Your favorite pick for internet browser? (desktop / pc viewing)

Most (devs) seem to still like Firefox. But even newbie browsers like Aviator seem to be picking up steam lately.

thoughts...?

Still Firefox mainly because my two favorite add ons are Ad Block Plus and Java NoScript. They keep me from seeing most advertising.

Chrome would work well but since it is Google it is likely sending all your browsing to them whether it started with a Google search or not.

By the way M$ is abandoning IE in favor of a new browser they are calling Spartan for the next one.

Firefox. I would happily switch to Chrome/Chromium, mainly because it supports multithreading (Firefox can easily lock up completely when loading sites with a large number if images), but I won't, simply because I use the Pentadactyl plugin, which has no equivalent for Chrome/Chromium. Plugins like Vrome, cVim and Vimium don't even come close to half the functionality of Pentadactyl and as I understand it that won't change, since plugins in Firefox have by far more options to change browser behavior that simply aren't allowed in Chrom/Chromium. So, for now I am stuck with Firefox, but that reminds to have another look at the state of dwb, Vimprobable, jumanji and the likes, last time I locked they all where lacking functionality I am used to, but that was maybe two years ago.

^ Interesting.

I've had a few issues with firefox + flash in the past. Plus, it's not as good as Aviator is out of the box when blocking spamming sites. Like Water says, we gotta install the addons to help with spam.

So check this out, I was trying to run Aviator today. And then when trying to run it again, I got an error that said something like "class is not registered".

I uninstalled / reinstalled twice and still same error. Then I remember Google ranting and raving (and sounding angry like a spoiled stepchild) a couple months back about Aviator. Seems like their mad because it's similar but maybe slightly better than chrome. So.....I put 2 and 2 together...and decided to uninstall Google Chrome to see if that's the issue...and it WAS ! I uninstalled it and now Aviator works perfectly fine. I love google, but they shouldn't be able to monopolize like this. thoughts ?

Nope, they were not ranting and raving because Aviator might be better (which would be hard to do, since it is just a modified Chromium), they were pointing out serious security problems in a browser that claims for itself to be the most secure browser out there. Whitehat Security even admitted that they as a small company are not able to fix security issues in a timely manner, which for me makes all claims about their alleged superior security mood. If they can't fix security problems fast they are not secure at all.

Firefox is my main browser. I use google chrome only for netflix and sites that requires flash higher than 11.2

Opera was my go-to browser for years, but I don't like where it is headed since the management shake-up a year or so ago. I have hopes for Vivaldi, but I haven't taken a look at it.

Right now I'm using Seamonkey, because I like the integration between mail/rss and the browser.

For some reason, I've never liked the feel of Firefox, though I have found it quite serviceable and do use it from time to time.

Firefox for anything that isn't flash, Chrome for anything that uses flash. My training is java, so of course, Chrome simply DOESN'T have java support so I can't use it for that, but the outdated flash of firefox can cause major issues.

Linux: Firefox, Opera, links
OpenBSD: Firefox, Conkeror, surf, dwb, xombrero
MacOSX: Waterfox (64-bit Firefox)

I've used Chrome, Chromium, and Aviator, and they are fine for a while, until they piss me off again and I delete them, again.

I'd like Aviator a lot more if I could get Flash to work on it. Currently just a black screen, whenever I enable it. Almost seems like Google and Microsoft (windows) are teaming up to make Aviator appear as a buggy / nonfunctional product...even though I agree, it is good whenever it works.

Straight out of the box, it blocks most spam..and keeps our browsing pretty private.

I use SeaMonkey. All of the (important) functionality of FireFox, but leaner.

Firefox, but that's mainly because it was included in Linux distros and it became safer than internet explorer. My problem with trying new ones is that I hate too many gadgets and too much abstraction. So until Firefox reaches a point (if ever) where it angers me because it added too much fluff or started making it near impossible to change settings, I'll likely stick with it.

I like things new and different. (like with the ladies..)

But yea, i'm diggin SeaMonkey already...and recommend others check it out. The NewsGroups / Feeds / IRcChat are all there with the touch of a button.. (bottom left corner of browser...and buttons are always there)

Everything loads quick , or even quicker than FireFox. If I were to nitpick, i'd only complain about it looking a little jam packed near the top. But even this can be fixed, depending how u configure the browser bars up there.

I use Midori based on webkitgtk.

Palemoon

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