Best Web Browser

mtosev · Jul 11, 2009

i voted for Firefox.

DreamSeller · Jul 11, 2009

firefox 3.5 out using it now didnt know that and it didnt update it self

method526 · Jul 11, 2009

i like chrome, but it lacks some small features that firefox has (bookmarking, 'where to save files' default function, COMPATIBILITY with some sites, etc.)
so firefox now...but when chrome fixes itself up, chrome it will be.

Polarman · Jul 12, 2009

IE8 satisfies my needs.

t77snapshot · Jul 12, 2009

phanbuey said:
Chrome hard locked my rig all the time...

Did it only do this while the browser was in use? because I downloaded Chrome yesterday and about an hour later I got bsod and a reboot :wtf:

that was the most recent change on my comp and I never had bsod before :confused:

Kursah · Jul 12, 2009

Wow, I'm suprised Chrome beat out Opera thus far! I tried chrome for a little while after it's intial release, it was ok, but I've been used to IE and Opera for so many years, I'm just more comfortable with them and their features, especially opera...I use IE sparingly, mostly when I gotta do my GM training courses and cert stuff, for some reason they only allow IE to access all content on their pages...beyond that, Opera FTW! At least for me!

LittleLizard · Jul 12, 2009

in terms of speed, chrome wins but security, features and overall performance, firefox kick ass.

mikek75 · Jul 12, 2009

Another vote for firefox. I really gave chrome a good try for about 3 months, but I found small niggles with it that eventually pissed me off enough to return to Firefox. Formatting seemed problematic on Chrome, for instance I couldn't get it to show the edge of the recent posts list here on TPU. Like I say, small niggles...

MilkyWay · Jul 12, 2009

firefox is just better overall because its established, chrome is yet to get off its feet with updates and customisation

community has built a lot of addons and themes for firefox

phanbuey · Jul 12, 2009

t77snapshot said:
Did it only do this while the browser was in use? because I downloaded Chrome yesterday and about an hour later I got bsod and a reboot that was the most recent change on my comp and I never had bsod before

yep... only when it was open. Granted, it was an earlier version than the current, but I keep my browser open all day, and whenever chrome was open it would hard lock.

Did some googling and found it was a common problem.

you got a BSOD without it open?

JanJan · Jul 12, 2009

IE got my vote because of its fast booting time. I have used only friedfox

and IE for awhile now and just couple days ago i entire switched to IE.
The new IE boot up in less than a second while friedfox sometime takes like 15-25sec. And im sure i don't have many extra thing enable.

farlex85 · Jul 12, 2009

JanJan said:
IE got my vote because of its fast booting time. I have used only friedfox and IE for awhile now and just couple days ago i entire switched to IE.
The new IE boot up in less than a second while friedfox sometime takes like 15-25sec. And im sure i don't have many extra thing enable.

If it takes 15sec for firefox to boot up then you have problems. Mine is pretty much instantaneous (0-2 sec) unless I click on the icon just as windows boots, even then it takes no more than 5-6 sec. I'd say if any program takes that long to boot w/ a dual core and sata drive you need to re-evaluate your OS and how it's running.

JanJan · Jul 12, 2009

sometime it boot up just fine, 5sec or so, but sometimes it takes just so long. I may have exaggerated that a bit but already removed firefox, nothing to test now

couple weeks ago i look up this one and there are a handful of people have boot up problem with new friedfox

t77snapshot · Jul 13, 2009

phanbuey said:
yep... only when it was open. Granted, it was an earlier version than the current, but I keep my browser open all day, and whenever chrome was open it would hard lock.

Did some googling and found it was a common problem.

you got a BSOD without it open?

Well Firefox was open at the time the bsod occurred, but I never had that issue before. I guess Chrome is not to blame, now I have to figure out what is?..... :ohwell:

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