I've been assimilated...

[Mikeus Caesar]

...and become one of the minority that have abandoned IE for good! I was quite impressed with Opera (someone hacked our school network and installed Opera and Firefox on the school PC's) and have decided to download Opera onto my home computer. I'm already noticing 90% less buggyness, and 74% less craptasticness!
I especially like the tabbed browsing thing. It's very handy. No more going to the start menu for me! I just click on the new page button in the corner and 'wham' a new page. And it has a google search bar!
Also, their promises about no more pop-ups seem to be true. I've already visited two websites today that are usually jammed full of pop-ups, and i got nothing!

I wuv my Opera 8.5!

So, who else has joined the 'lol evil microsoft hax' bandwagon and downloaded an alternative browser?

P.S The .Org needs a little picture for its tab.

[discovery1]

I'm running Mozilla proper....

[Mouzafphaerre]

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I'm running Mozilla proper....
:2thumbsup: +1 and for years!

My secondary browser is Firefox (basically for nasty stuff :kiss2:)
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[InsaneApache]

You will learn to love Opera. No more sneaky .exe downloads. You WILL love this browser. That I promise. Welcome to the enlightened. :idea2:

[KukriKhan]

P.S The .Org needs a little picture for its tab.

What size would work best? And is there a link where such instructions are provided?

Maybe this guy, squished some more.
https://img465.imageshack.us/img465/7615/2004title30ci.th.jpg (https://img465.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2004title30ci.jpg)

[Viking]

Whatever thats developed in Norway gotta be good.. but I`d never abandoned IE. :shame:

[Marcellus]

I've recently been converted to Firefox. Beats IE hands down.

[Sartaq]

Had FF for over a year now. No way I would go back to IE.

[Adrian II]

Giving Opera a try right now. Looks good. What got me hooked is the 'Sessions' option that allows me to repeat my daily round of the news stands much more easily. For that reason alone I think I will keep it at least on standby, maybe make the definitive switch from IE-swine to Ueberbrowser.

Should have known this earlier. How long has this baby been around? :wall:

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Firefox 1.5

:smitten:

[Mikeus Caesar]

I'm currently having fun with the voice feature. It's so fun shouting commands at Opera.

Opera, reload! Opera, Log In!

[LeftEyeNine]

Maxthon Maxthon Maxthon !

All you praise about Firefox, Opera and IE are into Maxthon ! C'mon, every download worth 2 bucks for me !

:wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

www.maxthon.com

The only browser that you'd need nothing else with.

[Mikeus Caesar]

Congratulations sir, you crashed Opera! Heheh, i shouted too many confusing commands at it, then clicked something and 'whack'. On the bright side of things, it saves all the tabs for you from when you were last on, so i just opened Opera and i was back where i started. No faffing about with the history page for me.

Score

Opera 3 - IE 0.

P.S Incredibly pleased with tabs. Will never have to type addresses for sites i visit everday ever again. Can just click on the tab for whichever site i want! And, their all in order, so i don't have to think about it.

[LeftEyeNine]

Congratulations sir, you crashed Opera! Heheh, i shouted too many confusing commands at it, then clicked something and 'whack'. On the bright side of things, it saves all the tabs for you from when you were last on, so i just opened Opera and i was back where i started. No faffing about with the history page for me.

Score

Opera 3 - IE 0.

Maxthon has that too.. :wall:

One more user of Maxthon in this thread and I'll be happy to die.

[Adrian II]

Ehh, my Opera does not load Imageshack?... :juggle2:

[Mikeus Caesar]

Ehh, my Opera does not load Imageshack?... :juggle2:

Let me try that...

30 seconds later, and the results are in. It loaded for me. It's a problem on your end.

[Mongoose]

Firefox is better. But unlinke IE, it doesn't autoupdate. And lately, I've been having strange download problems:inquisitive: So if I need to download a large file, I have to use IE.

[Adrian II]

It loaded for me. It's a problem on your end.Tnx. ~:)





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:computer:

[KukriKhan]

It might just be Image Shack. They've been getting swamped lately, the more popular they get (and with many forums utilizing their 'thumbnail' script). I've seen a significant slowdown in their upload/download times in the past 2 weeks.

[LeftEyeNine]

Ehh, my Opera does not load Imageshack?... :juggle2:

Maxthon does..

It even finds you the right pic to evade any axes around.. :dizzy2:

It even has an integrated dating service..:dizzy2:

It can prepare coffee and deliver it right to your desktop as well..:dizzy2:

:balloon2:

[Adrian II]

Maxthon does..OK, so I have installed Maxthon. I'm running it now, yes RIGHT NOW!

Ewww, Roboform..

https://img16.imageshack.us/img16/434/homer4df.jpg (https://imageshack.us)


Well, it does load imageshack as you can see.. Hmm.
It even has an integrated dating service..:dizzy2:Integrated my foot. I can not even install my favourite start page, Google, in the preferences box. Whatever I do, my start page reverts to the Maxthon homepage with the Yahoo search engine. So that's the deal, huh? If they can't get this right, they can't get anything right.

