# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/41 "2009-10-07T07:52:09Z")
Firefox 3: I would probably use something else if somebody else would use Live Bookmarks. Firefox is a slow starter. ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/42 "2009-10-07T08:17:21Z")
On the mac: Safari most of the time. Firefox for Hotmail and one other page I regularly use that won’t display properly in Safari. On the Windows PC: Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/43 "2009-10-07T12:18:34Z")
Firefox 3 seems to be the best browser that’s available on the platforms I run. It’s still fare from perfect, though. I’d prefer something simpler, faster, with better customization/scripting support (javascript is a logical choice for writing extensions, but really don’t like the FF/Mozilla API). Maybe I should take another look at [uzbl](http://www.uzbl.org/). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/44 "2009-10-07T12:33:26Z")
_Firefox (version 3 and above)_ ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Brainiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/45 "2009-10-07T12:45:01Z")
I love[iRider](http://irider.com/irider/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/46 "2009-10-07T17:13:40Z")
Not surprising, but worthy of comment anyway: we tend to be rather savvy when it comes to the Internet, but you just know, if the general public was being polled, that IE would garner a much much higher percentage than there mere 5% of love it gets here. ---
**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 7, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703/47 "2009-10-07T17:21:37Z")
A fairly active website I administer has the following year-to-date stats: MS Internet Explorer 64.1 % Firefox 23.4 % Mozilla 3.3 % Safari 2.5 % Opera 1.9 % Google Chrome 0.9 % Unknown 0.8 % Netscape 0.8 % Not too long ago IE had 85% or more, but they’re still a clear majority. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-web-browser-do-you-prefer-to-use/512703.md?page=2)