Author Topic: IE or FIREFOX? why? (Read 5188 times)

Kimmybwoy · « **on:** July 05, 2008, 10:36:04 AM »

FireFoxIt Dont Kick You OFF So Much

Waizujin · « **Reply #1 on:** July 05, 2008, 06:31:50 PM »

Wow, I could write a 5 page article on why you shouldn't use IE. But I will keep my response simple and with a story.

A long time ago in a land far far away, I had a computer. I shared it with my sister and mother. We used IE because this was a time before I learned of the amazing thing named Firefox.
Anyway, we would get viruses on a daily basis because IE had a massive lack of security. My mother and sister were no where near computer guru's and needed a 50 minute explanation on what Yahoo was and how the hell do you log into it.
So, naturally they easily gave me viruses.
Sooner or later I became wise, and heard of the glorious firefox. I downloaded firefox, chucked IE out the window and into the dog house. Since then viruses have been few and now are an endangered species.

I forget about IE except for the rare moaning from the Dog House which I have learned to tune out completely.

Basically, IE sucks, firefox pawns.
$IERules < $FirefoxRules

cdoyle · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2008, 03:39:27 PM »

I just don't like IE because, when developing pages you always have to keep in mind that IE just does whatever it wants.

I hate designing something, having it look great in every browser but IE. Then have to figure out what is going on, and find some odd loophole to make it work in IE too.

It really gets annoying at times, especially if you don't know all the fixes etc to make it work. Lots of time wasted, when you could be developing instead.

codestryke · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2008, 02:43:23 AM »

First off let me say I use Firefox.. Hell I love Firefox, period.

But

IE is ~90% market share. To code your game and not take IE into consideration is basically shooting yourself in the foot. It's one thing to use FF as your primary browser but always and I mean always check your stuff in IE as well because the MAJORITY of the web uses IE, period.

raestlyn · « **Reply #4 on:** July 07, 2008, 02:47:34 AM »

Quote from: codestryke on July 07, 2008, 02:43:23 AM

First off let me say I use Firefox.. Hell I love Firefox, period.

But

IE is ~90% market share. To code your game and not take IE into consideration is basically shooting yourself in the foot. It's one thing to use FF as your primary browser but always and I mean always check your stuff in IE as well because the MAJORITY of the web uses IE, period.

I agree, I usually check out the sites with Opera also.. IE is huge at the moment, but FF is catching up quite fast. check this out.

Kimmybwoy · « **Reply #5 on:** July 08, 2008, 01:22:24 PM »

well firefox 3.0 did have 8.3million downloads in 24hrs on release, safari, thats my favourite browser for veiwing

Firefox also has a good range of add-ons , witch are good

Waizujin · « **Reply #6 on:** July 08, 2008, 10:39:10 PM »

The only real problem for me is Firefox still is a memory hog. I run windows XP on 256MB's of memory. That's all I have and I do a lot of other things so memory hogging is a big problem for me. But it's features are convenient enough to make up for it.

Zeggy · « **Reply #7 on:** July 08, 2008, 11:01:51 PM »

Wow, only 256MB?

Apparently FF3 uses less memory than FF2 though. And from my experience, it does use less memory ^^

<3 FF3

codestryke · « **Reply #8 on:** July 08, 2008, 11:50:14 PM »

Quote from: Kimmybwoy on July 08, 2008, 01:22:24 PM

well firefox 3.0 did have 8.3million downloads in 24hrs on release, safari, thats my favourite browser for veiwing

Firefox also has a good range of add-ons , witch are good

How many computers do you think are sold a year with a version of windows installed on them? I'm betting its way more then 8.3million

Just cuz it's better doesn't mean people will use it.

Waizujin · « **Reply #9 on:** July 08, 2008, 11:53:38 PM »

Quote from: Zeggy on July 08, 2008, 11:01:51 PM

Wow, only 256MB?

