Recommendations for Web Browsers

[Margaret]

Guess I'd better get with the program and find myself a new web browser - I am currently using Netscape (which I like a lot), but unfortunately there is no support for it anymore, as of about this time last year actually. With a combination of both Win98 and Netscape, my computer is slowly heading towards a slow death and doing all sorts of weird and wonderful things. I also have Vista and have Netscape loaded on there too.

So......I am looking for recommendations for a new web browser. I don't need anything fancy with bells and whistles, just something that will get the job done.

[TrevorFranklin]

Netscape are promoting FireFox, as it is the closest to their own browser system

[KiteRunner]

Lots of people like Mozilla Firefox, Margaret.

[lorry53]

My vote goes to Firefox.

[KiteRunner]

Though I would have thought your Vista computer would have Internet Explorer included anyway?

[It_Is_I_Leclerc]

My choice Firefox, got a new laptop the other day (see my thread buyers beware) and promptly loaded Firefox on it, IE is always in the news for being "hacked". I find Firefox to be more stable (multi tabs & pages) and more secure that IE. IE hasn't seen the light of day on this 'puter.
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[Mary from Italy]

My favourite is Opera, because it's faster than the others, which makes a big difference when you're on dial-up like me, but there are some sites that it doesn't handle well (including Ancestry), so I use Firefox for those.

As the others have said, Firefox is the most similar to Netscape, and you'll find that the companion e-mail program, Thunderbird, is very similar to the Netscape mail program.

I wouldn't consider IE because of security problems.

[Mary from Italy]

By the way, if you do get Firefox, also download its Adblocker add-on, which will get rid of most advertisements.

[Elaine ..Spain]

Firefox for me as well.

[geniedi]

Flock for me, built on Firefox basis but so much better in my view

Flock Browser - The Social Web Browser

[Margaret]

Thanks everyone. Looks like Firefox may be the way to go. I will give it a try and see how I like it.

I had problems WAY BACK with IE, so have just shied away from it altogether. I did look into Flock last year but wasn't too happy with it - just couldn't get it to do what I wanted. I don't use the email program with Netscape - I use Outlook Express on 98 and whatever the equivalent is on Vista.

[Margaret]

Oh shoot......just downloaded Firefox and when I went to load it on 98, it apologized and said it would only work on 2000 and up. Off to search for an earlier version.

[Margaret]

OK, I have downloaded version 2 for 98. Don't know if it differs greatly from version 3 (can't access the Vista for a while to check it out) but I am having trouble trying to get links and bookmarks to open in a new tab. There doesn't seem to be an option for that. Any suggestions?

[Mary from Italy]

Try CTRL-B

[Mary from Italy]

Oh sorry, I've just realised what you meant. I still have version 1, but it's probably similar: go to Tools - Options - Tabs and select Open links from other applications in a new tab in the most recent window.

[Margaret]

I must have the bare bones version Mary - it doesn't have the selection you mentioned. May just have to make do with Netscape on the 98 as long as I can tab with version 3 on Vista.