Browser choice

[FuzzyPlushroom]

I usually use Firefox, but I voted 'Other' because it wasn't multiple-choice and I run Opera fairly often.

[Yeticorn]

Opera here.

[Diamon]

So far it's a tie between Firefox and Chrome! Much like it is for me, why can't they just combine them to create an even better browser.

[Luthien]

Chrome and Firefox tied...makes sense to me. I use both: Chrome for myself and Firefox whenever the school's website demands it.

[x88x]

I actually use both Firefox and Chrome. I use Firefox for my general browsing, where I constantly have 30+ tabs open, and I have craptons of addons for a bunch of extra functionality. I use Chrome for Hulu and various other media applications.

Does IE still have that ridiculous install process that then asks you to reboot your PC afterwards?

That's just a Windows thing. Any time anything at all writes to the registry (thankfully getting less and less common) Windows has to reboot. Plus, since IE has historically shared so many common files with WE (Windows Explorer, the file browser) that IE updates would often reach down into the bowels of the OS, far past what you would expect a web browser to do.

So far it's a tie between Firefox and Chrome! Much like it is for me, why can't they just combine them to create an even better browser.

IMO because they're targeted at different audiences. The way I see it is this: Chrome is quick starting, modular, and really aimed at the general user and/or multimedia applications. Firefox is more aimed at the power user. It is slower starting but it is a lot more customizable and handles working with crazy numbers of tabs much better (well, with the correct add-on ).

EDIT:
Forgot to mention...in Linux I also use Arora (stripped down FF branch) for its quick and simple proxy changes independent of FF.

[Diamon]

Yea, you are probably right x88x. I only need to set an hour aside to configure Firefox properly. Got any addon suggestions? ^^

[985323]

opera

[x88x]

Yea, you are probably right x88x. I only need to set an hour aside to configure Firefox properly. Got any addon suggestions? ^^

Tab Mix Plus, AdBlock Plus, DownThemAll, Web Developer, Firebug, Uppity, FlagFox, NoScript (if you're paranoid like me ), Download Status Bar, FireFTP, FoxyProxy, Greasemonkey, IETab (for the occasional thing that actually needs IE).. ..that's all I can think of atm.

[billygoat333]

I seriously LOVE fireFTP.

[farlo]

i used to use opera, and i will be trying it again when version 11 fully comes out. but lately its been firefox.