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MichiganRed · 14-01-2005, 23:39

After doing a bit of research on different browsers, I would like to get some opinons from those of you who might have experience using them.

I have read quite a bit about Firefox but am somewhat gun shy because of the extensions (many people report that they are buggy and difficult to install) and the Mozilla connection. Granted, my experience with Mozilla is limited to Netscape Navigator, which in my book equals spyware, so perhaps my fears in that area are groundless. Since my computer skills seem to fall quite a bit short of "Expert" status, deciphering and using the multitude of available extensions is a bit worrying.

I have also looked at others such as Avant and Maxthon but they seem to be nothing more than front ends for Internet Explorer tarted up with some flashy plug-ins that do nothing to eliminate the inherent insecurities of IE.

Opera seems to be a rather solid program but I'm not too keen on forking over $40 just to surf the 'Net. Yes, I know there is a freeware version, but trying to browse through the advertisements would, quite frankly, drive me insane.

Any additional options or information/advice would be greatly appreciated.

14-01-2005, 23:39	#1
MichiganRed Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Across the big water Posts: 510 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 47	Browser options After doing a bit of research on different browsers, I would like to get some opinons from those of you who might have experience using them. I have read quite a bit about Firefox but am somewhat gun shy because of the extensions (many people report that they are buggy and difficult to install) and the Mozilla connection. Granted, my experience with Mozilla is limited to Netscape Navigator, which in my book equals spyware, so perhaps my fears in that area are groundless. Since my computer skills seem to fall quite a bit short of "Expert" status, deciphering and using the multitude of available extensions is a bit worrying. I have also looked at others such as Avant and Maxthon but they seem to be nothing more than front ends for Internet Explorer tarted up with some flashy plug-ins that do nothing to eliminate the inherent insecurities of IE. Opera seems to be a rather solid program but I'm not too keen on forking over $40 just to surf the 'Net. Yes, I know there is a freeware version, but trying to browse through the advertisements would, quite frankly, drive me insane. Any additional options or information/advice would be greatly appreciated.