What is your favorite desktop web browser, in the year 2016?

Discussion in 'polls' started by Tyrizian, Mar 2, 2016.

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What is your favorite desktop web browser, in the year 2016?

  1. Microsoft Internet Explorer

    4 vote(s)
    2.3%
  2. Microsoft Edge

    12 vote(s)
    7.0%
  3. Google Chrome

    53 vote(s)
    30.8%
  4. Mozilla Firefox

    66 vote(s)
    38.4%
  5. Apple Safari

    5 vote(s)
    2.9%
  6. Opera

    8 vote(s)
    4.7%
  7. Vivaldi

    11 vote(s)
    6.4%
  8. Avant

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Mozilla SeaMonkey

    4 vote(s)
    2.3%
  10. K-Meleon

    5 vote(s)
    2.9%
  11. Maxthon

    2 vote(s)
    1.2%
  12. Other web browser (Not listed)

    34 vote(s)
    19.8%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. acr1965

    acr1965 Registered Member

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    Chromium
     
  2. Solarlynx

    Solarlynx Registered Member

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    Google Chrome x32,
    Google Chrome x64 and
    Google Chrome Canary.

    Cheers!
     
  3. SouthPark

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    Thanks - I've downloaded it and will try it this weekend.
     
    Last edited: Mar 31, 2016
  4. safeguy

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    Chrome 64-bit.
     
  5. Hadron

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    It is a very fast browser, but make sure you get the one optimized for your CPU.
     
  6. SouthPark

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    I think I might have to use the Intel 32-bit version, because even though I'm on 64-bit Windows, it only has 3 GB of RAM, which quickly becomes overwhelmed by any 64-bit browser other than (so far) Chromium.
     
  7. agreste

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    Opera
    360 Extreme Explorer
     
  8. Cloudcroft

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  9. Alhaitham

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    Mozilla Firefox
     
  10. Osaban

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    Chrome here on all of my computers. I was wondering what advantages would Chrome (64 bit) bring compared to the standard version?
     
  11. Gandalf_The_Grey

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  12. The Red Moon

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    It should be noted that google chrome does store data which needs to be permanently resident..safe browsing data etc so one should be careful in cleaning this with system cleaners as in effect you are forcing chrome to continuously download this data.
    I would just stick with using chromes built-in cleaning.
     
  13. Minimalist

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    Switched to Firefox x64 and I like it so far.

    EDIT: went back to Google, as some pages don't display or work correctly.
     
    Last edited: Apr 20, 2016
  14. The Red Moon

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    I find it odd that people abandon a browser because 1-2 websites do not display correctly.maybe the sites in question are at fault rather than the browser and in my personal experience no browser can render every website out there.
     
  15. Minimalist

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    Well I had FF on "test drive". I've used it for a day and got some problems which I didn't encounter while using Chrome. Even on this forum option Remove formatting wouldn't remove it from all the text that I copied from other sites. So I had to copy text to Notepad (to remove formatting) and then copy it from Notepad back to this forum. I didn't have similar problems with Chrome.
     
  16. Osaban

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  17. Sampei Nihira

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    Last edited: May 29, 2016
  18. Minimalist

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    I replaced Google Chrome with Chromium as my primary browser.
     
  19. oliverjia

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    how do you deal with playing flash content?
     
  20. Minimalist

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  21. oliverjia

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    Could be a significant security risk, as this version of the flash is not sandboxed by Chromium.
     
  22. Minimalist

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    I rarely use it and also have it set to click-to-play. Sandboxie and SRP would very likely protect me if I make bad decision.
     
  23. Anonfame1

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    Firefox. I will be loyal to Mozilla until the bitter end (which I fear is coming eventually); despite chrome being a solid functioning piece of kit, Google is the opposite of Mozilla in terms of being scary.
     
  24. Behold Eck

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    1: Mozilla Firefox

    2: Internet Explorer

    Regards eck:)
     
  25. Sigh Lass

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    I guess I will be the odd duck... IceDragon because it was the only one I could get set up that allowed me to have zero cookies (including the Google Pref super cookie).... But even it had to be configured in options --> Security/ uncheck reports on attach sites and web forgeries...

    Anyhoo.... I am the last xp window user of IceDragon
     
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