I was reading a topic in Playground that had turned into a discussion about browsers and began wondering…What browsers does everyone have? and Why?
I know a lot of people seem to have IE7 (or IE6), Firefox, or Opera, but I heard a few other interesting ones. I’m curious why everyone uses their respective browsers though.
I have Firefox as my main browser with IE6 as a backup in case something doesn’t work right. I also tried Opera, but never really got used to it.
I like Firefox cause it runs well on this computer. (very, very few problems) And it runs faster than IE6. Also, I noticed it’s more secure (partly just because IE is more widespread). And I don’t think my StumbleUpon would work with many other browsers. And I owe my finding LD4all to StumbleUpon
Opera. It is the only one that i can use both on the computer and on the phone, and still recognise everything. Also, it is norwegian and free. Its mouse controls have grown so much into my hands that i keep trying to use it in all kinds of other programs!
ive never had firefox crash, she’s always been good to me.
my only gripe is the updates. they happen all the time, and if you choose to update later you cannot choose to update later again. it just downloads the next time you log on.
I use Firefox, mainly coz’ I’m used to it. It’s nothing fancy but works fine. Only drawback is quite excessive memory usage but stability is acceptable.
I use Firefox since I’ve had this computer (1 year) and I’ve had it on my old computer too. The main reason why I like it is because it has tabs so you don’t have to create a new window (to me thats annoying having to use a new window).
I used to use Opera but there was probably one specific version of it that was pretty buggy and I switched to Firefox. Still using it. All those who say that Firefox is overrated and what else: I don’t care? I have no problems at all and I don’t really like Opera anymore
And I still have IE 7 if anything shouldn’t work but I never had to use it before
(well there was one case but the site has fixed the FF issue)
I switch between Firefox and Opera. Right now I’m using Firefox because it’s the fastest. But I like Opera because it makes everything look better somehow. I have no preference between the two though. Both have their ups and downs I guess.
At the start it was the tabbed thing, but IE got that eventually too…I find it less laggy. My system just seems to make things load faster with Firefox XD Kuro suggested it to me ages and ages ago and I noticed it. But, if I do anything important like PayPal I use IE…because of that innate fear XD
I use firefox, but I must say it’s quickly becoming another silly piece of bloatware. I’m thinking about switching. In my opinion, Safari is a darn good browser. Two reasons why I don’t switch to it: wine makes it too slow to be worth it, and I hate the Macintosh aesthetics, which basically tell me “hello, we think you’re a moron, please let us make things as easy and simple and short sighted as can be, and be happy about your easy lack of choices.” If in one end, fx and ie are bloated, on the other, Safari is stupid. I want a minimalist browser, but a smart one nonetheless.
Also, it is norwegian and free. Its mouse controls have grown so much into my hands that i keep trying to use it in all kinds of other programs!
