# Which web browser do you prefer to use. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703 "2009-10-05T18:04:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/1 "2009-10-05T18:04:40Z")
For the sake of simplicity I am only going to list the ‘main’ browsers with an ‘other’ option. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/2 "2009-10-05T19:06:05Z")
No Chrome? It has more market share than either Opera or Camino. It’s also what I use. It has some issues that are annoying but it runs much faster than Firefox, at least in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/3 "2009-10-05T19:06:17Z")
Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/4 "2009-10-05T19:07:53Z")
Can you guys sell me on Chrome? I have wanted to try it out, but am too damn lazy to download a whole new browser, especially when Firefox is working fine. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/5 "2009-10-05T19:08:11Z")
Chrome when I can. No linux Chrome right now, and I haven’t done a backup so I can reinstall dual boot windows. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/6 "2009-10-05T19:17:14Z")
Damnit. I forgot about chrome. Can a mod please add (if possible) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/7 "2009-10-05T19:17:24Z")
My favorite is Opera; it’s where Firefox steals all its ideas from. The only real drawback is that web pages don’t design for it. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/8 "2009-10-05T19:24:37Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > My favorite is Opera; it’s where Firefox steals all its ideas from. The only real drawback is that web pages don’t design for it. I’m currently learning CSS. designing for all browsers at once is a nightmare. Worst offenders are IE6 and IE7. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/9 "2009-10-05T19:26:19Z")
I started using Firefox a few years ago and haven’t looked back. Still satisfied with it but will probably give Chrome and IE8 a go some time. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/10 "2009-10-05T19:32:09Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Can you guys sell me on Chrome? I have wanted to try it out, but am too damn lazy to download a whole new browser, especially when Firefox is working fine. It’s faster for me. Chrome starts up much quicker than Firefox and loads pages faster as well. It freezes less and doesn’t hog as much memory. I also don’t have to see “Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system.” messages 10 seconds after I closed the last Firefox window. That drove me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/11 "2009-10-05T19:54:02Z")
Using Chrome, which is faster and less of a hog than Firefox. With Firefox, I get many of the problems mentioned by **omgzebras** , so I gave up on it. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/12 "2009-10-05T20:23:33Z")
I regularly use Firefox and Opera, but I use Firefox more so I picked it. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/13 "2009-10-05T20:29:24Z")
Usually it’s either Opera or Konqueror - most often Konqueror so I picked “Other”. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/14 "2009-10-05T21:00:25Z")
Chrome. Much faster and more convenient than the others. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/15 "2009-10-05T21:50:03Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Damnit. I forgot about chrome. Can a mod please add (if possible) \ Added. \ ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/16 "2009-10-05T22:19:12Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > \ > > Added. > > \ Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/17 "2009-10-05T23:05:05Z")
Dang it, now that Chrome was added, I can’t go back and change my vote from “other.” Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![badlyburnttoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@badlyburnttoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badlyburnttoast)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/18 "2009-10-05T23:47:35Z")
Chrome, I installed it on a whim when it was first released (I like shiny new things!) and just sort of stuck with it. It really is faster, especially starting up. I also don’t think I’ve ever had it crash, which is more then I can say for firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/19 "2009-10-06T01:43:31Z")
Firefox usually, but if it isn’t open and I just need to look up something quick I’ll use Chrome instead. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/20 "2009-10-06T01:52:09Z")
Once you try [K-Meleon](http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/) everything else pales in comparison. Like Firefox it is based on the same engine as other Mozilla based browsers [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703.md?page=2)