What web browser do you prefer?

[Ronyx]

Firefox for me, less bugs, more user friendly, gets me where i want to go quickly and comfortably =] I used to use IE but the bugs are just endless. Glitches here, problems there... I recommend anyone stuck on IE to move to Firefox.

[nil8]

IE is integrated into vital parts of Windows. If it really gets screwed up, so will Windows.
Firefox is third party and operates in the same realm as most programs in Windows. If it develops issues, then it will be contained in just the program, not your OS.

IE7 isn't that bad. I'll be waiting until the first or second service pack before I'll install it and give it the old college try.

[Bucko]

Another FF user here. I started using it a while ago and love it!

[GT40_GearHead]

i was wondering.... how can i make my FF faster??

[xmastree]

i was wondering.... how can i make my FF faster??

http://getswiftfox.com/

Except that I suspect you use Windows. Too bad...

[.Maleficus.]

http://getswiftfox.com/

Except that I suspect you use Windows. Too bad...

Yeah, when I'm on Windows, Firefox is slower than Ubuntu (I got some sweet tips from the Ubuntu Forums on that).

So, if you haven't figured it out from that, I use Firefox, though looking at Opera did make me want to try it out.

[simon275]

i was wondering.... how can i make my FF faster??

http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_9.html

network.http.max-connections-per-server [Integer] (16) - This setting determines how many simultaneous connections can be made to a single server. The default is 8, however you can increase the value for broadband connections to something like 16 or 32 to attempt to increase browsing speed. The maximum is 255, however note that raising this setting to a high value (in conjunction with a high value for the network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-.* settings below) may be construed as a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack by some servers and your connection may be refused or even permanently banned. I strongly suggest that you keep this value sane. Simply increasing the number of connections to a server doesn't necessarily make things any faster, and indeed if every Firefox user does this then overall most sites will become slower.

two access the above to change the value type About:Config in the address bar in FF and hit enter

[nil8]

It looks like firefox nailed it. Good info simon. rep+

[xmastree]

Since Fx is winning hands down, how many of you are aware of this 'trick'?

If you use the bookmarks toolbar, and the site in question has a favicon, then that icon appears in the toolbar alongside the name, once you've used it.
Now, if you have lots of bookmarks there, it's possible to go to each bookmark's properties and delete their names.
They will then sit much closer together, so you can have more, and as long as you recognise the icon you can still see what they are.

If you're not sure, you can hover over them to see the url.

[luciusad2004]

Some good tips coming from you guys, +rep for you.

I might try that tip for speeding up Firefox, not sure yet. I was always put off by the warning about people going crazy and slowing down the internet for everyone else.