a good browser for linux

jdrots · 03-19-2004, 01:00 AM

I love linux but I always find myself logging into windows much more because I cant stand the mozilla based browsers. I just think ie makes the pages look better and has better plugin support... even the java applets look much better in ie. Does anyone know of a good browser for linux that has good plugin support. thx

Darkangel90 · 03-19-2004, 01:24 AM

A lot of distros have netscape which has more plugins install by default i think. I haven't used it a while, but you could try it.

Tinkster · 03-19-2004, 01:24 AM

Quote:

I just think ie makes the pages look better and has better plugin support... even the java applets look much better in ie

In this case complain to the people who make
pages with IE in mind ... :P or ask MS to port
THEIR JVM to Linux :D

Cheers,
Tink

kefen · 03-19-2004, 01:47 AM

maybe you can try opera, it is pretty good

Kovacs · 03-19-2004, 02:16 AM

Yeah mostly when you see errors on pages in other browsers than IE, it's because the person who made the page doesn't know proper html, or has designed the page to work around IE css bugs. It's really the fault of crappy IE than Mozilla. I think Firefox renders pages fine, and java seems to work fine for me. Opera is really good if you can get a shared build for your distro, but the static version sucks. I prefer the extensibility of the Mozilla products though.

slakmagik · 03-19-2004, 02:39 AM

Also, make sure you have an xft-enabled mozilla. It *will* look pretty crappy otherwise, but it's not exactly a mozilla issue. Well, sorta, but it's fine with xft.

I don't really spend a whole lot of time flaming Windows or anything, but IE and FrontPage are twin spawns of Satan. I used mozilla and WebNotepad or HTML-Kit even on Windows. And I read the W3C tech specs and went to the validator.

If you must, try Konqueror, although you need the whole KDE rigamarole to use it. It uses a different engine.

mardanian · 03-19-2004, 03:40 AM

may be you give a try to firebox, and do download all the plugins for this read the FAQs on firebox site

jschiwal · 03-19-2004, 03:51 AM

I prefer the konqueror browser over IE.

irfanhab · 04-17-2004, 08:29 PM

I prefer to use Konquerer over all browsers I've eva used.
this include, opera, Mozilla FireFox, IE

In windows Mozilla FireFox is my alltime fav. but I dont use Windows for net anymore

chem1 · 04-17-2004, 08:52 PM

Konqueror

Hope this helps...

irfanhab · 04-17-2004, 08:58 PM

Konquerer 3.2.1 coming with KDE 3.2.1 will defintely help

moeminhtun · 04-17-2004, 09:15 PM

konquerer sucks.

LavaDevil94 · 04-17-2004, 09:39 PM

firefox has to be the best ive seen, but for download managment, i use opera.

MyRee · 04-17-2004, 09:54 PM

FireFox i like^_^

jods · 04-17-2004, 10:29 PM

konqueror on kde is the best one i ve ever used...
mozilla is also ok and for viewing newsgroups i prefer mozilla