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It looks like Microsoft's Internet Explorer is regaining market share at Firefox's expense. Chrome lost a little ground as well and Opera looks like it is on a steady downward slide over the last 18 months.
 
I'm not sure about anyone else, but I have been having more and more issues with Firefox lately. The only reason I even still have it because LogMeIn and I am thinking of just using IE9 now (I would use Chrome if it had a plugin).

It seems like no matter what computer or how fast that computer is, every once and a while Firefox will just freeze up for a few seconds. :confused:
 
Microsoft is doing solid work with IE. IE 10 in the Windows 8 CP is much faster on the presentation side as the rendering engine has been reworked to be mobile OS like, both the desktop and Metro versions. Ultra smooth scrolling and pinch zoom as good as I've seen on any device.
 
TheBluePill said:
Interesting to see Chrome take such a hit. Everyone i know prefers it.
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I like Chrome overall, it does load faster than IE and pages as well, but IE just seems smother when pages are loaded. Also Chrome seems to have certain side affects, it can cause game performance issues for me when it's running in the background sometimes, I've never seen this happen with IE.
 
I wouldnt mind IE if it didnt freeze for 20 seconds every time you open it.

I want to launch a browser and... start browing. How hard is this?
 
Metrocall said:
I'm not sure about anyone else, but I have been having more and more issues with Firefox lately. The only reason I even still have it because LogMeIn and I am thinking of just using IE9 now (I would use Chrome if it had a plugin).

It seems like no matter what computer or how fast that computer is, every once and a while Firefox will just freeze up for a few seconds. :confused:
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Yep. The "Rapid Release Schedule" has resulted in one hell of a buggy product, and they are digging their own grave with it.

Extensions are the only thing keeping me on the platform.
 
I have been using IE10 as my primary. I was a Chrome user until a few months ago. IE seems to work better, although needs better adblocking (except on [H] of course)
 
jadams said:
I wouldnt mind IE if it didnt freeze for 20 seconds every time you open it.

I want to launch a browser and... start browing. How hard is this?
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Don't know where you see this, IE can be slow opening the first time but after that it's pretty fast, and certainly not even 20 seconds the first time on even Atom machines I've used.
 
jadams said:
I wouldnt mind IE if it didnt freeze for 20 seconds every time you open it.

I want to launch a browser and... start browing. How hard is this?
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I think there's something very wrong with your computer.
 
jadams said:
I wouldnt mind IE if it didnt freeze for 20 seconds every time you open it.

I want to launch a browser and... start browing. How hard is this?
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Might want to take a look at your add-ons. Mine starts instantly on every computers I have.
 
IE9 got some top rating for speed and rendering over FF and i beleive also Chrome, IE has been pretty solid over the years, IE8 i didnt have many issues with, but it was slow to load your home page no matter what it was
 
jadams said:
I wouldnt mind IE if it didnt freeze for 20 seconds every time you open it.

I want to launch a browser and... start browing. How hard is this?
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Pretty difficult when your computer is infested with crapware apparently. Shouldn't take more than a couple of seconds to load.
 
Metrocall said:
It seems like no matter what computer or how fast that computer is, every once and a while Firefox will just freeze up for a few seconds. :confused:
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FireFox has fallen off a cliff in terms of quality, IMO. I would classify it as bloatware at this point.

I still choose to run IE for everything (8 at work [legacy apps] and 9 at home). Hasnt let me down yet. I tried Chrome to try it and saw little difference in everyday stuff and slightly worse performance in applet/integration. No need to install more software to duplicate what I already have and am happy with.
 
Am I the only one that switched to Firefox because of Mozilla's mission and not just because it happened to be better than IE? Remember that the web would be a very different place right now without Mozilla and I encourage people to keep supporting their mission.
 
I like IE9's interface and like a lot of other people I've grown annoyed with Firefox.
Chrome's bookmarks and data clearing are still janky so IE is no longer the odd man out.
I tend to use it at work, although I do still cling to my Firefox and plug-ins at home.
 
Opera has been my browser of choice for a while now, although I'm stuck using Firefox for certain things still.
 
Mr. Pedantic said:
If they made a bookmarks sidebar, I'd use it. Not having one is a dealbreaker for me.
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Yeah, bookmarks are lacking in Chrome. They have a "most visited sites" homepage option, but i really wish i could customize it to be my top 10-20 sites.
 
