Which web browsers do you use?

[Eice]

Just realized we don't have a browser usage share poll.

Please choose only the ones you use regularly, and not those that you keep around "just in case". Thanks.

[Osaban]

I have Chrome and Firefox. I'd say in terms of usage, Chrome 80% of the time. Its speed on my system is addictive.

[Arup]

Opera 95% FF5% on Ubuntu, on Windows its Opera 90%, IE8 10%.

[Kerodo]

IE8 almost exclusively in Vista and Firefox mostly in Linux. Opera also on both for speed, but usually less often.

[Pedro]

So 5% usage counts? Then i should have voted for other as well.

[Eice]

-{ Quote: "So 5% usage counts? Then i should have voted for other as well." }-
Hmm. I just thought it'd be a good idea to tell people not to vote for browsers they have installed but never use or only use occasionally, otherwise IE is going to own this poll.

I've got Iron and IE8 on my machine. IE8 has guaranteed site compatibility, InPrivate Filtering, RSS, Flashblock, Suggested Sites (not very useful, but fun), visual search suggestions and excellent foreign language support, but Iron has a more responsive UI, raw speed, the Omnibar, more screen real-estate and a better download manager. I'd say its Iron 70%, IE8 30% for me.

[Pedro]

So count +1 other, sorry if i didn't understand the poll.
That would be Epiphany. Iceweasel 95% of the time. Extensions exist that make using another browser a step back for me.

[the Tester]

Opera almost all of the time.
FireFox for my wife.

[TOMxEU]

IE8 64-bit mostly, 32-bit version for flash only, because it is too unstable, I can not wait for flash 11 64-bit. But I think about Firefox, since IE8 got messed up.

[Gaeko]

Opera 8)

[raven211]

Opera all the time, as long as it's compatible enough with the webpages I visit - shame on the pages that aren't...

Whenever I use any other browser, I find it missing features that are very useful in Opera, or you've to download a "wannabe-extension" for. That would be for example (1) Undo tab closing and (2) Speed Dial. The latter I know has wannabe-extensions everywhere, but the first is more uncommon.

[crash79`]

I use SRWare Iron.

[Eice]

-{ Quote: "That would be for example (1) Undo tab closing and (2) Speed Dial. The latter I know has wannabe-extensions everywhere, but the first is more uncommon." }-
AFAIK IE, Chrome and Firefox can reopen closed tabs natively without needing extensions.

[raven211]

-{ Quote: "AFAIK IE, Chrome and Firefox can reopen closed tabs natively without needing extensions." }-

Do you mean when closing the browser completely, or in real-time which I meant? Can it be shortcut:ed?

[Eice]

-{ Quote: "Do you mean when closing the browser completely, or in real-time which I meant? Can it be shortcut:ed?" }-
In real-time. Just right-click on the tab bar, or press Ctrl-Shift-T (works in all 3 browsers I mentioned).

[progress]

Mozilla Firefox because of Adblock Plus ;)

[Eice]

-{ Quote: "Mozilla Firefox because of Adblock Plus ;)" }-
Ad-blocking is a non-factor as far as I'm concerned. IE8, Opera and Iron can block ads by default. For all others, there's Proxomitron and Privoxy. ;D

[progress]

-{ Quote: "IE8, Opera and Iron can block ads by default. For all others, there's Proxomitron and Privoxy. ;D" }-

Some pages don't work correct with Opera and Iron :( IE8 blocks ads? Hey, congratulations to MS ;D

Another reason: LinkScanner search ratings only work with IE and FF. The same goes for KeyScrambler ...

[Eice]

-{ Quote: "IE8 blocks ads? Hey, congratulations to MS ;D" }-
Check out these links if you're interested.

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=755520
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22124619-IE8-InPrivate-filter-from-adblock-plus-list
http://textpad.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!B49C34BD7DE98E2D!407.entry

[noone_particular]

SeaMonkey is my default browser and gets used over 75% of the time. K-Meleon gets most of the rest of the usage time. If some of the functions provided by SeaMonkey extensions were available in K-Meleon, that percentage would be higher. Both are very good browsers. Some users don't like the "old Netscape" look of SeaMonkey. To me, FireFox looks like a pre-school toy. I find SeaMonkey to be comfortable, easy to use, and faster than many others, including FF on my hardware.

Internet Explorer gets less than 1% of the usage on my PCs. It's been removed from most of the operating systems I use. Those systems have all seen performance increases that have made it worth the effort.

