What is your browser and why?

[Azure]

I still can't figure out why people say Chrome is faster than Firefox. On my machine Firefox is blazing fast. There is literally no delay at all.

Chrome stalls.

I wish Firefox would fix the memory leakage problem though. That and random crashes are my biggest problems.

Adblock is pretty cool too.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Firefox - AdBlock

that is all

Yeah, I'm a Firefox user too, but it's not as stable as it used to be and I'm getting tempted to jump ship.

On Windows 7 the taskbar treats all your IE tabs as Windows... awful.

[Flames89]

Started with Firefox, now am on Opera for the reasons above. Fastest with everything built in - including Adblock.

[MickMcGeough]

In order: Firefox, Safari, Chrome.

Only thing keeping me from switching to Safari full time is that I can't restore open tabs automatically.

Chrome is fastest - not sure why it wouldn't be on everyone's machine. Fastest javascript engine by a good margin, separate processes for each tab - other browsers really shouldn't come all that close.

[OilKiller]

Used to be a die hard Opera fan and even started a thread on CP about Opera, but ever since the last update, Opera has been hogging a lot of resources and sitting at 25 to 30% CPU usage. I can't figure out why. I wrote the development team (submitted a bug), but never got a response.

I'm now using Firefox and it is working great for me. Love the Flames persona I found as well as the add ons. I've also had no issues with some of the sites I used to have issues with (mostly work related) in loading within Opera. They load just fine in FF.

[Russic]

I keep slowly venturing away from firefox only to return. I love the design and look of safari, but there are a few too many rendering problems I've run into and my company website didn't function properly.

I want to love chrome, but until they get a 1password plugin I can't use it. 1Password has become more than essential to my day-to-day functioning. I have so many passwords that are overly complicated I'm lost without it. I think they have some early beta plugins right now, but I haven't looked in a while.

Firefox does get bloated like crazy every now and then. The plugins are awesome, but they are also the problems with the browser.

[llama64]

I use Firefox (OS X). I NEED Firebug. Ad block is nice, but I usually disable it on any site I visit more then twice in a month (if anyone here has it enabled for CP, shame on you).

I'd use Chrome but it likes to hog 90% of my cpu in hanging threads occasionally (I think it's Flash related).

Safari is awful. I've tried it, but really it's the IE of the Mac world.

IE is.. well, if you have to use it I feel for you. Only my wife chooses to use it and I swear she does it to spite me.

Opera is a terrible user experience, at least to me. They managed to make web browsing complicated - but I'm probably too used to the Firefox/Chrome way of doing things.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Russic

I keep slowly venturing away from firefox only to return. I love the design and look of safari, but there are a few too many rendering problems I've run into and my company website didn't function properly.

I want to love chrome, but until they get a 1password plugin I can't use it. 1Password has become more than essential to my day-to-day functioning. I have so many passwords that are overly complicated I'm lost without it. I think they have some early beta plugins right now, but I haven't looked in a while.

Firefox does get bloated like crazy every now and then. The plugins are awesome, but they are also the problems with the browser.

I have a 1 password plugin for Chrome on OS X.

[malcolmk14]

I'm trying Opera out after reading this thread.

[ma-skis.com]

i like chrome for how fast it loads, no bouncing around at all, but opera has a better adblock on it, chrome's adblock just makes them invisible but still loads them

gestures in opera is a nice touch as well since i don't have a gestures macbook

[edn88]

Chrome. Seems to be faster, and more stable than others.

[Buff]

Firefox.

Started with Netscape Navigator, switched to Mozilla when I found out that Netscape was built on Mozilla, then switched to Firefox when it was released and I haven't bothered to change. I've tried others for brief periods, but I'm usually brand loyal thus I stick with Firefox.

[SebC]

[Shazam]

IE. I like to use the worst browser in the world; keeps me grounded.

[Azure]

^^hopefully not IE6.

[Barnes]

Safari on Mac and Chrome on Windows.

I was looking through my site's stats a couple of weeks ago and someone visited with Netscape Navigator 4.

[FanIn80]

Chrome 5.0.375


Internet Explorer 8.0


Firefox 3.6.3


Opera 10.5.3


Safari 4.05


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3

Note: The Acid3 test is not considered a true standards test... but it's certainly a good indication of which browsers play ball better than others, so to speak. When people say that IE sucks, there's a very good reason for that claim. It's not just "anti-Microsoftism."

[Vulcan]

I like my Firefox. I like my add-ons. I've used Chrome and it's fine but I've just gotten use to FF. I don't get any memory leaks but I have had it crash the odd time. As for speed, my SSD makes it or any browser, not a problem.

[burn_this_city]

I'm content with my netscape navigator.

Seriously though, I use IE 7, I'm too lazy to use anything else.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

I like my Firefox. I like my add-ons. I've used Chrome and it's fine but I've just gotten use to FF. I don't get any memory leaks but I have had it crash the odd time. As for speed, my SSD makes it or any browser, not a problem.

You get memory leaks. You probably just don't notice it. That code is just a sieve.