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Which Internet browser is best?
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:15 pm
by frosty_ramen
Which Internet browser is best?
i currently us firefox and really like it, but the drawback is its memory usage.
i usually have pandora radio (
www.pandora.com) and have this forum open and it is using right now 172,684k and my autocad is using only 150,164k. there has to be a better way. any suggestions are welcome.
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:51 pm
by Hervé
I'd buy or steal more ram...
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:55 pm
by Maximus3D
Hehe, good solution Hervé
Opera is number one! it uses little ram and it's much faster and lots more stable than FireFox is.
/ Max
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:56 pm
by frosty_ramen
uhmmmm.......
i think i'd rather have an octacore
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:17 pm
by Thomas An.
Have you tried the firefox 3.0 beta to see if it works better for you memory and speed-wise ?
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:34 pm
by frosty_ramen
Thanks for the advise
any one out there using firefox 3.04 beta? Problems?
or is it just worth my while just to download Opera
-Dan
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:45 pm
by Thomas An.
Works fine ... but some of your extensions may not work. (You may want to try and disable the compatibility checking)
In About:config
1. Right-click -> New -> Boolean
2. for name type -> extensions.checkCompatibility
3. for value select --> false
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=548
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/ ... troun.html
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:14 pm
by frosty_ramen
Well my boss said stay away from firefox beta, so i tried opera.
and right now with this forum and Pandora radio open, opera is running at 103,000k
so a significant change and it seems to have a nice ui so i think that ill stay with opera....atleast untill somthing better
thanks
dan
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:21 pm
by Thomas An.
In that case you may also want to try Safari 3.1 for windows. It is the fastest browser in town for the moment.
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:23 pm
by frosty_ramen
well actually now with opera minimized its running at 17,000k
so i think ill just stay
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:52 pm
by -Adrian
I like Firefox. I have 4GB, so its memory usage really doesn't bother me. Firefox 3 will likely beat both Opera and IE7/8 in terms of memory consumption.
As someone who likes to make websites, i can only advice not to use Internet Explorer, you're doing everyone a great favor. There's not excuse
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:34 pm
by Fernando Tella
frosty_ramen wrote:well actually now with opera minimized its running at 17,000k
so i think ill just stay
This got me thinking that my oldy MSX only had 64k (that was all ram, no hard drives)
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:25 pm
by KurtS
get some handy toolbars and use Firefox:
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:33 am
by Hervé
clustered you say... no no.. just busy... hehe
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:33 am
by Thomas An.
KurtS wrote:get some handy toolbars and use Firefox:
Incredible