What's he doing in my home page?

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  1. papa_dog_1999

    papa_dog_1999 Well-Known Member

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    So I open up my browser.
    Go to my home page and see .... Telcontar?!
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    Dirtman New Member

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    Heh, heh. He strikes again.

    Brr, I hate Windows Internet Explorer.
     
  3. papa_dog_1999

    papa_dog_1999 Well-Known Member

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    Meh. <- I can do that now you language nazis :p

    I grew up on it, so I'm used to it. I have a hard time getting used to anything else.
    Besides, right now I'm on one of 'their' computers, so I have little choice.
     
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    Dirtman New Member

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    Yeah, I understand what you mean. "They" are almost everywhere these days, one of "us" can barely survive on his own.
     
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    Xiao_Caity New Member

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    o_O That's a weird sight.

    IE bites. Firefox wins. That is all.
     
  6. Dark Elf

    Dark Elf Administrator Staff Member

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    Mozilla was cool back in the days when it wasn't mainstream. Today, it's so bloody popular using IE is almost considered subversive, and that's why I'm using that instead of Firefox.

    Also, I'm too lazy to download the install file.
     
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    Vorak Administrator Staff Member

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    I tried Firefox for about a month 2 years ago and all I can say is never again, IE has crashed fewer times in my whole life than FF did for that month.
     
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    Jungle Japes Well-Known Member

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    I've been using Safari for some time now, and I've had no issues worth mentioning. Before that, it was Opera. Good setup, but lousy support.
     
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    wobbler Well-Known Member

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    God, I have Safari, Mozilla and IE.

    I mostly use Mozilla, because I'm used to it, but I never use IE if I can avoid it. It's crap compared to mozzila, even though it has crashed more times the last month than it has during the rest of the time I have used it.

    Now I'm going to download and try chrome.
     
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    magikot Well-Known Member

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    I have firefox on my computer and use safari on my girlfriend's comp. Firefox is a memory hog but I like my noscript addon
     
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    GrimmHatter Active Member

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    DarkFool Nemesis of the Ancients

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    I was a big fan of Opera back around 7.0 and 8.0 after that, things went down hill. At the moment my browser of choice is Sleipnir, and my second pick is Avant!
     
  13. Telcontar

    Telcontar Well-Known Member

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    Papa Dog, I lost my job. I guess i'm famous now. Even though i'm not a 46 year old stressed out asian but neways.
    I use IE as well not because I love it but I had similar problems to Vorak.
     
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    Philes Well-Known Member

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    I use Firefox, but this pretty much summarizes how I feel about browsers:

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  15. papa_dog_1999

    papa_dog_1999 Well-Known Member

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    So you lost your job, then wind up as an icon for jobs that are hard to fill.
    Irony likes you. You should have it over for dinner.
     
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    DarkFool Nemesis of the Ancients

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    I'm using a firebox-based web browser, I just happen to like this one because it's really light on memory/cpu usage.
     
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    Ah, I don't care about the browsers, I use Mozzila, for now...But I think Opera is good too.
     
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