You are monitored by your ISP anyway.

Adblock doesn't slow things down that much. And it prevents ads from loading before they are about to load.

Yes of course I have done that but it doesn't always react fast enough and "hijinx" ensue. Perhaps setting "html5 preferred" battles with that setting but without that I am stuck with Flash altogether afaik.

Wow Thank you OP for this thread. Apparently it was just what I needed for a stimulus to see what's out there for SeaMonkey and I have been happily surprised. There is HTML5 support including specialized "players" HiDef addons, download and convert (audio and video) addons, and considerable config and "about" work out there. The only remaining nasty bit is probably just old habit anyway. I really like the logic of Firefox tabs with the separate "close" button right on each tab and somehow (again maybe habit) adding a new tab on the right seems logical with a right mounted add button instead of SeaMonkey's open tab button left orientation.

I don't suppose I will give up on Firefox since it will always be the historical "lighthouse in the fog" for me, partly because of their embrace of nearly all platforms but mostly because for so many years it was just so damned good. Again thanks.... feeling really good about SeaMonkeys.

Hi all...

On Linux systems, probably Google Chrome. It seems more lightweight to me, in part. I do like Firefox's wide assortment of plugins and themes, though, and that they've kept the address bar drop down menu button.

On Windows, Internet Explorer, despite its faults.

Regards...

Just like *buntu is Ubuntu with altered DE. SeaMonkey is modified Firefox! Speaking about modified Fx - try Mantra.

I use Firefox almost exclusively* due to AdBlock and NoScript and the fact it appears to be the only browser** with cookie whitelisting -- the history controls are a lot better than the Chrome family, also. Something silly like cookie whitelisting may seem a silly thing to be hung up about but I hate having sites remember me, not for privacy reasons but because I often use a site in a different way on each visit -- for example on YouTube I don't want to be faced with a page full of suggestions for Miley Sirus videos because I watched a spoof of Wrecking Ball. Trying to have only selected sites set cookies in Opera involves visiting every site you think you may ever want to visit and clicking on myriad dialogue boxes until things are set up, only to find that you forgot that sometimes you do visit the Daily Mail website and you're faced with dialogue boxes when all you wanted was to quickly view a link pasted in IRC.
The Chrome family I don't like due to their inflexible user interfaces -- with the exception of the settings dialogues my Nightly 40 setup looks enough like my old Firefox 13 etc. setup as makes no odds.
Opera I like apart form the cookie business mentioned above and the fact it would take a lot of getting used to. If they brought in cookie whitelisting I might think it worth my while to learn to use though.


*I have to use Chrome for Netflix until Firefox's HTML5 DRM stuff is decided.

**I'm guessing the browsers based upon Mozilla are all like this but Firefox is my favourite form the family.

1. Konqueror, especially for its ftp, javascript debugging, 'view source' and 'view document info' capabilities
2. Firefox for general purpose web use
3. Opera, on occasion

I also use Seamonkey; as a matter of fact I am addicted to it. I dislike all of the other browsers now in existence!!
I liked Konquerer but I seldom see it listed.

Here is an easy way to test it, without doing a system wide install. The profile and everything will be stored in one folder. Delete it when you are done.