After crashes and crashed in one day and then turns into weeks, it was time to switch off Firefox and decided to stick with Chrome. Speed and simplicity wise nothing beats the Chrome. IE9 is just annoying for slowness although it seems to be more solid compare to 6 and 8. The biggest adoption problem with Chrome is its lack of option to have those menu on top unlike Firefox. The incognito window is also missing another click of closing it by itself thus assuring the user he is now out of the incognito window. Although there is an icon that is supposed to tell you if you are in or out of incognito.
 
TheBluePill said:
Interesting to see Chrome take such a hit. Everyone i know prefers it.
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I am using Chrome right now. However, I have noticed an increase in crashes (with flash video) recently. The other browser I use is IE9.

jadams said:
I wouldnt mind IE if it didnt freeze for 20 seconds every time you open it.

I want to launch a browser and... start browing. How hard is this?
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I honestly cannot tell if this is trolling or real.
 
bbordwell said:
Am I the only one that switched to Firefox because of Mozilla's mission and not just because it happened to be better than IE? Remember that the web would be a very different place right now without Mozilla and I encourage people to keep supporting their mission.
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i started using firefox before they even called it firefox. i think that was back in 2003 or 2004 or something, and for a long time i was happy... but i just don't really like the direction they are going now. seems like they've kind of lost their way somewhere.

i'll stick with ff though b/c the other alternatives are even less appealing, but i'm not really happy about the way things are going for ff, or maybe their leadership is the one to blame for all of this.
 
dexvx said:
I am using Chrome right now. However, I have noticed an increase in crashes (with flash video) recently. The other browser I use is IE9.
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You are not alone on this Chrome crash.

I have plenty of this problems, but lately its going outrages...

Sticking with Firefox ever since.
 
illli said:
i started using firefox before they even called it firefox. i think that was back in 2003 or 2004 or something, and for a long time i was happy... but i just don't really like the direction they are going now. seems like they've kind of lost their way somewhere.

i'll stick with ff though b/c the other alternatives are even less appealing, but i'm not really happy about the way things are going for ff, or maybe their leadership is the one to blame for all of this.
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I believe I remember the CEO left Mozilla to do something else. Maybe since his departure is the reasoning why FF has died.
 
I've used and still use IE as my main browser... I like IE9 a lot even. Firefox is nice for the check4change addon and for occasional noscript needs, but otherwise... pffft. Chrome I see no reason to care for, and I thought it had some sort of analytics tracking openly advertised on it anyway?

jadams said:
I wouldnt mind IE if it didnt freeze for 20 seconds every time you open it.

I want to launch a browser and... start browing. How hard is this?
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Mine loads even when I first boot up inside of one second, and instantly every time after until I reboot. Not sure if serious?
 
dexvx said:
I am using Chrome right now. However, I have noticed an increase in crashes (with flash video) recently. The other browser I use is IE9.



I honestly cannot tell if this is trolling or real.
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I don't crash with Chrome, but full-screen YouTube videos tend to be garbled. Works fine in IE9 (and IE10 on my Win 8 machine). Not sure what Google or Adobe did to the past couple installments of Chrome, but I hope they fix it soon.
 
bbordwell said:
Am I the only one that switched to Firefox because of Mozilla's mission and not just because it happened to be better than IE?
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I did, and I've also since quit using Firefox because of...
TechLarry said:
Yep. The "Rapid Release Schedule" has resulted in one hell of a buggy product, and they are digging their own grave with it.
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The constant updates are annoying. Absolutely bloody hell annoying.
I've switched everything using Mozilla to the ESR product; at work, I'm using TB ESR, at home (where my wife is still heavily in the Fx camp) I switched from release Fx to the Fx ESR. As far as I'm concerned, Mozilla can eat it with their rapid release schedule.

I've been using Chrome (stable release) for awhile now, and I'm happy with it....but at the same time, I dunno....something bothers me with it. Maybe I'll go ahead and give IE10 a week+ of dedicated time and see what happens. At this point the novelty of having an adblocker on any site other than [H] has fairly fallen by the wayside for me, when the rest of the browser itself is either a complete mess or a half-baked mess.

Who knew eventually one day people would rather trust Microsoft with their search history than Google? :D
 
I left FF about 6 months ago. Just too many lockups when loading pages. I am not sure what has happened to that browser, but is is starting to remind me of what happened to Netscape back in the late 1990s.

I am using Chrome now but may switch to IE once Windows 8 releases.
 
zero2dash said:
I did, and I've also since quit using Firefox because of...


The constant updates are annoying. Absolutely bloody hell annoying.
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I use Opera as my main browser but for Firefox, I always use the latest trunk builds and just let it constantly update for each new build. I absolute love it. I get the latest and greatest. Firefox trunk builds don't break that much surprisingly. They just pretty much work.

