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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:02:17 PM EDT
I dumped the memory sucking POS excuse for a browser.
 Opera just announced that their ad free $40 browser is a freebie now,so it took me 10 minutes to download and 15 seconds to dump Firesux.It'll take me another hour or two to get the new one down but it is smooth and fast! Still trying to figure out how to get my bookmarks transfered but they'v got a discussion forum for the computer challenged.OPERA |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:04:34 PM EDT
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I tried it and its a cluster fudge and an eye sore. I fiddled with it for hours and still could not get comfortable with it. I dumped it. Also the fact that they have an adware supported version is reason enough to not support them.
Like most people, I have enough memory and I dont leave my browser open half the day. Its a non issue really. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:15:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:16:49 PM EDT
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Fixed it for you. :) That's the news. No more ads, the browser is free. Jim |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:18:12 PM EDT
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Just the fact they even did that does not sit well with me. Even aside from that, I just didnt like the interface. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:19:27 PM EDT
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Am I the only one who can leave firefox open for several days in a row with little or no problem?
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:21:10 PM EDT
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It's just an extension to IE. Sure, you can cover a dog turd in gold foil, but does it really help? Jim |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:21:25 PM EDT
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No problems here. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:22:18 PM EDT
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Well lets see, NO pop-ups, NO spyware, NO viri and NO pop-unders, and I get tabbed browsing. Yup, seems to work good. AND its not a memory hog.... I cant flipping stand firefox....
Also, its not an extension, its just coded around the IE engine.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:25:21 PM EDT
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I don't have any issues with Firefox, even with the memory.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:46:16 PM EDT
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Used earlier versions of Opera and liked it but gave it up when they started throwing in everything *INCLUDING* the kitchen sink.
Different development ideas. Opera gives you everything from the get-go and you can go in and switch it off/change it around. Firefox gives you a no-frills tool out of the box and you can then pick and choose what you need to bolt on to make it perfect for you. Yeah, I saw the memory problem but all you had to do was minimize it and then reopen. POOF! Fixed. On a 15" PowerBook now running OS X 10.4.2 and 1GB (ThinkPad w/XP Pro in storage) and just upgraded to Firefox 1.07. Rock solid as a pool table. 
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:47:07 PM EDT
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I'm sitting here with 8 tabs open in FF, and it's using a whopping 57mb of my 1.5 gb. Whoop de fuckin doo. Opera is ugly and sluggish.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:54:29 PM EDT
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I'm still using Firefox inspite of it limitations. I gave Opera permission to install an updated version on my computer, but at the same time Opera also installed some spyware on my computer. I caught and deleted the spyware using Spybot. That little fiasco didn't settle too well with me.
Opera also gobbles up memory like Firefox. At some point it reached 768MB. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:55:28 PM EDT
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+1 Operah is teh suk |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:56:00 PM EDT
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Used said browser for years, switched to firefox.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 10:56:17 PM EDT
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I do, but Firefox uses a tremendous amount of memory that it doesn't free. With IE after viewing certain reports, IE will take over a gigabyte of memory. When I close the IE window, it frees most of that memory. With Firefox, it keeps that memory until I close Firefox. As of this moment, Firefox is taking almost 1.5Gbytes of RAM, and it won't free-up until I close Firefox. Firefox is a great browser, but you need a lot of RAM if viewing larger (>100Mbyte) pages. We had to upgrade all of our systems to 2Gbytes so we could use Firefox.z |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:36:38 PM EDT
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I can too. I think the guys that have problems must have programs running in background that are hidden. I have 1 64meg and 1 256meg RAM chipsets in the machine. |
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:37:36 PM EDT
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I just stayed with Mozilla Firebird.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:52:45 PM EDT
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Yep. And you HAVE to have IE 5.5 or higher installed for it to run. No thanks. I'm waiting on the Firefox version 1.5 (to eliminate the memory leak problem). So I close and re-load Firefox once every couple of days. Who cares? Beats running IE anyday. 
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:54:38 PM EDT
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WTF are you talking about? No you dont. Maxthon is a browser NOT a plug-in/extention. I remove IE after a new/fresh install and load Maxthon.
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Posted: 9/21/2005 11:57:47 PM EDT
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It's because they open 30 tabs in a single session. |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 12:03:14 AM EDT
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From Maxthon's website Edit: It also remembered a password from when I checked webmail last (with Internet Explorer). If it were a standalone browser, it would have asked me to log into my webmail. |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 12:04:46 AM EDT
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Well, I run it and dont have IE installed....
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Posted: 9/22/2005 12:05:45 AM EDT
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I edited my above post to add some info.
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Posted: 9/22/2005 12:10:22 AM EDT
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I see that, and I know that it says that on its req. But this is twice now on a fresh install of XP that I remove IE and just install Maxthon and it works fine.
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Posted: 9/22/2005 12:21:12 AM EDT
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How did you remove it? (just asking) |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 12:25:50 AM EDT
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TThis way the past 2 times.
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Posted: 9/22/2005 12:41:02 AM EDT
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Good for you. Im not quite there yet. Still use Firefox for browsing, with IE as defult for opening links  While IE is not safe and Firefox hogs resources.Import/Exporting Bookmarks is a simple job, Firefox stores them in a HTML file. So, in Opera. Go to > File > Import And Export > Import Netscape/Firefox > Browse to: C:\Documents and Settings\*USERNAME*\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*PROFILENAME* And open bookmarks.html. Ill just keep waiting for a Opera/Firefox... release that agrees with me  *Sigh*
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Posted: 9/22/2005 1:02:12 AM EDT
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firefox works for me. no problems. I have 2gb of memory tho
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Posted: 9/22/2005 1:11:52 AM EDT
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firefox gives me a hard time, but i'm not ready to switch just yet.
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Posted: 9/22/2005 1:26:19 AM EDT
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No, I never have issues with Firefox either. It is a great app that I started using at home, and now it has become my company's standard. As the only support person they have I can tell you there are never any complaints about Firefox. |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 2:06:14 AM EDT
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I disagree. It is an issue. I have 1 gig on my system, and multiple file downloads cause Firefox to lock-up consistently. It appears there are issues with memory management and thread synchronization. Not to mention known problems with the HTML rendering engine. It’s not a pretty sight. |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 2:09:22 AM EDT
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Same here. Just turn it off once in awhile. Don't leave it on all day. I know, we shouldn't have to, but...til they get it fixed. I'll NEVER go back to IE - I have to use it once in a while because some websites require it - and I have to access them (think govt )... |
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Posted: 9/22/2005 3:11:09 AM EDT
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I've left it open for days, possibly weeks without a problem... Sure it uses up RAM, about the same as IE with the same number of windows/tabs.
With 128 MB of RAM on XP, anything will suck. |
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