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« on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:21:25 » |
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Does anyone use this?
I have just discovered it and am thinking of changing from firefox. Is it any good?
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:26:25 » |
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Not tried it myself but getting fed up with Firefox memory leakage problems...which they say aren't there but they fucking are....especially in Adobe Flash.
Would like to hear any reviews on it.
I HATE Internet Explorer and also dont trust Microsoft as far as I could throw Bill Gates!
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:27:18 » |
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I am using opera now because firefox was munching up my RAM.
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:30:44 » |
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I use Safari on my Mac and I think it's excellent. I'm not a computer geek so can't tell you why it's so good other than it just works very well and is simple.
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:35:40 » |
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not tried safari for the PC but if it's anything like itunes for the PC, i'd avoid it...
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:35:50 » |
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I use Safari on my Mac and I think it's excellent. I'm not a computer geek so can't tell you why it's so good other than it just works very well and is simple.
As Mr Bangkok says....the main problem is PC slow downs due to hogging of RAM especially during Flash player games and applications. Is there any noticable slow down in Flash/Java applications? |
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From the services at Leicester
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And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
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china red
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:39:52 » |
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As Mr Bangkok says....the main problem is PC slow downs due to hogging of RAM especially during Flash player games and applications.
Is there any noticable slow down in Flash/Java applications?
The internet is very very slow here (2Mb max) so it's really difficult to tell. |
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:44:23 » |
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that's still faster than my internet connection here!
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:46:43 » |
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Yes but the problem being that I doubt the download speed is ever anything like that.
My brother works for Virgin Media and is talking about increasing his 50mb to 100mb sometime this year.
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:47:16 » |
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The internet is very very slow here (2Mb max) so it's really difficult to tell.
It's not just the speed of the internet, sometimes the browser itself (firefox) just locks up and stops responding altogether. |
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:48:32 » |
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I use Internet Explorer 8, no problems here! I use CCleaner to clean up any memory files that IE may use almost daily so.... keeps my pc at peak performance.
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 11:00:48 » |
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It's not just the speed of the internet, sometimes the browser itself (firefox) just locks up and stops responding altogether.
I can honestly say that I have never had any problems with the browser freezing. I have used Firefox and IE with numerous problems in the past. Safari is just reliable. |
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 11:01:57 » |
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Google Chrome was an ok browser but when you try to use different search engines its a pain in the ass to change and gets very tedious.
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 11:06:20 » |
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I use Safari on my Mac and wouldn't use anything else, as it integrates a lot better than any of the others.
Not sure about using it on a PC though. When I switched to a Mac a couple of years ago Firefox was the better all round browser and I'd most likely still be using that on a PC.
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 14:47:53 » |
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I use Firefox for most things, but like jj said it's just spazzes out if you use too many flash applications.
Generally if I'm using anything flash based for a long period of time I'll open it in Google Chrome and then have Firefox open for other stuff.
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