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Microsoft's Internet Explorer has lagged on new features, belatedly adding a pop-up blocker for Windows XP users along with security fixes in SP2. It still doesn't offer tabbed browsing.
Mozilla.org's Firefox browser supports tabbed Web browsing and live bookmarks that can add RSS feeds into the Favorites folder at the click of a mouse.
Opera Software's Opera Web browser claims to load pages more quickly than do some competitors. It comes in a free, ad-supported version and an ad-free version for $39.
Apple Computer's Safari browser is based on KHTML, an open-source rival to Mozilla. It offers such Web browsing standards as tabbed browsing, and claims to load pages up to 3 times faster than Microsoft's version of IE for the Mac.
Return to "IE--embraced, extended, extinct?"
Tabbed Browsing - I know a lot of people are fans of this method of browsing, but there is another half of the world that just hates it (including myself). Tabbed browsing is one of the things preventing me from using FireFox, and so on. They don't provide a quick way of disabling the tabs all completely.
Multi Process Running - Most of the "IE Competitors" don't provide ways to run new browser instances in seperate processes. So if a site causes one of the browser windows to fail, they all die making you lose all the pages and work you were on.
No custom toolbars - IE competitors don't provide a standard to developing custom toolbars. I can't live without my Google toobar, and I am not simply talking about the capability of search box being there. I would miss my highlight, up level navigation, page info and site search. Most web companies have killer toolbars for using their site. What is opera's solution? Firefox? etc.
Integration with Office tools? - IE offers great integration capabilities with MS Office, and offers APIs for integration which gives access to the same integration to other office tool companies, which for some reason most don't use. Just about every web related software can be integrated into IE, from Dreamweaver to your Digital Camera's software. FireFox doesn't have any real level of support.
The list of things that are missing in these new browsers, which are supported on the OLD TIMER IE, is just too big to mention here. SO when people complain about not having tab browsing, or google search as their default search engine, I just laugh.
IE is not going anywhere. No new browser will even touch a significant amount of the capabilities that IE offers. Even if it takes another 3 years, IE will still remain on top in terms of feature lists and so on.
Take care...
- Looks like tab browsing is the only thing IE doesn't have
- by WishER September 30, 2004 3:52 PM PDT
- I'll start off by stating that I like IE a lot more than all the other browsers. IE hasn't had a major update in 3 years, but still seems to be ahead in many respects other than lil minor trinkets that the other browsers have.
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(10 Comments)Tabbed Browsing - I know a lot of people are fans of this method of browsing, but there is another half of the world that just hates it (including myself). Tabbed browsing is one of the things preventing me from using FireFox, and so on. They don't provide a quick way of disabling the tabs all completely.
Multi Process Running - Most of the "IE Competitors" don't provide ways to run new browser instances in seperate processes. So if a site causes one of the browser windows to fail, they all die making you lose all the pages and work you were on.
No custom toolbars - IE competitors don't provide a standard to developing custom toolbars. I can't live without my Google toobar, and I am not simply talking about the capability of search box being there. I would miss my highlight, up level navigation, page info and site search. Most web companies have killer toolbars for using their site. What is opera's solution? Firefox? etc.
Integration with Office tools? - IE offers great integration capabilities with MS Office, and offers APIs for integration which gives access to the same integration to other office tool companies, which for some reason most don't use. Just about every web related software can be integrated into IE, from Dreamweaver to your Digital Camera's software. FireFox doesn't have any real level of support.
The list of things that are missing in these new browsers, which are supported on the OLD TIMER IE, is just too big to mention here. SO when people complain about not having tab browsing, or google search as their default search engine, I just laugh.
IE is not going anywhere. No new browser will even touch a significant amount of the capabilities that IE offers. Even if it takes another 3 years, IE will still remain on top in terms of feature lists and so on.
Take care...