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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 #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

....and incase anyone has forgotten, Kona likes IE

I remember, and agree with Kona.

My reasons are simply that it works, and it is already part of Windows - no need to add a program, IMO.

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
IE does what I want it to do.... No need to install nothing more into my system... I always hate to duplicate components of any kind. I have tryed to use FireFox but I don't like it. I prefer "FoxIE" (an add-on made by FireFox creators -I think- to make IE more useful) running on IE 6.x better.
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've tried it again, Outlook hates me

Not sure what is going on there, you should be able to set-up multiple POP3 e-mail accounts (just make sure to use the "Test Account Settings" button after filling in the required name, password, mail and smtp server information.

You can also set-up groups of e-mail accounts, to assign the activity for a given group during "send/receive" command.

I have only heard of issues with 'hotmail' accounts needing to be set-up as a folder, which opens the hotmail page - no issues where you would be pulling off the server.

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I use Firefox 99.9 percent of the time. I use IE6 only in those rare times when I run across a site that needs it. For email, I use Outlook Express as it suits my needs and because my ISP scans my email for spam before it reaches me. If my ISP did not do that, then I would be using Thunderbird.

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Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Another note: I do not use Firefox because I am afraid to use IE6, but because once you use tabbed browsing, you will never want to be without it!

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Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top

For Windows

Web Browser: Opera; Mail Client: Incredimail Xe.

For Linux

Web Browser: Opera, FireFox; Mail Client: NA.

I started using opera after the release of Opera 7. It worked fine even with a poor dial up connection. Though now I've a BroadBand connection, I'm still using it, because i love it.

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm using Firefox and Opera as browsers (couldn't use any other, they're just EXCELLENT).
Thunderbird does render me a good service as email client.
Another GREAT email client (for all of those that don't like Thunderbird, due to whatever reason ), is The Bat!, downloadable at www.ritlabs.com. It is worth trying!
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Another GREAT email client is The Bat!,


The Bat is the best.
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I am overwhelmed by all the different ideas. Anyhow, I have just finished reinstalling FF to give it a second try, and currently browsing sites for Opera and The Bat!.
Got TB downloaded earlier. So many things to experiment with!

pop-ups, ads and flash blocked


IE blocks popups pretty well too.

send me an email at wormofarrakis at gmail dot com


Thanks jester, will do.

tabbed browsing


Tabbed browsing?

i like to be able to go through my mail when not on-line and to write mail when not on-line


Exactly.

Test Account Settings


My problem is that the tests run fine. But I cannot receive any mails from my friends. I can send mails, tho.

The Bat!, downloadable at www.ritlabs.com. It is worth trying!


Will try it out. Thanks for the tip!
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I give up. Thunderbird doesn't work as well. There must be something wrong with all the POPs and SMTPs.

Someone please guide me:
1) I have several email accounts. One Yahoo!, one Hotmail, and soon a Gmail (thanks again jester)

2) What I want to do is to have Thunderbird to be the central "server" which receives mails from all these accounts so that I don't have to check them individually, and also for easier sorting purposes.

How do I configure the POP and SMTP servers? And when prompted to enter an email address- which one do I put in? Do I create a new email there?
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Julian, you have mail.
Reply #37 from Stardock Forums Top
Microsoft is gonna have to come up with some awesome stuff for me to leave Firefox. Opera has alot of the same features but the ads annoy me.

You never realize how useful tab browsing is until you CAN'T do it after being so used to it.
Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Mucho gracias, jester! I was about to log off. I'll check my mail later. Really pooped out - check my other post "Konfabulator". You'll know why.

You never realize how useful tab browsing is until you CAN'T do it after being so used to it


What exactly is tab browsing?



Good night guys!
Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What exactly is tab browsing?


http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/tabbed-browsing

Firefox and Opera both have tabbed browsing.

iTzkoopa: The ad-free version of Opera is now free: http://www.download.com/Opera/3000-2356_4-10438143.html?tag=lst-0-1
Reply #40 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...


For the longest time, I kept dabbling with Firefox because so many people were raving about it but kept finding myself going back to IE because it's like an old pullover, doesn't look that hot or anything but you know it well, it feels comfy.

A few weeks ago I finally started messing around with the extensions and themes and now have a browser that does so much more than IE ever did. It's totally changed my surfing habits. It takes some time to work through all the extras and find out which is the most useful set to have to suit you but if you ask yourself just how much you surf and the answer is, A LOT, then FF is in another league.

Not that I'm bashing any other browser, like anything in software it comes down to personal preference in the end, you just have to find what works for you best.
Reply #41 from JoeUser Forums Top
Netscape. because I cut my teeth on the WWW in education. Sadly, many sites conform to IE.
Reply #42 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sadly, many sites conform to IE.




I didn't think IE had any standards to conform to.
Reply #43 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Oh.. so instead of opening multiple instances of the browser I can have many pages in one browswer to select at a time...That's sound idea man. I didn't even knew it existed when I installed FF a while ago. Gotta really experiment with it now.
Reply #44 from WinCustomize Forums Top
*Shudders at incredimail users*

Firefox for me!
Reply #45 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Guys. GUYS. I got Gmail! (yay #1) and I got it to work with TB! (yay #2) -Thanks again jester!

Now I just have one lingering question. How do I get the rest of my emails to be accessible from TD as well?
Reply #46 from Stardock Forums Top
Firefox and Opera both have tabbed browsing.


Nifty didn't know that.
Reply #47 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Guys. GUYS. I got Gmail! (yay #1) and I got it to work with TB! (yay #2) -Thanks again jester!

Well, finally your G-Mail account working. That's fine.

Now I just have one lingering question. How do I get the rest of my emails to be accessible from TD as well?

Are you sure your Hotmail and Yahoo support POP3?
Probably Yahoo supports POP facility for all accounts excepting those are at yahoo.com server. Which server did you used to create your account? The POP settings depend on the server name. To have the POP3 facility at yahoo.com you have to purchase a 'Yahoo Plus' account.
If you don't purchase, Hotmail won't support POP. If you have a HotPOP account then it would be accessible by the mail clients like Outlook. Otherwise Hotmail occasionally supports http and the server is 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp' as incoming as well as outgoing.
Reply #48 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Are you sure your Hotmail and Yahoo support POP3?


No. I just checked. An upgrade is needed for that. Doesn't matter, Gmail is gonna be my primary email now anyways.
Reply #50 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Web: Firefox (been using FF back since original beta!)
eMail: Thunderbird (Although all i have is gmail, so i use the gmail notifier extension for FF, and my webbrowser does all of the work for me as Browser and eMail app... )