[progress]

Thank you Eice :)

-{ Quote: "
Internet Explorer gets less than 1% of the usage on my PCs. It's been removed from most of the operating systems I use. Those systems have all seen performance increases that have made it worth the effort." }-

You removed IE? :o

[noone_particular]

-{ Quote: "You removed IE? :o" }-
On all but 2 copies of Windows, I've removed Internet Explorer completely. One of them is this 98FE box. The other is a copy of 2K.

Removing Internet Explorer makes major changes to your system. A lot of software uses IE components. If you decide to try this, back up your entire system first, preferably in a way that allows you to extract individual files. If you have a dual-boot system, 7Zip can be run from one OS to archive the other. You may need them for certain apps to work.
XPlite and 2000lite Professional v1.9 (http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html)
98lite Professional v4.7 (http://www.litepc.com/98lite.html)
IEradicator (http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html)

[SIR****TMG]

Avant and firefox,:thumb:

[rdsu]

1. Opera
2. Google Chrome

[Creer]

1. Opera Browser,
2. FireFox,
3. IE 8.

[tipstir]

I use the Firefox and then the add-ons for it.. Good enough for me. Tried Opera, Safari and IE2/3/4/5/6/7/8 none can't compare.

[LoneWolf]

Opera for me.
The wife still prefers IE.

[Gizzy]

I use Opera.

I used to use IE then switched to Firefox and never went back to IE and now I switched to Opera and won't go back to Firefox. ;):thumb: ;D :D

[benton4]

IE8- works well with Vista X64. :)

[Bob D]

K-Meleon :)
IE6 (used rarely for those "stubborn" sites)

[Tarnak]

-{ Quote: "I use Opera.

I used to use IE then switched to Firefox and never went back to IE and now I switched to Opera and won't go back to Firefox. ;):thumb: ;D :D" }-

I just switched from IE6 to Opera, never did try FF because I am very happy with Opera.;D

[raven211]

Still most users are using FF, but Opera's got more votes if looking at the comments it seems. :)

[Jo Ann]

While I'm stuck with IE7, I'm using (and really like) Chrome! :thumb: :thumb:

[accessalternative]

-{ Quote: "In real-time. Just right-click on the tab bar, or press Ctrl-Shift-T (works in all 3 browsers I mentioned)." }-Ctrl_Z in Opera

[LvnLaVidaLoopy]

1. SeaMonkey
2. IceWeasel
3. (at the) Opera

[ahriman]

1. Opera
2. Firefox with ABP, BetterPrivacy, DownloadHelper, ExecuteJS, Flashblock, Greasemonkey.
(removed NoScript after the recent shenanigans).

[Keyboard_Commando]

1. Firefox
2. IE8
3. SRWare Iron
4. Opera Tor

I've given IE a chance recently. But disappointly there is an annoying pause loading pages, especially on forum pages. Other than that IE8 feels a lot better than previous experiences using IE.

[progress]

1. Mozilla Firefox
2. Google Chrome

:)

[catnotspam]

*puppy*ie good gets 4/5 for me
safari gets 3/5
GC gets 2/5
for me *puppy*

[Dude111]

I mostly use IE6 (With MyIE2),however when im on the computer upstairs i use FF1.5 (As i dont like IE7 and ff1.5 is alot like MyIE2 (My favourite browser))

[progress]

Google Chrome has been removed from my laptop, I don't really need it. I will stay with Firefox ;D

[steve161]

While I am liking Opera the more I use it, I still use FF as my main browser because it looks better on linux, and the speed difference is negligible.

[jumpshot]

http://www.lunascape.tv/
... fast, flexible, skinnable.

Opera, now only occasionally.

IE8 for updates.

[icr]

Most cases FF and sometimes Google Chrome.

[Get]

FF and when necessary IE.

[nikanthpromod]

Firefox:thumb: ;D

[funkydude]

All of the above? ^^
I doubt I will ever settle.

[Noob]

Chrome, the original :P I mean not the unofficial versions xD

Using it since first beta day, now can't stop using it ;D

[SirPeterPan]

I regularly test all new versions of the main browsers (IE, Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari).

But on daily usage, I go with latest versions of IE and Firefox, only.

[acr1965]

Since I added extension to Google Chrome it has become my #1 browser by a mile. For surfing, I would estimate I use Chrome 95%, FF 4%, Opera 1%.

[mack_guy911]

i use

Firefox 90% because it support addon like noscript and my kis scaning addon link scanner which is not supported by opera

which make ff more better and also scan even in kis sandbox environment which is good :)

opera 10 %

[dawgg]

1. Chrome
2. Firefox (only for the addons) - rarely

[c2d]

Opera

[the Tester]

CometBird most of the time.
FireFox for the wife.
IE6 for Windows Updates.

