What's your favorite browser/plug-in choice?

[gwilson]

What's your favorite browser/plug-in selection?

Is Firefox simply the one and only serious browser for us? Do Epiphany and the other "lesser" browsers have just a subset of Firefox's code and capabilities, or does any of them actually work better for routine viewing of the web? What are the current hang-ups in using Opera Basic?

Which browsers and plug-ins seem to have the least trouble displaying web pages, at this point? I've been with Ubuntu for years, now, and there are still a number of issues while browsing the web. In particular, there are some streaming videos that just don't play correctly, and some sections of the page don't display properly.

Sometimes, I get the feeling that the browser is not selecting the optimum plug-in for the file being streamed. Other times, I know it is because the page I'm viewing is designed to Microsoft standards rather than strict HTML.

What's your favorite browser/plug-in selection?

[cyclefiend2000]

my favorite browser is firefox. plug-ins? as long as what i am trying to view works i dont really think about plug-ins.

[gwilson]

jj

[smartboyathome]

I use opera 9.24, but only because it is faster and more stable (and also doesn't integrate with my desktop, as I use dark themes sometime. :p)

[Linuxratty]

Fire Fox.

[hanzomon4]

What is jj? I like firefox..

[smartboyathome]

What is jj?

I am guessing "just joking"...

[crimesaucer]

...Do Epiphany and the other "lesser" browsers have just a subset of Firefox's code and capabilities...

Lol... waiting... waiting... waiting...

[crimesaucer]

*Soon to be moved to the repeated conversation section*

... At the moment I'm liking the Firefox 3 "Minefield" prebeta 2 rc...

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007120604 Minefield/3.0b2pre


It had been out of control with using ram, but it seems to be getting better. Native Widgets are beautiful... Adblock works, StumbleUpon, Gmail Notifier, Google Preview...

... and even though Fasterfox isn't available yet, you can still do every single about:config tweak to make it the exact same.



Large View: http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/crimesaucer/Screenshot-119-1.png
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/crimesaucer/Screenshot-119.png

[silentabe939]

opera for me.

[Wiebelhaus]

Firefox hands down , others are cool with their unique awesomenesses but Firefox "holds it down" to quote a mid 90's hardcore rapper.

[fuscia]

i was going back and forth between opera and firefox. there are things i love about opera (speed dial and that wand thingy), but i don't like the way in loads pages on the run. also, i can never get the mplayer plugin to work right. so, i've settled on firefox, for now. every site works in it and all the plugins, plus, i just found the tinymenu extension and that sealed the deal.

[Sunflower1970]

*Soon to be moved to the repeated conversation section*

... At the moment I'm liking the Firefox 3 "Minefield" prebeta 2 rc...



+1 for Minefield. Been using FF3 for months. Love it. Only wish it was as fast as Opera...speaking of Opera, my second fave would have to be Opera Kestrel 9.5 Beta.

[FuturePilot]

I like Firefox. On KDE though, I like to use Konqueror.

[gwilson]

No such thing as "jj"

I just clicked on the wrong thing at the wrong time...

Sorry

[blithen]

I like Firefox. On KDE though, I like to use Konqueror.

Offtopic: Is KDE like based Konqueror?

Ontopic: Swiftweasel :D

[FuturePilot]

Offtopic: Is KDE like based Konqueror?

Ontopic: Swiftweasel :D

Konqueror is the official KDE browser. It doesn't need the Gecko engine that Epiphany needs (the official Gnome browser). So that's why Kubuntu doesn't come with Firefox. (Plus Kubuntu has a thing for staying pure QT). But once Webkit matures Epiphany should be able to stand on its own.

[ExpatPaul]

Firefox most of the time, but for the few sites that Firefox struggles with I find that Epiphany fills the gap most excellently.

[speedwell68]

Internet Explorer 7....



















































...joking, Firefox 2.

[Vince4Amy]

Firefox on Linux.
Opera on Windows. I would use Opera on Linux but I cannot get any of the damn plugins to work with it. For example playing quicktime files etc.

[FuturePilot]

Firefox on Linux.
Opera on Windows. I would use Opera on Linux but I cannot get any of the damn plugins to work with it. For example playing quicktime files etc.

