What Web Browser Do You Use?

[sophie]

I used to use firefox (I had been for the last 5 years or so), but the downloads file got corrupted, so now it crashes every time I try to download something. Because of that I switched to Opera, which I am quite content with thus far.

 

[Camikaze]

No love for Safari?

I find Safari very easy to use, and not quite as annoying as Firefox (because every time I open Firefox, it comes up with some pop-up; probably just my version).

 

[Kraznaya]

Firefox. I should start using something else for porn, but I'm trying to go cold turkey on that anyway, so..

 

[GenMarshall]

Why is this a single-choice pole? I use Chrome and FFX.

Ditto. Most of the time I use Firefox. Second, Safari (via iPod Touch), then Opera or Chrome (USB version).

 

[Zelig]

I use Lynx for most of my browsing, and Internet Explorer for pornography.

 

[Smellincoffee]

I used to use Firefox, but I tried Chrome out to see what it was like and found I enjoyed using it. It's nicely streamlined.

 

[classical_hero]

It is a well known fact that CFC has one of the highest ratios of firefox users on the web, since we are so cool. Plus there is not much love for M$ here.

 

[REDY]

I have installed opera, internet explorer and mozzila.

Opera is best. I am using Mozilla sometimes because some plugins.

 

[Cutlass]

Firefox. Before that it was Netscape Navigator. I've never really used IE enough to know more than the basics. I've never used Outlook at all. I stared with Netscape back around, IIRC, 1995.

I use FF now because there's no popups and very few ads. And I'm familiar with the ways to customize it somewhat.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Firefox with the right add-ons beats everything on this list. If there's a will, there's an add-on.

And for the guys still using IE: seriously?

 

[MagisterCultuum]

I mostly use Firefox. I tried Chrome for a while, but early on at least when I tried to open a CCf thread in a new tab it would scroll to some random point in he page instead of the first new post. For a while I used both, but after Firefox added some of Chrome's nicer features I used Chrome less and less. (Back in version 3.4 or so my Firefox kept freezing when I first opened it, which forced me to rely on Chrome for a while though.) When I got my new laptop I didn't bother downloading Chrome on it. Also, some free software I downloaded to download streaming video claims to work on IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc, but in reality only works on IE and Firefox.


I tried IE a few times recently as was shocked at how slow it was.

 

[aronnax]

Switched from Internet Explorer to Firefox when I installed a new virus protection program and every time I opened the Internet Explorer window, a virus warning pops.

Firefox has good features.

 

[bhsup]

I currently use Firefox.

Why? Because I started (at least on the Windows platforms) Netscape 0.94b or something like that and stayed with them ever since. I started using Mozilla Suite well before the 1.0 release (though honestly used Netscape a lot still since it was kinda buggy to say the least.

I greatly resented the abandonment of the suite and refused to use Firefox for awhile, but I eventually bit the bullet and started using the inferior concept of the individual browser without integrated email and newsgroups. Seamonkey would be great if more plugins and add-ons were available. One of the main reasons I quit bothering reporting crash issues to Mozilla. They screwed me by dropping the suite, so screw them back.

EDIT: Btw, as an aside and just FYI, I used to use Netmanage Chameleon web browser (actually, it was part of a comprehensive TCP/IP tool set) before and during use of Netscape on Windows systems and IBM WebExplorer on OS/2.

EDIT #2: Partisanship aside, IE 8 is not a bad browser and I do use it from time to time.

 

[say1988]

Wasn't Netscape the default for the old Macs? If so, I hated that, but it may have been as much those awful computers as the program itself.

 

[LucyDuke]

Firefox for customizability. Also I dunno why but Opera runs really slowly for me always.

 

[Tani Coyote]

I use Firefox for most web browsing, Internet Explorer to do my homework. Compatibility issues and what not.

 

[GenMarshall]

It is a well known fact that CFC has one of the highest ratios of firefox users on the web, since we are so cool. Plus there is not much love for M$ here.

Not to mention the security holes that IE has.

 

[dirtyparrot]

I guess I'm the only one who picked other. I use Seamonkey.

 

[Godwynn]

Firefox!

 

[Shadylookin]

I use telnet to send GET and POST commands and interpret the html and javascript with my mind. Soon I expect to be able to interpret flash bytecode


firefox.