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which browser do you use and why
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Firefox for a long time, but I've switched to Chrome as my primary. Firefox leaks memory like a sieve and isn't nearly as stable as it should be.
I used Safari for a while but it doesn't have near the configurability of Chrome or FF.
I used Safari for a while but it doesn't have near the configurability of Chrome or FF.
I like the simplicity of Safari, but I also like the ad blocker I added to FireFox to avoid ads before YouTube videos. My personal preferences:
1. Safari
2. FireFox
3. Chrome
1. Safari
2. FireFox
3. Chrome
Firefox or Rockmelt. I was invited by a friend to the Rockmelt beta and it's rather nice, although it's really only Chrome with social networking interation.
Mainly, I just use Firefox. When I'm not using it, I miss all my add-ons.
Mainly, I just use Firefox. When I'm not using it, I miss all my add-ons.
I've been constantly using the most recent Webkit build for years but over the past year (since Safari 5) it's been geting worse and worse to use as an main browser. It mainly has problems with Google properties like Gmail and YouTube but every now and then I'll come across a random site that just loads blank or loads badly. I then try it with Safari 5 and it's perfect. So I've gone back to Safari 5, even though I use Google Reader quite a bit and it has some graphical issues.
Camino 2.1 Alpha. I stopped using Safari because you don't have the ability to customize the search field without Glims, I switched to Firefox but the XULRunner Interface still has some problems and isn't completelyintegrated into OS X, Camino 2.1 because it's very very stable for an alpha, i like its speed, low memory usage, tab overview, the fact that it's Cocoa, built in adblock, 1password compatibility, and its STABILITY. Camino is dope loc
I use a few web browsers:
At home i mainly use the latest Safari on my iMacs mianly the simplicity and native mac integration, although i have an old clamshell ibook which uses Comino.
At work they try to get me to use IE7
but due to the admin access i get to use Chrome
At home i mainly use the latest Safari on my iMacs mianly the simplicity and native mac integration, although i have an old clamshell ibook which uses Comino.
At work they try to get me to use IE7
but due to the admin access i get to use Chrome 
At work they try to get me to use IE7
Load up a flash drive with Chrome or Firefox and then bring that to work.
This and the syncing of bookmarks between my computers without me having to do anything.
I use chrome 90% of the time, safari the rest. I prefer the chrome UI, but switch to safari when I run into pages that don't render properly on chrome.
I use Chrome because safari is a huge memory hog. if i have 8 tabs open in chrome, it uses about 380mb of memory. Same tabs in safari use over 860mb of memory. i'll stick to chrome.
for those of you that use Chrome: Can you scroll web sites as they load? This is one of my biggest complains about Chrome. At least with Safari I can do that.
I know, it isn't really a problem, but it bothers me.
I know, it isn't really a problem, but it bothers me.
I use Chrome. I find it to be the fastest out of all the browsers out there. To me that's the most important feature.
I have seen this only in the development version. I mainly use the beta one and it is still not there. Opera, Safari and Firefox have no problem with that.
Sometimes the whole browser becomes unresponsive when a webpage loads defeating the purpose of the multiple process architecture. Make me feel like it is a hoax.
I get that impression too. I don't care if it is supposed to be faster. It feels faster but at the end there is almost no difference in loading pages times.