Which browser are you using?
Mainly Chrome because of the google search engine and I guess I became accustomed to it after using it for years. As a secondary browser, I would probably use Firefox.
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Not sure what you have against extensions but with a few powerful extensions I can make chrome do anything I want/need it to. I also follow this blog to keep with the changes they make- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/
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I don't hate extensions, it's just annoying to have to turn to them because Google doesn't care. Plus, can't use extensions on a phone, and I'd like to sync my browser across devices.
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the phone part I have to agree on. Wish they would allow extensions there
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FIrefox + NoScript == A different web
I use chromium as a secondary browser
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Used SRWare Iron (based on Chromium) but some update did broke it on my PC (can no longer open URLs with the Browser via Mouse Click) So i switchted back to Google Chrome. Would still prefer SRWare Iron cause it is Google Chrome without Google Data Mining.
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Firefox is the best but i have to use Chrome because Firefox don't have addons that i want to have.
Chrome code is too big and flash works poorly.
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Well, it aims to be a successor of the old Opera (until Version 12), which I really liked. I tried the new Opera versions, but these lacked many features. The core is build upon Chrome so most of the extensions (e.g. uBlock, Tampermonkey, ) are working.
As a second browser I'm using Firefox, but I guess they also tend to disimprove it from time to time. :/
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Firefox. I always have at least few hundred tabs open (I don't know the exact number, but just scrolling from start to finish takes like 2 minutes.) , and Chrome can't handle them all. At least when I last checked, it couldn't.
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" I always have at least few hundred tabs open"
What is wrong with you?
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I just have a lot of backlog, stuff to read/write/watch/download/do later and stuff to regularly check. I'm trying to sort it out, but can't find time to do it. And not everything I put to do later can be done now. I'm more comfortable with tabs than bookmarks, so that's the way I operate.
I don't think anything is wrong with me?
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Are you using the now-mothballed workspaces feature?
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You could group tabs into these workspaces and set them aside. Basically click a button, and it would open up a window with all these groups, and you could pick which one to use. Cleaned up the tab bar significantly. I believe there still is a way to re-enable it.
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I use bookmarks, but I prefer keeping most pages as tabs. I just have to regularly backup my profile folder, in case firefox loses session data.
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all that does it leave you vulnerable to a firefox crash or power failure and you lose it all?
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That just sounds like your making an easy task much more complicated then it actually is.
Basically your using Firefox because Chrome can only do the task easy way.
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I'm using firefox, bacause chrome can't handle too many tabs. There is nothing complicated about it, it's just a matter of preference. I find it easier to browse few hundred tabs rather than few hundred bookmarks. I don't remember ever having any major crash, and in case I lose session data, which rarely happens, I always have a backup. Firefox doesn't load all tabs at start, only when I click on them, so it's not as bad as it sounds.
The RAM usage is usually a bit over 1GB, by the way, not even sure if it's good or bad anymore.
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I was looking for that kind of addons few months ago. I probably still have it open somewhere. From 'here' it would be... right.
Anyway, I plan to sort it out eventually. The problem is, "doing" one tab ends in opening another (or 5) so I think dumping it all and starting from scratch might be a better idea. Theoretically, I need it all, but since I don't even remember most of it exists, it shouldn't be much of a loss.
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Firefox.....just because i use it really long, have it synch and all browsers have some issues, so there is no browser, which is so much better to change it.
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Firefox, I've been using it since version 3 point something. They've come a long way and right now it works better than chrome in my opinion.
Opera is also pretty good, currently using it as secondary browser.
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palemoon (a light version of firefox, community made)
edit, can be adjusted way beyond the level of normal add-ons. for the geeks out there....
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Used to use firefox, but ran into a lot of issues that I was tired of fixing. Then I switched to chrome, which I have been configuring ever since. The only downside at the moment is that jigidi puzzles will not load at all.
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Same problem here >_<
I have to use Internet Explorer 11 with the HTML5 experimental module to do Jigidis.