[TOMxEU]

Moved from IE to Google Chrome recently, IE is becoming a dinasour, especially in development. ::)

[Noob]

I sometimes use IE for pages that doesn't load on Chrome :wacko:

[Nick Rhodes]

Firefox because it offers a blend of good standards compliance, performance and useful tools for Web Developers (such as myself).

[YanK33]

i am a big fan and long time user of FF but man this Chrome thing is so good and using chrome and the speed is sick.

[Noob]

-{ Quote: "i am a big fan and long time user of FF but man this Chrome thing is so good and using chrome and the speed is sick." }-

Keep using it
You will get addicted ;D

[blacknight]

Opera ! :)

[YanK33]

-{ Quote: "Keep using it
You will get addicted ;D" }-

yep i uninstall FF and keep only with Chrome, yes still need more work but they are a huge smart people doin things easy for your PC and i love the way its work and when i use the full screen wow i have all my 23 widescreen to watch my pages is sick i love it when i open those heavy pages with Ad Block and Chrome you get the best browsing experience right now.;D :thumb:

[YanK33]

sorry FF, I Love You, im, back baby lol but i dont like No Script is too obtrubsive and if you visit and load again and again the same pages you make the rules and done but if you like me browse all day all places you get headaches with No Script so i stick only with AdBlock with Flash Blocker

[ProrokX]

+1 for Opera
Just love it;D

[YanK33]

-{ Quote: "+1 for Opera
Just love it;D" }-wow i was using Opera like 5 years ago and was the best browser available and Opera 10 looks good i will try it right now lol

[Daveski17]

Opera & K-Meleon (with SRWare Iron as a back-up). I used to use Firefox until it got a little bloaty.

[ameyap]

ie8 and firefox 3.6 currently

[TheObserver]

Hello Wilders.

Just decided to join. You are always very informative!

Here's my take:

When I looked for an alternative to IE a few years back, I looked at Opera first because of its features, especially email. After struggling for a long time to integrate to eschange data with Outlook, as well as incompatibility with some web pages, I gave up on it. However recently I decided to have a look again and am still reviewing it.

I then looked at Firefox as instinctively used it until now because it never got in the way of my web browsing. With opera it was all about opera. With firefox it was all about the browsing, much like IE was at the time (- the security). Then I got extension overload and every few months I would just start afresh. Firefox always kept it lean and that was attractive as opposed to some of its variants at the time.

Fast forward to today and firefox has enough built-in functionality for me to make do with only a few needed add-ons. I have to have a tab counter because I usually have many tabs open due to the nature of what I do. So that aspect of browsing determines what I can use these days.

Also one note here is that firefox 3.5 crashed continuously for me. That situation has been improved with 3.6, which also seems a bit faster to me. While my power machine has almost no crashes. My other machine still had problems, so I had to go out and find another browser to improve my productivity.

I reluctantly started to use Chrome although I hated google update. When Chrome started having extensions, I was sold. It has WOT and that is essential to me. It is almost as effective for me as firefox and quite nippy!


So Today:

1. On my power machine - quad core with 8GB memory and Win7 64-bit I use firefox 3.6.

I often have up to 200 tabs open at one time - busy bee. None of the other browsers can handle that. Why bring amateurs to do a professional's job. I have tested firefox 3.6 with more than 300 tabs. It uses a lot of my ram, but it does not crash. The others I tested - Chrome (next best), Safari and Opera can handle 100 tabs. In fact Chrome can go over, but becomes unwieldy. IE8 starts deteriorating/crashing after 50 tabs.

2. On my other machine - Dual core with 4GB of memory and Win7 64-bit (This machine used to have Win7 32-bit with similar results) I use Chrome as the default with Firefox as a backup. IE8 is still on the machine, just in case, but I have made it less accessible by removing shortcuts. I try to maintain chrome with less than 100 tabs at a time. The problem with firefox on this machine is that at around 100 tabs its starts crashing as the machine has less resources than the power machine.

An Update: I have since experimented with SWR Iron (the portable version) and this seems to have improvements in speed over chrome. Also it has no communication with google - otherwise it is very similar.

Just thought the tabs-resources part would be interesting to others. :)

-The Observer

[Zeena]

Hi :)

99% Firefox 8)
IE8 .. Now & Again!

But! ;D
I'm thinking of giving Opera a try :-\
The only thing that's putting me off trying Opera...
1) I've heard there are problems with the latest version.
2) Without WOT .. Don't think I would get much use out of Opera.

Does Opera update easy like Firefox does?
OR
Do you have to uninstall old versions - & - Install new versions?

Thanks In Advance! ;)

Zeena

[linuxforall]

Only Opera and Chrome as secondary, Opera is my mail client as well.

