# Browser wars: What browser do you use? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724 "2005-09-27T19:04:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/1 "2005-09-27T19:04:12Z")
90% of the visitors to my website use Firefox. This surprised the hell out of me. Clearly the adware/spyware/malwae problem is getting people to sit up and take notice. So, a simple question (and please, try not to derail the thread with insults/attacks on people’s choices!): Which browser do you use? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/2 "2005-09-27T19:12:36Z")
Firefox (I’m sorry you caught me looking at your website). ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/3 "2005-09-27T19:13:26Z")
Firefox here. The breakdown of visiting browsers varies a lot, depending on the website. I’m guessing yours is the kind which will have mainly techie-savvy people using it. Mine, which certainly isn’t aimed at that kind of user, still has 90% of visits from people using IE6. And this month, there’s been a whopping total of Linux-based visitors - two. One of which was me. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/4 "2005-09-27T19:15:50Z")
Netscape 7.2. I’ve used it since at least version 4. Maybe even 3. It’s come a long way! ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/5 "2005-09-27T19:16:15Z")
Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/6 "2005-09-27T19:17:45Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > 90% of the visitors to my website use Firefox. This surprised the hell out of me. Clearly the adware/spyware/malwae problem is getting people to sit up and take notice. That is far more Firefox users than the average. What is the subject of your site? FYI, I also use Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/7 "2005-09-27T19:24:02Z")
Firefox at home. At work we have to use IE 6, with Windows NT. Tried using Firefox but some proxy or firewall issue kept it from working. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/8 "2005-09-27T19:28:58Z")
Firefox all the way, baby. I can’t beleive that anyone who _knows_ about the browsing alternatives out there (including Firefox, Opera, and I guess Netscape, if we are to believe **fishbicycle** (personally, I’m inclined not to 😛 )) can still use IE. Everyoen I have talked to who tried Firefox has liked it, if not at first, then eventually. And the only reason for initial hatred was just unfamiliarity, and not using it to its potential (like getting even more ad and pop up blocking protection, full usage of tabs, etc…) So to the IE users out there…why? What, in your expereince, makes IE better than Firefox? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/9 "2005-09-27T19:31:50Z")
That’s the thing - the subject matter is not at all “tech savvy”, it’s about Idols. I mean, how much more mainstream do you get? That’s why I was completely shocked at the inordinately high number of Firefox users. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/10 "2005-09-27T19:44:14Z")
FireFox. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/11 "2005-09-27T19:50:30Z")
Safari at home, Firefox at work. IE should die a sudden and violent death to spare us all from its plethora of security bugs and standards-mangling rendering engine. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Foaming\_Cleanser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Foaming\_Cleanser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foaming_Cleanser)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/12 "2005-09-27T19:51:55Z")
Firefox 1.5 Beta 1, with a few of the extensions that have been updted to run in it. Solid as a rock. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/13 "2005-09-27T19:52:15Z")
Firefox, work and home both. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/14 "2005-09-27T19:53:03Z")
Firefox. At home and at school (On Campus). ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/15 "2005-09-27T19:55:16Z")
> [@Foaming Cleanser](#): > > Firefox 1.5 Beta 1, with a few of the extensions that have been updted to run in it. Solid as a rock. I tried it for a while, but I need my Google toolbar, which isn’t updated yet (last I checked). As soon as that’s there, I’ll go back to it. I love how you can drag and drop folders! ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/16 "2005-09-27T19:56:05Z")
Firefox. I also do side work removing spyware from computers. Everytime I clean a computer, I install Firefox and urge them to use it as well. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/17 "2005-09-27T19:56:07Z")
Firefox at home (yay!). IE at work (boo!). (I’d complain, but a friend in another department reports that they just upgraded to Windows 95, so I’m not confident in the tech-savvy-ness of this place …) ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/18 "2005-09-27T20:00:16Z")
Portable Firefox at work, run from a USB drive, since FF was “disappeared” a few times overnight from my work computer. (Are you listening, **Barrytown**?) Safari at home. Firefox just doesn’t quite feel right. Though if I ever get around to playing with extensions (whcih are available for Safari, too), I may just discover some features I never knew I needed. But until then (and until I get DSL/cable), Safari works best for me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/19 "2005-09-27T20:02:40Z")
Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724/20 "2005-09-27T20:07:11Z")
Safari for general use, Firefox (with Adblock) for the SDMB [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-wars-what-browser-do-you-use/323724.md?page=2)