, it puts out multiple connections, thus allowing for more data to be transferred at once. I have seen increased download speeds since I started using it.

Just got DTA today. It saved my fucking life.