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Which browser do you prefer?

Abs — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:43:07 GMT

Internet has become a part of our daily lives now, most of us would never imagine a day without it these days. From checking a website to an email, we use some form of

browser to access it from a PC/ laptop.

Over the past years, users have been trying new browsers so they can explore new features and capabilities. Which particular browser do you prefer and why?

Some research conducted by Mashable

PS: My favourite is Chrome

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

perksie — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:53:27 GMT

My favourite has always been Firefox, I haven't really given Chrome a long trial yet.

Edit: the main reason is I've yet to find a site where it won't work, and some of the add-ons are very good.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

version7point0 — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:20:13 GMT

Been using Chrome for a good while now.

Recently tried going back to Firefox but just did not stick.

IE seems to be moving in the right direction, but still not enough for me to jump back to it.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

jonsie — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:22:13 GMT

Been on Chrome over 12 months now. I like the speed and the large variety of add-ons. I use FireFox for certain applications though.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:35:24 GMT

i use opera as its fast, safe & easy to use

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:36:49 GMT

I prefer Firefox but Chrome is very nippy.

We share the laptop so we each have a browser so we're not having to log each other out and him indoors got custody of Chrome do haven't had chance to see if it could sway me from Firefox.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:48:22 GMT

Chrome is my main browser with Firefox as standby (for some reason it works better with ebay)

I.E. is out as I only run Linux

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

adamtemp64 — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:39:13 GMT

ie9 here

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Abs — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:11:23 GMT

@adamtemp64 wrote:

ie9 here

you seem like a loyal IE fan Adam out of the whole bunch so far, interesting!

Like others, I do have Firefox and IE as a back-up option (often used to replicate faults) but Chrome seems to be lightening fast for me.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:12:27 GMT

This is the proportion of different browsers which accessed my web site over the past 5 months. As per Google analytics.

Firefox      34.55%

Chrome      31.67%

Internet Explorer      18.37%

Safari      9.28%

Opera      4.43%

A bit different to the Mashable statistics.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:10:54 GMT

Well certainly Chrome is performing much better than Firefox on my 7 year old XP laptop with 1Gb RAM

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Sun, 27 May 2012 10:51:29 GMT

chrome main browser been using chrome since version 6 reason i use chrome its small , can add your own plugins and enable or disable. very easy to use. opera is my second browser. again light and fast. i gaveup on IE , last one i ever used was 6. i wish i could completely rmove for win 7 but you cant so i just turned the feature off in add and remove.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:17:22 GMT

Chrome all the way with Firefox as back up. Hate IE as takes ages and there's too much going on at the top of the page for my liking (admittedly not tried IE9 though so things may have improved)

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:15:44 GMT

I really like Chrome. Only started using in within the last 12 months.

Previously I had always used Firefox, but a while back Firefox started taking ages (30 seconds or so) to load up, tried everything to sort it out but to no avail.

So I then started to use Chrome and I really like it. I find it very fast, loads quickly and it very, very rarely crashes.

I also use Safari quite a bit too, probably 60% Chrome, 40% Safari. I like to use Safari has I can add webpages to Reading List on my iPhone, iPad and then continue reading them on Safari on my PC. I can also add webpages to Safari on my PC and continue reading them on Safari on my iPhone, iPad too.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

anticpated — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:16:11 GMT

Opera is main browser, alternatively I use Firefox.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:35:59 GMT

Same as Fatboy. Used to love FF, but switched over to chrome. Mainly because of the integration of services, decent syncing across devices and great interaction with other apps.

I've recently also started using Chrome on my 4s. Not completely happy with that yet though.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:17:00 GMT

I gave Chrome on my iPad and 4S a try but didn't like it. I found it a bit slow compared to Safari, but this is because Apple don't let Google have access to the JavaScript engine that Apple uses for Safari.

Also I use iCloud to keep my bookmarks synced with Safari for my iPhone, iPad and Safari on my pc. And Chrome didn't have this functionality.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:07:46 GMT

I have been using Chrome for over 12 months with Firefox / Arora as back up, however the most recent version of Firefox on some web sites clocks up quicker than Chrome.

Funnily enough GMail is one of them so maybe Mozilla have realised they have been lacking.

Since Microsoft have been nicking Firefox features IExp has improved in the last couple of versions but not enough to make me start using it.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

perksie — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:27:36 GMT

The main thing about Firefox is that it is not interested in collecting information about your browsing habits, unlike some others.

Re: Which browser do you prefer?

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:49:49 GMT

Gheko/Apple.webkit on Mobile & I use internet exporer on web.I've not got Windows 7 its just an XP.