Internet Weapon of Choice (BROWSER POLL)

[Pikaville]

Chrome is good.

With the exception that it likes to crash after I type out long posts.

So Firefox it is.

 

[B Link]

No mention of Seamonkey? Soft.

 

[Elyssa Xey Hexen]

lol at 6 month bump
Anyway, every browser usually ends up offering the basic stuff. Zoom, bookmarks, search, refresh, disable stuff, enable stuff, history, etc. etc. The core things are there in virtually every browser. It's only the nick-pick stuff to decide on.

I like chrome in the fact that whenever it does lock-up, it doesn't completely shut down and close like I have had happen with Safari, Opera, Firefox and IE. But I hate how often it crashes with the flash player. I run like 2-3 things for about 5 minutes and it crashes.

I see nothing to dislike about IE. It's neutral as a browser.

 

[Spelt]

I see nothing to dislike about IE. It's neutral as a browser.

 

[UltiMario]

Can this thread start over

I want to change my vote to Firefox

 

[Spyro]

I use Google Chrome.

 

[R h y m e]

I've been using Opera for two years and I find it difficult to go back. In the event Opera is incompatible with a certain site or aspect of it [Youtube Annotation editor comes to mind], I use Firefox or Chrome.

 

[Vinylic.]

I mainly go for google chrome. And since I have an iPad 2, safari is quite magnificent.
It would be the same for the safari on Mac, but I'd still go for google chrome.

 

[Gatlin]

Used to use nothing but Firefox for years, then it started going mental and freezing for 10-15 second intervals every so often. For no reason either. That got boring quick, so Chrome a-go.

 

[Orboknown]

firefox/safari, depending on what comp im on

 

[Vinylic.]

Sorry for the bump, but I recently found another browser that might just become very useful.

http://www.rockmelt.com/

This was made from the founder of Netscape.

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

Ah yeah, Rockmelt. I've tried it before, it looks simply amazing. I believe since it is a Chromium build, it's compatible with all Chrome extensions, so it can already get AdBlock/NotScripts. I haven't really made the switch yet, but I will probably switch soon. The newest browsers are generally the ones that get the least viruses, as hackers haven't mastered the new code yet. I hope Rockmelt has a sandbox.

Oh yeah, and Rockmelt has a different folder than Chrome, so NotScripts won't work unless you set the password in the file it saves there. The path should be %userprofile%\AppData\Local\RockMelt\User Data\100001819808277\Extensions\odjhifogjcknibkahlpidmdajjpkkcfn instead of what they show on the NotScripts option file.

 

[Dastrn]

I see a "download for windows" and a "download for mac" option.

No linux. No thanks.
I use all 3 OSs and I need consistency.

 

[joe.]

Google Chrome Canary.

The developers bleeding edge release. Pretty fun stuff; updates literally every 4 hours or so, but when a new feature comes out, it is pretty cool to have it before hand.

 

[SuperBrawler]

I choose Chrome because it is FFAASSTT.

 

[RockinRudy]

But it doesn't account for several factors. First off, based on sheer number of users alone, yeah, IE eats up a large chunk. However, in many sites I build, the visitors are often over 80% Firefox users because the large chunk of IE users include old people who cannot operate a computer to save their lives. I don't really care or cater to that audience. Also, I would argue that Firefox users spend far more hours on the Internet than IE users. Since they spend considerably more time doing things online, having a safe/effective browser means much more than to someone who gets on to check email and gets right back off.

^ This. It's all who is behind that percentage and it's all old people who don't know how to do anything....

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

Super old thread is super old.

That said, I'm still using Chrome... I've experimented with Firefox builds such as Waterfox that claim to be speedy but none come close to Chrome, sadly.

 

[RockinRudy]

poor saps who voted I.E.... Either Chrome or Fire Fox.

 

[FirestormNeos]

Firefox is the safest and most secure browser anywhere. Plus, it's open-source, it's got addons, and I have my good old DopeROMs toolbar.

I thought they banned all the corporate mouthpieces already.

