Do You Use Firefox or Chrome?

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by _RPM • 11 years ago

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Why?

jaywunder• 11 years ago

Chrome. I like how chrome looks more, and I use a google account so everything is integrated really well into Chrome. I've also never had a reason to switch because everything just works on Chrome.

michaelpinto• 11 years ago

Yes: While my main browser is Safari at least once a day on the desktop I want to be logged into Twitter at the same time on three different accounts so Firefox and Chrome are the default for a single Twitter account.

Although with web dev stuff I'm always looking at test sites and other sites in multiple browsers (this includes a corner of my studio which has a range of tablets in different sizes and a few different makes of smartphones). And while I can resize on my desktop, I like to hold the device to see how a website feels, animates and sounds.

I guess I should also note that my testbed includes a dusty PC with ancient IE installs and that on Android I look at sites in both the stock Android browser and Android Chrome.

Errorcod3• 11 years ago

Chrome. Speed for me. and easier comparability. Chrome also feels like a more secure browser than Firefox.

ivan_ah• 11 years ago

Firefox.

I like the "tab group" feature to manage different tasks.

Gustomaximus• 11 years ago

Chrome as main browser but absolutely open to moving as;

- These days it feels very resource heavy.

- Getting tired of additional messaging I get on the mobile browser versions.

- I am very google heavy these days and like to support ecosystem variety.

I also have IE, FF, Opera and Vivaldi on my machine. I tend to use them for different uses, such as work stuff only a couple. Nothing worse than doing on-screen demo and seeing an inappropriate URL autocomplete. Also it keeps accounts separate so I can be logged in with several accounts without creating issues.

ulfw• 11 years ago

Safari and Firefox. Both are much leaner, faster and crash less on OS X 10.10 Yosemite for me.

brickcap• 11 years ago

Firefox mainly because it is less resource intensive. When I made the switch firefox was also the first one to offer new features (as far as I know) like ctrl+shit+m to change to browser into a "responsive mode" where you could test your website on various browser widths.

I haven’t used the "hello" firefox feature much at this time but I can certainly see the use for it in the future.

gregmorton• 11 years ago

Firefox. No google stuff for me.

dottrap• 11 years ago

I have a problem with Chrome eating up too many CPU cycles when idle. I'm guessing background Javascript processes hidden on all the pages start getting out of control. (I use lots of tabs.) I've tried script blockers, but I haven't found one that works well for me. I find NoScript for Firefox much better.

I do like that Chrome has Flash built in so I don't have to install it system-wide. So I use Chrome as a secondary browser.

When on Mac, I prefer Safari because it feels lighter than all of them and seems better with not eating CPU cycles for background tabs.

romanovcode• 11 years ago

Firefox.

I like a browser to be a web-browser and just that. Without integration with services and apps.

aliakhtar• 11 years ago

Chrome. It just feels a lot snappier than Firefox. The built in inspection / profiling tools are also pretty awesome. Oh, and source maps. I'm in love with them. Its awesome being able to debug running javascript + see console messages without having to leave the IDE (plus set breakpoints).

I use GWT, so since even though chrome runs compiled java to javascript, I'm still able to debug it and see stacktraces in java, thanks to source maps.

touristtam• 11 years ago

Chromium: I like Chrome for browsing and development. I don't like Google branding.

ljk• 11 years ago

Firefox: adblock plus + noscript + ghostery and no comparable substitutes from chrome.

Tried uBlock for chrome but it's just not as good as adblock plus.

ZeroGravitas• 11 years ago

Firefox (desktop and Android) because a free and open internet is important to society and Mozilla have been consistently great at pushing this forward.

Vimperator is also very cool.

sjs382• 11 years ago

Chrome Canary, unless the current build is particularly unstable (happens sometimes), during which I use regular Chrome

I prefer Chrome's dev tools.

mikeratcliffe• 11 years ago

Firefox 'cos it's awesome!

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