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Title: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: Hotshot on July 10, 2011: Internet Explore?

Firefox?

Google Chome?

Other?

I used Google chome now as my firefox keep crashing for no reason as I used firefox all the time until now and I decide to change Google Chome and it is great and long may continue !
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: Dr.Death on July 10, 2011: The old 3.6 version of Firefox for me much better looking than the new version :telloff:

I might have a look at Chrome m8.
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: benny! on July 10, 2011: Same here, Hotshot. I really did love to use Firefox over the last couple of years. Especially I love the great amount
of useful plugins/addons. However, since V3.6 all new updates makes the browser slower and more instable. That's
why I also switched over to Chrome. Chrome is really fast and nice. Nevertheless, I miss some of the plugins that's
why I switched back some days ago to Firefox6BETA. However, it still seems to be bloated compared to Chrome that's
why I guess I will move back to Chrome.

The evolution of Firefox is a bit sad, I have to say. Hope that the Mozilla will improve the stablebility of the browser soon.
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: combatking0 on July 10, 2011: I currently use FireFox. I'm not sure if it is V4 or V5, but I prefer it to Chrome, thanks to the various add-ons such as the advert blocker.

I only use IE8 at work where we "have to" use it, but I've got FF3 installed too, which I use when nobody is looking ;)
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: relsoft on July 11, 2011: Chrome and Opera for me. :*)
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: Jim on July 11, 2011: Desktop Chrome, mobile Android and IE at work.

Jim
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: Moroboshisan on July 11, 2011: FF5 on main PC, FF3.6 on slower PC... IE8/IE9 @ work (but I've a portable FF5 setup always at hand).
I must admit that switching from FF3 to 4 and now 5 made me think about downgrading to v3.6 or considering alternatives like Chrome...
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: Shockwave on July 11, 2011: I am on Firefox 5, but I must admit that I am less and less satisfied with Firefox these days.

I've had several crashes when surfing of late and I'm increasingly using Chrome. Besides, Javascript demos seem to run better in Chrome for me.
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: Raizor on July 11, 2011: Chrome all the way for me these days. Firefox still seems a bit flaky and IE is just nasty :)
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: Jim on July 11, 2011: The javascript debugger and DOM inspection tools in IE9 are rather excellent (press F12 to bring it up). Far better than firebug. It's not my favourite browser though.

Jim
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: Kirl on July 12, 2011: I was going to bring up firebug, but IE's dev tool wins! Thanks for the tip Jim! :)

I'm using FF these days, but I think Opera remains my all-time favourite. It was one of the first to pass the acid2 test and had the fastest javascript execution. Haven't used Chrome for a while now and I'm generally not keeping up with developments anymore. Still happy with FF, haven't experienced any of the problems mentioned...
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: JL235 on July 12, 2011: There are times when your on someone else's PC, and you have to edit some code, and you suddenly give out a massive sigh because all you have available is notepad. IE 9's dev tool makes me feel like that. My main issues are that you cannot right click on an element and inspect it, and it's difficult to edit styles. I personally FireBug, FireBug-lite, the Webkit inspector and Dragonfly to be much nicer to use.

But my browser usage is quite complicated. It's not uncommon for me to be using 3 browsers at once, and not always for web work. My main browser is FireFox, that's what I use for FaceBook (and what I'm using right now), and it will probably stay that way for a long time. There are little bits of UI functionality that I think FireFox does better; like how it even preserves the contents of text inputs in your history after a crash or browser restart. It's that detail that I think makes FF the best.

But I usually always have Chrome open too, and which I have run to always be in incognito. That's mainly for web work, so I never have to worry about cookies/cache/saved passwords when doing web work. I always get a clean slate, and if I think it's dirty then I just restart. FF also freezes when I wake my PC up, so if I turned it on to look something up then I'll often use Chrome instead.

I also run multiple desktop software, and my 4th desktop is my music desktop. So I also usually have IE 9 on that desktop, on my main monitor with Grooveshark open. That is because IE 9 is the only browser that works across multiple desktops without issues; FireFox and Opera just don't open whilst Chrome gives an annoying error when it opens.

I also often run Opera too; as sometimes I'll have radio/video streaming on my second monitor whilst I'm working. I don't like running those in the same process as FireFox, as when I'm working FF has a higher chance to stutter/freeze/crash and so interrupt it.

Safari is the only browser I flat don't use. I even use IETester (IE 6 through 8) more often then that.
Title: Re: What Internet Surfing do you used?
Post by: Hotshot on July 14, 2011: Does anyone know how to get rid of the Internet explore as I using Chome now :)