Which Web Browser Do you Prefer?

[mechBgon]

IE9. Centrally and locally manageable/enforcable, auditable, updatable, takes advantage of Windows Integrity Control via Protected Mode, and has a 64-bit variant that opens the door for vastly more ASLR (finally viable for daily use now that there's 64-bit Flash Player).

Lastly, the introduction of 64-bit support in Flash Player 11 brings with it some security side-benefits: If you are using a 64-bit browser that supports address space layout randomization (ASLR) in conjunction with the 64-bit version of Flash Player, you will be protected by 64-bit ASLR. Traditional 32-bit ASLR only has a small number of bits available in the memory address for randomizing locations. Memory addresses based on 64-bit registers have a wider range of free bits for randomization, increasing the effectiveness of ASLR.

Nothing's perfect but it appears to be quite competitive Yeah yeah... lies, damn lies, and statistics

 

[stevech]

Firefox.

 

[jman123]

I was a firefox fan for the longest time, but i switched to chrome after I got my LCD monitor because it displayed site layouts better and the text was less jagged.

 

[XLNC]

I tried and liked Chrome, but went back to FF since Chrome doesn't allow caching in memory. Once I enabled it in FF, I saw a noticeable speed boost when revisiting earlier pages.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Opera.

 

[ForumMaster]

opera. been using it since version 7.

 

[jrocks84]

I sometimes use Opera, other times Chrome.

 

[Scouzer]

I was diehard for Chrome but since about Version 13 the huge stuttering issues have reared up again. I've switched back to FF 7. I wish these guys could make a consistently good browser!

 

[zCypher]

I like the way Chrome looks, and I like how nice Opera is but I've never been able to get either browser to work the way I need it to across all the websites I visit. Firefox has the best overall experience by a large margin. Chrome, Opera, IE9 and other browsers I've tried haven't been able to come anywhere near replicating the same experience as Firefox.

That's not to say that FF is not without its weakpoints, but it still wins. Every once in a while I run into a page that FF cannot render properly at all. When that happens I click the IE Tab icon and it works. Much better than switching browsers altogether.

Show me another browser that can implement the Adblock, noscript, ghostery, grab n drag, ie tab, video download helper, etc etc etc that you can have in Firefox. Back when my computer was a POS athlon xp 1800+ with like 1.5GB ram and a mechanical HD, the weight and sometimes memory leaks of Firefox was an annoyance. With any system with 4GB ram and SSD -- no longer a concern, and the benefits of using a different browser for speed are pretty much a moot point for me.

PS: because I like the way Chrome looks, I use the FXChrome theme in FF. Pretty nice IMO.

 

[homercles337]

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

PS, Firefox.

Trollin, trollin, trollin, keep those trolls a trollin trollhide! Clueless is jackass.

 

[Red Storm]

Chrome. Makes for a good combo with my Android phone, and that's only going to get better when ICS gets released.

 

[Doppel]

Chrome. Is minimal and very fast. Its tabs are the quickest I've ever seen and I will never again tolerate slow tabbing.

 

[dac7nco]

Opera. I like tabs that open in the order I choose.

 

[Blain]

lulz I screwed up. Ah well, you know what I mean.

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