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What Internet Browser Do You Use
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This poll should have the option for multiple choices. Many of us use multiple browsers daily for varying workflows or uses. Personally I use a combination of Safari, Firefox, and Edge. Safari is being phased out slowly though, so I mostly use Firefox, hence I voted for it.
Safari improved a lot and with Big Sur on the M1, it is simply excellent: speed, specs and all.
If a web site does not work correctly with Safari, I simply don't go to it 
That's only been a problem when a government web site I needed to use did not work, and then Firefox becomes my second choice.
That's only been a problem when a government web site I needed to use did not work, and then Firefox becomes my second choice.Safari for everything personal, Chrome for a lot of work stuff because for some reason a lot of sites seem to have quirks for Safari (BIM360, Salesforce/Financialforce, etc.)
Ordinarily, no. But there are some websites that get up to all kinds of tricks when you scroll, or have ads turned off. An example would be articles that are linked from the home page of this website. It can really judder and shudder in desktop Safari (can't say for other browsers). Scrolls smoothly on an iPad.
I concur, it also scrolls smoothly on my iPad.
A number of people have complained about Safari stuttering on Macs.
I love Edge; more extension - better favorites bar etc. but unfortunately it gets hot quick (especially on videos) on my MacBook Air i3 and battery loses 4x more than safari.So osx forces me to use safari.
Safari on Mac and iPad and iPhone
Chrome on Mac and iPad and iPhone
Ghostery on iPad and iPhone
Tor on Mac
Chrome on Mac and iPad and iPhone
Ghostery on iPad and iPhone
Tor on Mac
Safari most of the time, but also Microsoft Edge as it lets me log in multiple Microsoft 365 profiles and switch between them easily. I also use Chrome for debugging angular apps
I use different browsers on a whim -- I appreciate the differences in how their user-interfaces frame the internet for my eyes. For a long time I did rely on Chrome; the UI became second nature to me, and its speed and general utility was important. Then I learned there were other Chromium-based browsers, and for awhile I used Vivaldi -- I enjoyed its bookmarks-on-the-side and its note-taking feature allowing one to make notes anchored to a specific webpage. For the past year I've been using Microsoft Edge (Chromium based). Edge has some nice features such as its "Collections" and it seems as fast, generally, as Chrome or other browsers. But I'm also an old Microsoft person (I started using both Apple and Microsoft technologies at the same time as they emerged), and I sometimes enjoy using Microsoft software on Apple systems.
Take care, all.
Take care, all.
On desktop systems, Google Chrome. I use a lot of different systems and having Chrome unify things has been very helpful.
When I'm performing tasks that don't need to be cross-platform, I'll use Safari on Mac OS devices and Edge on Windows systems.
On Android and iOS, Brave.
When I'm performing tasks that don't need to be cross-platform, I'll use Safari on Mac OS devices and Edge on Windows systems.
On Android and iOS, Brave.
Guys...this is saddening. If you use Chrome just use Brave its the same thing without the Google "privacy respecting" algorithms/code.
Safari for personal stuff, Firefox for work.
I had switched entirely to Firefox for a while due to Safari's autoplay blocking feature not actually doing anything while Firefox's usually did, but have since purchased a maintained plugin so I hopefully have to put up with autoplay ever again. Prefer Safari for the keychain integration and iCloud sync.
Autoplay, in all forms, needs to die.
I had switched entirely to Firefox for a while due to Safari's autoplay blocking feature not actually doing anything while Firefox's usually did, but have since purchased a maintained plugin so I hopefully have to put up with autoplay ever again. Prefer Safari for the keychain integration and iCloud sync.
Autoplay, in all forms, needs to die.
NB, it can be useful to have the Develop menu available in Safari. When you encounter a "difficult" site like the one I mentioned, click Develop | Start Timeline Recording. Open a problem page, and you might be amazed to see the amount of javascript spewing out from the website when you do a scroll. This is a website issue. The javascript on some unwholesome websites can clobber the CPU, as will be indicated in the realtime chart. That behaviour can certainly cause a page to stutter.
Yes I use Brave 100% of the time. OP why isn't Brave on your list? I also have the DuckDuckGo tracking extension for Brave.
I use Safari. And, if for some reason it isn't loading a website correctly, I use Firefox as backup.
Used to use opera because it was fast and light and then switched to brave, which was good until firefox quantam came out, now I use firefox beta. Way less RAM usage, which is my main concern. I am also fond of Librefox.