That's it, I'm afraid, LeftEyeNine. Maxthon is axedthon... :no:

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

How does the Opera sessions thing work? It sounds quite intriguing.

[Abdel Hakam]

I too am using Maxthon. It's not so bad. I made Google my home page without trouble, and disabled Roboform during installation. I will also try Opera at some point. Thanks for the tips!

[Adrian II]

How does the Opera sessions thing work? It sounds quite intriguing.A session = all the active sites in your Opera browser at a given moment. By saving the lot with one click and giving them a file name, you can retrieve them with another click on same file at any time in the future. You can make batches of connected websites for work, entertainment, radio, what have you. Not bad. Not bad at all.

[Papewaio]

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I especially like the tabbed browsing thing. It's very handy. No more going to the start menu for me! I just click on the new page button in the corner and 'wham' a new page.


Or with IE you could have just went windows key + N and bham a new page.

At work I am limited to using IE... profiles and all.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

I have Mozilla on my computer, but I don't have internet and because my dad deletes programs at random I've resigned myself to using IE on this machine. Though I have to say I don't like or use tabs...

[Lemur]

I'm very psyched -- the IT department at my new techie job has a "no Internet Explorer" policy, due to security concerns. Firefox comes pre-loaded, and you can ask for any other browser you like, so long as it's not IE.

Let's hear it for with-it IT departments!

[LeftEyeNine]

OK, so I have installed Maxthon. I'm running it now, yes RIGHT NOW!

Ewww, Roboform..

https://img16.imageshack.us/img16/434/homer4df.jpg (https://imageshack.us)


Well, it does load imageshack as you can see.. Hmm.Integrated my foot. I can not even install my favourite start page, Google, in the preferences box. Whatever I do, my start page reverts to the Maxthon homepage with the Yahoo search engine. So that's the deal, huh? If they can't get this right, they can't get anything right.

That's it, I'm afraid, LeftEyeNine. Maxthon is axedthon... :no:

You can de-select any plugins druing the installation.

I heard that Imageshack servers are pre-loaded with Maxthon browsers. That 's why it's ultra-mega-kilo-spam-mail-like-delivered-in-moments lightning fast in Maxthon..:dizzy2:

Options > Maxthon Options > Start Page > Open Home Page... option is what you want for your good, Adrian II.

One very challenging advantage of Maxthon is that there are 3 -yes 3 !- keyboard shortcuts for entering an address. For example, Ctrl + Enter is www ... com (http://www..... com) for me (that is an IE feature as well), and Shift + Enter autocompletes a word with www ... net (http://www.....net) address, while Ctrl + Shift + Enter equals to www ... com.tr (http://www.....com.tr) auto-complete. These 3 keyboard shortcuts are fully customizable. One of my favorties in Maxthon !

The session stuff is called "Save as a Group.." in Maxthon.. All open tabs currently in wour Maxthon window are saved into a file that Maxthon can save the addresses of the webpages in for a later use. I already have 2 of them : GFX and Surf. WOW ! That's amazing ! Download Right Now !

Your browser's AD blocking feature is on, you are not annoyed with AD's or pop-ups anymore.. But.. What ?! The damn webmaster has coded it so that you can not proceed to a link without seeing their AD, so do you need to go to preferences and tick out the AD preventing options ? No, Maxthon has a miraculous bottom bar for you where there are 5 buttons located ! The 2nd one is just a switch for 6-level AD&Pop-Up defense system ! You click it and you are free to surf anywhere on the web. You re-click it and you are the safest and the fastest on the web ! WOW ! That's unbelievable, call Maxthon webmaster right now ! And tell him that you love him in a friendly way !

This miraculous bottom bar has buttons for offline surfing and opening every link automatically in new tabs when clicked as well. The trash bin icon next to these five buttons include the way to customization of the AD&Pop-Up defense system. You don't want any ADs in a webpage but you need to activate the ActiveX controls embedded there ? No problem ! Just right click the trash bin and tick out "Enable ActiveX Blocker" and leave all other defenses on ! Figure it on your own ! Maxthon loves ya ! And we know that so do you !

:balloon2:

[Quietus]

There's an Opera 9.0 Trial version (never tried 8.5). Although I still use Firefox 1.5.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Mozilla ownz all, including the bastardlet Firefox, with boatloads of extensions and plugins! :knight: Mozilla and everything that can be installed upon are free; Opera is paid/adware/crackware. IE is act of Sauron!
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[Ronin]

Firefox 1.5 over here.

[R'as al Ghul]

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Mozilla ownz all, including the bastardlet Firefox, with boatloads of extensions and plugins! :knight: Mozilla and everything that can be installed upon are free; Opera is paid/adware/crackware. IE is act of Sauron!
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I don't got any adware with my Opera, afaik. Could you elaborate?
I like the session restore feature of Opera, tabs are a must.
My main browser atm is still Firefox, it's free like Mozilla and I use
some of the plugins.

[Adrian II]

Options > Maxthon Options > Start Page > Open Home Page... option is what you want for your good, Adrian II.You are right, LeftEyeNine, as usual. I forgot that Maxthon in a sense 'feeds' on IE. It has a group option that works like a well-oiled machine (loads my 9 favourite news pages in 2,3 seconds). And it is fast, as you state, even with mega-k loads.

