Poll: The best webbrowser

[jasoncyrus]

I tend to use both IE and firefox.

IE because tbh it works 90% of the time (although for some reason at 5-6am every day reguardless of internet usage it'll slow down to a freakin crawl)

and FF because it works when IE is slow or generally refuses to work. FF tends to be a bit more versitile HOWEVER the developers somehow have yet to acknowledge how to make genuine commercial product addons work properly with all versions. Real player's video download adddon being prime with this. Every update FF decides it no longer wants to play nice with it.

I wouldnt touch safari with a 10ft barge pole to be honest, last i heard it was about as secure as a slice of swiss cheese.

Opera...relatively unknown news wise, doesn't seem to be able to do anything firefox cant do and doesnt stand out in anyway really.

Chrome...briefly heard of it a while back, havn't bothered with it though really. Firefox and Ie still do everything i need done.

EDIT: just saw the thing about firefox eating memory. It's got a nasty habit of having a memory leak if you run it for too long and grinds your entire rig to a halt or locks up every single browser window (reguardless of brand) until you shut down FF totally.

 

[Spartan Bannana]

I like Firefox, it's fast and secure and most video players work with it.

 

[Izerous]

My vote goes to FF. I'm a programmer and have to deal with the following a lot.

Exploder 6/7
Chrome for ever beta
FF2/3 (win and mac)
Opera
Safari (win and mac)

Opera has serious compatibility issues with flash/flex, JavaScript, and various plug-ins.
Clients refuse to work with Chrome until it comes out of beta, which may be never.
Safari is a necessary evil but I find it extremely slow compared to all the other browsers.
FF3 / IE7 are the most reliable from a programming standpoint but I hate internet exploder too much proprietary junk.

 

[The Lawn]

I use firefox with NoScript, I like it because its user friendly, its secure, its more stable, and it looks better.

When I was stuck using a computer without FF I had to use IE and goooood loooooooooord....
It crashed twice before I could check my email and it struggled with more than 6 tabs open.

I will never use Internet Exploder again...
Hell I would stop using anything Windows if the alternatives... were more... appealing...

 

[Shivari]

I use Chrome, as it is quite fast, and I just prefer the whole style of it.

At school though, I'll use Firefox. I usually go to the library every morning to work on whatever I need to, so I feel it's worth mentioning.

 

[GyroCaptain]

Arachne, for DOS.
(Kidding)
I use Firefox, IE, and Safari somewhat interchangeably, all of them have advantages and disadvantages.

 

[Sylocat]

Safari is basically just IE modded for the Mac, and it's almost as bad.

I'll definitely give Chrome at least a try, once they finish the Mac version.

 

[Arcyde]

i use fire fox and internet explorer

 

[CoziestPigeon]

First of all, typing full words is a great asset. Sorry, but when people type 'rly' it greatly bothers me.
But I like firefox, after trying all of the above choices, it was the fastest and most reliable for me. Chrome is a close second.

 

[blackcherry]

Firefox. Kicks the buttocks of IE and safari and the add ons seal the deal. That they tend to listen to what the community tells them, or that users quickly develop patches if anything does go wrong is the icing on the cake.

 

[Doeo]

I'd pick FF or Opera. They're both fast and FF has some hXc safety features.

 

[coldfrog]

As a web developer, I've grown to like Firefox's javascript errors over IE's (ERROR! Object expected! I am useless!) but it's got its own quirks. I have yet to test much on chrome though, so Firefox will remain as my favorite for now.

 

[Iampringles]

Firefox. I find it alot faster than other browsers.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Firefox.

For me it's been the most reliable and usually the fastest. It's also compatible with EVERYTHING (perhaps an overstatment, but it never bogs down or flat out crashes the way iExploreer seems to).

 

[Wormthong]

i have used all these browsers exept for safari.
i now use chrome because its just as fast as firefox and in my opinion even safer as i havent had a single virus warning with crome and with firefox i had several in just a month.
been using it since it was released (ok its a beta but come on everything by google is a beta they just do that to make sure there are no isues with the amarican law)
i would go for crome but i sugest you just try as much as possible becouse i think its very personal what kind of browser you use.

 

[mark_n_b]

versus thread, awesome.

 

[Laughing Man]

I use Firefox and have just started using Chrome (Probably for the same reason as everyone else). Although, FF does take up a lot of memory. Om nom nom's mah RAM.

100meg of RAM in a world where 2gig is the norm ain't really that much is it now? I use FF my only issue with it to date is the launch time when you first use it after booting your system, other than that quick, customisable and secure.

Will take a look at Chrome once it moves out of Beta.

 

[Ace of Spades]

Firefox FTW. It breaks less than other browsers.