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Palemoon. Firefox without the hideously unusable (let's replace controls with whitespace!) UI redesign.
Chrome or Firefox. They both have their points for me.
Firefox added sync before the others and was very compatible with sites early on, although lately I have been using Chrome more and more due to issues I have been having with flash-enabled sites and flashplayer causing new web browser windows to appear under the window I spawned them from. Not having flashplayer installed seems to fix this and Chrome has it's own flash player in-built.
IE I never use. There is nothing redeeming about it for me.
So this week I have been mostly using Chrome :)
Firefox! Large amounts of add-ons and the only browser I've found that can reliably delete all cookies and history after exiting.
With australis, however, this may change. The amount of wasted space on the UI is horrific. Lost about 50 pixels of page height, and can no longer move the refresh button. :(
I've had to use IE (10 and 11) and I didn't find them to be disagreeable, but I use Chrome-beta or -dev 99% of the time. I used to be a Mozilla fanboy (even used Netscape back in the day) but I find it's gotten bogged down in recent years
I use either firefox or chrome, though recently ive been using chrome a lot more.
The Comodo Dragon version of Chrome is my favourite.
I am using Firefox at the moment because of NoScript, so good for blocking stuff I dislike for example the annoying intellitext crap that Hexus use in their articles; if I wasn't able to block that I wouldn't read their articles. Chrome can block it but I have to have all other adds blocked as well so Firefox allows me to keep some adds on while getting rid of the really pesky ones.
I use Chrome atm simply because it annoys me the least. But even it has been annoying the snot out of me lately with recent 'developments'.
IE - in a really ironic twist of fate, FF has really become bloated as of late, and while Chrome may be a bit lighter, I vastly prefer that most of the disagreeable things on the web are opt-IN on IE, while Google's offering requires you to opt-OUT.
I'm a large fan of Chrome, for literally no reason other than; its not IE...
That said, I have great pity for my girlfriend who seems to think safari is the best, such a sad story....
Firefox, for 11 years now. Really like much of the recent work on it, and the Android version works well for me too.
Primarily use firefox due to the plugins I use, I have chrome and opera installed for testing purposes as well as the standard ie which I pretty much never use.
Mind you firefox is beginning to annoy me on occasion and some of the UI changes (download window) are just stupid, don't just copy chrome because chrome has it... If they keep going in the direction they're going I may as well just get chrome...
Also I do wonder how accurate those stats are, I know it says it's desktop browsers but does it differentiate from android chrome in 'desktop mode'. I'm sure the number of android devices out there could easily skew the results somewhat.
Opera because it is fast and fantastically usable.
I use Firefox though i would not say that makes it the best browser, its just that it works for me and i am familiar with it.
Occasionally try Chrome and IE but just do not get on with them.
I use Chrome because it syncs across all of my devices fantastically - functionality over performance for me.
Android phone
Chromebook
Windows 8 with Chrome
Mavericks with Chrome
Mountain Lion with Chrome
I vote for Firefox.
You have an open source browser, with the speed of Chrome (neck and neck there), a large creator community, and a safe browser. IE I find lacking with safety. Chrome...well Google's profession is data mining so that turns me off.
Firefox.
History:
Firefox 'til they made a change and upset me.
Opera 'til they butchered their fantastically customizable, privacy enabled browser for a featureless Chrome reskin. Also, the community were quite unpleasant.
Chrome, I tried so hard to like Chrome. But it's slow to open, laggy, the tabs keep locking up, I don't have enough privacy control, and I couldn't get ntlm authentication to work through the corporate proxy which killed it dead for me.
So back on Firefox :) where the add ons do what I want, and I can keep the cookies I specify.
Believe it or not, but for a long long time I kept on using IE6. Simply because it was fairly lightweight (mostly compared to IE7 and IE8). For the last five years or so I've been a Firefox afficionado, however. Don't think I could live without NoScript, FlashGot and Cookie Culler. I'm running FF with the menu bar switched on. That gives me kind of a "retro" look, but at least that also prevents a lot of the Australis crap.