Yep, I've tried to use Opera, but I can't get the Mplayer plugin to work.

[anemptygun]

I really like firefox in linux, safari in mac!

[bruce89]

{and also doesn't integrate with my desktop, as I use dark themes sometime. :p)

QT isn't going to use the GTK+ theme settings any time soon.

As anyone who knows me knows, I'm a Epiphany (and soon WebKit) person. In fact, I may switch from Ubuntu if they don't provide a WebKit Epiphany when it is good enough.

[il-luzhin]

opera in a perfect world, ff in my 64-bit reality.

[bruce89]

I really don't understand why Linux people would like Opera so much, it seems so oxymoronic.

[rfruth]

Firefox & the Google Toolbar are pretty much essential to me
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/index.html

[il-luzhin]

I'd love to be open-source all the way but if it wasn't obvious that opera provides features that were different from the available alternatives I'd consider your comments more deeply bruce89.

Ideals and pragmatism often collide in the real world.

[RAV TUX]

Firefox for a Web Browser.

Opera for IRC chat and BitTorrent clients, with occaisional Web Browing ability built in.

[Luggy]

Epiphany!

[Majorix]

Swiftweasel 3.

[Dixon Bainbridge]

i was going back and forth between opera and firefox. there are things i love about opera (speed dial and that wand thingy), but i don't like the way in loads pages on the run. also, i can never get the mplayer plugin to work right. so, i've settled on firefox, for now. every site works in it and all the plugins, plus, i just found the tinymenu extension and that sealed the deal.

Rclick on embedded content, point it in the direction of totem, works like a dream.

[kellemes]

Opera seems to be more responsive and rendering most pages faster as FF, not sure if it's in my mind..
Anyway, Opera for me.

[-grubby]

I'm using Flock right now, and it seems to be an improved firefox

[fuscia]

Rclick on embedded content, point it in the direction of totem, works like a dream.

i've done that with kmplayer.

[EmilyRose]

Long time oopera user here - I think I even pid for it years ago... its just sooo much faster than anything else... and on dialup it really really matters!!

[svtfmook]

swiftweasel

[herbster]

Am I the only one who cannot stand watching videos in the browser? I never, ever watch Apple trailers or clips of any kind in mpg/mov/avi/etc formats within the browser, just youtube clips (and even then, never trailers or anything). I have to save them and open them in VLC or Xine. It just don't feel right in a browser.

[master_kernel]

Firefox, hands down.

[hanzomon4]

Firefox on Linux.
Opera on Windows. I would use Opera on Linux but I cannot get any of the damn plugins to work with it. For example playing quicktime files etc.

Same here

[SomeGuyDude]

Swiftweasel. Eager to check out the beta of 3.

[Jammerdelray]

Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 and here's why.

Passes Acid 2 test now

Super fast compared to Firefox 2.0, puts it on par with Opera's speed

New Gecko rendering engine

Anti-Malware which will be in the final Version

Better Extension Security

Numerous memory leaks fixed.

Those are just some of the things in Firefox 3.0 beta 1.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

[TeraDyne]

I use SeaMonkey for my desktop, and Lynx for my laptop\server.

[crimesaucer]

Am I the only one who cannot stand watching videos in the browser? I never, ever watch Apple trailers or clips of any kind in mpg/mov/avi/etc formats within the browser, just youtube clips (and even then, never trailers or anything). I have to save them and open them in VLC or Xine. It just don't feel right in a browser.

In Firefox/Swiftfox/Swiftweasel... most all Mozilla based browser that use Firefox extensions, you can get the "MediaPlayerConnectivity": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/446

It opens all embedded media streams in your media player of choice.

[crimesaucer]

Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 and here's why.

Passes Acid 2 test now

Super fast compared to Firefox 2.0, puts it on par with Opera's speed

New Gecko rendering engine

Anti-Malware which will be in the final Version

Better Extension Security

Numerous memory leaks fixed.

Those are just some of the things in Firefox 3.0 beta 1.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

If you try the Firefox 3 prebeta 2 "Minefield", it is even better than Firefox 3 beta 1:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007120704 Minefield/3.0b2pre at: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/

[vishzilla]

Firefox 3 beta