Which browser?

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Which internet browser do you use?

Internet Explorer
3
38%
Netscape
0
No votes
AOL
0
No votes
Opera
1
13%
Mozilla
1
13%
Mozilla Firefox
3
38%
Other
0
No votes
 
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Anyone tried this: http://www.avantbrowser.com/ ?

Tis supposedly an IE plugin that puts all the good features of IE, Opera, Netscape etc in one. A bloke at work was raving about it but i'm a bit dubious about it (tbh i love Opera apart from a coupla gripes)
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just posting from Avant now, seems quite good at first impression, maybe a little slower than Opera, and tbh I prefer the look of Opera, but it does display some pages correctly that Opera can't (for instance check out this link in Opera, tehn in Avant/IE), and it shows pages that can normally only be viewed in IE (i.e. Windows Update, Egg.com and other online banking sites)

review ongoing :)
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my mate told me it had built in email (after i told him that's one of the things i love about Opera), but all the button seems to do is open Outlook Express (even tho i have Outlook as the default program)
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noone interested in this then?
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sorry mate completely missed the thread. only ever use IE these days and nvr had a problem with it to make me want to change. need to dload all the other main browsers to test my site on though when i get chance. i hear netscape wont allow inline frames so netsacape users wont be able to see the news on the homepage. (had to leave them a special link)
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the main reason for me to try others was the lack of tabbed browsing on IE, I absolutely hate having to have loads of IE sessions open just to switch between sites, when most other browsers let you have multiple windows within the same session. The second thing i love about Opera is it's built-in email client, which is so much better than Outlook/Outlook Express
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what's better about the mail client?
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doesnt take a week to load, is really simple to use.....
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outlook express doesnt take a week to load and is simple to use also? i'll take your word for it though :)
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takes a damn site longer to load and is more difficult to use than opera :)
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i used mozilla on the side
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never really looked at mozilla, any good?
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yes I'm quite happy with it :)

gave me much less trouble then opera :D
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what troubles d'ya have with opera then?
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not refreshing properly for one :(
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