Just curious, I want to see which is most popular...

Opera at home.

Firefox everywhere.

Firefox all the way.

It would be interesting to see what % IE gets now. It has yet to make a debut.

Firefox Uber Alles.

Firefox all the time

Internet Explorer, and I don't care what you all say. :p

Internet Explorer, because I have never bothered trying anything else. It seems to do the job.

Agree with DM and Iggy.

Safari (Macuser)

Have Internet Explorer and used it before. Safari seems to work better with Mac.

Thanks for the responses, it seems Firefox beats the hell out of all the others though...
I just downloaded it, and I am very impressed by the amount of cool things you can do.

Tabbing sites and being able to instantly flick between them is very cool.

Firefox, but still need IE for some financial website.

Firefox all the way!The only bad the thing about this browser is that some games hate it.

Firefox, of course, like all people who knows about it and have at least half a brain :P

Firefox, best browser ever. Also this will most likely be moved to computer talk.

Firefox, IE for a few things only that firefox cant do.

Firefox except on some sites that don't like it. Then again I currently can't get IE to open hotmail, so I have to use another browser for that

FF, mostly. I use IE to access my internet bank, which refuses to communicate with FF, and at uni I variously use Mozilla and Netscape, depending on what's installed on the particular machine I'm using.

Mozilla Firefox, and there has been load of these "browser" thread down in Computer Talk already.

firefox all the way, but IE sometimes.

Mozilla Firefox.

Internet Explorer

EDIT: This is my 200th post. :dance: :beer: :banana: :bounce:

Firefox and Firefox alone.

Mozilla, but not firefox. I'm not sure what it really is actually. Does anyone know?

This is my homepage: http://www.mozilla.org/start/.

Mozilla, but not firefox. I'm not sure what it really is actually. Does anyone know?

I think Mozilla (Thunderbird?) is an application suite, including a browser, email reader, newsgroup reader, and some odds and ends. The browser is probably very similar to Firefox, though.

I think Mozilla (Thunderbird?) is an application suite, including a browser, email reader, newsgroup reader, and some odds and ends. The browser is probably very similar to Firefox, though.
I'm sure it's similar to Firefox, but it's not the same.

Firefox is the browser and Thunderbird the mail program, I think.

The browser installed on my uni's windows boxes calls itself "Mozilla Browser". It looks similar, but not identical, to FF.

I use Opera, its perfect for me. Easy rss reader and email-software built into the browser. Plus: mouse gestures :D

Prior to this week, I used IE, but it was so badly infected with spyware (I tried everything to get rid of it) so my homepage kept changing and all. So I switched to Firefox, and I certainly don't regret it. For the safety alone, Firefox is worth the switch.

I am gonna go all the way and say: Mozilla Suite

Secondary: Firefox

And for the odd occation where I go to the internet bank - IE (being lazy with certificates...)

I use IE, simply because I don't see whats wrong with it, and that's what came with my computer when I got it.

I was a hardcore Opera user, until Firefox came out. After I switched I never looked back, though Opera still is a very neat browser, I'd still pick it over IE any day...

I use the fox, allways.

Konqueror is my choice

Internet Explorer with Google Toolbar and GetRight.

IE can display all websites, especially those requiring shockwave and other, often rather exotic plugins. Firefox often fails to do so. I also think mouse scrolling is smoother in IE somehow... so I stuck with it. If you permanently install (usually unintentionally due to lack of basic knowledge) spyware on your system, I recommend getting Firefox.

I like many of Firefox features, the best thing about it is perhaps that MS is urged to improve their Explorer now because they have a really serious contender.

Camino, a member of the Mozilla family and therefore a close relative of Firefox.

Moved to computer talk.

For the confused:

Mozilla is a big project to create an open-source based browser that would compete with IE. There are many browsers in the Mozilla family; Mozilla itself is their big browser, which includes webpage editors, an IRC client, etc., while Firefox is their "bare bones" browser that is just a browser. Camino is an older barebones browser that is Mac-only. All of these use the same browser technology (the Mozilla technology) but have different exteriors.

Depends on what OS I have my computer booted into:
Slackware - Opera (which I'm currently using), or Konqueror
Mandrake - Firefox
FreeBSD - Mozilla suite or Opera
Solaris - Mozilla suite
Mepis - Mozilla suite
Fedora - Firefox
Ubuntu - Firefox
Suse - Konqueror
DSL - Firefox
Windows XP and Windows 3.1 - No internet connection

Firefox. Great Browser. :)
And of course, I've added the Google toolbar thingy. It makes it even better.

