So yeah I've been using FireFox for a LONG time now, ever since Mozilla released it really, but I want change...
Is there any other good free web browser any of you would recommend? Please, don't even bother trying to recommend Opera; I hate that browser.
I'd love something similar to FireFox - I feel the program uses too much RAM at times and often freezes. I would love something that is very similar to it, but at the same time stable and secure.
Recommendations and links welcome.
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Megan posted this at 16:34—5th November 2006.
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Well, um, Opera is the "best free and recommended browser" around here so I'm afraid you're out of luck
The thing with Opera is that you can change everything, so if you don't like how it looks or something it's easy to customize.
You could try Flock, which is made from the Firefox source so I'm not sure if they've done anything with the RAM issue. The only other option I can think of is is some internet explorer add-ons that change the interface. However, I'm not sure if those will work with IE7. Most of the toolbars re really locked down in 7 so if you don't like it there's not much you can do.
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Renegade posted this at 19:19—5th November 2006.
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Yeah, if you're looking for a firefox alternative, I would really recommend flock. It's like firefox except without the "issues"
It is incredibly fast and works almost exactly like firefox.
Edit: http://www.flock.com/
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MoeAlza posted this at 03:22—17th December 2006.
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my firefox has been freezing lately. how much good is flock?
Renegade posted this at 04:35—18th December 2006.
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Flock is pretty good, for me, loads in a quarter of the time it takes me to load firefox. Most of the extensions also work on it so, it's more or less a firefox clone but faster.
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Harper posted this at 22:01—30th January 2007.
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I'm thinkinf of giving Flock a try myself, just because my hand-me-down laptop doesn't have that much memory for Firefox if I'm trying to multitask, and Rhapsody player likes to skip because of the amounts of memory it takes up.
If it takes Firefox extensions, is it still faster, or will the extensions bog it down as much?
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Renegade posted this at 02:14—31st January 2007.
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Depends on the extension that you decide to use, some extensions take up a lot of resources.
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StrongVibe posted this at 16:18—2nd February 2007.
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You should check out Opera. It's somewhat similar to FF but not as fast.
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Megan posted this at 16:45—2nd February 2007.
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Not as fast?? That's interesting. I find it much faster
It was claiming to be the "Fastest browser on earth" back around version 8 but they're not using that tagline anymore.
I was thinking the other day that comparing Opera and Firefox is like comparing apples and oranges. Both nutritious, tasty fruit, but very different
You can compare and contrast the various flavours, conveniences etc. but it's really all a matter of personal preference.
In that analogy IE woudl be... I dunnno - a rotten banana? Hmmm... what food is not tasty or nutritious?
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Renegade posted this at 01:57—5th February 2007.
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IE would be a tomato. Always going to be a debate whether it can be counted as a REAL browser or not
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2046 posted this at 03:52—18th March 2007.
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Try Orca browser if you don't like firefox and opera.
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Roo posted this at 00:20—19th March 2007.
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Well if FF or Opera doesn't suit you try Netscape 8. You can choose to have it render pages as Firefox or IE. To me it's faster than both Firefox and Opera. However..I can't live with my Firefox Web Developer extentions so it's Firefox that I use for most of my browsing.
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Felu posted this at 08:56—19th March 2007.
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Firefox has a huge memory leak. I suggest you to use Opera instead for almost the same features. IE7 fails at many things.
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Abhishek Reddy posted this at 10:01—19th March 2007.
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If by free you mean that it costs no money to download and use, then you might consider Opera or even Safari. If you mean free you mean software that does not restrict your freedoms, then I would recommend Konqueror.
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