Your favourite web browser?
Saturday, October 15, 2005 by Julian G | Discussion: Personal Computing
I don't know, I've heard so much bad about IE6 but I've been using IE since I got my first internet connection (36.6k 
) about 10 years ago. Well it was Netscape back then but just for a moment before I started IE. I've tried Opera and MoZilla but I didn't see much deviation in terms of performance and stability, so I'm just wondering what you guys have to say.
[On a side note, I'm looking for a central email software that can handle many accounts at once (those POP3 stuff) Yahoo! used to have that feature, but it was taken away I think. Microsoft Outlook doesn't work. Any ideas?]
) about 10 years ago. Well it was Netscape back then but just for a moment before I started IE. I've tried Opera and MoZilla but I didn't see much deviation in terms of performance and stability, so I'm just wondering what you guys have to say.[On a side note, I'm looking for a central email software that can handle many accounts at once (those POP3 stuff) Yahoo! used to have that feature, but it was taken away I think. Microsoft Outlook doesn't work. Any ideas?]
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tjesterb
Reply #42 Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:26 PM
I didn't think IE had any standards to conform to.
Reply #42 Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:26 PM
| Sadly, many sites conform to IE. |
I didn't think IE had any standards to conform to.
Julian G
Reply #43 Monday, October 17, 2005 5:20 AM
Reply #43 Monday, October 17, 2005 5:20 AM
Oh.. so instead of opening multiple instances of the browser I can have many pages in one browswer to select at a time...That's sound idea man. I didn't even knew it existed when I installed FF a while ago. Gotta really experiment with it now.
Julian G
Reply #45 Monday, October 17, 2005 6:29 AM
Reply #45 Monday, October 17, 2005 6:29 AM
Guys. GUYS. I got Gmail! (yay #1) and I got it to work with TB! (yay #2) -Thanks again jester!
Now I just have one lingering question. How do I get the rest of my emails to be accessible from TD as well?
Now I just have one lingering question. How do I get the rest of my emails to be accessible from TD as well?
iTZKooPA
Reply #46 Monday, October 17, 2005 7:21 AM
Nifty didn't know that.
Reply #46 Monday, October 17, 2005 7:21 AM
| Firefox and Opera both have tabbed browsing. |
Nifty didn't know that.
Mithun Pal
Reply #47 Monday, October 17, 2005 7:37 AM Untitled Document
Reply #47 Monday, October 17, 2005 7:37 AM
| Guys. GUYS. I got Gmail! (yay #1) and I got it to work with TB! (yay #2) -Thanks again jester! |
Well, finally your G-Mail account working. That's fine.
| Now I just have one lingering question. How do I get the rest of my emails to be accessible from TD as well? |
Are you sure your Hotmail and Yahoo support POP3?
Probably Yahoo supports POP facility for all accounts excepting those are at yahoo.com server. Which server did you used to create your account? The POP settings depend on the server name. To have the POP3 facility at yahoo.com you have to purchase a 'Yahoo Plus' account.
If you don't purchase, Hotmail won't support POP. If you have a HotPOP account then it would be accessible by the mail clients like Outlook. Otherwise Hotmail occasionally supports http and the server is 'http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp' as incoming as well as outgoing.
Julian G
Reply #48 Monday, October 17, 2005 9:25 AM
No.
I just checked. An upgrade is needed for that. Doesn't matter, Gmail is gonna be my primary email now anyways.
Reply #48 Monday, October 17, 2005 9:25 AM
| Are you sure your Hotmail and Yahoo support POP3? |
No.
I just checked. An upgrade is needed for that. Doesn't matter, Gmail is gonna be my primary email now anyways.
Solosturm
Reply #50 Monday, October 17, 2005 10:36 AM
Reply #50 Monday, October 17, 2005 10:36 AM
Web: Firefox (been using FF back since original beta!)
eMail: Thunderbird (Although all i have is gmail, so i use the gmail notifier extension for FF, and my webbrowser does all of the work for me as Browser and eMail app...
)
eMail: Thunderbird (Although all i have is gmail, so i use the gmail notifier extension for FF, and my webbrowser does all of the work for me as Browser and eMail app...
)
tjesterb
Reply #51 Monday, October 17, 2005 11:36 AM
hee-hee!
Julian, glad to help. If you look through the FF extensions, there is a Gmail notifier somewhere.
Reply #51 Monday, October 17, 2005 11:36 AM
| Shudders at incredimail users* |
hee-hee!
Julian, glad to help. If you look through the FF extensions, there is a Gmail notifier somewhere.
4letterword
Reply #52 Monday, October 17, 2005 12:53 PM
That was once upon a time...
The full version of Opera can now be downloaded (without any pesky adds) at www.opera.com.
It's totally FREE!
Reply #52 Monday, October 17, 2005 12:53 PM
| Opera has alot of the same features but the ads annoy me |
That was once upon a time...
The full version of Opera can now be downloaded (without any pesky adds) at www.opera.com.
It's totally FREE!
Hippie
Reply #54 Monday, October 17, 2005 3:01 PM
Reply #54 Monday, October 17, 2005 3:01 PM
Firefox and Thunderbird. Started about a year ago. Never went back.
Hippie
Reply #55 Monday, October 17, 2005 3:03 PM
Reply #55 Monday, October 17, 2005 3:03 PM
Yea, I will have to say I used Opera, but never made it default, and am still using Firefox
Island Dog
Reply #56 Monday, October 17, 2005 7:24 PM
Reply #56 Monday, October 17, 2005 7:24 PM
I mainly use Firefox for my browsing. When I have to go to Wincustomize I use either IE or Maxthon.
I use Outlook 2003 for my mail. I tried Thunderbird, but it's just not enough for me. However I have installed Thunderbird on all our computers at work.
On my Mac, I switch between Safari and Firefox.
indigonecro
Reply #57 Monday, October 17, 2005 7:50 PM
Reply #57 Monday, October 17, 2005 7:50 PM
In this day and age how can anyone just have 1 favorite browser? I dual it with Opera and Firefox. I'm also on the Flock beta team and anxiously awaiting that soon. As far as email.. Gotta go old school with Outlook 2003. But Thunderbird and a couple others are nice too. All depends on the functionality and features you want at that particular time you use them. Good concept to remember for anything
-Chris C.
-Chris C.
Julian G
Reply #58 Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:26 AM
Reply #58 Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:26 AM
A couple of days off with Thunderbird and I must say it's great. No more signing in, no more www's to type. Just connect and Thunderbird.
I'm still trying out the features in FF though, and I just got Opera a while ago.
I'm gonna upload a screenshot of my desktop soon. Have a look!
And again, thanks for all the invaluable information and ideas. Have a nice day!
I'm still trying out the features in FF though, and I just got Opera a while ago.
I'm gonna upload a screenshot of my desktop soon. Have a look!
And again, thanks for all the invaluable information and ideas. Have a nice day!
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Reply #41 Sunday, October 16, 2005 1:53 PM