Or maybe you just sound a lot like one.

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

I just updated IE9 to IE10, and sometimes the application hangs when opening a link on a new tab (and other various instances), and it seems like pages load slower for some reason. I think I might be switching to Firefox or Google Chrome soon.

Please, for the sake of all the internet, do it.

 

[FirestormNeos]

God help the poor souls who picked Opera.

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

God help the poor souls who picked Internet Explorer.

Fixed .

 

[FalKoopa]

I used IE6 and later IE7 before switching to Chrome. And I'm probably never gonna switch to another browser, for none of the others are as speedy as Chrome.

 

[Frostwraith]

Used to use IE, but I changed to Chrome and never regretted it. It's faster and, unlike IE, has no significant bugs.

 

[bearsfan092]

Firefox used to be good. It's still super customizable, but it has random freezes occurring more frequently now. On top of that, it seems to me that the omnipresent memory leak is worse now than it was then. Ended up switching to Chrome, which is very fast but not as customizable.

I hope one day to return to my native land of Firefox, but I'm exiled to Chromeville for the time being.

 

[FirestormNeos]

Fixed .

At least IE is barely tolerable.

Opera? Restriction at it's finest.

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

I have used Opera a bit and while it's slightly locked down, it can't compare to the sheer amount of viruses churned out to abuse IE.

 

[FirestormNeos]

Oh right. For the short time I've ever used Opera, at least I never got a virus...

But that might just be because said viruses were incompatible with the Wii.

IE, however, screwed over two Laptops I owned.

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

Ugh, that's awful. x.x Condolences to your laptops.

 

[Jabejazz]

If you don't use Waterfox, you don't really internet.

Enjoy your botnet, Chrome scrublords.

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

I tried Waterfox. It wasn't as fast as Chrome even from a fresh install vs. my extension riddled Chrome.

Normally I wouldn't put speed above other qualities of browsers but I don't have a very speedy internet, so I need a speedy browser.

 

[FalKoopa]

Chrome is the best option for a dial-up connection.

 

[FirestormNeos]

Maybe when I figure out how to Perma-Incognito, Ad-Block + and YouTube Easy Download to to my Bowser, i'll switch to Chrome.

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

Chrome is the best option for a dial-up connection.

I mean, I have DSL, so that's just one step above.

Maybe when I figure out how to Perma-Incognito, Ad-Block + and YouTube Easy Download to to my Bowser, i'll switch to Chrome.

It's not too hard.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb

For YT downloading, just get any external downloader, as the Chrome webstore prevents addons from being able to download from YT. Orbit works wonders. Tbh though if I want to download anything from YT I just open it in Firefox, then close it after it's done downloading. It's not really a hassle for me.

 

[FirestormNeos]

I mean, I have DSL, so that's just one step above.


It's not too hard.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb

For YT downloading, just get any external downloader, as the Chrome webstore prevents addons from being able to download from YT. Orbit works wonders. Tbh though if I want to download anything from YT I just open it in Firefox, then close it after it's done downloading. It's not really a hassle for me.

As for Perma-Incognito (ie don't save history)

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

The catch to this is that Chrome's incognito mode disables all extensions by default. You're honestly better off just clearing your history along with your cache every now and then.

 

[FirestormNeos]

The catch to this is that Chrome's incognito mode disables all extensions by default. You're honestly better off just clearing your history along with your cache every now and then.

In that case, totally keeping Starfox Firefox

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

Yeah, I'd be using Firefox too if I didn't really need the speed of Chrome and had fast internet. Firefox has better options/functionality, at the price of speed.

 

[FirestormNeos]

Speed is nice, but if it's the only upside, then I'm out.

Which is why I don't main atm.

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

Lol, yeah. There's other ways I prevent tracking (Chrome's version of NoScript fits the bill) and history is useful to me so I don't really worry about it. If Chrome didn't have Adblock and NoScript I would not be using it for any reason. Youtube downloading isn't something I really do all that often, so yeah. Plus, Chrome's sandbox provides added protection, and it's nice to have.