I quit using IE and firefox because they both kept freezing/crashing, so far opera hasn’t had that problem which made it my main browser. But some websites do not open in opera, so I have to use firefox again.
Try SeaMonkey, the successor to the Mozilla project. Firefox began life as a faster, stripped-down, user-friendly version of Mozilla. Ironically, Firefox is now slow and bloated, whereas SeaMonkey consumes fewer resources. The two browsers remain largely (but not completely) compatible when it comes to plugins and extensions. The most popular ones (AdBlock Plus, for example) tend to be fully compatible, or else provide a separate version for SeaMonkey.
I use SeaMonkey myself, because I used to use Mozilla. When the project was split into Firefox and SeaMonkey, I went with SeaMonkey because it was more versatile and powerful, whereas the Firefox UI stripped out most of the advanced settings (many of which I actually used). IE I will never use, because it’s not free, and because it has a long track record of willful noncompliance with standards (a failing which has already been mentioned by others here).
I use Safari because it’s what I’ve got. I also use Firefox because it’s also what I’ve got. I have them set up to run basically identically. I can’t really discern any appreciable difference between them.
I’ve tried other browsers like Opera and Chrome but didn’t like them because I couldn’t get them to look and function like Safari or Firefox.
You have to “pin” them - that’s all. And it’s a better implementation IMHO, because it keeps the page not you were actually on when you closed the browser, not just the same stored URL.
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.
That’s the first time I’ve ever heard someone say they never had a problem with IE. Guess there really is a first time for everything.
This gives only a perception of time related to the relative speed of the network connections between you and the various hosts your tabs are pointed to combined with the speed of those hosts themselves. Nothing to do with the relative speed of the browser’s code itself. Set them both to open with with a single page on the local machine and run it again.
My browser bar. I like how clean and sleek it is. The menus are super simple while still allowing me all the options I need. So it’s, imo, a powerful browser without any hassle.
cool. what browser do you use?
Fire-fox Add-ons, fun, cuteness factor, tabs, reload and save tabs when closing…etc.
Some of the others might have those, but with Microsoft coming out with a new, ever more crappy version of Office every coupla years, I’ve got enough searching for commands (NOW where did they put it, and what are they calling it now?, or worse, something that was actually GOOD that they did away with such as the old Windows search box) in Office 2010 and Windows 7.
I’m not about to download something new that’s supposed to mainly be for fun, and have to do all that crap. And IE is horrible in all its versions, so I’m REALLY not going to use that one.
I just like Firefox. Great extensions, usability and convenience.
It’s one of the reasons I like the Fox, too: http://i52.tinypic.com/352madx.png
As you can see, I got rid of most of the buttons in favor of the keyboard shortcuts. Found an extension to combine all the menus into one button. Found another extension to call up the bookmarks tab when needed.
There is. After you close the window with multiple tabs, there’s this. If you hover over it, it’ll tell you what the tabs are.
Extensions–particularly zoom support. Chrome sucks for that particular extension, while IE has only plugins, not extensions, and Opera has what are essentially widgets.
Extensions are the ability to modify the program to your liking. It’s my computer, and my web browser, and I should be able to use it how I want.
Several others mentioned apathy, inertia and laziness. That’s me, too.
I’ve started using Firefox because of all the people calling me an idiot for using IE, but notice almost no difference (although Firefox displays some pages IE won’t).
What really irritates me far more than the exact location of an icon is software that behaves like malware. In the last few days, clicking Firefox has immediately led to “Installing Updates” (and a directive to install Adobe updates as well). There was no “Please, pretty please”, no request for permission, just “Now Installing.”
A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and let machines tell us what to do, but I’d hoped that it is yet not this day.
I have Firefox to do just this. Nil-score draw! 
Oops, sorry about that. I’m using Google Chrome.
I was just about to give up Firefox because of this recurrent glitch (ever since I have Windows 7)
“Firefox is already running… to open a new windows you must stop the processus…”
It’s really annoying. Any way to remedy ?
I had always used IE with no gripes (well, not too many). I installed the IE9 beta, and I had too many problems with site compatibility issues. I got fed up and I switched to Chrome a few months ago, and I like it just fine. It* is* faster than IE, the interface is clean and uncluttered, and it’s highly customizable. It imported all my bookmarks too.
I am just not into spending a bunch of time moving from browser to browser. I was fine with IE but tried Firefox mostly because of the number of people here that raved about it. I was underwhelmed (maybe because I am not interested enough to look for add-ons, or write my own doo-dads or whatever you can do) and moved back to IE. When IE 8 came along I started getting hangs. I tried Chrome and the hangs went away and it is quicker than IE. However, I still have to use IE when I come across sites that do not support Chrome.
Maybe one day I will try something else, but at the moment I can’t be bothered. It’s a browser, I can see web sites with it, and that’s really all I need.
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If your job and to some extent your life involves daily internet usage you tend to get a bit pickier than that.
Firefox has particular extensions I’m fond of which don’t (to my imperfect knowledge) have equivalents in Opera or Chrome: Browse Images and DownThemAll.