Firefox. I used Firefox first, then switched to Chrome at about Firefox 3.0-4.0 because of memory issues, but Firefox caught up and it has better extensions.Actually my main issues with Firefox were around version 1.05 to 3.0. That's when it started becoming unstable and crashing every 30 sec or so, then it got better (although I still had the 30 second freeze on 404 links occur until a few years ago). Nowadays it seems stable enough for my likings, but by the time Firefox finally starts up, I have time to start Opera and Chrome simultaneously three times in a row.
@DJ Omnimaga: Couldn't you just use AdBlock to remove ads?No I really mean ads inside the browser interface, not webpages. Back in the days, unless you paid for an Opera license, ad banners showed up inside the browser interface (which could be replaced with text-based ads starting in version 8.0), and I think they were Google-based ads. It took until version 8.5 before the browser finally became freeware. I didn't use Opera until version 9, since I didn't like the ads and older versions had even more site rendering issues than IE6.
The startup speed issue is because you are running it on windows. I just start up Fx once, and never close it though, so startup is not an issue for me.Firefox. I used Firefox first, then switched to Chrome at about Firefox 3.0-4.0 because of memory issues, but Firefox caught up and it has better extensions.Actually my main issues with Firefox were around version 1.05 to 3.0. That's when it started becoming unstable and crashing every 30 sec or so, then it got better (although I still had the 30 second freeze on 404 links occur until a few years ago). Nowadays it seems stable enough for my likings, but by the time Firefox finally starts up, I have time to start Opera and Chrome simultaneously three times in a row.
So many chrome users here :PFx nightly ;) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Shader_Editor https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools
So yeah, I'm also with chrome, I love how much pixel-height it actually has, putting the tabs in the top bar.
I also like their JavaScript runtime and the built-in debugging tools for web-dev.
I've been using opera since I got my own laptop at age 10 or something. (Now opera 12.16 cause on linux)Except for the places where the webkit/blink engine have bugs with conforming to standards. As a developer, I've run into quite a few instances where Fx supports something properly and everything else balks. Or where Webkit is the only thing that doesn't like it.
I was curious about speech recognition and googled "speech recognition" and found out opera had it integrated.
Downloaded, worked and instantly opera became my favorite browser.
It's not very good, but far better than firefox, chrome, konqueror and other webkit-based crap if you're a web developer.
Dragonfly is the best tool, the "thing" built into webkit/blink is unusable and even worse than IE's.
And with CSS prefixr and some "mask as firefox" marked sites I didn't came across any page that didn't work.
And if the page doesn't work, it's 99% not conforming to standards...
Please add Chromium to the list because saying that I use Google Chrome would be saying that I'm using Google proprietary code, and that is not happening.Done, although there was already an other on the list.
Except for the places where the webkit/blink engine have bugs with conforming to standards. As a developer, I've run into quite a few instances where Fx supports something properly and everything else balks. Or where Webkit is the only thing that doesn't like it.Exactly, I only code standards-conforming and it never happened that it didn't work in opera. Mostly webkit has issues and firefox works, but sometimes it's both (redrawing issues) and just opera works.
Seriously, blink/webkit is becoming the new IE.I keep on saying that lol
I <3 Presto ;DErr, Presto is worse then blink/webkit at following standards though :/
Please add Chromium to the list because saying that I use Google Chrome would be saying that I'm using Google proprietary code, and that is not happening.
[...] For example I can save pages for offline with Opera [...]You can Ctrl+S on like any broser ???
yes, and that means that at least we know they're there, because we can look into the code to see they're there.That said, as much as Google can be suspicious for privacy stuff, I don't think 100% of the closed-source/proprietary stuff is necessarily like that. Else, it would almost imply that every recent ASM game on ticalc.org send gameplay data/calc content to the NSA if you play them while the calc is connected via the USB port. :P
on proprietary code, nothing guarantees what you use, and what the program does, therefore leaving potentially dangerous code running without the knowledge of the user.
it's because of this kind of behaviour that Microsoft has been able to leave a backdoor in their systems.
proprietary code doesn't only mean taking away any kind of contribution to the general development of computers, it also means that you want to hide something. I don't like either of the means.
Else, it would almost imply that every recent ASM game on ticalc.org send gameplay data/calc content to the NSA if you play them while the calc is connected via the USB port. :Plol :D
Don't you read my post?? I said TABLET :DQuote[...] For example I can save pages for offline with Opera [...]You can Ctrl+S on like any broser ???
Also, just noticed, elinks is missing in the list :P
pentadactyl :PSo many chrome users here :PFx nightly ;) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Shader_Editor https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools
So yeah, I'm also with chrome, I love how much pixel-height it actually has, putting the tabs in the top bar.
I also like their JavaScript runtime and the built-in debugging tools for web-dev.
DJ: O.O I think you're right! The NSA is tracking our calculators!Do you browse Omni from IE6? O.O
I am an avid IE user, so shoot me :P IE6 is the one I use most; I'm posting this from it. I use both IE6 and IE6Mobile. It's just great - groovy interface, fast loading, super-low memory consumption. When I need to load a picky webpage I do use FX17 though.
I am an avid IE user, so shoot me :P IE6 is the one I use most; I'm posting this from it. I use both IE6 and IE6Mobile. It's just great - groovy interface, fast loading, super-low memory consumption. When I need to load a picky webpage I do use FX17 though.
