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Browser Showdown!

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 3:19 pm
by anime4christ
Time for the browser showdown. What browser do you use? Please don't kill other members if they don't use the same browser as you.

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 3:53 pm
by Arnobius
I use Firefox for my needs, but there are some things I like IE better on. With my plugins (Stopzilla), it works better to keep out popups, can access some sites better and is less balky with plugins

OTOH, Firefox has tabbing, works better when I do megaposting on my CAA rpg and customizes easier.

So I have firefox as the main, but keep IE pinned to the start menu in case it's needed.

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 5:24 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
depends which computer im using... on my mac i use safari and camino, on my pc i use firefox... and on suse live i use konquer... so i voted for other...

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 5:31 pm
by Kaligraphic
Opera/Konqueror/(lynx/links)

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 5:50 pm
by Mithrandir
Tabs make CAA bearable for me. I have to read all these nasty threads, and being able to tab through them all is very usefull.

I wish I could take two choices though. Firefox AND safari.

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 5:54 pm
by blkmage
I use Firefox, mainly because I personally hate using apps that use Qt (like Opera or Konqueror) unless I absolutely must (like K3B).

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 6:08 pm
by anime4christ
Mithrandir wrote:Tabs make CAA bearable for me. I have to read all these nasty threads, and being able to tab through them all is very usefull.

I wish I could take two choices though. Firefox AND safari.

Well, I mean your main or favorite browser.

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 7:14 pm
by Namelessknight
Well, I use FireFox for everything cept windows updates, which forces me to use IE[go figure, eh?].

i love the fact it stops so many popups and ads...

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:19 pm
by TheMelodyMaker
I used Internet Explorer for many years before discovering how slightly less than perfect it really is, so I switched to Netscape which is also less than perfect. :lol: (But it sure loads CAA faster! :grin: )

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:24 pm
by Mithrandir
I'm slowly encorporating code into CAA to make it take longer if you are using IE or coming from a known troll site.



;)

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:32 pm
by Arnobius
Mithrandir wrote:Tabs make CAA bearable for me. I have to read all these nasty threads, and being able to tab through them all is very usefull.

I wish I could take two choices though. Firefox AND safari.

How do you stay awake and keep up when working through the RPGs? Some of them do 10 pages a day

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:55 pm
by Kaligraphic
[quote="Mithrandir"]I'm slowly encorporating code into CAA to make it take longer if you are using IE or coming from a known troll site.



]
slowly? Just check $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], and include a bit of a wait if it's IE. One line of code for that. (well, maybe four depending on your preferred brace style.)

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:09 pm
by Mithrandir
AH: Two words. Coffee.

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:23 pm
by Arnobius
Mithrandir wrote:AH: Two words. Coffee.

Got it
*mind still reels at thought of checking rpgs every day*

PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:14 pm
by anime4christ
Kaligraphic wrote:slowly? Just check $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], and include a bit of a wait if it's IE. One line of code for that. (well, maybe four depending on your preferred brace style.)

It doesn't always work cuz of browsers like Opera and things like that. Press F12 in Opera and have fun fooling those websites that check user agent.

PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 4:02 am
by Mr. SmartyPants
Mithrandir wrote:AH: Two words. Coffee.


you need sleep :lol:

PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:55 am
by Stephen
I feel bad for people who are foolish like I used to be and use IE. I trust the Fox.

PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:06 am
by Kaligraphic
anime4christ wrote:It doesn't always work cuz of browsers like Opera and things like that. Press F12 in Opera and have fun fooling those websites that check user agent.

Interestingly enough, Opera appends its name to the IE useragent string. Of course, it's easy enough to change to a supported useragent in Opera or Firefox.

But if you prefer, stick something like this in the stylesheet:
Code: Select all
<!--[if IE]>
* { display: none]-->

PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:16 am
by ShiroiHikari
*hugs teh Fox* my friend~

PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 1:52 pm
by anime4christ
Kaligraphic wrote:Interestingly enough, Opera appends its name to the IE useragent string. Of course, it's easy enough to change to a supported useragent in Opera or Firefox.

But if you prefer, stick something like this in the stylesheet:
Code: Select all
<!--[if IE]>
* { display: none]-->

You can only stick that in the HTML, not the stylesheet. Styleshet comments are /* */, not <!-- -->.

PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:29 pm
by Stephen
I love the results of the poll so far. I am proud of you guys. Well, except those poor 2 souls using IE. Repent and see the error of your ways.

PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:34 pm
by Arnobius
Shatterheart wrote:I love the results of the poll so far. I am proud of you guys. Well, except those poor 2 souls using IE. Repent and see the error of your ways.

Having just upgraded to Firefox 1.4 I find A problem with CAA-- PM's won't open in a second window, even when you click on the right buttons.

PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:52 pm
by Mithrandir
AH: That's one of the preference settings in Firefox, I believe.

PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:53 pm
by anime4christ
Yeah, that's cuz it disabled "old" extensions which sucks. Same thing here. We'll just have to wait for new versions of our extensions.

PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:55 pm
by Arnobius
Mithrandir wrote:AH: That's one of the preference settings in Firefox, I believe.

Actually, I fixed it-- ran the registry cleaner and it works better than 1.3 now.

I'll learn from experience-- don't take Mozilla's word for it when they say closing firefox and opening it again is all it needs..

BTW, thanks for your constant montoring and advice.

PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 8:12 pm
by Mithrandir
/me nods.





LOL!!!

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 2:12 am
by Fsiphskilm
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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 2:30 am
by LorentzForce
w3m.

And FireFox for days when I feel like using pretty GUI.

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 12:40 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
with firefox skins and themes... how could one go wrong?

PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 12:55 pm
by Ssjjvash
I try to use only Safari, but sometimes I'm forced to use Netscape. If I didn't have a Mac, I would use Internet Explorer though.