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CardJoe · 30th Jan 2008, 07:33

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/01..._share_rises/1

Figures published by web monitoring firm XiTi Monitor yesterday reveal the open-source Firefox web browser steadily gaining ground throughout Europe.

Mongoose132 · 30th Jan 2008, 07:39

It's Opera for me, and always has been, IE is useless in comparison

DriftCarl · 30th Jan 2008, 08:00

Firefox when at home, forced to use IE7 at work

perplekks45 · 30th Jan 2008, 08:00

FireFox 3 cheesecake!
Anyone knows when it's out of beta stages?

danskmacabre · 30th Jan 2008, 08:04

FF for me, it's just more convenient and faster than IE. I have tried Opera and it's nice, but I'm used to FF now.

Spaceraver · 30th Jan 2008, 08:15

FF here too, on all machines in my house.. Xubuntu was a no-brainer as to which browser to use anyways..

Mankz · 30th Jan 2008, 08:20

Well, I recenetly swapped back to IE7, then a few weeks ago, went back to FF..

I'm now a firefox lover.

Almightyrastus · 30th Jan 2008, 08:23

IE7 at work and either IE7 or FF at home dpending on what I am using, desktop or laptop.

Brett89 · 30th Jan 2008, 08:28

C'mon Netscape you can do it! Be strong! I've the FF 3 Beta 2, that's on all the computers I own.

perplekks45 · 30th Jan 2008, 08:52

IE7 at work? I'm stuck with IE6 there... and they won't allow me to go FF...

jezmck · 30th Jan 2008, 09:07

Am a web developer so it's both, even at home. But Firefox is my preference.

Woodstock · 30th Jan 2008, 09:08

firefox 99% of the time for me

will. · 30th Jan 2008, 09:18

Anything other than IEx

They really need to just get a standards guru in at Microsoft who looks like a complete brute so people will take attention when he shouts "No. ****ing. SPECIAL EFFECTS".

Cthippo · 30th Jan 2008, 09:23

Opera at home and FF at work. Would be Opera all the time if i had the ambition to battle the "computer guy" at work (He's NOT an IT professional).

I did run into a site the other day that won't work with the most current version of opera, only version 6 or earlier

Solidus · 30th Jan 2008, 09:38

Iv just switched over to firefox and i must say im very impressed. It wasnt as good as this before...but its quite sleek and sexy now with the right skin and the addons make it really good.

Adblocker, Fasterfox are good

Also no script although its too aggressive.

iwog · 30th Jan 2008, 09:49

To all those complaining that work doesn't let them use FF, have you tried using it in its portable apps version? Have to say that it's a life save both at work and Uni.

Quote:

burny vulpine

Come on guys you used a nice "complex" word like vulpine and then couple it with burny

Couldn't you have used flammable, inflammable or combustible instead?

Gareth Halfacree · 30th Jan 2008, 09:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by iwog

Come on guys you used a nice "complex" word like vulpine and then couple it with burny

Couldn't you have used flammable, inflammable or combustible instead?

But I *like* the word 'burny'. Almost as much as 'burnination', which I'm still hoping will get included in the next revision of the OED.

Plus, why does 'flammable' mean the same as 'inflammable'? I mean, that's an accident waiting to happen.

menemsis · 30th Jan 2008, 11:00

Opera 9.25

its the fastest & the Strongest

Cupboard · 30th Jan 2008, 11:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gareth Halfacree

But I *like* the word 'burny'. Almost as much as 'burnination', which I'm still hoping will get included in the next revision of the OED.

Plus, why does 'flammable' mean the same as 'inflammable'? I mean, that's an accident waiting to happen.

Burny is good

inflammable actually means flammable according to the Oxford paperback dictionary, thesaurus and wordpower guide. There is even a little box telling you not to get confused! That is probably about the 5th time I have used that dictionary since school gave it to me 4.5 years ago. I have to say, until I looked it up I thought inflammable was "not flammable"

Anyway, nice to see FF doing well, I couldn't do with out it, with all me extensions and bookmarklets (handy for getting round web filters

)

DXR_13KE · 30th Jan 2008, 11:53

people are starting to see the light.....

30th Jan 2008, 07:33	#1
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