THE BROWSER POLL

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
firefox 45
safari 10
some other goofy shit4
internet explorer 2
opera 1
seamonkey 0
dillo 0
netscape 0


BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:21 (eighteen years ago)

i don't think this counts as meta

tremendoid, Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:23 (eighteen years ago)

sid never metta poll he didn't like

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:23 (eighteen years ago)

oh wait you actually meant meta

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:23 (eighteen years ago)

thought you were making a buddhist joke, nvm me

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:24 (eighteen years ago)

what is dillo
what is seamonkey

are these things "linux"...?

sleepingbag, Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:26 (eighteen years ago)

more like li-nuts

max, Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:28 (eighteen years ago)

nu-safari (with tabs, etc.)

J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:32 (eighteen years ago)

unless i'm uploading to sendspace then firefox. basically the only reason i have it on my computer.

J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:32 (eighteen years ago)

camino

whatever, Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:48 (eighteen years ago)

I think my favorite browser fight was when you had to grab his by the tail, swing him around, then toss him off the pedastal.

kingfish, Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:56 (eighteen years ago)

2/10

J0rdan S., Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:57 (eighteen years ago)

No lynx, no cred.

libcrypt, Sunday, 16 December 2007 04:46 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

someone should do THE BOWSER POLL on ILE

Jordan, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 00:03 (eighteen years ago)

i mean ILG

Jordan, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 00:07 (eighteen years ago)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/379515114_5b83b0d481_o.jpg

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 01:05 (eighteen years ago)

what is dillo
what is seamonkey

are these things "linux"...?

-- sleepingbag, Saturday, 15 December 2007 08:26 (

dillo is a tiny browser designed specifically, i think, to run in tiny linux distros. it's super-fast, but can't load anything properly. facebook, for example, looks like this:

http://xs222.xs.to/xs222/07512/facebook_small.png

Seamonkey is Firefox's lesser known sibling in the Mozilla Project.

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 01:48 (eighteen years ago)

fwiw I prefer Seamonkey. This ancient CPU needs all the RAM it can get, so Firefox is out, and with Dillo rendering pages like ^^^ that, Seamonkey gets me the best bang for my RAM.

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 02:15 (eighteen years ago)

Isn’t RAM like a meg per quarter?

Mr. Goodman, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 02:19 (eighteen years ago)

For my circa 95 Compaq, an extra 256 would run me about $60. Not expensive, but more than I can spend right now what with holiday shopping and moving expenses.

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 02:35 (eighteen years ago)

Bigger spending priorities, if you will.

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 02:36 (eighteen years ago)

I have a better PC than that in my basement that you can have for nothin', HOOS. Gonna be in the SF Bay area anytime soon?

libcrypt, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 02:47 (eighteen years ago)

props for Konqueror. Firefox but.

Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 03:13 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

internet explorer 2

lol

The Reverend, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:09 (seventeen years ago)

2 ppl that need to think hard about what they're really doing on the internet

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:18 (seventeen years ago)

listen to yourself

roxymuzak, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 01:36 (seventeen years ago)

camino

moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 03:14 (seventeen years ago)

i am posting this on seamonkey. it is weird browser.

moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 03:30 (seventeen years ago)

almost like netscape or something, right?

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 03:31 (seventeen years ago)

I like Safari 3 a lot.

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 03:36 (seventeen years ago)

Oh, interesting! Firefox is the most used browser on ILX now. It was always IE. The top 10 breakdown is:
1. Firefox 47.48%
2. Internet Explorer 37.91%
3. Safari 11.41%
4. Opera 1.71%
5. Camino 0.57%
6. Mozilla 0.44%
7. Netscape 0.15%
8. AvantGo 0.08%
9. Konqueror 0.08%
10. Playstation Portable 0.06%

stet, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 04:50 (seventeen years ago)

thanks stet

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 04:51 (seventeen years ago)

10. Playstation Portable 0.06%

!!

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 04:52 (seventeen years ago)

i'm thinking about uninstalling firefox from my laptop.

it seems to eat even more memory than IE!?!?!?

ken c, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 11:42 (seventeen years ago)

Rumor is that Firefox 3 is gonna significantly curb the memory suck.

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago)

using IE is a one-way ticket to becoming an unwary spammer

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 19:24 (seventeen years ago)

but go ahead, go be part of a botnet run by russian criminals, who cares

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 19:25 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, Firefox is a bastaqrd on memory and the developers are aware of it. It's not nearly as bad as it was though. I can remember having to restart it four times a day.

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:01 (seventeen years ago)

we should get an ilx botnet

jhøshea, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:02 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.pupla.com/Robot.jpg

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:03 (seventeen years ago)

firefox suxors. Why the fuck do you use it? I much prefer Safari.

stevienixed, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:03 (seventeen years ago)

Because it works much better than Safari for me, thank you very much.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:03 (seventeen years ago)

LESSONS LEARNED: Only people who totally geek out over which browser they use bother to vote in "Which browser do you use?" polls.

HI DERE, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:05 (seventeen years ago)

People say Firefox sucks but they never say why.

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:28 (seventeen years ago)

2. Internet Explorer 37.91% // internet explorer 2

remy bean, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:31 (seventeen years ago)

people who use firefox without tuning it up with plugins and shit are bonkers

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:43 (seventeen years ago)

that's like the whole point of the thing, is fasterfox + adblock + filterset.g

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:43 (seventeen years ago)

and the pimpzilla theme

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:43 (seventeen years ago)

people who use firefox without tuning it up with plugins and shit are bonkers

-- El Tomboto, Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:43 (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

^^^

1. No cookies unless I bloody well say so
2. No freaking pop-ups
3. Adblock
4. Flashblock
5. Microfirefox theme

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 22:59 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

What's good in non-safari OS X browsers, I need a second browser to keep a separate google apps session going and thought I'd try something else.

Ideas?

Mornington Crescent (Ed), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 13:26 (sixteen years ago)

Firefox? Tho it's currently being a bit weird with some Flash apps but otherwise, y'know, it's Firefox.

my so-called trife (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 13:28 (sixteen years ago)

noscript bitches

El Tomboto, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 13:29 (sixteen years ago)

i use camino. can't remember why i stopped using regular firefox but they're like the same i guess

harbl, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 13:30 (sixteen years ago)

I use Chrome I think on our PC. Not sure though. But I like it.

Which is funny cause I fucking hate Firefox on our Apple comps. I always use Safari.

I GOTTA BRAKE FREEEEE (stevienixed), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 13:36 (sixteen years ago)

I think my favorite browser fight was when you had to grab his by the tail, swing him around, then toss him off the pedastal.

― kingfish, Saturday, December 15, 2007 3:56 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this post owned well played kingfish

(╬ ಠ益ಠ) (cankles), Thursday, 25 June 2009 01:24 (sixteen years ago)

Firefox is good. If you really like Safari, use Fluid to create a site-specific browser app.

Nhex, Thursday, 25 June 2009 01:30 (sixteen years ago)

Opera's quite a nice browser once you customise it to stop it looking vile.

Shiira's another Webkit-based one that I used to use a bit. Has nice download management, as I recall.

Alba, Thursday, 25 June 2009 07:36 (sixteen years ago)

I think my favorite browser fight was when you had to grab his by the tail, swing him around, then toss him off the pedastal.

― kingfish, Saturday, December 15, 2007 8:56 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

2/10

― J0rdan S., Saturday, December 15, 2007 8:57 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark

in dire need of rescoring imo

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 25 June 2009 08:28 (sixteen years ago)


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