What Browser Do You Use.

I use FF cause it's not IE lol.. when i moved away from IE opera still had ads on their free version so i went to FF. I like the fact that it's open source thus free

IE and firefox depens on my mood and what speed going on them both

I'm with err0r. I went to Firefox. When I did the switch Opera still had annoying ads in their browser and I wasn't about to pay for their browser to get rid of those annoying ads. So I went to Firefox. I occasionally use Opera and Chrome to check website designs

i use firefox, only time i use internet explorer is if i am playing poker because it wont run on firefox

i like it for its speed and it had tabbed browsing beffore IE

the mrs still use IE though but also uses firefox

i use OPERA which does NOT have ads anymore and is FREE

i also use it because firefox isnt as safe as they claimed

it's EXACTLY as safe as they claimed. It's open source how can they lie?

I use Firefox and Maxthon, because ... FF has all the usefull tools and extentions i like, and maxthon is kinda like a IE engine driven version of FF which is pretty cool.

I use Slimbrowser/Firefox/and Chrome. Slimbrowser for it's ease of use. Firefox for it's add-ons and Chrome cuz I'm trying it out.

i use OPERA which does NOT have ads anymore and is FREE

i also use it because firefox isnt as safe as they claimed

And Firefox is as safe as any other browser. The reason firefox is getting more exploits and such is because it is becoming more popular. As with any program, no one is going to bother exploiting a little known program. Theres no point. If only 3 people use one program and 300 use the other, which would you exploit if you were a hacker/cracker? I don't know about you, but I'd hit the 300. Now as Firefox is gaining ground in the browser race, more people are looking for exploits in the browser.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

Looking at that chart alone, any hacker with half a brain is going to hit up ie and firefox. They hold the most to gain from if exploited. Your Opera browser is only that safe because no one is going to bother trying to hack a browser which only takes up .68% of browser usage.

Opera, king of browsers.

I initially used Internet Explorer because I knew it. I later went on to use Firefox because I liked having tabbed browsing. After about 2002, I stopped using FF and went back to IE and, soon after, Maxthon as it had the benefits of FF. I occasionally used FF when I wanted a different set of cookies.

I used Maxthon for ages before I discovered Opera was no longer ugly and gained a reputation for itself. the keyword search feature was (and still is) absolutely fantastic and the speed is (as far as I know) still the best. It has many other built-in features that I like so I'm sticking to it. I've tried out Safari, FF3 and I won't touch Chrome.

So yeah, I've tried out all the major browsers - IE still being the one I've used most over the years but I'm now settled on Opera both at home and at work as my default browser.

on Windows i use Opera only but running linux i use FF cuz there is NO flash that works w/ Opera on linux atm, once fixed back to opera 100%

Both have Tabs, faster and cleaner then IE, and FF does have the better extensions but opera is catching up!

Google Chrome, I love it. No frills and is easily the fastest browser.

its really good to see all the differing opinions, but also the cleanness of these opinions. I know these types of forum topics can get ugly, but just want to say thank you all for putting in your opinions and not rubbishing everything else.

In saying that...

I've used IE, FF and Opera. IE was my main up until they released 8. I only stopped using IE as my main when they released 8 because tab browsing became really really slow on Vista, though i've seen on 7 it is pretty responsive, so i may switch back. I'm not really they type of person who needs all the bells and whistles, and IE has always been reasonable. I'm on FF at the moment cause its reasonable in opening tabs. I did try opera for a period, but got a tad annoyed with a couple of the features and the layout of certain things. But Opera is a great browser once you get use to it.

As for FF being safe, wasn't there a report released for last year that stated the FF had twice as many bugs/exploits found & patched than any of the other browsers? Like with IE/Opera/Safari all sitting around 30 to 35, and FF sitting up around 80? I'm sure we published it here...

they were also patched a lot quicker than any of the other browsers aswell

Open Source i don't know how many times i will have to explain this to ppl here. ah n/m it's just a waste of my time. go ahead and use opera. hopefully if enough ppl stop supporting open source projects they will go away

err0r has a point as well. Open sourced provides free community wide production. Hence its massive collaboration and collection of addons which make firefox one of the biggest draw cards if you are after some of the nifty stuff that aren't standard to browsers. And because it is open sourced, the code gets criticised a lot more, ensuring that the continual patching provides a better, cleaner, safer environment of code. But of course, getting to that state means that bugs/exploits/flaws need to be found first.

So there are pros and cons to open source software, but all in all, you are getting a free peice of software, no ads or strings attached, and has great support in terms of addons.

not only is it just an open source project it's hugely community oriented. The fact that the community as a whole makes the addons in itself is one of the biggest reasons why I support projects such as firefox. If you want a feature the browser doesn't have 99% of the time there is an addon out there for firefox that will do it. No other browser out there offers the flexibility of firefox. Overall I think opera is equal to if not better than ff in terms of basic functionality the truth is no other browser comes close to FF in terms of adaptation. IE 8 has made huge strides and Chrome is hella-fast. Hopefully in the near future the other browsers will offer better addon ability that is more community based than based on corporate greed.

Well said!

benn playing about with google chrome the last few days

amazingly fast and i like it

does everything i need it to do

still dont think it will ever get anywhere near the popularity that google are hoping thoguh