Which Browser do You Use?

OoZI · Post by **OoZI** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:47 pm

Which is your main browser?

Post by **hallsofvallhalla** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:58 am

all of them, but Chrome is the best.

Post by **SpiritWebb** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:41 am

I use Chrome at home, but IE and FireFox at work. Have to use IE as a lot of their stuff wont work unless its IE

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:35 pm

You forgot Safari! I'm a big Opera fan but unfortunately they are starting to run a bit behind with the times so have to resort to chrome for developing. Can't complain about Chrome though, it's a brilliant browser!

Ark · Post by **Ark** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:14 pm

Halla Chrome!

Xaleph · Post by **Xaleph** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:04 pm

Serioulsy, Firefox all the way for me. The only reason i use chrome is to check some old data which cannot be accessed in Firefox because of the unsafety of a certificate, weird huh? Chrome allows me to go in, whereas Firefox doesn`t allow me that.. How cool is that? Not saying that Chrome is unsafe, in fact, it`s quite safe really, but Firefox trumps them all. Besides, the current lifecycle of Firefox versions is shortened alot so new releases and updates are very fast. The only problem i have with Firefox is that the JS engine is still not as good as Chrome`s is. But hey, i dont mind waiting an additional 2ms for the JS to parse.

Xaleph · Post by **Xaleph** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:05 pm

Lol, wait what?! Where did i say that? Please verify because after reading back my post I can`t see how that`s the case... Firefox beats them all, my ONLY item with Firefox is the fact that the JS engine is a bit slower then Chrome`s engine. Other then that, Firefox beats them. Usability, functionality, extensibility ( yeah I know, chrome has the same setup but it`s not nearly as big as Firefox is) and above all: development. I do all web development related things on Firefox. Firebug, FireFTP, Webdeveloper toolbars et cetera. And yes i know chrome has some of these options as well so dont play that card on me, however I do know for a fact that they`re not as full-featured as Firefox. Just saying.. No hate whatsoever.

Post by **Jackolantern** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:11 pm

Actually, Chrome's developer tools are much further along than Firebug these days. I don't know if the Firebug project got complacent or something in their previous status to web developers. However, most of the differences are the really narrow-use stuff, and I have to admit I have not used many of the extra features.

To me, it is the little things that bug me about Firefox. In Chrome, when I open a new window, the option to re-open anything I have closed is right on the new tab. I think Firefox has an option to re-open tabs too, but it is not as convenient. Second, when you are typing something into the address bar, Chrome writes the most relevant item from your history directly into the address bar, which is usually the one you want. So to go to Amazon, I can just press "A M [Enter]", whereas on Firefox, the history appears below the address bar, so I press "A M [Down arrow] [Enter]". So Chrome lets me go right to my common addresses without having to move my hands from the letters and enter key. I know that it is probably something like a 70ms savings, but for some reason it just irks me. And then something that really irritates me is that Firefox, the last time I used it, was still using a separate address bar and web search bar! Chrome, since day one, has had them combined, and is incredibly intelligent about determining which one you are wanting to use. If it is in the form of an address, it first tries to go directly to it. If it is not the form of a URL, it uses your default search engine to perform a web search.

It is just some of these small things that really starts to make me pull my hair out about going back to Firefox after using Chrome for so long. However, as usual about most browser features, eventually everyone will probably have them as well.

OoZI · Post by **OoZI** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:39 pm

I'm happy to see no one has chosen IE... I think IE9 is a horrible browser that will die quickly.

Post by **Jackolantern** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:52 pm

OoZI wrote:I think IE9 is a horrible browser that will die quickly.

You're half right lol

IE isn't going anywhere anytime soon. It still has a majority of users due to being the default browser. As hard as it is for us to imagine, the majority of computer users today don't even know how to install a program.