Firefox

[King]

I'm thinking about getting Firefox. Those of you that have it, is it worth it?

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by King

I'm thinking about getting Firefox. Those of you that have it, is it worth it?

What browser are you using now?

If you use IE, then there's no question: get Firefox.

If you use Opera, then you might want to try Firefox out.

If you use Safari, then you're a Mac user and your preferences are almost impossible to infer.

If you use a text-based browser, then you're probably a twit.

[richlevy]

Firefox is my primary browser. I've also loaded up with a few add ons, possibly one too many. I installed the spell checking dictionary, which slows down my keystrokes while typing posts but offers real time spell checking.

With Firefox 1.5 I did have a problem with Amazon.com not loading pages, but that disappeared with version 2.0.

I prefer it to IE 6.0. I have IE 7.0 installed now, but don't use it and haven't done any in-depth comparison.

[Bullitt]

I have IE7 and Firefox 2 and I prefer Firefox. Though it does tend to start to use a ridiculous amount of ram if you leave the same window open for awhile. Quick question, what the hell is going on with this on my machine:



If you can't tell from the picture, the process "iexplorer.exe" is highlighted and currently using 97k+ of ram. And it is always running.. always. I can even select "end process" which will successfully end it, but seconds later it will pop up again on the list and quickly climb to that same amount of ram usage.
I have tried probably half a dozen different spyware and malware programs and they pick up nothing on my machine. I even tried running them all at once just for kicks and still nothing.