I also have Chrome installed, but I hardly use it. The general lack of configurability turns me off, as does that long standing issue of not pre-selecting whatever is in the address bar on start-up. I generally use about:blank as the start page for all the browsers I use and in Chrome that means that I have to manually delete that text. A minor quibble, I know, but annoying nonetheless.
IE 11 and Chrome. IE 11 for me has better compatibility but Chrome is slightly faster.
I was using Waterfox which is a less bloated version of Firefox, lately i find myself using Chrome a lot more merely as it synch's so well with other devices.
I also use Opera a bit in turbo mode to visit torrent sites which are banned through my ISP.
Firefox.
You have an open source browser, with the speed of Chrome (neck and neck there), a large creator community, and a safe browser. IE I find lacking with safety. Chrome...well Google's profession is data mining so that turns me off.
I just couldn't help copying your post Robb because it's what I would write anyway. :)
Firefox with Stratiform. I keep Chrome as a backup browser, but its Chrome-OS context menus and lack of a proper bookmarks menu tab kill a lot of the day-to-day usability for me. That said, I'd be happy with anything if there was a browser on the planet that Flash didn't brutally murder with every update.
Another (long time) Pale Moon user, x64 usually.
Mainly Firefox, due to the plug-ins I use and the fact i can have hundreds of tabs open with no ill effects (and not lots of separate processes like Chrome).
I also use Chrome for TweetDeck (Chrome app is better than standalone)
Firefox and Chrome Combo. Chrome mainly for flash, while Firefox for the rest.
IE 11 is not that bad actually.
Firefox fanboy eversince, it just works for me. :)
Chrome. Simple as that.
I much prefer Firefox over the others.
Pale Moon, no competition
Chrome most of the time, it's quick to launch, pages pop up instantly, I like the multi launched pages and find it very simple to sync with other devices. I don't like the choppy scrolling on pages like FB or the slow, bogged down playback on you tube.
I also use FF, but really only when I get impatient with Chrome issues mentioned above, The scrolling is silky smooth with FF. Sync is to complicated, I really can't understand why they can't use a similar system to Chrome, it's slower to launch and generally most thing seems just that little bit slower. Appz tend to work that bit better on FF.
IE? - It's so slow I might as well use a phone and yellow pages for information.
Thanks to the earlier mentions on this thread, I've now switched from Firefox to Pale Moon (x64).
That way I can still get the familiar experience I'd rather not be without (various addons), but optimised as much as possible. :D
safari usually for general browsing, chrome for ad intensive sites such as streaming and sites i don't want pop up mania occurring, safari is not really a preference just default browser on osx, does have its limitations though, nothing major for most websites
Firefox for me... IE11 is good, but Firefox feels sturdier... and I bet chrome is leading 'cause every crap you download on the internet "offers" to install Chrome for a "faster web experience"... I dont find it fast or very good overall... interface is not to my liking... too "child's toy" looking for my taste!
Pale Moon x32. For the original classic FireFox look without the bloat of FireFox. It's also easier to manage updates and customizeability. Using SRware Iron(Chrome clone with privacy enabled, for the most part) as secondary in case of website compability issues. Used Comodo Dragon browser briefly, but seemed same as Iron.
I used to browse with Firefox, that was until Chrome showed up.
I recently just switched from chrome to icedragon (based on firefox)as I was getting concerned about the security of chrome.
All in all its not quiet as fast as chrome and i'm finding the icon placement confusing still but it seems to do the job just fine.
EDIT: I'm now going to try palemoon x64 after reading their website info.
Firefox here, I won't go near chrome due to data mining and its annoying trying to force installs on the back of other programs.
IE doesn't upset me too much just got everything in sync with firefox now.
Firefox due to privacy concerns with Chrome
SeaMonkey for years now. I just got used to it.
