Battle of the browsers  

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  1. 1. What Web Browsers do you use?Vote for multiple browsers if you are using more than one.

    • Internet Explorer
      40
    • Firefox
      119
    • Opera
      31
    • Google Chrome
      42
    • Safari
      14
    • Other(please specify)
      4
  2. 2. What Web browser do you consider switching to?

    • Internet Explorer
      6
    • Firefox
      8
    • Opera
      12
    • Google Chrome
      25
    • Safari
      5
    • Other(Specify)
      0
    • None I like the one I already have
      100


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Heretical though it may seem, I like IE8 a lot. It's the only browser I currently use both at work and home. It has a clean look, everything just works in it, it's not too resource-hungry... I miss the speed dial from Opera though, and the better responsiveness of the UI. Also, it's a bit more cluttered than Chrome. But I love its "feel" for some reason. :cool:

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I use Firefox 3.0.11, but I also use Internet Explorer 8 mainly just for accessing the ijji games, because the Firefox plug-in doesn't work anymore; also to view a lot of Windows Media videos as Firefox doesn't work well with WMP.

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I use Windows and have tried all of the major browsers, for some length of time and have always gone back to Firefox. However, Safari 4 is fantastic, in my opinion. The 'find' feature is much better than any other browser and I have yet to see an extension for Firefox which implements this just as nicely. I also love the Top Sites and Cover Flow implementations in Safari 4.

So... I use Firefox 3.5 but I often consider switching to Safari 4 again.

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