Firebird in Linux, regular Mozilla in Windows, but only because I don’t use that OS enough to go through the trouble of installing Firebird.
I LOVE the built-in Google bar, and the pop-up browsing (I had to use IE at school last week, and I was SO annoyed at popups!) I also LOVE tabbed browsing…every program should have tabs. Word processors, spreadsheets, everything, all tabs! Tabs tabs tabs! (Yes, I am tired, can you tell?)
IE 6, occassionally Firebird when I want to see how something looks in another browser. I use IE 6 almost exclusively because I have no compelling reason to use anything else most of the time. (I have PanicWare’s Pop-up Stopper Pro, and haven’t seen a pop-up in years.)
IE 4, since that’s the only one that will work with my old computer. sigh 
Hopefully, my friend Vernon gets it upgraded SOON…
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Opera. Can’t put my finger on what makes me prefer it to Firebird, which has similar features and is free, but there is just something about the feel of Opera that makes me willing to pay the $39 or live with the banner ads.
Love, love, love my Opera browser.
Cant agree more with you leenmi. Love my Opera.It is so so better than the crappy IE.
For me, it’s not so much the tabs (as you say, the taskbar performs a similar function), it’s the fact that new windows open in the background, so you don’t have to navigate back to the original window every time. And my browser supports background opening by clicking the mouse wheel, which makes it soooo much easier to open multiple links quickly.
Opera. It appears to run faster than IE for me, has some helpful features (tabbed browsing, mouse gestures, easy toggling of image loading, “open in background” options and the like) and is nicely customisable. I’ve heard similar good things about Firebird, but am quite happy with Opera for the time being.
I’ve heard that Firebird is a slimmed-down version of Mozilla? If that’s true, what does Mozilla provide that Firebird does not?
I have multiple versions of various browsers running - purely for web design testing etc.
With regards to my personal browsing, i’m a Firebird user.
Mozilla, mostly for the tabbed browsing. That is such a handy little. You wont know how useful it is until you actually use it.
Funnily enough, although I am an IE fan and hate Lotus Notes with a vengence, since my e-mails come through Notes at work, anything to do with SDMB and other links tend to be done through Notes (IE browsing rather than Netscape). At home though, I’m exclusively IE - more through habit than anything else.
Opera user here.
I’ve been playing with Firebird and have to say I am very impressed…Not enough to switch though.
It varies.
When I’m doing my html coding for class, I use Netscape 4.7 - it lets me know straight off if something’s not how I planned it to be (I also keep the page open in IE 6, because that’s usually going to be how I want it to look and I can compare the two). N4.7 is also one of the browsers the professor will use to view our work once we hand it in, so it helps to see it that way.
I also run pages through Opera, Mozilla and Safari to check how they look. But I mainly surf using IE6. It’s just right there - and all my favorites are saved there, since I never think to save things in other browswers.
Safari; in additional to the popup blocking and other “technical” features, I like the graphical layout and the built-in Google search.
Oh! and the spool chocker!
I have a G4. I use Netscape 7.02. IE is only on here to use older websites that aren’t up to scratch with newer browsers (see www.gamesup.com, unless it’s updated in the last few months.)
Netscape 7.1 because it comes with email and an HTML editor and it blocks most pop ups. And it looks cool too :). Also raised on Netscape since my parents first got internet way back when.
Occasionally IE 5.5 to see if my webpages work.
Mozilla is a suite of web products: browser, email client, news reader, etc…
Firebird is just a web browser. No email client, news reader, etc…
Both are developed by the same group, although some extensions are for Firebird only.
What? No Camino users yet?
I know I should try Safari more, and I do use it on occasion, but I tend to stick with Camino. I just like it.
Ditto.
What’s the advantage?
Why type the phase in the ADDRESS bar, and then hit 3 keys–ctrl+shift+enter?
Why not just click on google.com (say, by setting it as the home page icon, or the top row of the bookmarks) and then type the phrase in the google search bar?