# What keeps you using the browser you use?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-using-the-browser-you-use/573109>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 1, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-using-the-browser-you-use/573109 "2011-03-01T21:58:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-using-the-browser-you-use/573109/61 "2011-03-08T06:29:22Z")

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I give equal time to two browsers — Firefox, because of Firebug and Greasemonkey; and Opera, because of 90% of the positive difference between Firefox and IE + super-quick launch speed.

I tried Chrome, but its “speed” comes as a result of prioritizing what it thinks it should be doing over the last command I ordered it to do. I’ll grant that the total time spent completing all requested operations is probably better under Chrome’s “optimization”, but it’s not how I want my browser to behave.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-using-the-browser-you-use/573109/62 "2011-03-08T10:25:56Z")

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Isn’t Firefox 4 due out this week?

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**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-using-the-browser-you-use/573109/63 "2011-03-08T10:39:20Z")

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I used to love Firefox but it’s become bloated and is a memory hog. I reluctantly switched to Chrome when Firefox started locking up for minutes on end over some issue with Flash. Chrome’s ok. I’d rather go back to Firefox, but Firefox circa 2005ish, not today’s Firefox.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-using-the-browser-you-use/573109/64 "2011-03-08T15:16:08Z")

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> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> Isn’t Firefox 4 due out this week?

I’m beta testing it now. It is quite a bit faster, but still has glitches.

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**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-using-the-browser-you-use/573109/65 "2011-03-08T16:51:05Z")

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> [@Nadir](#):
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> Chrome installs in the user space, so no admin privilege required. Nothing stopping you, unless you mean “not-allowed at-all-under-the-honor-system”-type policy.

You can do the same with the [portable version of Firefox](http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable).

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