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What Browser Do You Use, and Why?

What Browser Are You Using?

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Safari. Because I like keeping things standard.

I always use the standard browser on each platform, without plugins. I work on so many systems and reinstall often that I hate all the work of keeping them up to date, installing my favourite apps etc. So I just use what comes with it: IE on Windows, Firefox on Ubuntu and Safari on Mac.
 
GekkePrutser said:
I work on so many systems and reinstall often that I hate all the work of keeping them up to date, installing my favourite apps etc. So I just use what comes with it: IE on Windows, Firefox on Ubuntu and Safari on Mac.
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While I understand your point, don't forget Chrome will sync bookmarks, prefs, extensions etc. between computers.
 
BadaBing!! said:
While I understand your point, don't forget Chrome will sync bookmarks, prefs, extensions etc. between computers.
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Yes I tried that feature once with a MobileMe trial (before Chrome was announced) but it's not for me. I prefer to have a set of about 10 'standard' bookmarks which I keep in my browser toolbar. They're not worth syncing because they never change.

On the other systems my bookmarks are much different because I use the systems for different tasks (dev related stuff on my laptop, work-related on my work laptop and random stuff on my mac mini). Most bookmarks are only temporary because I was working on something and don't need to be propagated to everything else, it'll be a huge mess then :) The last time I tried it I spent ages cleaning out the bookmark mess on my iPhone.
 
Firefox because of it being customizable.
- About:config - Lets me tweak it under the hood for performance and many other options.
- Add-ons - There are just a plethora of them to add just about any feature like download managers. Downloadthemall! for the win.
- Separate search and address bars - I hate them being all in one sometimes in Chrome it will go straight to a web page when I wanted it to search:mad:.

I don't like Safari because it can't really be customized much with add-ons. Chrome is a bit better but still doesn't allow the power add-ons nor about:config for custom tweaks. Internet Explorer is just horrible and other browsers have occasional compatibility problems with websites.
 
I'm actually really surprised that the majority of people use Safari rather than Chrome according to this poll even though I use Safari. In my opinion, Safari is way better integrated to the OS, as you'd expect it to be. With full support for all multitouch gestures and superior fullscreen mode, I simply cannot go back to using Chrome anymore. I always used Chrome before I got my Air, but now, with Lion, I love Safari so so so much more. Definitely superior to Chrome. Not to mention the bookmark and reading list syncing via iCloud.
 
I'd like to use Safari for all the iCloud features but I can't get past the separate address/search bars.
 
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Chrome.

Faster and killer in presentation mode on my 11" Air. It gives me the same amount of space as the 13" when browsing.

Plus, I use Android phones.
 
Maven1975 said:
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Chrome.

Faster and killer in presentation mode on my 11" Air. It gives me the same amount of space as the 13" when browsing.

Plus, I use Android phones.
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Another one for Chrome, it's just faster for me and presentation mode is a definite PLUS.
 
Safari on OSX. I can never be bothered to use anything but the default. That means IE on Windows and usually Firefox on whatever Linux distro takes my fancy this week.

They all browse the web at the end of the day, and I think its only been IE7 that caused problems.
 
I've always just used Safari because it's the default on my Mac - it does everything I need it to and I've never had any significant issues with it. I've heard positive reviews of Chrome though, maybe I'll give it a try one of these days... on that note, curious about seeing ChromeOS will have to offer as well...
 
I mainly use safari, and if websites use flash I use chrome, this because I don't want safari to use the flash plugin and chrome has it's own installed together with chrome. :)
 
Surprised most people here use Safari - its unusable basically. There's a memory leak that causes it to gobble up huge amounts of RAM over time, then fire up a VM, and its beachballs galore.

I've always used Firefox, its still the smallest memory footprint over a long lived/running browser, but Chrome is what I'd recommend to others, if only because stupid Firefox has no built-in PDF viewer.
 
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Safari but im intending on trying all options over the next month or so
 
I can't use anything but chrome on my windows PCs, but, when compared to Safari, it seems out of place.

Safari is similar to IE9 in Windows 7 in its seamless integration of OS gestures and shortcuts. When i speak of IE9, I am referring to its ideas and intended implementation because it does not work the way I can tell it is supposed to on my PC. Nowhere near the functionality of Safari on OS X!
 
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