Firefox Browser?

[matrix]

Ok, so, I used to have a PC and used Windows and IE for my web broswer. I now have a Macbook and currently use Safari as my browser, which I like a lot better then IE. I have heard good things about Firefox, but does anyone on here use it, and how do you like it? If I download it, would it replace Safari, or would I just have two web browsers?

[supercanuk]

You would have two. It's far better than Safari in my opinion, but i really like Firefox in general. Even when I used a PC (I have an iMac now) i used Firefox. I highly recommend it.

[Azalroth]

Firefox ftw

 

I find that it runs smoother than IE, I'm not a MAC user so I don't know how it compares to Safari but I imagine that Firefox would be better than a default browser.

[Hyphnip]

I also use firefox but I also do not have a mac so I can't claim to know how it'll work on the mac.

I really like it though

[Monochrome Rainbow]

I'm on a mac and I like Firefox much more. Faster load times, very stable, and sweet extensions.

[soundless_space]

Firefox is great.

[Audio of Being]

Firefox is awesome.

[AnOceanPearl]

I definitely endorse firefox, as well as the FireTune program for browser speed optimization.

[RicardoObviouso]

what fucking difference does it make, really?

[garsk]

it is better then IE because it has better virus protection.

[Azalroth]

what fucking difference does it make, really?

Security is the difference, really

[hum-an-ole]

and speed

 

I'm a mac user on Firefox as well.

[RicardoObviouso]

im a mac user on safari and the speed is fucking fine.

 

 

what is it with people trying to shave .002 seconds off their day by having pages load faster?

[garsk]

faster porn?

[Azalroth]

Of Course

[bishopx]

I use Firefox at work...It's not bad.

[hum-an-ole]

im a mac user on safari and the speed is fucking fine.

 

 

what is it with people trying to shave .002 seconds off their day by having pages load faster?

I initially switched because Safari was crashing every once in a while and it was annoying me. There are a lot of little features that make Firefox more appealing, which I liked, so I didn't go back.

[RicardoObviouso]

nerds. fucking nerds.

 

 

 

seriously though... the brower determines download speed? i thought it was ram and all that other shit. i noticed that once my computer had 3gb everything was faster.

 

 

speaking of porn, i had a female client come in today and every chance she got, she was talking about internet porn. she definetly got a few extra minutes of my attention

[matrix]

A lot of things determine your download speed. I really don't imagine your ram has a lot to do with it, unless of course you have a lot of programs open.

[Crusader]

if you want to upgrade to firefox, we've got a recruitment button on the front page of our site ;)

[ToadMan]

I'm using Safari 3.0.3. I'm liking it. I like the fast load time of the App.. I have to wait a few seconds for Firefox to start. Safari and Firefox should have comparable. Apple's web site (http://www.apple.com/safari/) claims Safari 3 to be faster overall.

 

The biggest things that the browser does for speed is use of cache, and use of HTTP 1.1 pipelining. IE has used parallel connections (up to 7) for speed in the past, but each connection incurs a setup and tear-down cost of the link. Firefox uses pipelining, and to an extent will parallel, this leads to faster load times. Safari in past used to use strictly pipelining, which is why it was fast, but not the fastest. I don't know what Safari 3 is doing.

 

Other reasons to use Firefox is DOM compliance. Firefox has the most standard implementation of WC3's standards on HTML rendering. As such when going to a website that is WC3 compliant Firefox is the most likely to correctly render it.