OK, so let's do business, my friend. What makes Maxthon better than Opera? What makes it better for me as (1) a journalist, and (2) a moderate to low security-aware surfer?

Ad 1. I have a daily routine of checking groups of news sites, sites with essays, history sites, etcetera. I guess the Maxthon group option covers that. But what makes it better than Opera's?
I also do a lot of Internet research, usually starting with Google which is still the best search machine. I look into a a lot of secondary material including dictionaries, thesauruses, fact books, etcetera in order to recheck and doublecheck so I don't miss anything. So I need fast loading times for pics, vids, pdf's, any and all sorts of files. Is Maxthon faster than Opera? Does it have issues with Adobe? I got the impression it took longer than usual to launch Adobe out of Maxthon yesterday, but that could be because of anything really -- because of the weather, for all I know.

Ad 2. I don't do a lot of security-sensitive things on my computer like Internet banking or credit card purchases. I don't have confidential stuff on my hard disc; I store that kind of thing in a professional, much better protected system elsewhere, not on my home computer. So I'm a low risk, low awareness user. I already scrapped Roboform. But what makes Maxthon better suited for a user like me than Opera?

Do your worst, LeftEyeNine! ~:)

[Mouzafphaerre]

I don't got any adware with my Opera, afaik. Could you elaborate?
I like the session restore feature of Opera, tabs are a must.
My main browser atm is still Firefox, it's free like Mozilla and I use
some of the plugins.
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I mean their own nagbanner, not in spyware sense, sorry.
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[R'as al Ghul]

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I mean their own nagbanner, not in spyware sense, sorry.
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Ah, I see.
Well, that is, I don't see any nagging banner in my version?

[Mouzafphaerre]

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There used to be up to and including 7.X. My info isn't up to date it seems, unless you paid for or cracked it. ~:)
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[Mikeus Caesar]

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There used to be up to and including 7.X. My info isn't up to date it seems, unless you paid for or cracked it. ~:)
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Up until the most recent version of Opera (8.5) which i have and everyone else should have, you had to pay for Opera. If you didn't, it had it's own nagging little banner following you about. but 8.5 is completely free and ad free!

[LeftEyeNine]

You are right, LeftEyeNine, as usual. I forgot that Maxthon in a sense 'feeds' on IE. It has a group option that works like a well-oiled machine (loads my 9 favourite news pages in 2,3 seconds). And it is fast, as you state, even with mega-k loads.

OK, so let's do business, my friend. What makes Maxthon better than Opera? What makes it better for me as (1) a journalist, and (2) a moderate to low security-aware surfer?

Ad 1. I have a daily routine of checking groups of news sites, sites with essays, history sites, etcetera. I guess the Maxthon group option covers that. But what makes it better than Opera's?
I also do a lot of Internet research, usually starting with Google which is still the best search machine. I look into a a lot of secondary material including dictionaries, thesauruses, fact books, etcetera in order to recheck and doublecheck so I don't miss anything. So I need fast loading times for pics, vids, pdf's, any and all sorts of files. Is Maxthon faster than Opera? Does it have issues with Adobe? I got the impression it took longer than usual to launch Adobe out of Maxthon yesterday, but that could be because of anything really -- because of the weather, for all I know.

Ad 2. I don't do a lot of security-sensitive things on my computer like Internet banking or credit card purchases. I don't have confidential stuff on my hard disc; I store that kind of thing in a professional, much better protected system elsewhere, not on my home computer. So I'm a low risk, low awareness user. I already scrapped Roboform. But what makes Maxthon better suited for a user like me than Opera?

Do your worst, LeftEyeNine! ~:)

Master AdrianII, Maxthon has a search bar up there (that can be removed, resized or repositioned of course) of which search means to use can be specified by you. Click the downwards arrow next to the search button (the one with a magnifying glass over a globe) and you 'll have the checkboxes to command Maxthon about where to search when you type into the search box. There are already a bunch of default websites in the list which are not only search engines but also ones for multimedia, shopping etc. specific search sites.

I didn't have much issue with Adobe compatibility of Maxthon, I always prefer browsing PFDs offline. You may be right about that, I don't know actually.

My Maxthon addiction started with a friend telling me "Well I've found a browser, I have never seen NTVMSNBC.com opening any faster" (the news website that is loaded of Flash and banner ADs everywhere). He was right, Maxthon is fast. And since it was IE before anything else and Maxthon has IE core, it's quite unlikely that you'll get any viewing or incompatibility problems while surfing the net. FF has such problems sometimes, that's why they put a "view like in IE" (or something like that) option.

Maxthon owns. Speed, secure and much less bug-free than Firefox from the start. :2thumbsup:

By the way, Maxthon is the sequel to MyIE2, one of the first alternative browsers to IE on the market.

[R'as al Ghul]

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There used to be up to and including 7.X. My info isn't up to date it seems, unless you paid for or cracked it. ~:)
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I have version 8.51 and as Mikeus explained it's clean now.
~:cheers:

[Mouzafphaerre]

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