I've used all the big 4 at some point; IE when I didn't know better (or at work), then FF until it started to go downhill. Used Safari for a while after that but it's bloated. Been with Chrome for about 3 years now and wouldn't go back.
For everyone who wont use chrome because of googles tracking, there are plenty of other browsers based on the chromium engine without googles proprietary features.
I use IE 11 as my everyday browser, but use Firefox for my RSS feeds.
Chrome for me. However, I do use Opera on my iPad as I find it nicer to use and faster than safari which does crash a lot on iPad Mini 2 if you're trying to load pictures. No such problem with Opera though
Firefox - It's infinitely customisable with a huge number of add-ons available that let me do what I want when I want. I'd never use chrome because it's always packaged with something else that you have to untick the check box to stop it being installed and set as the default browser - a nasty pernicious way of getting it installed without the user noticing. It's also Google and they data-mine everything. IE? Not even installed.
Im using chrome. It has annoyed me recently with bugs and questionable design decisions but i couldn't get on with firefox or opera so just decides to just put up with them. What always confuses me about browsers is why, in a world of widescreen monitors, noone has put navigation/bookmarks/tabs down a single side of the screen instead of across the top. Loads of websites have huge white/black bars down each side and it seems like an obvious thing to include.
Chrome. no other reason than its from Google and links in to my phone, drive, gmail....is that bad?
IE Inori Edition
Seamonkey
I'm using either Firefox or Pale Moon (varies between PC's).
One reason is that I always keep tons of tabs open (hundreds typically), and a combination of Tab Mix Plus and TabGroups Manager keeps them in check. No other browser lets me do this.
Another reason is that Firefox (/ Pale Moon) is easily controllable. It's one process, and I can know exactly how much RAM it takes, and kill it if there's a problem. Other browsers open up tons of processes which take over the task manager and are impossible to track.
Finally, Firefox takes less RAM than other browsers. I once saw Chrome take about 1GB for a single tab.
(On the down side, it's not the most peppy of browsers.)
Pale Moon x64
Quite simply Firefox without the crap.
Chrome is the best, however I use Firefox as its second best.
My wife uses chrome and I use Firefox so we can have our own browsers.
Firefox has always been my number 1 choice. However, with the way it's progressing and after having a look at the Australis UI, I may need to find another browser.
since moving to win 8.1 64 bit I have used and really enjoyed how quick and reliable ie 11.0.2 has been its fast clean and good and for me on win 8.1 works the best
tried the others and for some reason I keep going back to ie it just works fine with no problem's
Ive been using firefox over the last few years after switching from opera.
Chrome. Works nicely on all my devices syncing the bookmarks. So useful a feature...
After reading about Pale Moon I've decided to give it a try. So far so good, seems like the right fit for me considering I liked the add-ons Firefox offered but didn't use half the features that were included with the browser.
Pale Moon (I knew of it but kept forgetting about it)and trust me you'll be more than happy with it, all the old plugins work and arguably it's slightly faster than firefox in my opinion... you can even import your firefox settings/plugins via a simple tool. I just changed because firefox was 'annoying me'...
It's basically the way firefox was before they started changing it into a chrome clone :)
Safari and Firefox on mainly Mac these days !
Firefox
Firefox Primarily.
I felt uncomfortable being so Google centric - so I stopped with Chrome - but have to use it at work! Also Iron on one laptop. I'm tempted to give Pale Moon a try too... :)
Always use Firefox, it does what I want.
Either IE 11 or chrome. haven't touched FF in nearly 3 years
At work, it's IE:FF:Chrome 70:20:10 - but that's only because CorpIT get shirty if you try and use anything other than IE (which if you're running a Linux desktop is ... "interesting").
At home, because I need cross-platform ability it's Chrome and Firefox. Chrome usually, but a NoScript/ABP'd/etc Firefox for any online banking etc. I keep my Windows-7 resident copy of IE up to date but, to me at least, it feels unwieldy and slow.
