Q for Windows users

[JohnT]

So who has traded in their Firefox for IE7?

[yikes]

I use both.
IE 7 is a little clunky tho

[Silvernic]

Thought I might switch to IE 7 when it came out, but it still doesn't feel quite as nice. I know this is dumb, but my main complaint with it is that the little "X" to close a tab changes places depending on how many tabs you have open.

[adirty1]

IE is to big and i dont want all the stuff that comes with it. thus is why i use FF..
I have read about to many problems with IE7 to install it. I have seen it crash a computer just from the install.

[Gordon]

I tried IE7 briefly and switched back to FF 2.0 I picked up the 'Tab Catalog' extension on the way as about the only interesting thing I saw in IE7. Works well in firefox too.

[JamesB]

I switched to FF a few years ago. and do have IE 7, but use FF about 99% of the time.

just a few days ago I downloaded Opera and giving that a try. Its doing ok, but does not work properly on some sites

james

[Jim]

I use both, myself. IE7 is a whole lot better than IE6 though. Not enough to switch from FF completely.

[Detonate]

I've never felt complelled to use anything other than IE. I downloaded Firefox once upon a time, and a lot of websites looked like ass, so I uninstalled it and have never thought to even bother with it again.

[TXhummer2]

Yahoo! ballyhoo'd IE7, so I have it at home. I still use FF though, because the display in IE7 on most websites makes it look like my screen just went from 1280x1024 to 800x600!

[Daniel Bates]

I really dislike how the menu bar is hidden by default and then opens below the nav bar in IE7. Maybe there's a way to switch it back but I'm not really motivated to look for it...

[Silvernic]

Originally Posted by Detonate

I've never felt complelled to use anything other than IE. I downloaded Firefox once upon a time, and a lot of websites looked like ass, so I uninstalled it and have never thought to even bother with it again.

Dude, you should totally bother with it at least once more. Site designers design with FF in mind now and it works great!

[bee]

I have both but only use IE7 ocassionaly because of some custom apps we have at work that run in a browser. They display really badly in FF.

[Detonate]

Originally Posted by Silvernic

Dude, you should totally bother with it at least once more. Site designers design with FF in mind now and it works great!

IE accounts for around 60% of all browsers. While FF has gain a lot of popularity. It's still in the lower 30%.

I just don't see a reason to switch. IE does everything I need it to do. Display a webpage, and display it correctly. Why bother? Just ends up being another piece of software that I have to keep up to date.

[Howard Barlow]

I tried Firefox, hated the tabs, hated Firefox. Just updated to IE7, hated it, too. I want my Links bar. So, I deleted 7. I am happy with IE6. I am just a simple mind. I mean, simple man. No..simple mind is right.

[Gordon]

Originally Posted by Howard Barlow

I tried Firefox, hated the tabs, hated Firefox. Just updated to IE7, hated it, too. I want my Links bar. So, I deleted 7. I am happy with IE6. I am just a simple mind. I mean, simple man. No..simple mind is right.

Not that it matters if you are happy with what you have, but it is very simple to turn firefox into a new window only sort of browser. The 'Tabbed browsing' options let you switch of all tabs, very easily. Tabs and tab groups are my favourite feature, along with the visual tab catalog. I hated having windows spewing all over the place.