Can you recommend me a web browser?

Hi,
Before I became a member of this forum, I was using IE 6.
But after I joined this forum, it seems like my knowledge in security is amassing.
I also heard that IE isn't really safe to use.
So I want some recommendation for a nice web browser.
I want it to be IE Based, any browser better than IE 6.
(Firefox, Opera isn't IE based... right?)
Thanks

-OmegaKilo

 

Try Firefox, take it easy and install just a few useful extensions like noscript, adblockplus, cookiesafe. That should get you started safely.

 

Internet Explorer 7 with IE7Pro 1.0.10
http://www.ie7pro.com/

 

Depends, what you want. FF is highly customable with addons, Opera is a special all-in-one and so on.
But since you want IE based browser, you can try Maxthon, Avant or IE7 with IE7pro addon or without it.

 

Opera is NOT ie based.

I suggest Opera.

 

I also heard about a browser called "The World Browser", which is IE based..
http://www.ioage.com/en/index.htm
Does anyone know about this browser?
Any suggestions?

 

Why do you want an IE-based browser anyways?

As has been recommended, Id go for either Firefox or Opera. Take your pick.

 

I usually recommend opera to people, it runs great and has a lot of handy features.

 

You may want to take a look at K-meleon. I found it to be the fastest on my comp. A search on this forum will give you most of the details.

 

Any IE based browser will have the same vulnerabilities as IE itself, so it's best to use a non-IE based browser as suggested, such as Firefox or Opera or K-Meleon. Those would be the most likely choices..

 

You might also look at Sea Monkey, formerly called the Mozilla Suite. It's an all-in-one package.

I've installed it on many systems from XP to Win98. It works very well with all of them. In many ways it's similar to Firefox, but with a more conventional appearance. From a security standpoint, it's about equal to FireFox as both are Open Source with much in common. Many FireFox extensions work with it. Easily customized.
Rick

 

I agree K-Meleon is a nice little browser. You may want to check out Safari for windows or wait until it comes out of beta.


http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/

http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

 

Why an IE-based browser?
Conventional thinking is that those browsers would inherit the same weaknesses as IE.

Opera and/or Firefox are the popular choices.
Can't go wrong with either one IMO.

 

Never use mediocre M$ Applications for important tasks.
1. I replaced MSIE with Firefox
2. I replaced MS Outlook with Thunderbird.
3. I replaced Windows System Restore with FirstDefense-ISR
4. I replaced Windows Backup with ShadowProtect and Karen's Replicator.
5. I replaced Windows Disk Cleanup with R-Wipe&Clean
6. I replaced Windows Defragmenter with PerfectDisk.
7. I replaced Windows Media Player with GOM Player.
8. and it won't be the last replacement.

 

Erik you might as well use windows 2000 pro lol since it can run all those apps as has less microsoft rubbish with it.
i was thinking of using windows 2000 pro at one point cos its windows xp without the crap.
lodore

 

I have been thinking about that too. My old computer had Win2000pro and I still have it on CD.
Win2000pro doesn't require any activation and my WinXPproSP2 has now an activation problem, because I reached the limit. I still have to call to fix it.

 

Another vote for Opera. It does everything you need, and then some.

 

I've just spent the last couple of hours playing around with "The World" based on your suggestion. So now I'd suggest that you give it a go yourself

Like a lot of people here, I've tried out several browsers. My favourite (so far!) has been Opera, but I have to admit that I have found more sites recently which it doesn't display correctly and I find myself falling back on Firefox or IE. I think Firefox is excellent in that it seems to work everywhere, I'm probably in a minority though in that I've never been quite so comfortable with it. It also seems to be by far the slowest on my system to start up for some reason.

I used to use Maxthon and liked it but got just a few too many incidents of 100% cpu usage. It is probably better now.

I'm quite taken with The World now (I'm using it to type this!). One feature I would miss from Opera is being able to open a duplicate tab (retaining the history), I find that really useful.

It is a very personal thing so try them out, but I would certainly have Opera, Firefox and The World on the list to try .

Graham

 

Graham,
Thanks for your reply, and for taking my suggestions...
I'm also using TheWorld, and I'm quite satisfied with it.
I want to try FireFox and Opera... but I think I'm just going to use TheWorld, since it's a IE based browser, which I am looking for.

omegakilo