The Daily Chit-Chat

[Luck]

Then don't cite the Wikipedia article itself. Check the citations first and cite those instead.

That's actually what I did until I needed to use google for some information about countries.

 

[donavannj]

It takes a while to process the search. That's one reason I dislike Yahoo's search. Google's so big because it's so lightweight.

 

[donavannj]

For some reason(I guess it's out of instinct) I've always used Google's search engine, and now that I think about it, I agree with what you said hands down. It doesn't really take any time to process any searches. That and... I don't really trust Yahoo search anyway. D:

It's also worth noting that Microsoft's Bing gets comparable results to Google, but is nowhere near as lightweight and took several years to develop.

 

[donavannj]

Thing is, I'm just going off of personal experience. Ask.com has never really been that good, in my experience. Dogpile is okay, but not great.

 

[Shiny]

Google. It's man's salvation.

 

[Feign]

I remember converting to google very early on... None of this askjeeves, or dogpile or altavista etc...

 

[Shiny]

I used to use Bing for images, but I use Google for everything else now.

 

[donavannj]

Dogpile is one that claims to use several major search engines as how it looks up stuff... but that causes issues.

 

[BeachBoy]

Google really is the top dog in the class of search engines, for me. So many unique ways to search, and so efficient, at that. :D

 

[Shiny]

OH MY GOD. I was just typing something, when a frog landed next to me o_x;

 

[donavannj]

Google is amazing... yet some people call it the Evil Empire.

 

[donavannj]

I never really used search engines until 2003. And Google had basically cemented it's dominance by then.

 

[donavannj]

On the Windows side, here's how I'd place the browsers from personal experience:

1. Firefox - Memory leaks aside (which I've never encountered), I like it.
2. Chrome - Speedy, lightweight, but not quite compatible with everything Firefox is yet. Unusual interface. Not much chance to get under the hood, though.
3. Opera - Just a bit of a resource hog, but solid.
4. Internet Explorer 8 - Still has some compatibility issues, but not too bad. Would rather use any of the above three, though, over it.
5. IE 7 - Not too bad, but has security issues because it's not current.
5. Safari - Windows version is appalling. Gotten slightly better since last June, though. I must say it is very lightweight for a browser.
6. Flock - Basically Firefox 2 geared toward social networking. No add-on support as far as I can tell.
7. Maxthon - Weird browser that's an IE rip-off.

And those are all the one's I've used that are still being supported somewhat.

 

[Shiny]

My current firefox is bad. Only because I'm using the hotels internet, and it just so happens to be in Thai : (

 

[Cherrim]

Firefox is my main browser because I've become really dependent on its addons. But my alt is Chrome which I rather enjoy. I just don't like the GUI (tab bar is horrible, imo >_<) and I can't get used to the fact that it doesn't have the same functionality as my Firefox. u_u

 

[Shiny]

I can't even find the language settings D:

 

[Cherrim]

I've only used Safari for Windows and it's absolutely terrible. I hate it.

 

[Cherrim]

I also think the interface of Safari is absolutely hideous but I have Mac-using friends who might hit me for saying that. XD;

I'd really like Opera as an alt browser but Chrome is just a lot faster. D:

 

[Shiny]

I've decided to look for a second job.

 

[Feign]

When I click both Firefox and chrome to start up. Chrome always beats it, at least by 10-15 seconds.