Which browser do you prefer?

[farmbrewernw]

Firefox, hell yeah! One of my good friends works for Mozillla so I have been using it for a long time, I try to convert anyone I can.

 

[Orfy]

One of the reasons I post so many pictures is because of firefox and the image shack plug in.

 

[Stratotankard]

FireFox all the way! Only had one issue with it and that was not FF fault. Had to pay my property tax and the local assessor's office website was only compatible with IE 5.x "because our recent study shows that 80% of users prefer it." Kills me that they spent the time and money studying this, got it so wrong and didn't bother to make their site compatible with anything else. I had to break out my old computer to pay my bill online.

Terje

 

[FireBrewer]

FireFox here, but Mozilla also makes another browser with the new FireFox engine (if that's the correct term, I'm not an IT guy) called Flock. It's nice, has a few features that make it nice to work with.

 

[hammacks]

FF Users:
Go get Firefox 3. It's the shiznit. Really though, the way the address bar works is awesome. It sames the page title and descrip so if you are trying to find a thread you thought you saw on mill gaps, just type gap and down drops a barley crusher thread and a GaP thread. Very helpful for quick navigation.

 

[sause]

Originally choose FireFox. But I tried out Opera and I found my new brower. I just need a pop-up blocker now.

 

[BlindLemonLars]

Originally choose FireFox. But I tried out Opera and I found my new brower. I just need a pop-up blocker now.

No need, it's built-in! Go to preferences/general. Mine is set to "Block Unwanted Popups," that way sites that use click-triggered popup windows for content work correctly, but annoying ad-popups are blocked.

You can also choose this setting (along with many other settings) independently for different sites, by right-clicking and choosing "Edit Site Preferences." You can also block various ad servers, on a site or global level. Again, right-click on a site and choose "Block Content."

 

[Homercidal]

I am insulted that my favorite browser is not listed. Seamonkey!

(It's actually the old Mozilla with a new name) It's got the classic Mozilla feel and can run some of the firefox add-ons and stuff.

 

[benko]

I usually go with firefox.

 

[Kevin Dean]

This subject is not simple.

I use Iceweasel 3 which is a rebrand of Firefox. Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, released the source code to the public as open source which is a really REALLY good thing. However, the idea of releasing this source is so that each user can adapt it to his or her own needs. When Debian (The distro I use) began applying patches, Mozilla demanded that they get all patches approved because "Firefox is our product". This violates the Debian Social Contract, so rather than have to ask permission to patch the source, they simply stopped using the Firefox name and logo.

I love Firefox/Iceweasel for the plugins. I'm absolutely addicted to them. I hate just about everything else about the browser, first and foremost being the fact that it isn't a native GTK application so it's always "slightly" out of place and I like my applications being uniform and consistant.

Epiphany has the sexiest font rendering I've ever seen, but it's a very basic browser. Recent versions also use the WebKit rendering engine and I'm a huge fan of WebKit. If Epiphany-webkit could use Firefox plugins, I would drop Firefox itself in a heartbeat.

Midori is a nifty little browser, especially for older PCs or embedded devices like my phones. It uses WebKit too.

In short, I picked "other" because there is no single browser that does everything well. I regularly find myself bouncing around for some experience or another.

 

[Soulive]

Wow, I guess Firefox wins by a mile!

 

[Stef1966]

I'm another, I've been using Opera since it first came out, and paid for it and an upgrade or two as well before it went freeware. I can't even imagine switching to anything else. You're right, the mouse gestures are a great feature, and one that hasn't been perfected on any other browser.

It's not the most compatible browser, but the features and speed are completely unmatched. There are just a few sites I use regularly that don't work correctly, and I keep Firefox around just for them.

Many sites that at first seem incompatible can be made to work fine by using the "Mask IE" or "Mask Firefox" settings, which do nothing but tell the site that you're using a different browser.

Using IE is a huge security risk, I don't allow its use on my computers or on our network at work. Mac guys use Safari, and PC guys use Firefox, or they use nothing.

Same thing for me, Opera is my ultimate favorite, has all the features i love and more, it's important to keep it updated otherwise we can run into sites that cant load properly.

Then i also have Firefox as a back up if i run into any kind of incompatibility issues.

Opera... Tab browing, Awesome looking skins, the FullScreen (F11) feature hides all the tool bars so you really see the site Full Screen, the magic wand is so cool too, we get to have so many passwords that it quickly becomes a burden, so i love that wand.
I only use IE to get my windows updates on their lame ass site.

 

[no1likesme]

FireFox, mostly because I am addicted to stumbleupon.

 

[llazy_llama]

Hey look, another resurrected thread from > 6 months ago. Are you guys just bored, or what?



Avant Browser is teh win, at least until Google Chrome gets the whole dual-monitor thing figured out.

 

[Hardtack]

firefox with cooliris here.

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[Mutilated1]

I can't see why anyone would use anything but Firefox. There is no way I would ever use Internet Explorer unless they can come up with something like Firefox's AdBlock extension. People can debate about the security aspect of Firefox vs IE for days, but its hard to imagine how anyone can deal with seeing Ads on a webpage once you've tried Firefox and AdBlock.