Although it's not "desktop" - so off-topic - on mobile, (phone and tablet), Chrome (again) plus Firefox and Opera. For me, Opera on a tablet just feels better than Firefox.
Honestly, I don't think that there is a "best" desktop browser, merely one that suits any particular person better than the alternatives.
Firefox at work and Opera at home.
Started using Firefox at work since I saw some other people using it (and I wanted to avoid IE), might switch to Opera now though, since I don't think it would be an issue.
Mostly firefox, sometimes chrome. It's the firefox add-ins that trump all else. Firefox loads and runs quickly enough on my PC not to give Chrome a real advantage there. The only negative for FF is that if one tab gets bogged down it will affect the whole browser - which presumably isn't the case with Chrome's process separation.
Chrome for most stuff but I do get the odd website that goes all weird in Chrome so use IE as a back up and then Firefox as a last resort.
Firefox because of all the add on but i prefer Opera browser.
Chrome because I can sync it across all my devices.
Used to be Firefox but now I'm a Chrome convert. Although IE has pulled it's socks up, I just can't bring myself to use it as it feels too bland.
I use Google Chrome, since I use Google's other products I.E. Youtube and android phone, it appealed to me more then Firefox. I find Chrome to be faster and more reliable, especially on my laptop. I converted to Chrome from Firefox and it seems faster and cleaner.
I used to use Opera a fair bit, but stopped way before they switched to webkit (have they done that yet?). The built in mail client was particularly good.
These days it's Chrome, it's lightweight, simple and fast. I know there have been a few ballsups with the last few releases, but they are starting to get fixed. I stopped using FF as it's so bloated now, even without add-ons. I do wish there were more add-ons for Chrome, but it's got adblock and the built in developer tools rival firebug, so I'm happy enough for now.
I actually had a play with a chromebook a few weeks ago and was surprised at how good it was. Considering getting one as a dev machine I can play with in front of the TV.
Seconded. Pale Moon for the world (and its moon). Long may it protect us from the fop and frippery of unnecessary GUI fashions.
For apps on a PC, nothing beats MSHta with IE11 as the engine. Canvas comes to HTA, woohoo! But what a pity that it can't save a canvas directly to disk. :-/
IE11 itself though is such a bloody nanny that I can't stand it. Way too many "information" bars telling me what I can't do. Get outta my face, IE!
started using Palemoon seeing it's been recommended here. Any significant advantages of 64bit one? Using 32bit and it seems stable enough
The Pale Moon x86 version should be enough for most users, very high compatibility with modern Firefox add-ons and plugins. The x64 excels at heavy-lifting, handles a lot of work per session, ideal for users with 100+ open tabs and big memory usage, not so compatible, especially with plugins - some plugins simply don't have a x64 version. There are also Netbook (Atom - optimised) and portable versions.
Pale Moon 24.4.0 was released earlier todayRelease notes, etc. here: http://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4010Quote:
A major update with performance improvements, bugfixes, under-the-hood changes and security updates.
Recently moved back to firefox - only thing I really miss from chrome is the tab sharing thing from desktop to mobile.
(I can open recent desktop tabs on android chrome)
To me the browser itself is fairly irrelevant, it is the extensions and add-ons that make or break them. Thus no IE apart from some stuff at work.
Mostly Chrome for me - not used FF regularly in about 3 years since -most- of the extensions I want have a Chrome equivalent now.
Having said that, Android Chrome still ain't all that great. Could be talked into alternatives there.
Google Chrome has been my primary for the last 6-7 months. I was always using Firefox before that but Chrome stole me away simply because I wanted something different. I still have FF for browsing on less secure sites as it is set to wipe everything on exit. I keep opera as a backup as sometimes if you get infected Opera can still browse even if Chrome, IE and FF are botched from Malware/Viruses.
Chrome is just a bit more shiny than FF and I like shiny things I guess lol.