What do you use?

El_mariachi

Hey guys, need some data for a college project thingy...

So what Browser do you use and why?!

Edit -

College Mentor = why no Opera on poll.

If your a Opera user, just post 'Opera+1' and I will include it in the score.

senordingdong

Just sit at the window with binochulars mostly.

Biggins

Opera 10 for sheer speed. Nothing matches it.
Firefox for class add-ons and flash block utilities.
Microsoft Explorer ONLY as an absolute last restort.

engrish?

Flapidy flap flap flap flaps :pac:

mink_man

i chose firefox instead of intenret explorer by accident! ooops

karma403

IE. Tried firefox and it seemed to clash with msn so I uninstalled it. Maybe it was a coincidence but I put the problem down to firefox.

Twilightning

I'm accustomed to Firefox, have been for the past 4 years or so, but I really should change since I've seen the bloody thing use more memory in the task manager than a medium-spec computer game I tabbed out of.

Christ.

robby^5

Fail options are fail.

I use Atari Jaguar to surf the interwebs.

edit. omg 1,000 posts.

token56

Cant believe there is no Opera in the poll, its the best by far.

RandolphEsq

IE because I don't know much about computers and it is just there ready to use

donmeister

chrome.quality.

rainbow kirby

Firefox, because I hate Safari and I'm too lazy to try Chrome or Opera.

ScumLord

Crome, does exactly what it says on the tin. Even firefox is a fat bloated mess now. Chrome works instantly I've noticed firefox hangs a bit when I open it, only use IE when I'm forced to.

El_mariachi

sorry to the opera people.... My mentor didn't see it as a point of interest....

Though I use it on my phone :P

thorbarry

I used Firefox for the past couple of years, and recently changed to Crome, its much faster than firefox... MUCH

Biggins

thorbarry wrote: »

I used Firefox for the past couple of years, and recently changed to Crome, its much faster than firefox... MUCH

As mentioned above (with link), try Opera Ten!
Be prepare to be surprised.
Friggin' fast and also has a new software ability for slower old pc's too to speed up even more. Awesome app.

ejmaztec

No Opera = poll daft.



Just spotted excuse so mentor = also daft.

Seifer

Chrome because IE8 drove me to it and I'm glad it did
It's noticeably faster and has hardly any compatibility issues.

Hal1

Netscape navigator.

Carsinian Thau

Firefox.

Have Firefox, IE, Chrome, Opera and Safari installed though.

Don't really like the look of chrome so I don't use it and I don't use Safari for much the same reason.

And using IE is too dangerous to bother with imo.

AnonoBoy

Internet Explorer 2.0

Browse with images turned off on a 28K modem.

I is so retro.

ejmaztec

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Internet Explorer 2.0

Browse with images turned off on a 28K modem.

I is so retro.

I expect you really look forward to powering up your machine, after you've arrived home after walking twenty miles from school with no shoes and the arse hanging out of your trousers.

Heisenberg.

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Dave!

Firefox... I've been using it for years, and have become familiar with shortcuts, etc., that make browsing effortless! I tried Chrome briefly and found myself getting frustrated that some Firefox things didn't work on it! eg. I couldn't drag and drop tabs into favourites. Opera is good too, but no reason to change Firefox at this stage.

IE is horrid.

BaconZombie

Where is the Telnet and Links options ?

Turd Ferguson

Netscape Navigator 1.1 FTW

Pace2008

Firefox, because it was light-years ahead of the steam-powered IE when I started using it. I believe IE have upped their game since, and I really like Chrome's interface, but I'm used to Firefox now so it's here to stay.

It also has innumerable add-ins, some of them useful, most of them pretty pointless - gotta catch 'em all!

tman

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055631599

I use Firefox for day to day stuff, and chrome for the dodgy stuff I don't want my missus to find out about ¬_¬ (she gets suspicious whenever I clear my firefox browsing history)

Snowie

chrome and fire fox

Zonda999

Use Chrome most of the time. It really does'nt compare to IE or Firefox, I find it in a different league. Love the uncluttered look of it too. Have'nt tries Opera yet, though if i'm honest. I use IE from time to time because Chrome doesnt support some plug-ins

AnonoBoy

ejmaztec wrote: »

I expect you really look forward to powering up your machine, after you've arrived home after walking twenty miles from school with no shoes and the arse hanging out of your trousers.

