Which browser do you use?

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Firefox and Chromium are the two most popular open source browsers, though there are actually thousands out there.

And what about the non-open browsers?

Let's hash it out. What is it about browsers that make them so useful? What features do you like best?

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1119 votes tallied
Firefox
70% (788 votes)
Chromium
20% (221 votes)
Other (tell us in the comments)
10% (110 votes)

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It's Firefox, not FireFox :)

Thanks for catching that. It's fixed now!

I'm mixed in what browser I use, though I usually end up using Chromium I do like, and prefer for philosophical reasons, Firefox.

Synchronization between browsers for add-ons/extensions, bookmarks and settings are important for me.

This provides me a baseline cross-platform environment that eliminates issues with different operating system (Linux vs Windows vs ChromeOS) or applications in distribution repositories (Ubuntu vs Fedora vs openSUSE) and locations (home vs work). So long as I have a browser, I have a base level of being able to do things.

For doing web development, however, I prefer Firefox over Chromium to step through the cascading styles and seeing what is influencing the page and modifying the values on the spot to see its effects.

Opera! It has so many features built in that other browser don't which is why I'm clinging to version 12.

I also use Opera but the new version (29 at the moment), though I still have Opera 12 installed ans use it sometimes.

I also have Firefox, Konqueror and Qupzilla as alternatives, and Vivaldi and Otter to test them.

Firefox is my main browser because of the Zotero extension, but I also use GNOME's Web (a.k.a Epiphany) frequently. Web is nice and simple. It does what I want, and nothing more. When I'm on a command-line only system, I use Links or Lynx, depending on whichever one is available. And for those very rare times when I need Flash (like for attending the webinar about The Open Organization taking place this afternoon), I'll temporarily install Chrome on my system.

Opera and Chrome have support for Zotero for some time now.

Palemoon

why Firefox ?
Because i use firebug and other dev's plugins !

Chromium is for testing (browsing the web without my cookies and opened sessions).

I use Firefox, Chromium, Google Chrome and Ubuntu browser

Mainly a mixture of Midori, Chromium, and Chrome (if I want something with flash in it.) Also links in situations were I am just doing a bunch of reading.

maxthon browser ^^

conkeror

Chrome.
Works for me

I'm using Firefox on all of my computers.

Why? Well, to be honest, I just don't feel safe using Chrome (or any of its derivatives). Same thing applies for all other Google product lately.

Chromium on the desktop, Firefox on Android.

Iceweasel this month. Had video and sound problems with GoogleChrome, then had java and various installation problems with Firefox, now using Iceweasel on Debian testing.

* Konqueror: normal browsing (because: webshortcuts, persistent sessions, quick settings for javascript, cookies... and opening the current site in ANY OTHER browser)

* Opera: high value operations: ebay, amazon, banking, buying games (steam, gog, humblebundle), E-mail, ...

* Chrome: youtube, movie/tv-streaming

* Firefox: porn

I prefer to use Firefox for Mozilla's dedication to keeping the internet open and accessible to all. This bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=812900 blocks me from using it exclusively, but otherwise that's my preference.

Epiphany. Perfect GNOME interface; no theme necessary. Fonts render amazingly. Great Web Inspector.

"Thousands"? Can we see your list?
Come on, at least TRY to be believable!

Well, there's at least 37 of them (if I counted them correctly): https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications#Web_browsers

I guess it depends on how you count, and what you call a browser. To a user, Firefox is a single browser; to a web developer, different versions are essentially different browsers. And if I made a fork of Firefox to implement specific features for my users that can't (or just weren't) implemented as a plugin, those might be different too.

To others, any browser using the same rendering engine might be basically the same to them: for example, older Chrome builds and Safari both use the WebKit engine.

There's also a 25 year history behind them. Sadly, somebody out there is still probably running AOL 3.0.

Opera 30. Its wonderful and I am free from all the annoying virus / plug-in, logjams.

Firefox. But things like pocket by default make me think in other open sourced options

I have to agree that I'm not a big fan of the Pocket integration by default. I was really surprised to see the new Reader Mode installed in the latest Firefox (38.5), which will make the extensions like Evernote Cleary unnecessary, but then I saw the Pocket icon inside of the Reader Mode and I felt a bit disappointed.

I use Explorer at work because that's all the work environment will provide. At home, I use Chrome almost exclusively.

Currently I use Vivaldi for test it. (Because I like Opera 12's features)
But I use Google Chrome too, for full compatibility with google apps.

Chrome.It beat Firefox to the iphone and that initially introduced me. It also has a superbly fast mobile browser that has linked/synced flawlessly amongst my numerous instances.

I chose Firefox , when i use low machine . but i also use Chromium when i in front of the laptop with high spec .

Firefox for most of my browsing, Chromium purely for Google Maps and Midori as a back up when things don't seem quite right in Firefox with all my extensions. Used to use Epiphany until it fell victim to the Gnome simplify until unusable policy, but, discovered Midori which is a seriously underrated browser.

Firefox of course because privacy and open source.... I feel like Chromium is just a test bed for proprietary chrome.

Firefox because I trust Mozilla.

It depends upon what platform I am using. On the desktop, I use chromium, midori, epiphany, firefox, and opera; in that order. On mobile (android), I only use firefox.

I use the following: Google Chrome, Firefox, Midori, Opera, Qupzilla, and Vivaldi.

I don't use a single browser. I use the following browsers on a daily basis:
Palemoon
Iceweasel (aka Firefox)
Chromium
Opera
Opera Next
Vivaldia

Really!

I just haven't decided on my favorite.

Opera / Opera Next. I have been using Opera for ever and while I shuddered and shook following the transition from Opera 12 to Opera 15 and sequels I am now very happy with the way it has developed. Firefox is my second choice browser.

seamonkey and iceweasel

This enquete should be re-run with more browsers to choose from. Better jet: choose as many as you like, and put them in an order. For me it would be something like:
1 Pale Moon
2 Firefox
3 Opera (12)
4 'system default'

Besides the real browsers, please also add 'the default browser in the system', as that is one of my frequently used browsers too, specially on low-power systems.

On the other hand, this enquete should be double: do (silently) use the browser identifier and use that count for a second list.

palemoon, because firefox "new and improved" itself to the point of being wortheless

Firefox for work related browsing.
Chome for personal browsing.
OperaMini on my Android device because it handles text scaling in an intelligent manner as compared to just making the whole page larger.

I use firefox and chromium about equally.

I use firefox mostly for serious web browsing.

I use chromium for GMail, Google docs and calendar. And "light" surfing.

So I always pretty much have both browsers running.

I use Firefox on Linux, but Cyberfox on Windows.

I use Chromium, Firefox and Chrome. Which I have open depends on what I'm doing. I used to use Opera occasionally but it is just now Chromium rebranded.

I like Opera most, because of its performant handling and the most functions I add to my second favourite Firefox with apps are already included. In fact, these features are often developed by the Opera team.

I use chrome