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Aside from Google doing "data mining" I've read articles about a lot of Chrome extensions being unsafe and even some popular ones having malware in them.
I have always been using Firefox as my primary browser and I would recommend it to anyone. I mostly like it because it's very customizable and even though it uses less resources than Chrome it has always run better, faster and smoother for me.
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"I've read articles about a lot of Chrome extensions being unsafe and even some popular ones having malware in them."
I'd bet most of those articles are paid for my other browser companies.
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Highly unlikely, considering the amount of websites that reported on it and the amount of users complaining about it across the internet and on pages of those extensions.
What would happen in most cases is that after an extension X gets popular, a third-party would offer to buy off the ownership of the extension from the developer for a good sum of money. Once they got the ownership of the extension they would add malware through update. Most malwares were the kind that would track what people do and change the ads they get.
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They are paid reviews since every browser is collecting your data and Firefox is no exception. You sound too much like a Firefox fan. Chrome is customizable too and I personally never had performance or speed issues even on laptop. I'm not a chrome fan at all, to be honest I hate every browser (tried at least 20) but this is the closest to my needs.
Ad changers are not really malwares, but if you don't use proper ad blocking then it's your own fault. Besides when you install an extension you can see what kind of permissions are needed. If you find something you don't like then just don't install it. I think it's everyones own responsibility to monitor their own extensions.
My favourite browser was Opera back in 2010 it had everything I needed. Then the useless updates ruined it.
I think this Chrome vs Firefox fight is stupid, both of them sucks, both of them is monitoring you. Your data is never safe as long as you are connected to the internet.
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most of those articles are paid for my other browser companies.
lol,
except it happened several times for me alone, adware not malware, but still shit. Never occurred on FF
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I used to use FF but I don't remember what happened but something did and it made me hate FF and I went to Chrome and never looked back. I use FF sometimes but I still don't like it.
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i'm waiting for opera to have the built-in vpn.
it's live in their early builds (as of 1-2 motnhs ago, haven't really checked in a while)
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They only offer it for the smartphone version now. probably to cut on server costs.
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Oh, wait. I see that there is Turbo on my desktop Opera. Never mind, it is active there as well. Must have put it back in some recent version. Although I haven't really checked it for a while.
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turbo is their VPN?
in that case, i'll check it soon. but it will take aobut a month, cause i'm busy currently and don't want to fool around with another browser
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Turbo funnels your browsing data through their servers, where it is compressed and sent to your PC. So yes, it may considered to be a VPN. But if you really want to mask your IP, just use ZenMate or TunnelBear.
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Tunnelbear looks nice.
but it's only 500Mb and done? not monthly?
i've used Hola till now moved to tunnelbear and will try opera soon ;)
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Same here. Chrome is down the toilet and I can't imagine they'll do anything but let it sink - a memory hog with multiple processes and terrible performance. I'm not really satisfied with Firefox, but I use it for most things these days.
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Google Chrome used to eat all the RAM, but not anymore. Nowadays Google Chrome uses way less RAM now on multiple tabs than Firefox and other browsers.
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Mozilla Firefox.
Nice add-ons and unlike Chrome you can have them on the mobile version too. Also less data mining than Google.
You forgot to put Internet Explorer in the poll. :p
I never heard about Edge Flynx Brave.
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I've been using Ultron Browser for quite some time now.
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pick whichever you prefer, i use both chrome and firefox, and edge in my laptop.
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So, in spite of all that data mining Google loves to do, I'm still using Chrome. Have done so for many years now, mostly due to convenience and the fact that researching alternatives is work.
But these days I've had problems with websites not loading or being displayed properly, and other browsers have cool and useful features that it seems will never come to Chrome, since Google doesn't give a damn what its customers want. Of course there are extensions, but I don't think I should have to look for those just to get the functions that other browsers offer.
Long story short, I'm ready to jump ship. Just don't know where yet.
So I'd like to ask you lively people: which browser are you using, and why?
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