What Browser do you Use?

I use Safari for my Mac and Firefox with my “PC”. Now I have no complaint with them. I like Firefox better because it saves my passwords and I can change the look of it, plus the RSS is way better then in any other browser.

I switched to IE7 after Mozilla released Firefox2. Firefox 1.5 was so much better, but they seem to be going down the route of more ****, less quality

Firefox FTW, I find Ie clumsy and clunky to use. Plus the amount of flexibility easily makes firefox far better than IE. Firefox can make your browser yours, and for me, it helps increase productivity with the add-ons available.

You forgot to list Konqueror. I just made the switch over from Firefox and I’ve found that almost all of the extensions I used in Firefox are built into Konqueror (ad blocker, themes are grabbed right from my KDE settings, download manager (though that is really KGet), and other more obscure things). The thing I find most helpful is that when I type into the address bar, it incrementally searches through my bookmarks for pages matching that URL (unfortunately, it isn’t extended beyond and also searching the title I gave the link, but it is livable). Of course, there are other things I had in Firefox, but I’m finding that I never really used them at all that much anyway, plus some of the keyboard shortcut changes and other minor differences. Also, it has ad blocking built in. It also integrates seamlessly with Akregator (RSS reader), KAddressBook, KMail, KOrganizer (calendar), Kopete (instant messenger client), and KWallet (password manager). I find that having lots of apps working together is better than a do-all monolith app such as Firefox + plugins. I recently made the switch from a Firefox/Pidgin/Google everything combination and I am finding that the suite of applications that KDE has work together much nicer and I can work offline much better, which is great for when I actually am disconnected from it. I don’t feel like I can get no work done because I don’t have access to Google to read past feeds, email, or my calendar. Of course, as of now, it is only for Linux (and for those who are trying the latest, Windows with KDE4 beta). But then again I guess this could be said of nearly any self-contained desktop environment, though I think only Apple is close to getting to it (and GNOME, but that still feels disjoint to some extent). Microsoft apps are still disjoint because not everyone has every app due to the $$$/activation silliness.

–MathStuf

Opera is pretty darn customizable.

Chris Pirillo »What Browser do you Use?Posted 87 minutes ago

On my Mac I use Safari. I have tried using other browsers before, like Firefox, Camino, Firefox 3 alpha (since it has Cocoa support) and I always end up going back to Safari 3 Beta.

As for my work PC. I use Firefox with IE Tab installed.

I use Safari 90% of the time. I swtich to Firefox for a few sites that aren’t Safari friendly, but that I have to access. In general though, if a site doesn’t play well with Safari, I don’t go to it (other than to send them an email asking why they set up a site that doesn’t work for everyone).

“The thing I find most helpful [about Konqueror] is that when I type into the address bar, it incrementally searches through my bookmarks for pages matching that URL (unfortunately, it isn’t extended beyond and also searching the title I gave the link, but it is livable).”

I’ve been wanting this feature in Firefox for years. To me it seemed an obvious feature to have, considering I’m way more likely to be returning to a site that I’ve bookmarked than one I just happened to have visited since the last time I deleted the history (which happens whenever I close FF).

I use IE7 for RSS reading, and Firefox for most of my other browsing needs…. I like the Firefox extensions, (Adblock Plus for one), but for me, IE7’s RSS management is quite nice….
Unfortunately, my Linux box is very old and clunky, so neither KDE nor Gnome work well on it….
Jerry

I’m using Firefox. I already tried the BETA of the new Firefox, but i didn’t liked it very much.

I use Opera on my computer and Opera Mini on my mobile phone.

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I use Deep Net Explorer, works much better than IE7. Plus has built in RSS.

In order of preference:
Camino;
Safari;
Firefox;
IE6;
IE7

Firefox is KING! I do however hat the way it manages download links - it doesn’t interface very nicely with the download managers I’ve tried, and is goofy when loading up PDFs inside the browser. I’ve set it to open PDFs in Acrobat rather than open them inside the browser, and it now just downloads them to my default download folder and doesn’t open them.
FF also falls short when downloading from Joomla-based sites running a download area using most of the various components, and I have to open the pages in the IT Tab plugin for FF!

My colleagues use IE7, and I keep IE6 on my machine, so we can test sites as much as possible, and I use Safari on the Macs.

On the mobile phone, I use IE, but I’m thinking about giving Opera Mobile another run, but it does nark me that it charges.

I have been using Deepnet for years & it is great.

Maxthon. Hands down. I’ve used IE6, IE7, Firefox, Safari, and wound up using Maxthon for it’s customization, better tabbed browsing, etc….

http://www.maxthon.com

I use Maxthon 2.0.3. I find that it is easily configured, has a large number of plugins and the built in ad hunter is about the best I’ve seen. I have previously used Firefox, but I didn’t like the tab configuration. Slimbrowser and CrazyBrowser are others I’ve used but Maxthon is by far the best.

I know that everyone says Maxthon isn’t a “different” browser, as it uses IE’s engine. But I love Maxthon. I’ve gotten used to the mouse gestures (for example, to open a link in a new tab, hold down the left mouse key on the tab, then “flick” the mouse to the right). It seems to load faster than IE. It has more security features than IE. To me it seems much more customizable.

I have tried them all & settled on Avant Browser.
It is quick & has a very slick AutoFill feature for passwords etc.
Try it, you’ll like it

[IMG Author Avatar] In response toWhat Browser Do You Use?, Gnomie David Leonard writes: Hey Chris, I am actually a new fan… I found your site at YouTube. Now for the browser I use I have installed: Firefox 2.0.0.7 Grand Paradiso (Firefox) 3.0a8 Opera 9.23 Build 8808

I use Opera, because I like the widgets you can download, and it has IRC chat built-in.

I have been using Maxthon since it was called MyIE2 (0.3.x) and have been stuck with it since then. It have everything that MSIE 6 lacks. Tabs, mouse gesture, groups,skins, plugins and for all one of the best AD-filter I been using. With some work from your self, it keeps your most visited pages completly AD-free. With plugins & skins you can modify it’s behaviour and look just like FF.

I’m still using Maxthon 1.5.x, have not update to IE 7 so I don’t feel that I need Maxthon 2 yet. Both IE7 & Maxthon 2 needs some time and effort to get used to.