For Chrome, I do the same thing. I use Canary and just let it update all the time.

For Safari, I run it with the latest trunk of webkit.

For Opera, I always run the latest snapshots from the desktop team blog. Right now, that's Opera 12 with Windows x64 builds too and out-of-process plug-ins (with a wrapper for 32-bit plug-ins). For Opera snapshots, you usally get a run of builds that are really stable and then you get a run of builds that are broken (partially or sometimes severely). It just depends. But, I still use them anyway for banking, taxes (with the web site I use) and ordering import stuff etc.

Don't really use IE much. But, IE9 is good enough where I don't hate IE anymore.
 
blinx said:
For what it's worth, IE9 is a pretty good browser.
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Needs:
Built in spell checker
Good, reliable ad blocker like ABP (there's an OK one but it costs $30 and many ads still get through. The free tracking lists/addons or whatever aren't very good either)
Firefox/Chrome-like history/URL search. For example if I want to visit www.testsite.com/roflmao.html, in FF I can just type roflmao and it will pop up in the search as one of the links. Doesn't work like that in IE
 
thecrafter said:
Needs:
Firefox/Chrome-like history/URL search. For example if I want to visit www.testsite.com/roflmao.html, in FF I can just type roflmao and it will pop up in the search as one of the links. Doesn't work like that in IE
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I actually like IE9 just the way it is. It gives you a selection of sites you've visited in the past. Very useful in my line of work when I visit a million sites and don't remember that one site I was in but for a couple words in the URL.
 
Shadow2531 said:
I use Opera as my main browser but for Firefox, I always use the latest trunk builds and just let it constantly update for each new build. I absolute love it. I get the latest and greatest. Firefox trunk builds don't break that much surprisingly. They just pretty much work.
Since they eliminated the add-on problems with the constant updates, they're better, but I still find them incredibly aggravating. Seems like every other day "Firefox update, click to apply". When you open or close Fx, it nags you again if you haven't allowed it.

Maybe I'm bitching about small potatoes, but still....very annoying to me.
Chrome stable does not update all that often, or at least it doesn't nag to update all that often.

That being said - I have 0 complaints about TB ESR updating because they're minimal; usually 1x a month (if that) since the ESR release schedule basically tosses out the minor/incrementals (x.#) and just updates itself on a major release (#.x). I tried using Outlook late last year and I still preferred TB for it's simplicity....so TB having an ESR is a Godsend to me.

I understand the principle of things constantly evolving, updating etc. but Mozilla has stolen every play out of Adobe's book with the former's constant Acrobat/Flash updates. I know the annoyance is more severe for a sysadmin, but even as an end user (and self-proclaimed 'micro sysadmin' :)), it's annoying to me.
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No problems with IE9 here.
What I love is people that complain about so and so issue with other browsers. Specifically battlelog/BF3 issues.
best to use what comes with your OS folks.
 
Azhar said:
I actually like IE9 just the way it is. It gives you a selection of sites you've visited in the past. Very useful in my line of work when I visit a million sites and don't remember that one site I was in but for a couple words in the URL.
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That's what I'm talking about. For me IE doesn't work that way. Can you re-read what I said and confirm that it does actually work for you like that?
 
Ive been using IE9 lately. Its a good browser in and of itself, and I never run into "This webpage doesnt support your browser" messages.
 
thecrafter said:
That's what I'm talking about. For me IE doesn't work that way. Can you re-read what I said and confirm that it does actually work for you like that?
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It does, but only on sites that appear in your history. It wont save sites that don't actually work like the example.

When you type something you'll get history links containing that term, favorites including that term and then search suggestions if you have them turned on:

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Used to use Firefox, got fed up with random issues, went to Chrome, haven't looked back.

Though I will say, Chrome has developed this nasty issue where when I go to print, it will freeze for 20+ seconds on the print screen before displaying the print preview, or even allowing me to do anything else in the program. It's been a problem through the last several versions of Chrome for me. Not sure when it started but when I first started using Chrome it didn't happen.
 
thecrafter said:
Needs:
Built in spell checker
Good, reliable ad blocker like ABP (there's an OK one but it costs $30 and many ads still get through. The free tracking lists/addons or whatever aren't very good either)
Firefox/Chrome-like history/URL search. For example if I want to visit www.testsite.com/roflmao.html, in FF I can just type roflmao and it will pop up in the search as one of the links. Doesn't work like that in IE
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IE10 (on win8 at least) has a built in spell check... actually I think it's just a win8 feature.
 
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