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The great battle of the browsers (poll)

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  • 12-08-2012 2:21am
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭


    What web browser do you use usually and why?

    Here the options im putting up in no bias of an order :D


    Firefox (including sea monkey and aurora)
    Opera
    Chromium / Google Chrome
    Safari
    Other
    Internet explorer :L






    should put up i'm talking on a computer , not this bloody tablet generation

    What web browser do you ussally use? 135 votes

    Firefox
    0% 0 votes
    Opera
    34% 47 votes
    Chrome
    10% 14 votes
    Safira
    49% 67 votes
    Other
    1% 2 votes
    Internet Explorer :L
    3% 5 votes


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,213 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Mostly Opera when I'm at home, but I also use IE, FF and Chrome on occasions, and for different things. E.g. at home I only use FF for iPlayer.

    edit: Poll needs to be multichoice !


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    bonzodog2 wrote: »

    edit: Poll needs to be multichoice !

    ye i done the writing , then saw that you could do a multichoice poll


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Has to be firefox, not a fan of Chrome and assoc. builds.

    Nick


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,016 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    I use Firefox for various ad-ons
    - NoScript (avoids running Javascript on sites unless you explicitly allow it)
    - HttpsEverywhere ( tries forcing sites to use the more secure HTTPS )
    - AdBlock Plus (blocks advertising banners)

    But it was getting very buggy recently and Chrome seems a little faster.
    If Firefox gets any more unstable/resource hungry, Chrome would be my next choice.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭RUCKING FETARD


    I use Firefox for various ad-ons
    - NoScript (avoids running Javascript on sites unless you explicitly allow it)
    - HttpsEverywhere ( tries forcing sites to use the more secure HTTPS )
    - AdBlock Plus (blocks advertising banners)

    But it was getting very buggy recently and Chrome seems a little faster.
    If Firefox gets any more unstable/resource hungry, Chrome would be my next choice.
    Firefox 15 Beta Tackles Memory Leaks

    Firefox 15 beta boasts support for Opus audio format, reduces add-on memory leaks

    Think it's getting a builtin PDF reader update aswell.

    May actually be worthy of a new number!!!!!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭BionicRasher


    Chrome all the way

    Faster, more add ons, multi PC sync, sync with Android , multiple users, Apps


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭RUCKING FETARD


    tui0hcg wrote: »
    Chrome all the way

    Faster, more add ons, multi PC sync, sync with Android , multiple users, Apps
    you left out spyware ridden??


  • Registered Users Posts: 82,259 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Firefox isn't the same woman I fell in love with. I want to like this new IE9 that Microsoft keeps harping on about but theres just so much I hate about it. Yes Im sure it can handle hardware acceleration but stop asking me to disable my addons or ill cut your throat. Not worth the effort.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    tui0hcg wrote: »
    Chrome all the way

    Faster, more add ons, multi PC sync, sync with Android , multiple users, Apps
    Could a mod edit this
    I think he described firefox and type chrome by mistake


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    I used chromium once
    It asked me to fill in my details so it would auto do it on sites
    I said ohh that's a good idea

    It asked me for my credit card details
    It didn't fúcking get them
    Closed browser. Firefox, I'm sorry

    Don't like the idea of my credit card details on saved on my computer


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    Chromium dev build 23.0.1232.0

    I wouldn't even lump chromium and chrome in the same category.


  • Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭ambasite


    Firefox, mostly for Selenium IDE addon.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭BionicRasher


    you left out spyware ridden??

    Google can't know anything you don't tell them. If you don't have anything to hide, don't worry about it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭BionicRasher


    bpb101 wrote: »
    Could a mod edit this
    I think he described firefox and type chrome by mistake

    eh - no
    I used Firefox for years and found it to start to cripple the browsing experience I was having - always slow to load and unless I unistalled and reinstalled it and its add ons then it became worse than IE - and that's saying something
    Firefox was a great alternative to IE a few years ago but now I just find Chrome to do what I want and it to do and I just find it by far the easiest browser to use


  • Registered Users Posts: 772 ✭✭✭maki


    Firefox all the way for me. I tried to like Chrome, but there were far too many annoyances with it to make it my default browser. It's missing too many addons I regularly use (notably noscript), and other addons such as AdBlock don't work as well as they do in Firefox.

    The URL bar in Chrome doesn't even come close to Firefox's aptly titled "Awesome bar", there's no default RSS compatibility (I had to search for over an hour to get working RSS drop-down bookmarks), and the extreme customization I have in Firefox via the about:config command just isn't there in Chrome; I either need an addon to do trivial things, or just plain can't do them at all.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,603 ✭✭✭200motels


    Firefox nightly 64 bit is a superb browser, IE I don't like, Chrome is not up to it for me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 445 ✭✭LostCorkGuy


    Opera because it somehow gets past 3s porn filter ......


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭nbar12


    Am I still the only one using Mosaic?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    Seamonkey user here, I like the built-in email and IRC functionality.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,345 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    opera on the phone

    combination of firefox and IE on my pc's

    chrome always seems to cause me issues when i install / un-install


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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Opera because it somehow gets past 3s porn filter ......

    This is due to the Opera Turbo feature ;)

    Nick


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭f3qh5g0z6vc7ob


    Safari for me. Very smooth, fast and doesn't let me down.

    I used chrome but couldn't take the Oh No Jim he is dead messages anymore when the flash player kept crashing, very frustrating.

    Firefox used to be my favorite until i discovered the powers of Safari.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭RUCKING FETARD


    Opera because it somehow gets past 3s porn filter ......
    What? No it doesn't.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭Ballyv24


    I really like the Opera Speed Dial.

    I presume other browsers have something similar, but I found it first on Opera. Now all my Internet devices automatically sync changes I make to my Speed Dial, and I rarely have to type a web address!


  • Registered Users Posts: 65,219 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Opera. Very fast, love the built-in mouse gestures.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    didnt think opera would get as much votes as it has


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Opera for the most part, FF for certain sites - mainly the guardian.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    Seamonkey user here, I like the built-in email and IRC functionality.
    mention in my original post as under firefox , as its built on firefox , and we were to include every browser we would be here all night


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    just got opera for my iphone , beside from no youtube ,
    brilliant , could never use facebook on my phone , took months to load a page , opera does it in less than a second, brilliant


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  • Registered Users Posts: 956 ✭✭✭Arrow in the Knee


    Didn't even notice this thread here.


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