best browser

[Respectfatfrog]

Hi Guys and girls

 

I'm just wondering what the best browser to use on Sunday would be??? i.e. Firefox or chrome or internet explorer I have also read to only have 1 tab open is this also true??

 

thanks

 

in advance

 

Kev

[russycarps]

fucking hell Kev you are really making me shit my knickers about this ticket sale...

 

I'm going to use google chrome. 1 tab auto refreshing, 1 tab I will hammer F5. Plus I'll have the page auto refreshing on my phone.

 

Now watch someone come along and say I will have no chance of getting tickets using this method....

Edited October 1, 2015 by russycarps

[Jakkkkobz]

I have found safari to be very successful 

[Zoo Music Girl]

I'm going Firefox as my main manual refresh browser but will likely have safari and chrome open on auto refresh.

Then my Ipad on wifi and my phone on 3G.

[Mr.Tease]

It strange- each year I use 2-3 browsers and each year one of those performs better than the other two, but each year that best one is different. Probably something to do with cache or cookies or something (I know nothing about computers), but usually one will regularly get through to the holding page, while the other times-out much more frequently before it gets to that point (though occasionally gets through).

 

I usually use Chrome, Safari and Firefox, and see which two are working more promisingly on the day and stick with those (with a random visit to the third browser as a lucky dip!)

Edited October 1, 2015 by Mr.Tease

[JoeyT]

does it really even matter which browser your using?

[Respectfatfrog]

fucking hell Kev you are really making me shit my knickers about this ticket sale...

 

I'm going to use google chrome. 1 tab auto refreshing, 1 tab I will hammer F5. Plus I'll have the page auto refreshing on my phone.

 

Now watch someone come along and say I will have no chance of getting tickets using this method....

shit Jesus what the hell is auto refresh???

[Mr.Tease]

I'm sure one year it turned out on one of the browsers I was just reloading the holding page rather that resubmitting the link to buy tickets- I'm not entirely sure what happened.

[russycarps]

shit Jesus what the hell is auto refresh???

 

 

The holding page auto refreshes every ten seconds or so,  but you can of course speed this up by hitting F5!

[EamerRed]

Browser should make no tangible difference whatsoever. Unless you're using something really crap. Firefox/Internet Explorer/Chrome/Safari/Opera should all be fine.

[The Nal]

does it really even matter which browser your using?

 

No. As long as its not Internet Explorer.

[tom22]

Any benefit in Incognito Mode on Chrome?

[mungo57]

we always use Chrome.

 

That said, when we got tickets last year, I think it was IE on my other half's lappy that got us in. I can't remember though, we tend to use 2 browsers each on the lappies as well as at least one phone or wifi device.

[stuartbert two hats]

fucking hell Kev you are really making me shit my knickers about this ticket sale...

 

I'm going to use google chrome. 1 tab auto refreshing, 1 tab I will hammer F5. Plus I'll have the page auto refreshing on my phone.

 

Now watch someone come along and say I will have no chance of getting tickets using this method....

Small tweak to that method - if you're dead set on just using Chrome, then make sure one of your tabs is using incognito mode.  Using two tabs on the same browser without incognito/private browsing has been known to cause issues and is actively discouraged by the official site.

[The Nal]

Any benefit in Incognito Mode on Chrome?

 

No. All that does is not record your history on your browser. IP address etc still visible to See Tickets etc.

 

Otherwise it would be a kiddie fiddlers dream browser.

[stuartbert two hats]

Any benefit in Incognito Mode on Chrome?

Only in that it's like using a different instance of Chrome.  It's no better than ordinary Chrome, but using 1 normal + 1 incognito Chrome is better than using 2 normal Chrome tabs.

[The Nal]

Only in that it's like using a different instance of Chrome.  It's no better than ordinary Chrome, but using 1 normal + 1 incognito Chrome is better than using 2 normal Chrome tabs.

 

Why? Incognito mode has no impact outside of your own browser. Every website you visit can still see your IP address, in incognito or not.

 

All incognito does is not record your history for that session. So your missus can't see the filthy Vietnamese manboy sex you've been looking at, you dirty fuckers.

Edited October 1, 2015 by The Nal

[stuartbert two hats]

Why? Incognito mode has no impact outside of your own browser. Every website you visit can still see your IP address, in incognito or not.

 

All incognito does is not record your history for that session. So your missus can't see the filthy Vietnamese manboy sex you've been looking at, you dirty fuckers.

It's nothing to do with who can see your IP.  It's because incognito mode manages sessions separately to the main Chrome.  So if you had two accounts on a site for some reason, then you could log into one with normal Chrome and another with incognito Chrome.  It's not just that it doesn't record your history.  Try opening an incognito window and visiting http://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/205979-best-browser/#entry4829329 You'll find that you're not logged in and can't post.  You could log in as someone else and log out again and you'd still be "The Nal" on your normal Chrome window.

 

It's not about privacy, it's about session management.

[Pinhead]

Might avoid Edge as See might not have had the opportunity yet to fully QA the system against such a new browser.

[big__phil]

Might avoid Edge as See might not have had the opportunity yet to fully QA the system against such a new browser.

 

I tend to avoid Bono as well, where possible.

[russycarps]

Small tweak to that method - if you're dead set on just using Chrome, then make sure one of your tabs is using incognito mode.  Using two tabs on the same browser without incognito/private browsing has been known to cause issues and is actively discouraged by the official site.

 

 

oh fuck, ok I'll use F5 on chrome and auto refresh on firefox. Cheers!

[Pinhead]

Wouldn't Incognito affect cookies which the ticket session manager may utilise during the booking process...?

[Andeeroo]

Manually refreshing Chrome on my desktop.

Firefox running on my laptop with the check4change plugin monitoring the ticket page for changes. Hasn't failed me yet!

[Respectfatfrog]

Manually refreshing Chrome on my desktop.

Firefox running on my laptop with the check4change plugin monitoring the ticket page for changes. Hasn't failed me yet!

going to try this thanks guys anyone got any space left in their buying sheets at all??

[GoonerRob]

Wouldn't Incognito affect cookies which the ticket session manager may utilise during the booking process...?

 

As i understand it, it will keep all the cookies you are using until you close the session (window), which clears the cache.