What Web Browser Do You Use? Why?

[mister ed 10]

What web browser are you using and why?

 

I use Firefox, for its ease of use (tabbed browsing etc.) but mainly for the add-ons that make it even better. No script (protection from some nasties), bandwidth meter, compact menu (more screen space), copy plain text, foxmarks, unplug, and more.

 

However - its a memory hog. I have tried some tweaks to fix this and they don't seem to be working, and sometimes it jams up my CPU ...

 

So - what web browser do you use?

Firefox, IE, or some other?

What do you like about it?

Edited February 3, 2008 by mister ed

[Lugopt 10]

Hi.

 

I'm using Windows Vista Ultimate with Internet Explorer 7. IE7 on Vista comes with Protected Mode which is very cool to avoid some nasty malware/spyware.

 

I used Firefox in the past but I've not seen a good reason to keep using it (other than anti-Microsoft fundamentalism...).

 

Thanks,

[Sparrow 10]

Same as you mister ed for the same reasons.

I shut down the browser as often as I can because of the memory usage.

[mezameo 10]

I'm a huge fan of opera. It's easily the fastest browser you can use and it can handle 99% of the on-line bells and whistles you may or may not want to use. It even has a built-in e-mail and news reader (rss) so you dont even have to leave the software to get all your mailings done.

 

I wish they were a public company, I would be a buyer.

[Soultrader 12]

I second Opera. Very easy to use and faster than Firefox in my opinion. The speed dial is alot faster than the Firefox add-on version.

 

You can download torrents directly with Opera also, email system, and the easy Copy, Paste, and Enter function.

 

Instead of copying a link, pasting it and clicking enter... Opera can do this with one mouse click. very convenient.

[james_gsx 16]

I just downloaded opera. It's pretty cool, I like the speed dial aspect. But I'm not 100% sold on it yet, I'll have to play around with it some more.

[mister ed 10]

Thanks for the responses - I have downloaded Opera and am having a play with it. Some fixes I have applied to FF are having an effect, which is good, as I am used to it and its add-ons, and of course there is inertia too...

 

There are heaps of browsers out there.

[eur 10]

I have been using Opera for 2 years now and I just loves it.

I had used IE and Maxthon for many years and once I started using Opera, no turning back to others. Opera is my default browser now. Love the SpeedDial, the clean cut interface, unique mouse gesture (right/left click) for changing pages quickly, Opera downloader and also for its browsing speed.