What Internet Browser Do You Use

[Erehy Dobon]

I use a variety of browsers. On my Mac and iDevices I use Safari for trusted sites.

On both my Mac and Windows PCs I primarily use a special version of Chromium (the Marmaduke build: ungoogled, no-sync, all-codecs+, widevine) in Incognito Mode with Adguard and a few other privacy extensions. Chromium will blow away history and cookies when I exit the program.

For some sites I'll use Vivaldi with its built-in privacy guard.

I also have Firefox for the rare site that the other three browsers can't handle. I mostly use it for the VideoDownloadHelper extension though.

 

[AphoticD]

In my place of employment;
• Google Chrome Dev (for full-stack dev, analytics, tag manager, etc - no ad blocking)
• Safari (for debugging and fixing layout rendering quirks in WebKit browsers and iOS Simulator debugging)

At home, general use;
• Firefox Developer Edition (no sync, always private browsing, block all ads, tracking, no collection of data, etc)

At home, web dev;
• Iridium (Chromium based, with good privacy control + access to Chrome Developer Tools - installed Adblock extension)

I am writing this now using Firefox Dev Ed (on Catalina), but I am not impressed with Mozilla's latest re; calling for greater censorship of "misleading information" for a "safer web" and promoting "we need more than deplatforming" against free speech. If I start to spot Firefox manipulating information for an approved narrative then it will promptly go to the trash.

 

[Toutou]

I use Safari for browsing and Firefox for development and sites that don't work in Safari. Not installing Chrome on my own machine under any circumstances is a hill I am willing to die on.

 

[Partron22]

I'm surprised at the popularity of Safari. Every time I use it, it annoys me somehow.
I run Firefox. Maybe it's just that I've been using Firefox since at least 2005.

 

[jive turkey]

I'm surprised at the popularity of Safari. Every time I use it, it annoys me somehow.

That is my experience as well. I keep trying to like Safari (for a variety of reasons) but every time I give it a shot, I am quickly driven away. Websites I frequent won't load properly, stop autoplay doesn't work, at times it seems to be very, very slow (at other times it flies so I don't know what the deal is), etc.

I like Firefox best on desktop but I use Edge because I find the Firefox iOS app to be horrible and the sync erratic. Edge is good on the desktop as well so using it is worth it to me to have everything in sync.

 

[OldCorpse]

Yes, the paucity of choices in this poll is disappointing. For example, I use TOR regularly, and it’s not in the poll. Also, I think a substantial number of users - me being one example - use different browsers depending on the platform.

So, I’ll use Safari 70% of the time on iOS/iPadOS, and TOR for 29% (and maybe 1% or less Chrome). On MacOS, I use Chrome, TOR, and Firefox, rarely kicking into Safari. Of course, DuckDuckGo is the search engine, but one of these days I really should look into Brave (I’m lazy).

On Windows it’s 80% Firefox, 15% TOR and about 5% Chrome - have not used Edge for some reason, no real reason as to why.

 

[brightjc@me.com]

I have always exclusively used Safari but I've recently started using Stadia for gaming which requires Chrome. So I now use Chrome (just for gaming on Stadia) and Safari for everything else (I'm not concerned with battery life as I use Stadia on my iMac)

 

[Pilot Jones]

I love the how seamless & generally polished Safari is, but Firefox just has too many incredibly useful extensions that make my daily internet browsing a lot more efficient.

Could say the same thing about Google Chrome, but I'm a tab hoarder & it just weighs too damn heavy on my slightly older MacBook, so I never use it.

On my iPhone I use Safari though.

 

[Matz]

Safari Technology Preview, on my Mac. It seems to work just fine.

 

[svenmany]

Firefox first and Safari second.

On Firefox I always clear my cookies and cache on every exit. So, for websites where I want a different behavior (e.g. banking sites), I use Safari exclusively.

I use Chrome only for development. I avoid browsing public websites with it.

 

[AZhappyjack]

Go to browser is Safari. I also use Chrome regularly. I have Firefox, Opera and Tor installed for fall-back and/or specific uses.

