What search engine do you use?

[Maximus]

Having been a Google Chrome user for two years I am now alternating between Opera and Internet Explorer. I was getting sick of Chrome freezing and for a week it couldn't find my profile so when I went to my regular sites it didn't have my usernames/email addresses. Uninstalled and then reinstalled but still the same problem 'profile could not be found' despite reinstalling it. So alternating at the moment between Opera and Internet Explorer. Opera can be fast and slow. Internet Explorer is reliable. I don't know why I switched from Internet Explorer to Chrome in the first place.

So what search engine/engines do you use?

[coolvr]

Hi Maximus, are they not web browsers as opposed to search engines?

Have been using Comodo Dragon for a while now as my main web browser and have few complaints with it so far although in recent months it has started to update itself more frequently which is a bit of a pain but not one that annoys me too much....yet.

It's based on the same sort of platform as Google Chrome so is pretty familiar and easy to use.

I used to use Firefox for along time but in my opinion that went from being fast, reliable and easy to use to trying to compete with IE and releasing update after update with varying degrees of success and stability, and increased use of resources which I was trying to avoid.

Tried Opera which I liked as it had some great features that I haven't seen on other browsers but my PC is pretty ancient and slow which didn't really make it very compatible with Opera for some reason or perhaps it was just me.

[Maximus]

Tried Opera which I liked as it had some great features that I haven't seen on other browsers but my PC is pretty ancient and slow which didn't really make it very compatible with Opera for some reason or perhaps it was just me.

I thought that myself and have a slow connection but if you enable Opera Turbo on the bottom left it runs much faster. I do have a problem with Opera tho in that fails to remember usernames/email addresses for sites so I'll probably be using Internet Explorer full on soon.

[Shaadi]

SRWare Iron. It works really well with less interruptions and tracking than Google.

SRWare Iron: The Browser of the future

- Chrome vs Iron

Whats the difference beetwen Iron and Chrome?


Privacy:

Comparism of Iron and Chrome at privacy:


Problem

Chrome

Iron


Installation-ID


A copy of Google Chrome includes a generated installation number which will be sent to Google after the installation and the first usage. It gets deleted when Chrome checks first time for updates.If Chrome is received as part of a promotional campaign, it may generate a unique promotion number which is sent to Google on the first run and first use of Google Chrome.


does not exist in Iron



Suggest


Depending on the configuration, each time you put something in the address line,this information is sent to Google to provide suggestions.


does not exist in Iron


Alternate Error Pages


Depending on the configuration, if you have typed a false address in the adress bar, this is sent to Google and you get an error message from Google's servers.


does not exist in Iron


Error Reporting


Depending on the configuration, details about crashes or failures are sent Google's servers.


does not exist in Iron


RLZ-Tracking


This Chrome-function transmits information in encoded form to Google, for example, when and where Chrome has been downloaded.


does not exist in Iron


Google Updater


Chrome installs a updater, which loads at every Windows in background.


does not exist in Iron


URL-Tracker

Calls depending on the configuration five seconds after launch the Google homepage opens in background

does not exist in Iron







Other important differences:



Problem

Chrome

Iron


Adblocker


Chrome doesn't have an built-in adblocker


Iron has an easy to use and built-in adblocker which can be configured by a single file


User-Agent

The User-Agent in Chrome is only be changeable with parameters over a link or command, which isn't really ideal for permanent usage.

The User-Agent in Iron can be flexiblel and permanently changed by UA.ini.

Preview-Thumbs


Chrome only has 8 preview thumbs on the "NewTab"-Page


Iron offers you 12 preview-thumbs to make the most of the available space on your monitor

http://www.srware.net/en/software_sr...me_vs_iron.php

[Andrew49]

Having been a Google Chrome user for two years I am now alternating between Opera and Internet Explorer. I was getting sick of Chrome freezing and for a week it couldn't find my profile so when I went to my regular sites it didn't have my usernames/email addresses. Uninstalled and then reinstalled but still the same problem 'profile could not be found' despite reinstalling it. So alternating at the moment between Opera and Internet Explorer. Opera can be fast and slow. Internet Explorer is reliable. I don't know why I switched from Internet Explorer to Chrome in the first place.

So what search engine/engines do you use?

I'm Firefox, born and bred, and I use Alta Vista - before Google became omnipresent Alta Vista was THE search engine. Yahoo owns Alta Vista now.

[Maximus]

I'm Firefox, born and bred, and I use Alta Vista - before Google became omnipresent Alta Vista was THE search engine. Yahoo owns Alta Vista now.

Mozilla Firefox is good and efficient but it doesn't have back or forward buttons.

[Baron von Biffo]

I'm Firefox, born and bred, and I use Alta Vista - before Google became omnipresent Alta Vista was THE search engine. Yahoo owns Alta Vista now.

Firefox for me too with AdBlock and NoScript installed.

[Maximus]

AdBlock installed.

Ad block is a gift from heaven. No more ads on RTE player and Youtube

[Baron von Biffo]

Mozilla Firefox is good and efficient but it doesn't have back or forward buttons.

[Maximus]

Not on my one and I even tried googling it. I have a friend who is very techy maybe he could help.

[Secret Squirrel]

Not on my one and I even tried googling it. I have a friend who is very techy maybe he could help.

Try doing a right-click up near where you'd close your browser and select Customize.
Then you should be able to drag the back/forward buttons onto your top toolbar from the wee window that appears.

[Holly]

I used Firefox for a long time until a few months ago when inexplicably it would not play any videos on YouTube or any other site. I tried a lot of things to fix the problem but gave up after they were all unsuccessful and I switched to using Internet Explorer and Google Chrome and I have no problems with either. I never registered with Google Chrome so I do not have an account with them but I use it only for browsing.

[Saoirse go Deo]

I use opera, but my internet is crap recently, it's like dialup, can't even load my facebook properly.

[fluffybiscuits]

Im using Chrome on my phone and laptop. I went from IE to opera to Firefox and ended up with Chrome which can be a bit of a pain in the arse starting up as its slow but its good when it gets going Love being able to star something as a favourite