What's with the checkerboards? Did this browser or the OS display everything in 4-bit colors? ???Yeah, that's dithering because my Win3.11 VM's color depth was set to 16 colors or something like that.
and blink.Please add Chromium to the list because saying that I use Google Chrome would be saying that I'm using Google proprietary code, and that is not happening.
Uh, they're basically the same browser. One just has integration with google services.
For email i use thunderbird, never understood the hype with web-mail.Thunderbird++
I'd use Firefox if Gmail played a bit better with it :(I've had no problems.
I am a huge fan of Firefox, mainly because it is open sourced and has a lot of addons, with customization like you wouldn't believe. Also, I have never had a browser so fast...
Seeing as it is my duty to convert you all to the practice of Firefox:
@DJ Omnimaga: Couldn't you just use AdBlock to remove ads?
@Art_of_camelot: For an easy fix, launch Firefox in safe mode (http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/210670-firefox-start-firefox-safe-mode.html), then reset it to its default state by selecting [Help],[Troubleshooting Information], and [Reset Firefox] (Depending upon your version). That should be a guaranteed fix to your problem.
I'd use Firefox if Gmail played a bit better with it :(
For email i use thunderbird, never understood the hype with web-mail.I completely agree with Thunderbird (just open it, type my password and it's done, no need to go to a specific URL then write my email adress before typing my password), and I also never had any problems with gmail in FireFox.
I'm using Thunderbird too but more for IRC.I'd use Firefox if Gmail played a bit better with it :(For email i use thunderbird, never understood the hype with web-mail.I completely agree with Thunderbird (just open it, type my password and it's done, no need to go to a specific URL then write my email adress before typing my password), and I also never had any problems with gmail in FireFox.
I personally always was confused and had troubles setting up external mail clients for some reasons. With Gmail you just type an e-mail and password and you're set. With Outlook and that stuff there is always plenty of other confusing options if you are not familiar with weird vocabulary like POP/IMAP.Thunderbird makes connecting to your gmail account easy :)
Also I am surprised I am not the only Opera user in the poll, considering the amount of vote and the very small market share that Opera has compared to Firefox and Chrome.
I personally always was confused and had troubles setting up external mail clients for some reasons. With Gmail you just type an e-mail and password and you're set. With Outlook and that stuff there is always plenty of other confusing options if you are not familiar with weird vocabulary like POP/IMAP.POP is when you download all the mail locally to your computer and delete it off the server.
Also I am surprised I am not the only Opera user in the poll, considering the amount of vote and the very small market share that Opera has compared to Firefox and Chrome.
@Firefox users: Install FasterFox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/RsccmanFasterfox/), AdBlock Plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/?src=search), and Ghostery (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/?src=ss). Launch about:config (http://about:config) and enable pipelining. I guarantee you that nothing is faster than your browser now.Totally forgot to enable pipelining on this computer.
Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin. Best. Clients. Ever. END OF STORY.What is Pidgin?
It's a chat client that speaks a bunch of different protocols, like IRC, MSN, AIM and XMPP.Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin. Best. Clients. Ever. END OF STORY.What is Pidgin?
Can pipelining cause issues accessing sites such as SMF on which if you have too many connections you get throttled?Here is a list of what will have problems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_pipelining
@Eeems: enable pipelining, and disable the extension blocklisting (search blocklist). Adobe has been having some problems with the so called "Flash Update," so Firefox currently requires you to allow flash before loading a plugin.I'm going to keep it enabled. I only want flash loading if I allow it to.
I'm going to keep it enabled. I only want flash loading if I allow it to....That actually is a pretty good idea. :)
If you like FLOSS software, you can replace some of those listed with those listed here (https://prism-break.org/en/subcategories/gnu-linux-web-browser-addons/).I'm going to keep it enabled. I only want flash loading if I allow it to.
...That actually is a pretty good idea. :)
If you want privacy in browsing for Firefox, here is a pretty good method:Spoiler For Spoiler:
Firefox had some issues with some html5 music players for me so I switched to chrome. I just stuck with it.It's not that firefox has issues with them, it's that they weren't using things supported by Fx.
Switched over to firefox now, after chrome made my computer crash and created a corrupt filesystem.Good choice. Firefox ftw :D
Random question - I recently switched to Chrome because of an annoying problem, but kinda wanna switch back to Firefox.I've never had this happen. Did you google it to see if other people have the same issue?
The problem? Whenever I switch WiFi networks, everything logs out for no apparent reason. Yeah, it's "more secure", but it's really annoying, especially if it's just a switch between the same network. Is there a setting that can be changed to prevent this? This behavior does not happen in Chrome.
I've never had this happen. Did you google it to see if other people have the same issue?I wish it were that easy, but I only get questionable answers that don't really help. (Examples include this (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/950586) and this (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/882567), if not much more.)
If, as a result of the switching your IP changes, and the server checks your IP, then there is no way to overgo that.Nope, Chrome still keeps me logged in. And it's not because of Google bias towards Google-y sites (3 tabs of GMail, 1 Google Voice, 1 Google Calendar, 1 MightyText <-> Google Account), but even other websites like Facebook, Twitter, Hotmail, etc. are logged in.