I keep all the major browsers updated for testing purposes. My current favorite is Opera.

Konqueror just has the best name

I perfer Firefox over IE :smug:.

firefox followed by lynx which is a pretty good name

Avant, which is IE core. A lot of features of Firefox, without having to d/l the extentions.

Nice to see that firefox is leading by a wide margin. I wonder if that gap will be closed when the next version of IE comes out which will have most of the new features of firefox like tabbed browsing, IE extensions etc.

I use Firefox. Mostly because of the plugin which shows me the local weather forecast. This way I don't have to look out the the window to check what the weather is.

Opera and only opera. Tabbed browser par excellence!

Firfox, but i'm stuck with IE at school :(.

Of course, Firefox, it is de bomb
Firfox, but i'm stuck with IE at school .
Same :mad:

FireFox of course. :D I couldn't go back to using IE now.

Used Internet Explorer orginally, got tired of it and decided to switch to Opera. Opera is okay, but it lacks alot of the features that Firefox does. When the new version of Mozilla Firefox came out, I switched over.

Don't even have Opera on my computer anymore.

Used Internet Explorer orginally, got tired of it and decided to switch to Opera. Opera is okay, but it lacks alot of the features that Firefox does. When the new version of Mozilla Firefox came out, I switched over.

Don't even have Opera on my computer anymore.

Not trying to convince you to use Opera again, but I'll wager if you listed these features, I could find ways of emulating most of them almost perfectly in Opera.

Firefox 4ever!!!!

Not trying to convince you to use Opera again, but I'll wager if you listed these features, I could find ways of emulating most of them almost perfectly in Opera.

Yea, but I'd wager there's one major thing keeping him from Opera: those damn banner ads.

I know, you can pay for Opera, but why pay for it when Firefox works just as well or even better?

Yea, but I'd wager there's one major thing keeping him from Opera: those damn banner ads.

I know, you can pay for Opera, but why pay for it when Firefox works just as well or even better?

Well, I have to disagree there, I don't find Firefox can meet my needs as well as Opera. ;)

However, like I said before, I keep my copy of Firefox up to date, and will switch to it as my primary browser if I ever finds it suits me better than Opera.

Opera, and only Opera (IE only the rare times when I'm ordering plane-tickets).

Firefox is a close second. But I don't find it as good as Opera on some areas:
- Mouse Gestures. Opera was first, and is still the best. Firefox's mouse gestures seems to work more slowly.
- Back to previous page. Opera does this in half a second, Firefox reloads the page.
- Tabbed Browing. I find Firefox's tabbed browser extension to be a lot weaker than Opera's, and it also slows down the entire Firefox browser when it's installed.

However, Firefox has at least one very neat features that I hope Opera will match soon: RSS Reader. Opera's RSS reader needs extra windows to show the RSS link and makes the RSS surfing a lot slower than the plugin for Firefox. A simple and easy pane on the left is all that is needed.

Opera isn't even dignified to get its own option, and MSN EXPLORER (which is just an IE clone) gets its own option? :rolleyes:

I use Opera, obviously. Awaitng Gmail support in Opera 8.

So I hear Opera is über-fast compared to FireFox. Is this true? I've been refusing to try Opera so far simply because I find the name lame.

So I hear Opera is über-fast compared to FireFox. Is this true? I've been refusing to try Opera so far simply because I find the name lame.

No. It's faster, especially on older sytems, but I find Firefox to be quite fast to start with, I don't think it's possible to design something that goes a huge amount faster than it.

And yes, for anyone who cares, I've tried processor optimized builds for FF, Opera's still faster for most things.

Some of the difference in size and speed come from the fact that FF is open-sourced, so they try and keep the code accesible to less experienced programmers. The Opera coders don't have to do this, so they can suplement their C++ code with assembly to optimize the program further.

I use Mozilla, Firefox, and Explorer, depending on what I'm accessing.

The idea is "don't put all my eggs in one basket". Not sure if it helps.

INTERNET EXPLORER! YEAH!!!

Firefox, eh.

