Omnipwn Tournament: Dual Core

[jonathanasdf]

Originally Posted by MrRubix

Jon: I prefer FF over IE because, in my experience, it just runs so much more smoothly, and I like the customizations that FF allows for. I always see FF releasing new security updates as well, whereas I can't say the same for IE. IE's too simple for my tastes. Furthermore, I'm also a huge supporter of open-source software. Try getting IE to run in something like Linux, too. It's kind of a hassle (there is stuff like IEs 4 Linux out there but it doesn't support IE7 iirc, would have to doublecheck) -- alternatively, you could run WINE first, but then again, why bother when you have a perfectly-running FF right out of the box?

Well I'm not using linux. End of that argument

I also like FF's ability to restore sessions and undo closed tabs -- if you want such features with IE, you have to install them separately. I also dislike IE's new interface... FF's is far more intuitive to me, and the options are more easily discernible. A big issue I've always had with Microsoft products is the fact that options and settings are essentially all over the place, stuffed into all sorts of random nooks and crannies when it's totally not necessary. FF gets this right and puts most of the relevant settings into a very intuitive, easily accessible and understandable interface. And while this is still debated by many, I find FF's adblocking to be superior to IE's (I get far more popups with IE vs. FF given equal or near-equal levels of security).

In IE8, restoring sessions and undoing closed tabs are built in, and that is the version i'm using. Its a lot laggy than FF.
The options are all over the place? If you are talking about those "options" then IE is actually more concentrated. A major part of firefox is the usages of its about:config, which ie doesn't have, so ie's options are actually more user-friendly
I agree that FF is better at adblocking than IE. However, better isn't good enough, so no matter which browser i'm using i have google toolbar installed to block ads.... so that doesn't matter to me either.

Also, when it comes to web design, web standards, and webpage security/support, FF dominates: http://www.webdevout.net/browser-support It *really* annoys me that IE isn't getting its butt in gear when it comes to this stuff. It sucks that so many people try to make their webpages work with IE which means *INTENTIONALLY GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN OF WEB STANDARDS*. As someone who used to design web pages, it pissed me off to no end when it came to making pages work in IE. Stuff would look good in FF but would simply break or not look as nice in IE because it simply lacked support for a certain feature/standard, and there's really no excuse for that.

IE has actually more support. If you are following the HTML 4.01 rules as well as normal web standards, IE runs it perfectly fine. I don't know HOW many times I had to write extra javascripts just to get small functions to work on firefox... Firefox doesn't support iframes that well, and doesn't support web slices. Thus, IE dominates in web design.

The new HTML 5 about to be released soon is again more targeted towards IE compatibility. So, the web design world is going towards IE.

So yeah more than just lower loads and pipelining imo

I stand by my previous argument.

EDIT: I also love this paragraph in the above summary report: "Visitors with visual impairments may take advantage of a magnified version or a monochrome version of these documents. In most web browsers, you can select your preferred view by going to the View menu and then Page Style or Style. This mechanism is not supported by Internet Explorer or Safari."

IE can zoom -- better than mozilla. In mozilla, embedded items cannot be zoomed properly. Try it with any flash app. However, in IE, you can zoom the flash up. Thats what I do for FFR.
there is a monochrome version.... its called --> internet options, accessability (in the first tab) --> turn off all colours....



EDIT: Oh, and the fact that in FF you have to go into options to enable the status bar is just annoying.... all status bar effects don't show up....


Anyhow, I can't do spin yellow.... I've never been able to do music marathon....
Spin green speeds up WAYYY too much during the end. Even holding the jump and not missing a jump makes me die...
Spin red is more about luck than about skill. I don't get disoriented, but when 4 astroids come, block up the entire screen moving horizontally, there's really nothing you can do...