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Title: Browser of choice?
Post by: Daikun on December 24, 2012, 01:56:47 PM
There's a great deal of browsers at your disposal to surf the Internet. Which do you prefer? Also, what addons do you use (if any) to customize it?

For me, it's good ol' Firefox.

Addons: Adblock Plus, DownloadHelper, Greasemonkey, IE Tab, NoSquint, Status-4-Evar
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: Avaitor on December 24, 2012, 02:53:48 PM
I'm probably the only person on earth who thinks Firefox is just as good as Google Chrome. I can use either one just fine with no problems.

It's IE and Safari that I can't stand.
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on December 24, 2012, 04:19:37 PM
I usually use Google Chrome, but before that my main browser was Firefox.

I do however opt to use Firefox whenever I have to go online for school-related things, and have multiple tabs open. Google Chrome is a bit annoying in that if I accidentally click on the close button in the corner of the screen (which can occasionally happen due to my finicky mouse), it'll automatically close everything and I can't even refresh it. In Firefox I at least have a fail-save "Are you sure?" box come up to stop me from closing out of all of the work that I'm doing.

Also, Firefox has an add-on to stream Windows Media Player videos at double-speed, which I find really useful for lecture capture when I need to re-watch class lectures but don't want to have to sit through all of the slow-ass material at a regular speed. As far as I know, Google Chrome has no such feature.

For any casual browsing on the web, though, and for forums and such like this one, I usually use Google Chrome because for whatever reason it works faster on my computer. Firefox has a weird tendency to freeze up every now and then on my computer for no particular reason that I can figure out.
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: Avaitor on December 24, 2012, 04:38:29 PM
Oh yeah, one advantage with Firefox is that I can do school-related stuff on there more easily. There are certain functions I can't access on my campus's website while on Chrome, and even more I can't with Safari, so when I need to check my grades or reports, I have to open up Firefox again.
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: Rynnec on December 24, 2012, 06:06:03 PM
Chrome for me. Though I use IE to go on here and gmail.
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Post by: Nel_Annette on December 24, 2012, 07:48:54 PM
Chrome. I used to use Firefox, but one of their updates pissed me off for some reason or another. Can't remember what it was though.
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: Daxdiv on December 24, 2012, 08:04:59 PM
I switch between FireFox and Chrome for the most part. I only use Internet Explorer when opening GIFs on my computer since I can't view them on Window's Photo Viewer.
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: Goldstar on December 24, 2012, 08:13:26 PM
For me it's both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

I prefer to use Chrome when I post on the Big Cartoon Database because my posts show up as all Java Script when I need to edit them on Firefox. However, lately I've had to start switching to Firefox when I visit Toon Zone because the pages started to crash while loading on Chrome for some unknown reason. When it comes to Gmail, videos and general web browsing, they're both about the same, so my choice is based solely on preference.

I never use IE unless I have to, and thankfully, I haven't had to use it in quite a while. I still have IE View installed on Firefox, but I haven't needed to use it for anything since I downloaded Chrome.
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: Spark Of Spirit on December 24, 2012, 09:36:31 PM
Firefox. It's simple and fast enough for me.
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: Rosalinas Spare Wand on December 26, 2012, 02:02:04 AM
Chrome because it works better with my addons. I use Firefox for school stuff too since I can't open certain items properly on Chrome.
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Post by: Commode on December 26, 2012, 07:28:33 AM
Use Firefox on my personal computers, Internet Explorer in the ship(it's all they have), and mobile Safari on my phone.
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: Silverstar on December 26, 2012, 12:52:16 PM
Firefox on my desktop, Chrome on my laptop, though I have the other installed on both.

When I was a novice computer user, I used Internet Explorer because I thought that was the only game in town, but after having my browser hijacked twice, I remembered Leo Laporte and Kevin Rose from Tech TV's The Screen Savers kept recommending Mozilla Firefox, so I switched to that, and I used Firefox exclusively until a friend recommended Chrome to me. Now I basically toggle between both, as some places I go won't run on Chrome.
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: Jay L. Corbell on December 27, 2012, 08:51:31 PM
Firefox, yo.  With AdBlock Plus, and SaveImages.

I use Chrome for porn, and only for porn, although it can't handle as many tabs as Firefox without crashing.
I hate Chrome, I really do.  Even when I just use it casually, I have nothing but problems, memory leaks and crashes.  That's the way it's been, on four of my computers.  I understand that it works for other people, but I've honestly had nothing but bad experiences with it.

IE very very rarely, but it's a lot better than it used to be, I can tell you that. 
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: Angus on September 12, 2013, 05:20:52 PM
Even though the refreshing bug sucks, I use Safari.
Title: Re: Browser of choice?
Post by: No-Personality on September 12, 2013, 07:04:03 PM
My computer is literally a nightmare, so I use IE. For almost everything. I use Chrome for E-Mail because it remembers my E-Mail and it's quicker. One button press or mouse click quicker.

I don't know what other people use... browsers for, I guess. I download video because computer's a nightmare and everything I watch jerks like crazy. Except for porn. IE or Chrome, any video I watch jerks like crazy. I truly doubt this would change were I to get Firefox or whatever because my computer sucks so much, there are jerks/chops in Solitaire's animation. Not kidding. And when I log on, the spinning circle actually freezes every now and then. So, I download everything I watch on YouTube and Blip. Everything. Watch that on VLC. Unless it's YouTube HD, then I use Media Player Classic. Which is what I use to watch DVD's.
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Post by: LumRanmaYasha on September 12, 2013, 07:12:40 PM
Firefox, but I use Internet Explorer and Safari depending on what computer I'm using sometimes.
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Post by: VLordGTZ on September 12, 2013, 07:28:15 PM
I mostly use Firefox and Google Chrome.
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Post by: Nel_Annette on September 12, 2013, 07:34:43 PM
Used Firefox until some feature I can't remember pissed me off. Been using Chrome since.