So who else hates Firefox?

[mrgnash]

Why would anyone hate Firefox?
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Because it has given some people a lot of trouble.

[Harpalus]

Why would anyone hate Firefox?
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Because it's a buggy, poorly written pile of rubbish. I would use the same sentence to describe every other web browser, including Opera, though.

[Bungo Pony]

I only use Firefox when I have to, which is only when certain web pages don't work in Opera (which isn't that often)

If you want a nice way to kill broken windows, there's a broken window icon you can add to your panel. You click on that, then click on the window you want to vaporize, and it's gone! WAY better than the Windows ctrl-alt-delete way of doing it.

[bobbocanfly]

try Opera and you wont switch back

I use Firefox and notice on the Ubuntuforums homepage it often gets stuck at 95% loaded and i have to restart it. Same thing happens on Windows in Firefox.

Quite tempted ti give opera a go but the Non-open-sourceness is really putting me off it. Is it really worth it?

[bruce89]

I use Fanboy's Adblock List for Opera http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/ and it is working fine

Epiphany-extensions has it too.

[lespaul_rentals]

Use Opera. The only bug I've found is when you right-click excessively (which I have a habit of doing) it will sometimes crash it when on MySpace. Overall, it's way better than FireFox.

If you're on GNOME, you could always use Epiphany, or Konqueror on KDE.

[Olav]

Thanks for all the responses. I am now using Epiphany. I still think Firefox is perhaps a more functional browser, but I have really had it with the random crashes and freezes.

[GS2]

Why would anyone hate Firefox?
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Ask the Debian guys

Konqueror fan myself, no crashes experienced on KDE (with Gutsy), but then Gnome isn't my cup-of-tea - not enough sugar

[aysiu]

False. I've tried Opera many times, and never managed to stick with it.

Same here. It's clearly a matter of personal preference.

Some people like Opera. Others like Firefox.

While there are things I admire about Opera (speed, mostly), Firefox offers me a browser that behaves the way I want it to; Opera does not.

I'm glad Opera appeals to some users, but I don't know why they think their tastes are everyone's taste.

[init1]

That's the best one. Firefox should depend on xkill's package.