Your favourite web browser?

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I don't know, I've heard so much bad about IE6 but I've been using IE since I got my first internet connection (36.6k ) about 10 years ago. Well it was Netscape back then but just for a moment before I started IE. I've tried Opera and MoZilla but I didn't see much deviation in terms of performance and stability, so I'm just wondering what you guys have to say.


[On a side note, I'm looking for a central email software that can handle many accounts at once (those POP3 stuff) Yahoo! used to have that feature, but it was taken away I think. Microsoft Outlook doesn't work. Any ideas?]
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm still a fan of IE. Always have. I've recently tried FF and found I didn't like how it displayed some text and tables on some pages.

As for the side note, I'm using Outlook Express to handle 3 accounts. Seems to work well. Not sure what else to recommend though
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
i use AOL Explorer - beta version of it. i love it, the tab browsing is great for it. i also have used FireFox, but liked that browser. Mozilla has a good email client, Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/) and it can be skinned also. it's really easy to use. I have office 2003 so i have full version of Outlook to use if i want but would rather use thunderbird instead.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Opera. Incredimail.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Firefox, it rockss. Thunderbird, it rocks.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Web - Firefox. Works great for me and since I started using it, no spyware/adware/malware like when I ran IE. I install it on any machine I work on, and so far everyone I've spread it to has loved it... even non-techies who don't understand some of the tech advantages over IE.

E-Mail - At work I'm forced into using Outlook since we're an Exchange environment and use locked down desktop boxes. For personal email I use either a WebMail system (gmail, my domain mail client) or Mail.app on my Powerbook.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've tried it again, Outlook hates me.
I'll give Thunderbird a try. Thanks for the link gfcentral

I have yet to receive an invitation for Gmail from my friend

I've also heard that Opera is the fastest web browser. But doesn't seem to have any difference on my system
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
FireFox & Incredimail
I have yet to receive an invitation for Gmail from my friend


did you mail him your request?
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Firefox, CrazyBrowser, & Incredimail.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
did you mail him your request?


Nay, my friend has not even sent me the invite. She's on my MSN though, so I'll remind her later.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Opera. Fast & highly customizable. Great skins, too.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Julian, send me an email at wormofarrakis at gmail dot com (Yeah, I love the Dune books)and I'll send you an invite.

Oh, I use Firefox and Thunderbird. I use Outlook at work and I do like how it uses MS Word as your text editor, but at home Thunderbird suits my needs just fine.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
....and incase anyone has forgotten, Kona likes IE. Though I still can't understand why.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I use FireFox and Thunderbird.

I haven't really given Opera a chance, but I just love how customizable FF is, via themes, extensions and so on. I've got pop-ups, ads and flash blocked, my tabs open and order in a way that makes searching and surfing easy...I have a great WebDeveloper extension that lets me check out code, and download tools that sort my files or grab everything of a given type off a page. And more!

As for Thunderbird, I have several email accounts, from my ISP, GMail, from my own site, etc. and can use it for newsgroup reading, like the Stardock and Macromedia groups (in my case).
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
1st lets realize that gmail is pretty and useful, but do you want your email out of your control and to exist forever. I know I don't.

Look to firefox/thunderbird
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ooh. I forgot to mention that I really like Thunderbird's trainable spam filtering.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I am a firefox convert. I love the extensions and the tabbed browsing. I open up 4 of my favourite webpages as homepages everytime i start!
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
I use Firefox and Thunderbird when running in GUI mode, and for the command line I use Links browser and Pine for mail.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
IE6 and IncrediMail (gotta have my skins for the mail client, too...LOL)
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Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Are you running linux MasonM?
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
OmniWeb.

Have been using it for four years, never looked back.
Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah, I run Slackware Linux.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I use FF and TB...want to try the SeaMOnkey beta, but imma scared.
Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top
Never liked lynx for some reason. I guess it's because I started with Links and kinda got used to it.
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
if you like to have your browser the way YOU want it, really, firefox is the only answer..there is so much you can do with it, so many extension, themes, greasemonkey alterations...i really believe there is no excuse to use any other browser...

i hate the idea of my personal information being kept on servers out of my control, so for that reason i use thunderbird (with extensions, themes etc etc)...you can make it look like OE if you like...i like to be able to go through my mail when not on-line and to write mail when not on-line...google is great, but do i want to give them access to all my emails...no...

i've used both ff and tb for years and have never had any reason to change, and i have tried all the rest..