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mookaloid - 13/6/10 at 04:27 PM

Further to my recent thread linky here I just wondered what browser everyone uses?

I like Chrome - I like the look of it and its simplicity. I really like the way I can synchronise it across any pc I use so all my bookmarks and stuff are where ever I want them.

IE is ok to start with then it gradually gets slower and slower then goes wrong.

Firefox is not much better and it is far from easy to syncronise across pc's and it looks really clunky and old fashioned

Not really tried much else but I would be interested to hear what everyone thinks

Cheers

Mooky

eddie99 - 13/6/10 at 04:29 PM

Safari

MakeEverything - 13/6/10 at 04:30 PM

~I dont have many problems with IE at all really. It can be temperamental, though if youve got a decent machine for it to run on, its ok.

austin man - 13/6/10 at 04:34 PM

tried chrome it did have some good stuff but I couldnt get to grips with it so went back to ie

Humbug - 13/6/10 at 04:36 PM

Firefox for me. I didn't like the slowness of IE or the reputed virus-attracting features. I changed over to Firefox a couple of years ago and have not been disappointed. Lots of nice addons for those who want/need them.

Tried Chrome and it's a little too simple for me and no faster than FF IMHO

Tried Safari and didn't like it; also, it's proprietary like IE

[Edited on 13.06.2010 by Humbug]

speedyxjs - 13/6/10 at 04:43 PM

Firefox

bmseven - 13/6/10 at 04:43 PM

Firefox every time for the flexibilty and add ons - like no adverts when browsing this site

Stuart_B - 13/6/10 at 04:51 PM

used to be IE, now a firefox man.

stuart

Mr G - 13/6/10 at 04:54 PM

Netscape Navigator 1.0 for me (just upgraded from Mosaic Netscape 0.9 which was a bit slow)

v8kid - 13/6/10 at 05:02 PM

FF but thinking of changing

MikeRJ - 13/6/10 at 05:27 PM

I use Firefox on my desktop and laptop and at work. Played with Opera for a while and didn't really get along with it, but seems perfectly functional.

I use Chrome on my nettop PC (tiny, very quiet, low powered PC I leave on for overnight downloads etc.) as it's noticeably quicker to open and render than Firefox

Fozzie - 13/6/10 at 05:51 PM

FireFox for me ..

There is an add-on which I do use that synchronises all your bookmarks (favourites) and passwords across your pc's/laptops ... its called Xmarks .... FireFox has many useful add-ons which you can choose to have or not to have.....

FireFox positively screams along for me....for instance this page loaded in 0.664 seconds (FasterFox.....another add-on) ....

None of the others come anyway close in my experience.

Fozzie

prawnabie - 13/6/10 at 05:59 PM

Safari for me too

mads - 13/6/10 at 06:50 PM

Safari if on the Mac

IE if at work

Chrome if on the PC

Ninehigh - 13/6/10 at 07:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mr G
Netscape Navigator 1.0 for me (just upgraded from Mosaic Netscape 0.9 which was a bit slow)


You serious? I hope I'm thinking of a different one cos I thought my brother was using an outdated version (Netscape 9)

Firefox has the addons for the games I play, otherwise I might be tempted to look around

gottabedone - 13/6/10 at 07:59 PM

Chrome on my PC as I sync with my phone. IE and firefox at work depending on which software I'm using

Marcus - 13/6/10 at 08:35 PM

FF takes an age to start up, but seems quick when browsing. I use Chrome now, no waiting for startup and simple as they come

Ivan - 13/6/10 at 08:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
FireFox for me ..

There is an add-on which I do use that synchronises all your bookmarks (favourites) and passwords across your pc's/laptops ... its called Xmarks .... FireFox has many useful add-ons which you can choose to have or not to have.....

FireFox positively screams along for me....for instance this page loaded in 0.664 seconds (FasterFox.....another add-on) ....

None of the others come anyway close in my experience.

Fozzie


I tried Xmarks but once installed it wouldn't let me connect to the internet - kept getting message that something else had grabbed my modem - so uninstalled it and connection back to normal.

Fozzie - 13/6/10 at 09:25 PM

Oooeeerrrr.....

Ivan, did you give your firewall permission to let Xmarks connect..... ? .......just a thought...

With some firewalls, you have to 'tell' it that a programme, for example, is ok.....and you can add the programme to the exclusion list of the Firewall....

Fozzie