 

[Miat]

I am a little surprised that so few use a combination of browsers.

 

[Kuwait]

safari good but if you want open site very very very fast use Safari Technology Preview crazy and fast speed open any site

 

[Madhatter32]

Firefox is my go to browser. It has been for many years. I sometimes use Safari as well. For my primary device (not the newest machine out there but still fully supported and still running Mojave), Firefox is the best solution. Less glitchy and faster than Safari on many sites without question.

 

[sracer]

Guys...this is saddening. If you use Chrome just use Brave its the same thing without the Google "privacy respecting" algorithms/code.

Not quite. I use both Brave and Chrome, but Brave does not offer syncing across devices. Syncing is extremely helpful for those of us who use more than one device to do internet things.

 

[benshive]

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.

One website that's super annoying on Safari is Reddit. The back button doesn't work for whatever reason so I can't go into a post and then back out to where I was on my feed.

 

[AnonMac50]

On my Macs I actually have a bunch of browsers that I use for different purposes (one example is to login to sites I use one specific browser so it doesn't track me). I also like to use different browsers for different genres of sites that I visit (eg dev tools and Github and stuff I might use one, then Youtube and Netflix I might use another, etc). I have Safari (my main), Safari Webkit Nightly, Firefox, Firefox Developer Edition, Firefox Nightly, Edge (my second main), Edge Beta, Edge Developer, Edge Canary, Brave, Opera. I might be forgetting some too.

On my iOS devices I generally use Firefox and Safari (I mainly use Firefox because it has no tab limit). On my Android devices I use both Firefox and Samsung Browser (again, Firefox for the same reason).

On my Surface Go I use the old Edge (it runs much better on it than the new one) and sometimes Firefox.

On other Windows systems (usually being Boot Camp) I use old Edge, new Edge, Firefox.

On Linux I mostly use Firefox.

Only on my Android Simulator do I actually have Chrome, but I generally do not use the Android Sim to browse the web (or the iOS Sim for that matter).

On my PPC Macs I use TenFourFox and LeopardWebkit (the latter only on Macs with Leopard).

 

[jtrenthacker]

I've started using Brave on my Mac and PC. Very snappy on both. I have haven't made the switch on IOS devices yet. Those still use Safari.

 

[grahamwright1]

One website that's super annoying on Safari is Reddit. The back button doesn't work for whatever reason so I can't go into a post and then back out to where I was on my feed.

Strange - it works for me under Safari with the back button on my MX3 mouse. What mouse are you using, or is it just clicking the browser back button?

 

[MacBH928]

Not quite. I use both Brave and Chrome, but Brave does not offer syncing across devices. Syncing is extremely helpful for those of us who use more than one device to do internet things.

what you mean syncing across devices? I think there is an option to login and have your data across? Thats how their BAT/Ad program works

 

[skaertus]

When I am using a Mac, I go with Safari. When I am using Windows, I go with Edge. I think these are the best web browsers for the platforms. Sometimes, depending on the website I am visiting, I use Chrome.

 

[PDJ-SF]

Brave is my primary browser (US company, Chrome-based, privacy focused, recommended) and Safari is my secondary. Will watch performance and privacy attributes of Safari to see if it becomes my #1.

 

[MacBH928]

Brave is my primary browser (US company, Chrome-based, privacy focused, recommended) and Safari is my secondary. Will watch performance and privacy attributes of Safari to see if it becomes my #1.

Safari will never beat FF and Brave in privacy because its not open source. The best you can do is trust Apple just like you trust your bank with your money.

 

[adonis3k]

Safari will never beat FF and Brave in privacy because its not open source. The best you can do is trust Apple just like you trust your bank with your money.

Yeah, no thanks Lol

Brave FTW!

 

[ignatius345]

I use Safari except for the occasional thing it doesn't work for. Then I go for Firefox.

I bounce between a couple Macs and my iPhone, and using Safari everywhere is nice for a unified history and also iCloud Tabs.

My wife falls into using Chrome on her little retina MacBook sometimes and it slows it down horribly and then I have to remind her to not use it.