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  • Sinero Web Design
    Sinero Web Design

    Chrome 4 due to its speed and security , end of story

  • kingy da killa
    kingy da killa

    Since when did i say that was evidence i was just showing what browsers come up most who view my website.   Its my own personal opinion that IE is best

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FF.

Opera (cause lovin` music)

On my dock I've got Firefox, Flock, Chrome, Safari and Opera. I use Firefox to debug my sketchy jQuery, Safari to watch TV, all of them to check my work.

Chrome is definitely my favourite for several reasons; fast, no mess, no ridiculous themes, no annoying updates, minimal controls, neat tabbing, top-sites (though not great/easy to edit), keeps websites looking great. I say keeps sites looking great as it just seems to make pages work regardless of the errors within the HTML/CSS - that may not be great for us developers, but that's why we've all got IE6 stored somewhere, right? :mellow:

 

In fact, upon loading the actual browser application, Chrome loads nearly 3 times faster than Firefox (only a matter of a second or so, but still...). Safari can still claim victory of application load-times, at least on OS X.

 

So in my opinion, the best are; 1. Chrome, 2. Safari, 3. Firefox - without the dross.

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I use Chrome on my laptop because it is nice and clean, easy to use and is nice and secure.

 

On my Desktop (64 bit) i use FF because chrome tends to play up a lot :(

Firefox, I've been using it for years and I find it is so much faster and efficient when i compare it to IE.

 

I use opera on my nokia e71 and I love that, I've actually found it to be faster than the internet on Blackberrys.

My preference is Firefox but I've not really devoted anytime to looking at Chrome/Safari etc, basically, as long as it's not IE I don't really mind.

What's your best browser? Is it firefox? IE, Safari or Google Chrome? Why?

 

I love firefox for designing, as the firebug tool and the CSS editor in the web developer toolbar are second to none!

 

Saying that I love Chrome for its speed and the way it is always realiable... i just find it hard to use the developer app that it uses, and have tried Firebug lite and cant get used to it... so I use Chrome mainly for non design work....

I love firefox for designing, as the firebug tool and the CSS editor in the web developer toolbar are second to none!

 

Saying that I love Chrome for its speed and the way it is always realiable... i just find it hard to use the developer app that it uses, and have tried Firebug lite and cant get used to it... so I use Chrome mainly for non design work....

 

Chrome developer tools are really good when you learn you're way around them. The console's great for JS debugging too.

 

Chrome + Firefox for dev work. Chrome generally.

 

On my Desktop (64 bit) i use FF because chrome tends to play up a lot

 

I've never had a problem with chrome (V5) on 64 bit.

I find things I don't like on every browser to be honest. I am liking the latest version of Opera most of all though, very quick loading of pages, customisable, excellent CSS/Javscript support, the Speed Dial is good.

Seems to have a bug with ctrl+T not launching new tabs sometimes, which is annoying.

 

Firefox is my choice for developing sites as I am used to Firebug.

Seems to have a bug with ctrl+T not launching new tabs sometimes, which is annoying.

 

I had that, the one thing i do like about opera is the ability to set a refresh interval.

 

What about mobile browsers? Does anyone use a none default on their phone. SkyFire for android is deffo my fave atm :)

Firefox, best for dev, worst for speed/browsing. Basically, a complete resource HOG

Chrome, fast as hell, but developer tools suck IMO. Add ons seem flakey

Opera, lovely browser - but lacks support for XMarks or Feedly

Safari - won't touch it, f**k off Jobs. Also, don't like the lack of tear off tabs.

IE - never use it except to test.

 

My favorite to USE is Opera, it has some incredibly cool features - but it just lacks some other core features I've got used to in FF to make me switch.

 

I had that, the one thing i do like about opera is the ability to set a refresh interval.

 

 

Did you ever find a fix for it?

Did you ever find a fix for it?

 

Nope, but i did only have opera for a couple of days before reformatting my pc :p

 

Chrome, fast as hell, but developer tools suck IMO. Add ons seem flakey

 

The addons are a little dodgey, makes me think of greasemonkey. The developer tools offer things out of the box that FireFox doesn't. It's great for resource tracking, monitoring scripts etc. The developer tools offer a lot if you take the time to understand them. They're excellent for JS.

 

http://www.chromium.org/devtools

i use chrome for the developers inspect element and debugging sections.

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IE has it's plus points. Without it we'd never truly realise how good the others are. It really does set a benchmark many of use to promote our preference.

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Firefox and chrome both. I use firefox mostly because of few plugins like firebug. I like chrome because of its speed but i rarely use it.

Firefox and chrome both. I use firefox mostly because of few plugins like firebug. I like chrome because of its speed but i rarely use it.

 

I agree with you there, I could not have put it better!

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I have used IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera and Flock, and i think Chrome is bye far the best, followed by Firefox.

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Personally I use google Chrome all the time, only ever use other browsers when testing design compatibility.

personally, i like IE best, just because ive been using it since like i was 11? i havent felt the need to switch since :)

 

however firefox or chrome its defiantely better but im just too used to it to change

Firefox, always favoured it.

Firefox is the most useful browser and it is fast for browsing and it supports numerous type of web development and SEO add-ons, It supports nice personnas and many more.

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