Apparently FF3 uses less memory than FF2 though. And from my experience, it does use less memory ^^

<3 FF3

Yes, I don't really have any income so I can't upgrade. Even though RAM has become VERY cheap as of late. And making money online just isn't easy.

Chris · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2008, 08:22:24 AM »

IE is not so big as it used to be. At least not in browser gamers segment.

Statistics from my site:
MSIE Core      67.35%
Mozilla/Gecko Core         28.29%
Opera           1.96%
Other Browsers           1.85%
Mobile Browsers           0.50%
Netscape          0.06%

codestryke · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2008, 08:54:23 AM »

Not as big true, but still would you make your site not work for 67% of your visitors? My break down is a bit different depending on the game.

Game 1
FF 68.66
IE 27.50

Game 2
FF 32.54
IE 64.52

Game 3
FF 48.46
IE 48.43

Game 4
FF 65.67
IE 30.30

Waizujin · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2008, 10:21:35 AM »

Anymore, I just put a warning saying it may not work in internet explorer and to try firefox instead. If it don't work in IE to bad I don't want them.

mobeamer · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2008, 03:18:31 PM »

Stats....

Internet Explorer   2,675    54.24%
Firefox     1,961    39.76%
Opera 149    3.02%
Safari 114    2.31%
Mozilla 21 0.43%

Games work in IE, a lil buggy but functional in FF...don't know about Opera or safari

Kimmybwoy · « **Reply #14 on:** July 12, 2008, 10:50:52 PM »

Firefox Isnt Sold on computers, witch isnt fair, Windows Force People To Use IE

raestlyn · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2008, 02:21:16 AM »

Quote from: Kimmybwoy on July 12, 2008, 10:50:52 PM

Firefox Isnt Sold on computers, witch isnt fair, Windows Force People To Use IE

Actually, it is. I purchased Asus eeePC reacently and it has FF preinstalled on its Xandros OS.

rowbvp · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2008, 05:22:37 AM »

try this

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CJTzuIith8LjgAEQbhggMgisg9GKGfNvyA

Kimmybwoy · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2008, 06:55:52 AM »

Ok maybe ti is but not as many are sold as firefox preintalled , unlike windows

tezeti · « **Reply #18 on:** July 24, 2008, 09:35:03 PM »

I prefer Firefox over IE due to the additional stability, security, and support for web standards that Firefox 3 offers (as well as the ability to customize the browser interface & behavior).

Go_on · « **Reply #19 on:** August 18, 2008, 09:28:54 AM »

Firefox, because it is safer, like the tabsystem better, and it is more user friendly.

liogr · « **Reply #20 on:** August 18, 2008, 12:07:11 PM »

Firefox, because:
It is secure
It is stable
It is fully customizable
You don't need to learn how exactly it will render the page. it uses the standard info.
And last but not least: I HATE Internet Explorer

die4me · « **Reply #21 on:** August 18, 2008, 09:34:00 PM »

if ie didn't come with windows it would've died out long ago

lewt24 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 17, 2008, 03:06:43 PM »

firefox.... but apparantly google chrome is good never used it though

but microsoft owns too much

Mystic · « **Reply #23 on:** October 18, 2008, 03:57:33 AM »

I use Opera and Epiphany, depending on which OS I'm in

I don't like Firefox. I use IE8 sometimes.

Basically, for normal browsing I will use Opera or Epiphany. (There is no Flash player for Opera on Linux)
If I need a particular add-on (youtube video downloading, for example) I will use Firefox.
If I am doing something I need a non-Opera browser for (ActiveX for example) I will use IE8.

xBleuWolfx · « **Reply #24 on:** October 21, 2008, 08:28:17 PM »

I like Firefox over IE because of many reasons already posted. It's more secure, it's more user friendly, and it conforms to design standards.
Also, it's add-ons are pretty useful. For example, when I create web pages, I make sure that they work on both IE and Firefox. Instead of opening the page in two different browsers, I downloaded the IE Tab and BAM!, I can simply click a button and then I can see what the page will look like in IE.

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