Best Browser Poll

[FreedByte]

I'm curious about which browser is most popular on CF, so I made this poll As a free software advocate, I strongly prefer Firefox, but it has stability and security perks as well. Anyways, which browser do you think is best and why?

 

[paul1149]

Opera has been my best browser for a long time, because it is so customizable, and because so many useful features are built into it. But the last two years has been very rough. The founder left the company, and it remains to be seen whether those that remain are going to drive it into the ground. The last rollout was the most amateurish I've ever seen, and whether they can handle the conversion to the Webkit engine is the big question. Still an awesome browser. I'll hang on as long as I can.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

I'm an IT guy, but still a fairly casual Internet user. Chrome is my browser of choice. It does what I want on a basic level and it's easy to use. If I ever get another Mac, I'll be glad to go back to Safari.

 

[C-Man]

Firefox, without a doubt.

 

[Bobby64]

I have the best luck with Chrome. It has the easiest interface to use, in my opinion. Also, it starts up much more quickly than Firefox. But I do use Firefox sometimes.

Oh, and what's Chromium?

 

[FreedByte]

Oh, and what's Chromium?

the free (as in freedom) and open-source basis of Chrome. It still has some of the privacy issues that Chrome does, but it's not as bad. It also looks, feels, and runs the same as Chrome. I still would take Firefox over Chromium anyday though. I'm not going to sacrifice the security, stability, and privacy of firefox for slightly faster page loading.

 

[MrJim]

Tough one~in many ways it isn't as clear as it was 5 years ago, seems they've all mostly hit a maturity point of working well. I have two PCs and a Mac and have multiple browsers on all...my boys use Firefox on the PCs, my wife uses Chrome on the Mac, I use Safari on the Mac and Opera on the PCs but can use the others without any problem rendering pages or watching video or being slow.

Haven't tried IE IRL other than the occasional work computer..

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

I mainly use Firefox. I like the security/privacy they promote. A lot of the extensions I use aren't available for other browsers either. It's a little slower than Chrome which I use as a backup, but the security and privacy are well worth it.

 

[Qyöt27]

Firefox; I've been using it since version 0.8. Also, at least on this computer, Chrome performs worse than Firefox because of the way it tries to allocate memory. On other systems, it's not noticeable.

I also use Lynx for basic things.

 

[EphesiaNZ]

Gave Firefox my vote but Google Chrome is beginning to get a close second IMHO. But I use a vast range of web browsers and other favorites of mine are Xombrero and Lynx.

 

[opengate07]

I was having problems with my IE10 so I uninstalled it. I now use Palemoon and Seamonkey. I never heard of either one until a week ago, but think these are a couple I will hold on to. I did give Chrome a try for about month prior to Palemoon and Seamonkey, but it prevented me from doing a couple things. But, I do believe it comes down to preference.

 

[Saleena]

Chrome, fire fox or opera. I alternate between those.

 

[CodeforChrist]

I'm a heavy dedicated chrome user.

Chrome for a while was the most secure browser available. Every year at Defcon - hacker convention in Las Vegas, Google put up money for those who can break into the browser and only recently did it got broken into.

I use Chrome because of stability, it's ability to not eat system resources, Google drive and hangouts integration. Screen sharing with my phone, Chrome book and tablet is another thing that's awesome. Also chromecast is another reason I'm using it.

To this day because of Chrome my computer is malware free. I could never say that with Firefox, and Opera isn't updated anymore (it's not updated enough to keep with the times) I have all the browsers installed though to test all my Web design and webpage work though.

 

[onenarrowdoor]

I use an iMac at home and find Google Chrome to be a smoother experience than Safari. I loved the magic mouse swipe across dozens of visited pages, but I would more often get pages not loading than with Chrome.

 

[If Not For Grace]

I have not used them all so it's hard for me to say what is best, but after using Chrome for a bit-I have developed an aversion to even the color silver-

 

[bevin4heaven]

Been messin with Maxthon 1,2,and 3 and so far I like no1 the classic version. It's ad block function is unreal , can't see any ads at all here on CF...

 

[circuitrider]

Chrome. I used to be a big Firefox user but I find Chrome to be a lot faster on my Macbook Pro.

 

[MisterX]

Firefox with Ad-block (I have a few more add-ons) is far superior than anything else in my opinion.

 

[MrJim]

Related to topic:

Firefox burns Chrome in our trustworthy browser poll | Naked Security

 

[Nick316]

I like Chrome because it is simple and fast. I tried Firefox, but it doesn't look very appealing.