Browser choice

webfork · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:27 pm

I got curious after reading this comment.

Browsers are listed alphabetically. For bonus points, list why / other browsers used.

guinness · **Joined:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:00 am **Posts:** 3717

webfork wrote:

I got curious after reading this comment.

I just knew that would be my comment. :mrgreen:

Why Opera? Because most of the features you see in today's browsers are thanks to Opera's ingenuity, not to mention Opera Turbo is big help for those who have a slow connection. Plus, if the guy who proposed CSS works at Opera, you know you have a company who cares about how we view the Internet.

I am Baas · **Joined:** Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:51 am **Posts:** 2576

Gee, guinness, you do sound like an extreme Opera fanboy...

guinness · **Joined:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:00 am **Posts:** 3717

I'm secretly hoping they will ask me to join their task-force.

webfork · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:22 pm

guinness wrote:

I'm secretly hoping they will ask me join their task-force.

lolol - win

guinness · **Joined:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:00 am **Posts:** 3717

Whoops, spelling mistake from before.

lautrepay · **Joined:** Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:31 am **Posts:** 646

My vote goes to Firefox.
No need to explain the reasons. 30% of the users already know why.

I am Baas · **Joined:** Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:51 am **Posts:** 2576

lautrepay wrote:

30% of the users already know why.

Are you referring to browser usage? FF market share is declining at a rate of over 5% a year in the past 2.5 years. Your statement should read: now only 30% of the users think they know it all.

tproli · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:45 pm

I'm also using Opera. I used Chrome and Firefox at least half a year both but came back to Opera as they didn't satisfied me. Another reason was my moderate hardware: FF-Chrome slowed down the entire computer after an hour.

I use FF-Chrome portable versions for webdev and testing, and I also have virtualized IE6-7-8 at hand.

m^(2) · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:55 pm

Firefox, for 2 reasons:
-It's the only browser that works OK with 100+ tabs
-Its extreme flexibility lets me improve usage efficiency way above the competition.

donald · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:35 pm

Firefox because nothing else is equivalent yet (With add-ons.)

I regularly launch 1 different browser (almost every day) and use them for 1/2-1hour a day.

That said updates are crazy and I dislike many new features that copy other browsers.

freakazoid · **Joined:** Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:45 pm **Posts:** 597

I've switched back and forth between Opera and Firefox over the years. Opera's quality assurance has really been lacking in their last few releases though I still use it on occasion; I've been using Pale Moon as of late.

joby_toss · **Posted:** Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:02 am

Opera for everything except youtube, when I use Iron. My youtube experience with Opera is beyond awful! I sporadically use the other 7 browsers I have, just so they don't rust...

Midas · **Posted:** Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:47 am

Pale Moon / Waterfox + addons, mostly, so my vote goes to Mozilla-based...

SYSTEM · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:34 am

As I've written here:

SYSTEM wrote:

Opera web browser is feature-rich, fast and rock solid. In addition, its user interface is highly customizable: you can freely edit the content of most toolbars and move nearly any toolbar to any side of the window.

My secondary browser is Chromium.

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