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Macman:
I used to like Internet Explorer, I really did. I thought that perhaps Microsoft had created at least one good product. But alas, I was wrong. I used to have an extremely slow modem, and switching off of AOL and onto IE opened my eyes to a world where you could get kicked off-line without losing your place or where you could switch to Netscape anytime you want. But since I upgraded my computer from a Performa to a G4 I have come to realize that IE is a piece of $h!t. With my new internal modem (sigh... no cable modem yet) I usually get a pretty high dial-up, but with IE my Internet is at times lightning fast and at others maddeningly slow, not depending on the dial-up. My theory is that IE is dumb and doesn't know how to utilize that speed. Now a PC luser would argue this: that it is my G4's fault, not IE's. That's impossible, because I sporadically switch to Netscape, and things are much faster and more reliable there (I'm no big fan of Netscape, but its a heck of a lot better than IE). The PC luser's next argument: "IE is only slow on the Mac version." Also impossible. One, I have used IE on Windows 95 and Windows ME, and let me tell you, the problems were ten times as worse. I'm not even going to go into them. And two, even if it is the Mac version, who still made it? Microsoft, duh! It's still their fault. Yes, unlike most of Microsoft's products, IE does look pretty nice. Bet lets face it: Microsoft only puts out crummy software (and hardware in the X-Box's case) to save money and give off the appearance that they know what they're doing and IE is no exception.

psyjax:
I hate Netscape and IE. They both are sucky for diffrent reasons.

I have found the best browser in the world and that has to be Mozilla. www.mozilla.org

Has a few bugs here and there (most of these are squashed for the much anticipated 1.0 release), its the best browser I have ever used hands down.

jtpenrod:
IE is absolutely the slowest browser I have ever used. Mozilla is what I use most of the time. It is fast, has excellent cut 'n' paste capabilities, looks good, and works well with its E-mail client. Konqueror is just a tad slower, but has good support for printing documents. Galeon is also very good. With Win 95, I use Netscape. Better than IE, and fast, but the fonts leave a lot to be desired. However, it doesn't crash Win 95 like IE does. IE is truly the pits  :mad:  
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Calum:
well, these guys are all saying use mozilla, and it's darn tooting, but since yr using a mac, i suggest you get opera as well. it is sweet on a mca. i've tried it on windows, linux and mac, and the mac version laps the other two.
get mozilla as well though.
Don't bother with iCab though, or netscape. Once you have mozilla, you'll never need netscape again.
But i must stress, get opera!

Ctrl Alt Del 123:
XP + IE6 + Comcast =

2002-04-04 05:04:31 EST: 980 / 119
Your download speed : 980256 bps, or 980 kbps.
Browsers would show : about a 119.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 119047 bps, or 119 kbps.

Nutscrape =

2002-04-04 05:05:43 EST: 900 / 86
Your download speed : 900114 bps, or 900 kbps.
Browsers would show : about a 98.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 86276 bps, or 86 kbps.

All above statistics are averages, 3 tests each were run on both browsers.

Also, nutscrape takes 5 seconds to open. IE takes less than 1.

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