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View Poll Results: Browser of the Year
Firefox 417 56.66%
Konqueror 8 1.09%
Chrome 129 17.53%
Chromium 65 8.83%
Opera 72 9.78%
SeaMonkey 17 2.31%
Midori 8 1.09%
w3m 0 0%
Epiphany 3 0.41%
links/elinks 3 0.41%
lynx 2 0.27%
Uzbl 2 0.27%
Luakit 1 0.14%
Dillo 2 0.27%
rekonq 4 0.54%
Conkeror 3 0.41%
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Old 12-21-2011, 03:26 PM   #1
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Browser of the Year


What browser do you prefer when browsing LQ?

--jeremy
 
Old 12-21-2011, 04:19 PM   #2
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Midori
 
Old 12-22-2011, 04:37 PM   #3
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I don't see Luakit.
 
Old 12-22-2011, 06:26 PM   #4
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Dillo
 
Old 12-23-2011, 09:03 AM   #5
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Luakit and Dillo have been added.

--jeremy
 
Old 12-23-2011, 04:29 PM   #6
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Although it's almost the same as Firefox, it's not quite. Iceweasel is the Debian browser, one of the more heavily used distros.
 
Old 12-23-2011, 06:24 PM   #7
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Still my choice is same as last year. Because I am pretty happy with my browser. It is Firefox
 
Old 12-28-2011, 03:07 PM   #8
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No IE?

My choice is Firefox, despite them killing off my addons with each rapid release.
Though once I have no addons left then who knows!

Last edited by batfastad; 12-28-2011 at 03:12 PM.
 
Old 12-28-2011, 04:13 PM   #9
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Chrome, I like the themes and extensions (and the fact I only have to type L and press enter and I am at LQ) and overall way it works. I also use Midori,Firefox, or Opera depending on needs. But as far as one I find the most appealing and would call 'favorite' it goes to google.
 
Old 12-28-2011, 04:32 PM   #10
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Firefox gets my vote. I also think IceWeasel ought to be there.
batfastad: Add-on Compatibility Reporter is your friend.
 
Old 12-28-2011, 07:48 PM   #11
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Mosiac >> WebExplorer >> Navigator >> Phoenix >> Firebird >> Firefox!
 
Old 12-29-2011, 04:54 AM   #12
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At work (windows) I didn't want to use IE so I installed Chrome. Having used it for 6 months, I started using it at home. It's fast and I like it. Having said that, my vote goes to Firefox.
 
Old 12-29-2011, 12:14 PM   #13
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My vote goes to Firefox. I can use it with the three big OSes, Linux, MacOS & Windows...I do have a liking for Epiphany too!
 
Old 12-29-2011, 12:59 PM   #14
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What about Chrome? It also supports Linux and Windows. Not sure if it is avaliable for mac but preety sure that the *nixes have it.
 
Old 12-30-2011, 12:52 AM   #15
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+1 for firefox.
BTW where is Netscape?
 
  


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