Let me express my gratitude to those who still use IE, since it's they who keep the hackers away from exploring Firefox for security holes. My sincerest thanks.

And I'm not being ironic.

Let me express my gratitude to those who still use IE, since it's they who keep the hackers away from exploring Firefox for security holes. My sincerest thanks.

And I'm not being ironic.

Oh, you're very welcome! :goodjob:

Firefox, but there is always a pesky website or two that needs ie :mad:

Since Opera handles gmail now, it is the only one I use.

Er, except for a couple of corporate sites that I have to use Mozilla with - at least it's not IE....

Firefox.. I have no complaints with it and don't see what more I could possibly need..

Firefox. The main reason I like it is the tabbed browsing. :D

INTERNET EXPLORER! YEAH!!!
I hope you enjoy getting constant homepage hacks and browser hacks. Not to mention a whole lot of spyware, malware, and adware that comes into your system :mischief:.

Prior to this week, I used IE, but it was so badly infected with spyware (I tried everything to get rid of it) so my homepage kept changing and all. So I switched to Firefox, and I certainly don't regret it. For the safety alone, Firefox is worth the switch.

Ditto, plus the Fire fox sign is my much better than a big stupid e

I hope you enjoy getting constant homepage hacks and browser hacks. Not to mention a whole lot of spyware, malware, and adware that comes into your system :mischief:.

Yes, because every IE user is a complete idiot and has no idea how to use the programs they have. :rolleyes:

Do you know how many homepage hacks and browser hacks I've had in these five years of running IE? Go ahead, guess.

I've been using Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox since the first release in late 2002... Used Netscape 7 a lot too, though.

Yes, because every IE user is a complete idiot and has no idea how to use the programs they have. :rolleyes:

Do you know how many homepage hacks and browser hacks I've had in these five years of running IE? Go ahead, guess.

0. Same for me, I previously had used IE since 2000, and it was only a couple months ago I switched to Firefox. Did I get spyware? No. Adware? No. Browser hijacks? No. I just wanted the additional features.

IE is fine as long as you keep it updated, and protect yourself. Just installing Firefox doesn't do the trick - it doesn't stop people from being stupid and getting spyware.

Avant Browser is IE with additional features. I have 6 browsers installed in my computer.

Since Opera handles gmail now, it is the only one I use.



Doesn't Opera only work with the basic HTML version of Gmail?

Doesn't Opera only work with the basic HTML version of Gmail?

The betas of Opera 8 work fine as long as you have them detecting as Opera.

I could be wrong here though, as I don't use Gmail myself, I find any web-based email system to be insufficient for me.

Opera 8 has been released! Praise! :) I'm back and kicking in Opera 8, with full Gmail support and new features. "Fit to Width" now allows me to fit the screen to match mine - no more struggling to read fixed-width websites.

Installed firefox, saw no reason to use it, tabbed browsing is nice, but it's not enough of an improvement over just clicking the corresponding taskbar button to warrant the additional installation. It's nice to be able to type a URL in the address bar of any explorer window and to go there immediately as well. I'm not enough of a moron to fall victim to any of the IE security exploits, and i'm more worried about my files falling victim to a coworker over an anonymous stranger any day in the first place. I suppose I would switch to another browser if I had a reason, but I don't. Hate the look of firefox as well, and i'm not captivated enough to find skins for it.

Opera 4 ever! Once you get used to mouse gestures, you cannot go back to a browser without them. Remarkable that others havent copied that feature yet (Tabbed browsing anyone?). And, by the way, now you can even talk to it (Opera v. 8).

Opera 4 ever! Once you get used to mouse gestures, you cannot go back to a browser without them. Remarkable that others havent copied that feature yet (Tabbed browsing anyone?)

Ah, short of IE every other browser that I know of has tabbed browsing.

Ah, short of IE every other browser that I know of has tabbed browsing.

Yes, now.. But not in '97 :)

Yes, now.. But not in '97 :)
But this isn't '97. ;)

But this isn't '97. ;)

Yeps, so FireFox with mouse gestures is a mere eight years away... :p

Opera, the original and the b e s t!
Seriously though, try it. I doubt you will be disappointed.

Yeps, so FireFox with mouse gestures is a mere eight years away... :p

Opera, the original and the b e s t!
Seriously though, try it. I doubt you will be disappointed.
Don't bother evangelizing to me. I'm already using it.