News - Top 5 browsers revealed, Internet Explorer loses ground

[HEXUS]

Google Chrome catches up with Firefox, but IE still most popular browser.

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[Noxvayl]

Good to see other browsers catching up with Internet Explorer(IE), hopefully they won't loose market share due to Microsoft making IE a permanent part of Windows again.

I also like the fact that they share more information about how their information is gathered, a breath of fresh air compared to other statistics sites.

[AGTDenton]

I use Chrome on my laptop because it seems to use less battery power than IE8 (WinXP) and it's much better performance wise.
However, on my desktop I use IE9. I like its download mechanism and its fast, plus the Google toolbar that is lacking on Chrome is very useful.
I like Firefox and have it as a secondary browser on my desktop. I've never liked its method of remembering passwords for websites though, otherwise its a solid browser.

I'd be interested, now Microsoft seems to be a bit more open to nutty ideas, whether they'd put IE on other phone OS's, considering Chrome is on Windows Phone 7 and since Google makes its own OS, it hasnt suddenly dropped everything its developed for Windows.

[baius]

Despite their update numbering, I still like FireFox. (I've already said that recently.) Chrome is a backup.

Actually typing this message from within Mozilla ThunderBird...

[Pancake]

Firefox for me

I would use chrome if they changed:

1. I want a BOOKMARKS SIDEBAR (Why cant you have one? )
2. I love the addons for firefox

[miniyazz]

I like Firefox and have it as a secondary browser on my desktop. I've never liked its method of remembering passwords for websites though, otherwise its a solid browser.

What's wrong with it? I find it more secure than other browsers' *click here to view all your saved passwords* without so much as an authentication step.

[jmbrailsford]

Hi,

Chrome for me, only real problem had with it lately was when MSE detected a trojan during Chrome update which had me scratching my head for a couple of days and nearly had me wiping the PC for a re-install of Win 7, luckily it sorted itself out with an MSE update BEFORE the dreaded re-install.

Mike.

[shaithis]

Firefox all the way. Especially now that they have Firefox Sync....I really cannot live without that feature.....having all your bookmarks, history, quickfills and passwords synced across multiple devices is a massive boon fr me.

[hnosyalnif]

Firefox all the way. Especially now that they have Firefox Sync....I really cannot live without that feature.....having all your bookmarks, history, quickfills and passwords synced across multiple devices is a massive boon fr me.

Yeah it is useful, although I don't use the inbuilt feature. Prefer Xmarks + Lastpass (replaces Firefox's password system) to do it.

Chrome has sync as well but needs a gmail/google account.

I use Firefox as my main browser with Chrome as a backup on all my computers.

[dangel]

Firefox all the way. Especially now that they have Firefox Sync....I really cannot live without that feature.....having all your bookmarks, history, quickfills and passwords synced across multiple devices is a massive boon fr me.

Had that in Opera for a long while but I agree it's lovely. Lastpass is a bit nicer tho.

I use Opera on Android and on my other PCs.

[Noxvayl]

Agreed with the comments above, I recommend LastPass over the built in sync tools for browsers. I was using Xmarks for over a year before browsers got sync tools built in so I've stuck with it. It's brilliant to be able to not only sync bookmarks and passwords between computers but also between different browsers so I can use them at work and at friends houses who prefer not to use Chrome.