EU could force Microsoft to bundle Firefox with Windows

[Barnet Seagull]

IE is bloatware - although it's much less so in the Windows 7 Beta.

If your pc has below 1gb of RAM use an alternative browser. If you've got tonnes of RAM - IE is fine.

 

[bhaexpress]

Can someone explain what is better about Firefox than IE, in a nutshell? About 4 years ago I dumped IE for Firefox, but found them to be remarkably similar. The only useful thing I remember was being able to install a plugin for Firefox that allowed me to download YouTube videos. On the current machine though I've never seen the need to download Firefox, as IE seems to do everything I need.

In essence it looks nearly identical but is a hell of a lot faster.

 

[sten_super]

IE is bloatware - although it's much less so in the Windows 7 Beta.

If your pc has below 1gb of RAM use an alternative browser. If you've got tonnes of RAM - IE is fine.

In essence it looks nearly identical but is a hell of a lot faster.

Thanks very much. I do have a load of RAM, but will give Firefox a go, as IE is sometimes rather slow (like today, for some reason ).

 

[bhaexpress]

Thanks very much. I do have a load of RAM, but will give Firefox a go, as IE is sometimes rather slow (like today, for some reason ).

Chrome is supposed to be faster however Firefox looks nearly identical to IE so would be eaier to use. You may want to put some addins on it though. I would suggest the 'Tab' plug in and the dictionary is useful.

 

[adrian29uk]

I only use IE for one purpose, to log onto Seagulls World to listen to commentary.

It is far from being the fastest, most reliable browser.

The others are simply better and not for any geeky reasons. They are simply more user friendly which what we are after at the end of the day isn't it ?

I not a massive of firefox to be honest, but it's streets ahead of IE.

I tend to switch between Chrome and (I'm typing this on) Safari.

The reason for two is that I'm got a problem with accessing a single website I use all the time with Safari. Can't be bothered to find out why at the moment, so I use Chrome for that.

I really like the way Safari smooths the fonts on this page, without wanting it all my system.

I also really like the combined address bar, google search on Chrome and the visualisations of your popular pages. It does have a little design niggle where it's easy to click on a bookmark by mistake, but it's minor

I can't choose between the two to be honest, and use them interchangeably.

Haven't touched firefox for ages, and if it wasn't for the digital rights issue and Seagulls World, I'd never go near IE ever again.

It really is a pile of sh*t compared to other browsers available.

This is the only reason why I have kept Windows. I cannot see why they cannot ditch this stupid password on Media Player. It drives me mad...

 

[BensGrandad]

I know virtually nothing about computers other than what I have learnt to perform the tasks that I wish to.

I have Internet Explorer, thought you had to have it to access the internet, which was on my pc when I bought it with windows xp. If I changed , what choice is there and how would I do it and most important what would I gain by changing to some other form of Internet access. Would it complicate the existing programs etc that are running.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Originally Posted by clapham_gull View Post
I only use IE for one purpose, to log onto Seagulls World to listen to commentary.

I can get Seagulls World on Firefox without any problem

 

[bhaexpress]

Originally Posted by clapham_gull View Post
I only use IE for one purpose, to log onto Seagulls World to listen to commentary.

I can get Seagulls World on Firefox without any problem

So can I.