[Poll] Which web browser(s) do you use on your computer and why?
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Oh, I also use Lynx, when I fuck up with Arch Linux and need to search the internet on the CLI to find what I have done wrong
It really depends on what computer I am using, but I have all three of these installed regardless.
Chromebook is obviously Chrome because Chromebook. I use this simply to get online and that's literally all I bought it before. I needed a computer that I could sit in my living room with and go online.
Firefox on my workstation. Since it's just there to setup my studies and stuff, I just stick with the default browser for Solus, which is Firefox. I do have other browsers installed, like Chrome to share my history if need be, but I rarely every use it if I don't have to. I don't put much effort into any program that I don't need for a workstation.
Vivaldi for my main desktop, just because it's honestly far more customizable than the others and I just prefer that for a desktop.
Chromebook is obviously Chrome because Chromebook. I use this simply to get online and that's literally all I bought it before. I needed a computer that I could sit in my living room with and go online.
Firefox on my workstation. Since it's just there to setup my studies and stuff, I just stick with the default browser for Solus, which is Firefox. I do have other browsers installed, like Chrome to share my history if need be, but I rarely every use it if I don't have to. I don't put much effort into any program that I don't need for a workstation.
Vivaldi for my main desktop, just because it's honestly far more customizable than the others and I just prefer that for a desktop.
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I don't want to customize the visual appearance of my browser because I find that a waste of time.
For this reason I want a browser whose default settings and appearance are good to me from the get go, this way I can install it and use it in all computers I normally use (quite a lot) effortlessly.
Also, if it is a well known browser, so that IT doesn't bark at me when I want that on my PC, then better.
That said I need to be able to customize the behavior (not appearance) of the browser through add-ons and/or scripts. This is relevant for me, a good support for additional functionality, i.e. ad-blockers, miner-blockers, greasemonkey, rss-feed readers, etc.
Another thing I want is a web browser that offers good support for debugging web pages. And also a browser that is fast, specially executing Javascript code.
For all those reasons I would either choose between Firefox and Chrome. Firefox has a better wider add-ons support IMHO, but Chrome is (at least in my experience) way faster executing Javascript. And that is the reason I usually use Chrome.
For this reason I want a browser whose default settings and appearance are good to me from the get go, this way I can install it and use it in all computers I normally use (quite a lot) effortlessly.
Also, if it is a well known browser, so that IT doesn't bark at me when I want that on my PC, then better.
That said I need to be able to customize the behavior (not appearance) of the browser through add-ons and/or scripts. This is relevant for me, a good support for additional functionality, i.e. ad-blockers, miner-blockers, greasemonkey, rss-feed readers, etc.
Another thing I want is a web browser that offers good support for debugging web pages. And also a browser that is fast, specially executing Javascript code.
For all those reasons I would either choose between Firefox and Chrome. Firefox has a better wider add-ons support IMHO, but Chrome is (at least in my experience) way faster executing Javascript. And that is the reason I usually use Chrome.
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I mostly use Chrome on my computers. However, I tend to have multiple browsers open, each with dozens of tabs.... HELP
SeaMonkey. As sad as it is, I just can't let go of Netscape Navigator. It was my favorite browser of all time, and I miss it very much.
It's the closest I'll ever get back to those glory days before the new Internet had to make everything fast, shiny and clean. There was a certain charm to the clunkiness of it all, where every website was a struggle to get working or figure out. I'm more than a little nostalgic about it.
It's the closest I'll ever get back to those glory days before the new Internet had to make everything fast, shiny and clean. There was a certain charm to the clunkiness of it all, where every website was a struggle to get working or figure out. I'm more than a little nostalgic about it.
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On PC I use Chrome for 90% of the internet (used to be Firefox until they became stupidly slow) and IE for the remaining 10% that doesn’t work in anything but IE. I tried Edge for a while but I experienced more problems with it than I liked so I dropped it.
On Mac, I use Safari for 90% of the internet, and Chrome for the remaining 10% that benefits from having stronger extensions, such as YouTube creator centric extensions.
On Mac, I use Safari for 90% of the internet, and Chrome for the remaining 10% that benefits from having stronger extensions, such as YouTube creator centric extensions.
Firefox because I just like the UI and how customizable it is, also comes with most distros.
Chrome too because it syncs with my phone and has all my bookmarks.
Chrome too because it syncs with my phone and has all my bookmarks.
Firefox got so bloated a few years ago so I only ever use Chrome. Plus it is nice to have the ability built in to share the history with my phone for easily switching between browsing on different platforms.
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