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Which browser do you primarily use?

Which browser do you primarily use?

  • Safari

    Votes: 136 47.1%

  • Firefox

    Votes: 104 36.0%

  • Opera

    Votes: 7 2.4%

  • Chrome

    Votes: 32 11.1%

  • Camino

    Votes: 9 3.1%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 0.3%
  • Total voters
    289
Now that Chrome uses/supports extension (yay for AdBlock!), I've moved to it from Firefox. Firefox has become too bloated for what it offers and now that I can block Flash and ads, I've kissed Firefox goodbye. It's too bad, Firefox was really good when the project first started...
 
I don't remember if I posted in this thread already, and I'm too lazy/tired to check.

I primarily use Safari, as it is currently the fastest and most web standard compliant browser. I haven't had a compatibility issue yet, and I remember they were quite rare even in the early years of Safari (Tiger). Firefox is a memory hog. Chrome is fast but lacking many features. Safari is just in the middle.
 
I know it uses the most CPU and the most Memory but I'm still an out and out Firefox fan mainly because it is so customizable to run the way I want it to run with the add-ons I want to have... I believe its the same model that makes the iPhone so successful... create a great stable product that you can make unique to your needs for little or no cost! Bonus! ;)
 
Aronnax said:
Chrome is a memory hog.
Safari is just in the middle and Firefox is the best.
http://dotnetperls.com/chrome-memory
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You might feel that it's a memory hog, but I feel that Firefox has memory leaks. Leaks that eventually slow my browser down. I have (so far) observed none of this with the Mac version of Chrome. And it also outperforms Safari 4 which is prone to lots of beach balling. Chrome just works.

So, it's not about how much memory something takes up. It's about how it uses that memory. And from where I am sitting, at the moment Chrome is doing things better. Now all that could change when Safari comes out with a new version. Who knows. All of them have been my favorite browser at some point, only to be replaced by something that worked better for me. I guess the ball is in Apple's court on that one.
 
MadeTheSwitch said:
You might feel that it's a memory hog, but I feel that Firefox has memory leaks.
So, it's not about how much memory something takes up. It's about how it uses that memory. .
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you can't be serious. so the way you look at a problem, is to just re-define terms?

chrome is a memory hog, firefox is not, if you have a different problem than "memory hog", then stop using that word and find a proper term to describe your problem.

SnowLeopard2008 said:
I primarily use Safari, as it is currently the fastest and most web standard compliant browser. I haven't had a compatibility issue yet, and I remember they were quite rare even in the early years of Safari (Tiger). Firefox is a memory hog. Chrome is fast but lacking many features. Safari is just in the middle.
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your lie about memory hog has been debunked previously, i know you said you are lazy, but just goto this very forum and search for browser memory, there are a lot of people contributing to a thread with the pictures of their activity monitor, you can see who is a memory hog there (hint, not firefox)

as of standard, chrome and safari now does 87% of the standard items (js excluded), while firefox does 81%. how important is that? NOT VERY MUCH, because IE still only does 29%, what standard can be deployed without IE support?

yu want js speed? Opera 10.5 is 4x faster than safari.
crazy_javascript_results.jpg
 
I now use Chrome 5.0.307.5 dev for daily browsing. WebKit nightlies every now and then but rarely.

Fast and some of the best page rendering in town. FF's font rendering leaves much to be desired.

Would test Chromium but can't be arsed to compile it.
 
I use firefox, however... if Chrome didn't have the favicons beside my bookmarks in the menu bar then I would use it. It just looks too tacky and doesn't fit all my bookmarks in the bar like firefox :rolleyes:
 
Safari all the way. It's incredibly fast and stable plus it finally has 64-bit adblocker. Tried Chrome for awhile but it was unstable and caused some sleeping issues as well.
 
I used Chrome for a few weeks but then went back to Firefox. Chrome is still lacking some things like smooth scrolling, performance (pages seem to work smoother on Firefox), spellchecker can't be easily turned off and the extensions are still not at the same level (adblockers lack options and don't always seem to work, Xmarks doesn't work with searches and password sync).

The Windows version of Chrome, apart from extensions, is at a really good level at the moment. Fast and stable. I hope they put more effort towards the OSX version to have it catch up.

Safari is still the one I just can't use. It's behind FF and Chrome in features, especially when it comes to what you can do with the address bar. It's certainly fast but needs a whopping ******** of features to make me use it.
 
clevin said:
you can't be serious. so the way you look at a problem, is to just re-define terms?

chrome is a memory hog, firefox is not, if you have a different problem than "memory hog", then stop using that word and find a proper term to describe your problem.
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I DID find a proper term. I even used it in the post you replied to. And once again, I will reiterate, it doesn't matter if Chrome is a memory hog or not. Firefox could me the meanest leanest program ever written, but if it doesn't return memory back properly it does not matter. In the end, the net result is the same.

You're dealing in theoretical benchmarks. I am dealing in real world usage. I currently have 28 Chrome tabs open in 3 different windows on a system with only 2gb of RAM. With a couple of other programs open too. And you know what? It runs just fine. Fast as heck in fact. So this "memory hog" issue that some seem to think is there, just isn't an issue in actual USE, which is all that matters.
 
I've been using Firefox for years on my pc's and macs. Never got into Safari to be honest. I tried Chrome, it's nice, but I still keep coming back to Firefox and all it's plugins..
 
Firefox has been geting bloated and slow gave chrome another shot now extensions are suported and been loving it since.
 
Firefox FTW!

It has been my primary browser for several years already and despite trying other browsers (Flock, Chrome, Safari, Opera), I always end up annoyed by them and find myself missing Firefox. It's setup, interface, shortcuts and ease of use along with the customization and plug ins is simply amazing and provide imo a much better overall browsing and user experience than any other browser. It is the only browser I use, I only launch the others to preview web pages.
 
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