[mvario]

Firefox about 90% of the time
Iron maybe 6%
Opera like 4%

I also have IE8 and Safari installed, but I never use them. IE, MS doesn't really give you a choice, and Safari just wasn't stable.

[EDIT] No more Safari. The latest version crashed 3 times in 10 minutes. It has always been unstable for me, but this takes the prize. Buh-bye Safari.

[mercurie]

IE works pretty good especially on the Vista machine. Firefox is the slowest on both. Safari is great! Opera is good, but I have the same issues some have mentioned, Web pages do not come up exactly right sometimes.

I run all of these at various times...I like variety ;D

[PRUHDG]

Opera on host machine.
Firefox(noscript,abp,prefbar) in VM.

[linuxforall]

-{ Quote: "Hi :)

99% Firefox 8)
IE8 .. Now & Again!

But! ;D
I'm thinking of giving Opera a try :-\
The only thing that's putting me off trying Opera...
1) I've heard there are problems with the latest version.
2) Without WOT .. Don't think I would get much use out of Opera.

Does Opera update easy like Firefox does?
OR
Do you have to uninstall old versions - & - Install new versions?

Thanks In Advance! ;)

Zeena" }-

O
Unless there is a new version number, Opera updates quite easily and with Opera sync, you never have to save your bookmarks ever. For new version numbers it would install in a separate folder. For WOT, you have Opera's inbuilt haute secure which is enabled by default. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

[Comp01]

I use chrome 80% of the time, then firefox at 10% and opera at 10%. I do use IE but ONLY for sites that won't work on any other browser.

[SafetyFirst]

Opera for "naked" surfing :)

Firefox with NoScript, Ghostery, Request Policy, External IP, Adblock Plus, WOT, Better Privacy, FoxyProxy and Vidalia bundle when using Tor ;)

Chrome for Freenet :lurking:

IE8 veeery rarely :isay:

[Hayki]

Firefox with WOT (:

[leofelix]

1) Firefox
2) Opera
3) In some systems I've also installed Chrome

I use IE only for WindowsUpdate.

The first browser I ever used has been Netscape Navigator on 1994

[xxJackxx]

IE 8 and Firefox 3.6. About 50/50 usage.

[Edwin024]

I was one of the few to add other besides FireFox. My other is Dragon, the Chrome version of Comodo.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: " My other is Dragon, the Chrome version of Comodo." }-

Is that similar to SRWare Iron?

[Zeena]

Hi linuxforall :)


-{ Quote: "O
Unless there is a new version number, Opera updates quite easily and with Opera sync, you never have to save your bookmarks ever. For new version numbers it would install in a separate folder. For WOT, you have Opera's inbuilt haute secure which is enabled by default. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" }-

Sorry it's taken me so long to come back ::) Been playing with my laptops new browser - Opera ;D

-{ Quote: "Unless there is a new version number, Opera updates quite easily " }-
That's Good To Know! :thumb:
-{ Quote: "and with Opera sync, you never have to save your bookmarks ever. " }-
I'm all signed up and ready for when I install Opera on my Desktop 8)
-{ Quote: "For new version numbers it would install in a separate folder. " }-
You've Lost Me! :-[
What do you mean? - Separate Folder ???
-{ Quote: "For WOT, you have Opera's inbuilt haute secure which is enabled by default. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" }-
Where Do I See Haute Secure? :(
I've just tried a simple Google search ( For a Shop ) but I didn't see anything like WOT .. Telling me which websites are Safe or Dangerous :-\

Thanks!

Zeena

[Watasha]

Comodo Dragon.:thumb:

[Santos_L_Halper]

I'm currently using the 5.0.326 alpha version of SRWare Iron. It's by far the fastest browser I've ever used.

[Mr.PC]

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3

[vasa1]

In order of use:
Chrome with Privoxy
Firefox with AdBlock
IE 6 for prehistoric sites.

All three always run in Sandboxie.

[Noob]

Chrome in Dev mode :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: ;D
Mozilla just to download files sometimes.
And Explorer for mails because it's the default browser.

[J_L]

Firefox and Opera. Chrome isn't customizable enough for me (not talking about extensions, but the browser itself).

[YanK33]

Google Chrome ;D

[chrisretusn]

Still using Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100624 Firefox/3.6.4

[3GUSER]

The most classic (and the best browser) - Internet Explorer

[YanK33]

wich browser eats the most memory in default without any extension or plugins????

[Woodgiant]

The most exciting Web browsers of all time." EI 8" because you never know what is going to happen when you are surfing the net;D

[YanK33]

-{ Quote: "The most exciting Web browsers of all time." EI 8" because you never know what is going to happen when you are surfing the net;D" }- IE version 9 will be the best browser ever watch out :o