# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/21 "2009-10-06T02:31:45Z")
Firefox 3.5. I tried Chrome recently and realized how accustomed I’d become to not seeing ads on Web pages. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/22 "2009-10-06T02:36:23Z")
> [@gurujulp](#): > > Chrome when I can. > > No linux Chrome right now, and I haven’t done a backup so I can reinstall dual boot windows. the beta is available for debian-based systems: [http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel#TOC-Linux](http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel#TOC-Linux) ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/23 "2009-10-06T02:37:46Z")
Firefox. Hooray! We’re in the majority. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/24 "2009-10-06T02:41:06Z")
I’m a Firefox newb. I’ve resisted it for years and finally took the plunge. I love it love it love it! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/25 "2009-10-06T03:45:19Z")
Demeter user here. Demeter is a Shiira variant; and before I switched I was using Shiira. Shiira and Demeter are both WebKit browsers (same underpinnings as Safari). Before _that_ I was an iCab user. Before _that_ I was using Netscape Navigator. Hmm, so I’ve never used _any_ of the choices on your poll as my main browser! (Used them at ALL, certainly. I have an immense flock of them installed and available to me). ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/26 "2009-10-06T03:51:46Z")
IE 7. I have to use IE for work, and IE 8 is a massive piece of junk. I love Firefox as well, but I use IE more. ---
**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 6, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/27 "2009-10-06T03:56:06Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > Firefox 3.5. > > I tried Chrome recently and realized how accustomed I’d become to not seeing ads on Web pages. I take it Chrome doesn’t have AdBlock? Well so much for entertaining that idea. Why are there no such add-ons for Chrome? EDIT: Also, what the hell are you guys doing with Firefox that causes crashing to be so frequent that you actually cite it as a problem after moving to a new browser? Firefox never just up and freezes on me during most anything and I’m running a very modest computer. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/28 "2009-10-06T04:45:27Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > I take it Chrome doesn’t have AdBlock? Well so much for entertaining that idea. > > Why are there no such add-ons for Chrome? Well, Chrome is a free program provided by Google. All of Google’s services are free, because Google makes immense amounts of money from its targeted ads. Google has no reason to allow adblocking on its own software. ---
**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 6, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/29 "2009-10-06T04:55:02Z")
> [@Silophant](#): > > Well, Chrome is a free program provided by Google. All of Google’s services are free, because Google makes immense amounts of money from its targeted ads. Google has no reason to allow adblocking on its own software. So? ABP is a third-party product when it comes to being an add-on for Firefox, so why is it not available on Chrome? Or something like it? ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/30 "2009-10-06T04:57:52Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > EDIT: Also, what the hell are you guys doing with Firefox that causes crashing to be so frequent that you actually cite it as a problem after moving to a new browser? Opening twenty-some tabs at once, perhaps. I’m another person who downloaded Chrome on a whim and then stayed with it after seeing how much faster it was. Now it’s almost painful to feel the lag when I try to start Firefox for some reason. I also really like being able to kill one tab as a separate process without disturbing the other eleventy billion things I have to have open at the same time. So Chrome’s my new love. If I ever find out a way to change the [del]middle-click tab behavior[/del] right-click Google search behavior (so that the new tab opens in the background) or how to get shortcuts like Ctrl+I to work in the Dope’s posting box, I might marry it. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/31 "2009-10-06T05:03:29Z")
IE8 and Chrome sometimes ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/32 "2009-10-06T05:07:44Z")
I use Safari as a secondary to Firefox, on sites that choke when my NoScript and AdBlock add-ons get their hands on them. Fortunately that’s not many. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/33 "2009-10-06T05:14:26Z")
I use FireFox. There’re a number of plugins that are extremely convenient. ---
**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 6, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/34 "2009-10-06T05:17:06Z")
> [@wunderkammer](#): > > Opening twenty-some tabs at once, perhaps. \ Damn man, even _I_ don’t need that much porn at once! \ > [@](#): > > I’m another person who downloaded Chrome on a whim and then stayed with it after seeing how much faster it was. Now it’s almost painful to feel the lag when I try to start Firefox for some reason. I also really like being able to kill one tab as a separate process without disturbing the other eleventy billion things I have to have open at the same time. > > So Chrome’s my new love. If I ever find out a way to change the [del]middle-click tab behavior[/del] right-click Google search behavior (so that the new tab opens in the background) or how to get shortcuts like Ctrl+I to work in the Dope’s posting box, I might marry it. I’m glad you guys have found a browser that you like so much. Firefox and I have a pretty good thing going on right now and I’m not particularly ready to move on to a whole new browser right now. I’ll keep my eyes on Chrome, but until she has an AdBlock-like add-on, I’ll stick with my tried and true baby. ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/35 "2009-10-06T06:04:24Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > \ > > Damn man, even _I_ don’t need that much porn at once! > > \ I feel compelled to clear up a minor misunderstanding here: I’m not a man, but a member of the multitasking sex. Should’ve been obvious 😛 ---
**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 6, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/36 "2009-10-06T06:10:49Z")
> [@wunderkammer](#): > > I feel compelled to clear up a minor misunderstanding here: I’m not a man, but a member of the multitasking sex. Should’ve been obvious 😛 Haha! Fair enough, but I feel like I should point out that it’s entirely within the realm of possibility that a man would have a ton of different tabs open of pornography. Or so I assume. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/37 "2009-10-06T09:24:08Z")
I mostly use Opera, but I use Chrome for gmail and google reader, IE8 for things that have to be IE (mostly [microsoft.com](http://microsoft.com) sites) and occasionally Firefox for the hell of it. I would use Chrome a lot more if it had mouse gestures. ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/38 "2009-10-06T09:30:33Z")
I checked Firefox, but also use Safari as my partner prefers that and it’s the default browser on my iMac. If I click a link in email, it starts Safari. I’ve got to say there’s not enough difference to worry me. ---
**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 6, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/39 "2009-10-06T15:28:11Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Dang it, now that Chrome was added, I can’t go back and change my vote from “other.” Oh, well. I was tempted to ask a Mod to move certain votes from ‘other’ that I knew were meant for chrome. But I was still surprised that my first request was granted so I would have felt like I was pushing it if I asked for any further favours. ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/40 "2009-10-06T18:35:38Z")
> [@Juliana](#): > > IE 7. I have to use IE for work, and IE 8 is a massive piece of junk. I love Firefox as well, but I use IE more. Same here. I got IE 8 and everything was all wacked, so I took it off, and am back to IE 7, and am starting to use Firefox too. Firefox does seem a little faster for some applications. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703.md?page=3)