I do. And.... get this - my machine only takes 10 minutes from pressing the on switch to being in full operational mode.

What a time to be alive!

El_mariachi

tman wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055631599

I dont need that much details... just the four I put up and any Opera people out there!!!

redfacedbear

ie - coz the IT dept says so

tman

El_mariachi wrote: »

I dont need that much details... just the four I put up and any Opera people out there!!!

I was kind of hoping that you would realise that there are more fitting forums for this kind of thing...
If you look at the poll resuls for the other one, only a handful of browsers have actually been voted for

yerayeah

Firefox for ages and it was only last week that I realised that the logo is fox with a firetail!!

El_mariachi

tman wrote: »

I was kind of hoping that you would realise that there are more fitting forums for this kind of thing...
If you look at the poll resuls for the other one, only a handful of browsers have actually been voted for

Yes, I see your point, but I am looking for everyone's Browser opinion, not just the techie/windows forum users.

AnonoBoy

yerayeah wrote: »

Firefox for ages and it was only last week that I realised that the logo is fox with a firetail!!

Oh yeeeaaahhhhhh. So it is.

Allison91

Opera + 1

tman

El_mariachi wrote: »

Yes, I see your point, but I am looking for everyone's Browser opinion, not just the techie/windows forum users.

I'm curious to find out what kind of browsers people with personal issues use, do you think the mods would have any problems with me putting up a poll in PI?

Funnily enough, the poll results for this thread and the one I linked to are pretty damn similar

truecrippler

yerayeah wrote: »

Firefox for ages and it was only last week that I realised that the logo is fox with a firetail!!

Wow awesome, I never noticed . He's also playing bowling too, I wonder if he likes The Big Lebowski.

Anywho, I use Google Chrome. It's T|-|ir733n T|-|ir7y S3v3n

Seifer

El_mariachi wrote: »

Yes, I see your point, but I am looking for everyone's Browser opinion, not just the techie/windows forum users.

Everyone on an internet bulletin board's opinion?
That in itself is heavily biased towards "techies".

If you did this poll on Grafton street your results would be wildly different.

Seifer

truecrippler wrote: »

Wow awesome, I never noticed . He's also playing bowling too, I wonder if he likes The Big Lebowski.

Anywho, I use Google Chrome. It's T|-|ir733n T|-|ir7y S3v3n

13307?

bleg

Chrome.

Incognito is the best invention since the internets.

3qsmavrod5twfe

redfacedbear wrote: »

ie - coz the IT dept says so

+1

they rule their own little nano-universe

Katarn1

Man, I seem to be missing out - I'm gonna try Opera tonight.

Using Firefox atm. IE was just plain rubbish.

Mimikyu

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Wazdakka

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Oh yeeeaaahhhhhh. So it is.

FireFox FTW!

IE just couldn't pull this off



Fap fap fap

WeeBushy

I used to use internet explorer on my lapper (Dell) but then one day it stopped working for some reason so I downloaded safari and have been using it ever since. Don't really notice any differences between them bar the layout tbh.

Lia_lia

Firefox since around the time it came out.
Because I really hated IE.

Now I still use Firefox, because I'm just used to it. I use Safari the odd time. F*ck IE.

jumpguy

Been using Firefox for about 3 or 4 years now. Before that I used IE, and in the very early days, I remember a thing called MSN Explorer.

Tried everything else, I use Opera Mini on my mobile phone, it's class. I tried Chrome but it's too minimalistic, I like my weather add-ons, on-screen RSS feeds, and I have add-ons that show stuff that's fairly useful for astronomy.
I've only never tried Safari because I resent the fact that Apple are being dirty sneaky cocks and everytime I update iTunes they try to install Safari on my computer aswell (you have to opt-out). Why would I want to use that ugly slow piece of ****?
Opera is good but I just didn't like something about it.

Firefox ftw tbh.

Lia_lia

jumpguy wrote: »

I remember a thing called MSN Explorer.

Ha! Forgot about that. Used to really slow my computer down.