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I run 3 browsers.

Chrome,Firefox and IE9 64bit Beta.

Firefox is my default but I often find myself just loading up chrome and reading.

IE9 just for testing GPU acceleration really.
 
Opera fan here .

I was a Firefox user but not happy with latest Firefox or Firefox 4 beta,Opera is faster has quite a list of add ons and great when it comes to customization.

Chrome I was never a fan of its basically built for speed rather then customising and add-ons.

End of the day its what you prefer so really no best browser.
 
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If you only want to use one browser, I find Fir3efox is the most versatile.

Has anyone gotten Opera's Kiosk mode to work properly in Linux, BTW?
 
I've been a long, long time FireFox user.

I still use it daily and appreciate it immensely, but I've recently been hooked on Chrome. I don't care for a whole heck of a lot of customization, and Chrome's interface and speed is awesome.
 
Mem said:
Opera fan here .

I was a Firefox user but not happy with latest Firefox or Firefox 4 beta,Opera is faster has quite a list of add ons and great when it comes to customization.

Chrome I was never a fan of its basically built for speed rather then customising and add-ons.

End of the day its what you prefer so really no best browser.
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Yeah I always been a Opera believer and now actually starting to use the browser a lot more! I can't believe after all these years trying Opera I haven't realized how awesome follower tabs feature is! No other browser has this. Yep your right the add-ons are coming around quite nicely! Supposedly easier to write than Firefox add-ons. Not sure how true that is.

The one feature that Opera has got right by a long margin is the next page and previous page buttons on the actual address bar! It works quite well compared to the add-on I tried once before in Firefox! Even on anandtech forums. There quite a few sites that I love being able to use this on without having to scroll all the web to the button just to go to the next page. Wow!
 
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I used to use Firefox as my sole browser but tried the MSIE 9 Beta and was impressed. Now that the MSIE 9 Final has been released I was further impressed by it's big speed increase over MSIE 9 Beta. Well done Microsoft! 🙂
 
nemesismk2 said:
I used to use Firefox as my sole browser but tried the MSIE 9 Beta and was impressed. Now that the MSIE 9 Final has been released I was further impressed by it's big speed increase over MSIE 9 Beta. Well done Microsoft! 🙂
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May have to check into this one. I gave up after IE7.
 
evident said:
at the least, its a more secure opera/firefox/chrome downloader. even though i use opera/ firefox at work, IE always comes in handy when visiting sites that have quirks believe it or not.
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I exclusively use IE on MS sites. It just seems to work better, and I don't want ActiveX on any of my other browsers.
 
Chrome because it's very simple and faster than shit. And that's all I really want from a browser. Just GTFO of my way and let me see the content.
 
FYI IE9 is only at the release candidate stage right now. The final version will probably be out within 2-3 months.

nemesismk2 said:
I used to use Firefox as my sole browser but tried the MSIE 9 Beta and was impressed. Now that the MSIE 9 Final has been released I was further impressed by it's big speed increase over MSIE 9 Beta. Well done Microsoft! 🙂
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It was fairly easy to fix one site which wouldn't work. I had to use F12 Developer Tools and then select internet explorer 8. The website then worked perfectly, it's a once a day sort of thing so not too bad. Microsoft are definately going in the right direction because I have removed Firefox from my computer now.
 
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All populare web browsers can fullfill your needs. So just pick one you find easier to work with.

From my experience, Opera is the best (fastest, best cache management, DragonFly for inspecting your web source, most innovative from the very beginning).
 
wheresmybacon said:
Chrome because it's very simple and faster than shit. And that's all I really want from a browser. Just GTFO of my way and let me see the content.
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Pretty much this. I use Chrome as my personal browser, and Firefox for work. Firefox is much, MUCH slower than Chrome and the overall layout is larger. Chrome's omnibar is excellent, and something as simple as putting the tabs up where the title bar normally is saves a considerable amount of space.

The only reason I use Firefox for work is to check compatibility, and for FireBug and FireFTP.
 
AFurryReptile said:
I love Chrome. You can't beat the 6-week update cycle and incredible speed in comparison to some browsers (*Cough* Firefox with addons *cough*)

The syncing of passwords, addons, settings between browsers on multiple PC's is really nice too.
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Yup. Firefox is just plain bloated now or really has been for years. Chrome is where it's at IMO, but it really is a subjective thing.

Opera is very fast, but it just doesn't display A LOT of web pages correctly. Defeats the purpose of being quick if I have to load another browser just to see a few pages.
 
KlokWyze said:
Yup. Firefox is just plain bloated now or really has been for years. Chrome is where it's at IMO, but it really is a subjective thing.

Opera is very fast, but it just doesn't display A LOT of web pages correctly. Defeats the purpose of being quick if I have to load another browser just to see a few pages.
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Firefox is not bloated.

It is the crap people put on it that makes it all bloated and slow. Chrome is not better from what I seen on a friends pc.
 
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