What browser?

Just out of curiosity: What web browser do you normally use (not necessarily the one you use for development)?

And has anyone noticed how resource hungry Opera 9 can get with a few tabs open?

I use IE7 at work (force of habit), except when building a website when i use Firefox.

And I use Firefox at home.

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Home: IE7 and Firefox for testing
Work: IE5 as they havent updated any of the PCs,

My God ...If you had said IE6, OK, but IE5?? That's a lot of years without updating any computers. Mind you, were used to work it was the same.

Firefox for developing.
Flock for browsing.

Lately I've been using mostly Opera (the new beta 9.5 as well), I like it for the notes you can have in a sidebar and transfers that are so easily manageable. Tabs are easily manageable as well and when you open a new tab you have the option of configuring shortcuts to sites that you frequently visit. It's fairly good on web standards.

I like Firefox, but prefer Opera. There are a lot of add-ons for FF, true, that come really handy, but I use them mostly when I am developing, not for browsing.

I haven't touched IE in ages. I just don't like it. On my machine it is also curiously slow. Takes ages to load and the general feel is that it hangs. And the look and feel of it is not my cup of tea.

Now, I *do* use IE, but not IE itself. For long my favourite browser was Maxthon (both v1 and v2) which sits on top of IE, i.e. uses the same engine as IE. But there is no IE feel over it and both versions of the browser (1/2) have a lot of possibilities and ways of configuration that is a joy.

I have also used Flock, but I'm not a Flickr man and I don't blog, so I though I could just as well stick with FF as Flock uses the same engine. I've also occasionally used Safari for Mac, but it doesn't really do it for me. Mac font rendering on a PC is blurry and the greyish look of the browser is a bit depressing. I haven't really tested it enough to give any verdict on how it performs.

That's just about it. Ages ago I used Netscape, IE 3-6, and NeoPlanet.

Cheers.

PS: For development, I use primarily FF and Opera, and then check how things look in IE and Safari.

firefox for web and browsing, opera for gaming like yahoo java games and the rest 4 testing webs like ie6, aol, netscape.

FIREFOX: because you could customized them according to your needs! Lots of plugins, skin, etc.. what I like the most is the web developer tool bar and the bookmark toolbar folder

FireFox for browsing and developing
IE7 for stumbling and testing
Safari for testing and shouting at
IE6 for testing and saying "why the F-ing hell is it doing that for"

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Holy Crap!!

It's not like you live in a country that's behind with technology either... What operating system are they running? 98 still?

2000, going to XP at end of year so should see some changes

So if you're using 2000 why the hell haven't you got IE6!?!

I use firefox, cause it rocks!

I'm on FF all the time as well.

Except when designing then FF, IE6, IE7, Opera and Safari are open for testing purposes

how do u get ie6 and ie7 on the same comp? i hate ie7

geyids - Multiple IE: http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE

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I use Safari

a mix of safari and firefox. Firefox tends to be alot bulkier and safari is a more light weight and supposedly quicker according to apple. Oh and don't use IE if you have a mac I never understand why some people do that its like the *BEEP* version of IE and you have to go out of your way to download it.

I use IE4. It's awesome!!