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    From Paul Hayton@3:770/330 to All on Sat Nov 21 22:57:35 2015
    Which do you prefer?

    I'm leaning towards Firefox.


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  • From Bryan Handfield@1:275/89 to Paul Hayton on Sat Nov 21 18:56:00 2015
    -=[ On 11-21-15 22:57, Paul Hayton wrote to All below: ]=-
    -=[Re: Firefox or Chrome? ]=-

    Hi Paul Hayton!

    Which do you prefer?
    I'm leaning towards Firefox.
    I use Safari but then again I'm on Mac and it seems to work just fine :) When I am on Windows, Internet Explorer is what I use for the most part.

    Cheers,

    Bryan
    Email: bhandfield(at)me(dot)com

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  • From Mr. Cool@1:138/142 to Paul Hayton on Sat Nov 21 19:32:43 2015
    Re: Firefox or Chrome?
    By: Paul Hayton to All on Sat Nov 21 2015 10:57 pm

    Which do you prefer?

    I'm leaning towards Firefox.

    From what I understand, Chrome has a lighter footprint, which can be nice on older, or low spec systems. If I remember right, each tab has it's own process, which should mean that if one if struggling, it does not bring your other activity to a hult, or slow your browsing down. I have used Chromium at home. I use Firefox or some fork of it mostly though. For anything that needs flash, Firefox is my go to browser, as Chromium does not have flash since it is completely open source. Chrome however does have flash built-in, even on linux.
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  • From Allen Scofield@1:123/400 to Paul Hayton on Sun Nov 22 21:25:56 2015
    On 11/21/15, Paul Hayton said the following...

    Which do you prefer?

    I'm leaning towards Firefox.

    Firefox for me.

    Thanks!
    Allen
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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Paul Hayton on Sun Nov 22 09:59:24 2015

    21 Nov 15 22:57, you wrote to All:

    Which do you prefer?

    I'm leaning towards Firefox.

    i've only ever used FF unless forced to use something else... back in the day, after a new (re)install of winwhatever, i would open a command line and manually FTP over to the netscape site to download the browser instead of using
    that IE abomination to get it via clicky interface... i specifically refuse to look at chrome because of it having been shoved onto my systems several times without my consent... kinda like those telephone callers trying to sell me something... all they did was ensure that they lost my business ;)

    )\/(ark

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    you have finally got it exactly the way you want it, what are you going to do with the people like you? The trouble makers. How are you going to protect your
    glorious revolution from the next one?"
    - The twelfth Doctor

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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to All on Mon Nov 23 19:11:05 2015
    On 11/22/15, Allen Scofield pondered and said...

    Firefox for me.

    Thanks all, interesting to get your thoughts. I lean towards Firefox but do find there are some websites etc. that Chrome seems to play nicer with.

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  • From Joacim Melin@2:203/242 to Paul Hayton on Sun Nov 22 21:13:34 2015
    Neither. I use Safari on the Mac but whenever I'm on Windows I use Chrome.

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  • From Andrew Leary@1:320/219 to Paul Hayton on Mon Nov 23 17:53:25 2015
    Hello Paul!

    21 Nov 15 22:57, you wrote to all:

    Which do you prefer?

    I'm leaning towards Firefox.

    I actually have both installed on my Windows machine. I still occasionally find a website that doesn't work properly in one browser, but works fine in the other. On my Linux systems, I use Firefox, on those rare occasions that I actually load up X.

    Andrew

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Andrew Leary on Mon Nov 23 20:25:38 2015

    23 Nov 15 17:53, you wrote to Paul Hayton:

    Which do you prefer?

    I'm leaning towards Firefox.

    I actually have both installed on my Windows machine. I still
    occasionally
    find a website that doesn't work properly in one browser,

    how do you determine ""properly""??? on my systems, i run adblockpro and noscript... there are many sites that i have to adjust for to allow /only that which i want/ to get the site to ""work properly... everything else is crap and
    totally unwanted... especially those tracking and ad site references... if a site won't work after allowing just that which should make it work properly, then it is crap and joins the rest in the ban bin... 4q'em if they can't operate properly without tracking me or trying to stuff other shite down my throat...

    )\/(ark

    "So let me ask you a question about this brave new world of yours. When you've killed all the bad guys, and when it's all perfect, and just and fair, and when
    you have finally got it exactly the way you want it, what are you going to do with the people like you? The trouble makers. How are you going to protect your
    glorious revolution from the next one?"
    - The twelfth Doctor

    ... We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone.
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  • From Joacim Melin@2:203/242 to Paul Hayton on Mon Nov 23 20:57:07 2015
    If nothing else, Chrome is (or at least feels) so much leaner and faster compared with Firefox.

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  • From James Barrett@1:322/764 to Paul Hayton on Wed Nov 25 23:08:00 2015
    Which do you prefer?

    I'm leaning towards Firefox.



    I had been using Chrome exclusively until a few months ago when Chrome did an update and deleted all my bookmarks. This was the second time it did that. I uninstalled it off if all my computers and installed Firefox.

    If I were to compare the 2, I'd say Firefox is a little slower, and takes up more space, but also has more security and doesn't delete my bookmarks. ;-)
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  • From Paul Hayton@3:770/100 to James Barrett on Fri Nov 27 14:54:37 2015
    On 11/25/15, James Barrett pondered and said...

    If I were to compare the 2, I'd say Firefox is a little slower, and
    takes up more space, but also has more security and doesn't delete my bookmarks. ;-) --- SBBSecho 2.27-Win32

    Agreed :) Thanks for the feedback James.

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  • From Tristan B. Kildaire@1:227/201 to Paul Hayton on Sat Nov 19 13:47:07 2016
    On 2015-11-21 12:57 PM, Paul Hayton wrote:
    Which do you prefer?

    I'm leaning towards Firefox.


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    Yes, I prefer FireFox.

    However I would like to say Mozilla has integrated shitty services like
    Pocket and what used to be implemented, FireFox Hello. I don't want
    these in my browser, hence using something like Abrowser or GNU IceCat
    which are both based on FireFox are the way to go.

    There is also Midori, which freezes quite a lot, for me at least, but
    when it does work, it is great. WebKit browser - pages load very fast.
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