Poll: What browser do you use?

[PurpleHello98]

These days I use Pale Moon! It's not as slow as it used to be, and with a third-party YouTube client it can handle the vast majority of my surfing. I'm using it right now to type this, in fact! I much prefer the interface to pretty much any other browser these days, especially when I'm on my Windows 7 computer or my Windows 8 netbook as a) it's more period-accurate to those, and b) it doesn't feel like it was made for a tablet or smartphone and then slopped onto computers without any thought.

[petrichoran]

i use firefox currently! i like the customization options and extensions that it offers, but my main reason for using it is that i just don't want to use chromium browsers. if i ever switch for whatever reason i'll probably use something else firefox-based like pale moon.

[GradientMan]

I use Chrome because I am so so so SO GENERIC.

Trust me, there are actually alive people who use Chrome.

[Memory]

I use Chrome because I am so so so SO GENERIC.

Trust me, there are actually alive people who use Chrome.

NO WAY REALLY?!?!??!! O_O

[moonunions]

switched over to opera gx a few years ago and have stuck with it for now! i like the interface even if it's a bit of a learning curve... or at least was for me haha i use firefox for work only (i am very strict on keeping work and personal life separate as someone who works from home) but i'm a little interested in using waterfox as my main browser instead. will have to test it out sometime and see how it feels.

[halcybutton]

used to use chrome, but switched to firefox about a year or two ago! + on mobile i use both firefox and duckduckgo :3

[GradientMan]

NO WAY REALLY?!?!??!! O_O

yuh uh.

[Zombiethederg]

I'd make the swap from OperaGX (its kinda a peice of crap and their twitter account is unfunny lol) but im pretty sure you need chromium based browsers to use google docs, where is kinda where I write everything lmao

[sokil]

I'd make the swap from OperaGX (its kinda a peice of crap and their twitter account is unfunny lol) but im pretty sure you need chromium based browsers to use google docs, where is kinda where I write everything lmao

o.o i've never heard of that before. i'm pretty sure all you need to use gsuite is a google account. i use google docs all the time on firefox and have no issues! didn't  have any problems on waterfox either, i believe. there was a short time where the dark mode extension i use wouldn't display things properly, but i think that was the extension rather than the browser since it's been fixed now, as far as i can tell.

[Zombiethederg]

o.o i've never heard of that before. i'm pretty sure all you need to use gsuite is a google account.

wait what. have. have I been living a lie. have I been able to not use. OperaGX... and still have access to google sites...

[Alys]

I use Firefox! I love the addons (I always joke that I'm like inspector gadget). I also love that you can sync your tabs. I can be a bit scatterbrained at times, so it's really nice to be able to pull up a site I was just looking at on a different device.

[foxkehfan2328]

[shapezncolourz]

i use firefox with ecosia as my search engine (though i've been thinking of switching lately, idk many other search engines tho...) and i use a LOT of extensions!

- ublock origin (my favourite adblocker)
- ublacklist (for removing certain sites from search results - i use it to block ai art results when i search for images)
- fandom enhance (for removing bloatware from fandom.com wikis)
- stylus (for changing tumblr desktop to look like older versions)
- enhancer for youtube (self explanatory)
- clearurls (removes tracking from urls)
- beyond20 (connects d&d beyond with roll20)
- ao3 enhancements (also self explanatory)
- honey (for finding free discounts when shopping online, my dm from my d&d group swears by it)

[candycanearter07]

I'd make the swap from OperaGX (its kinda a peice of crap and their twitter account is unfunny lol) but im pretty sure you need chromium based browsers to use google docs, where is kinda where I write everything lmao

No, I've used GDocs on firefox before and it works fine. Maybe Opera had some issues in the past?

NO WAY REALLY?!?!??!! O_O

i know i was suprised too. i mean, chrome users? amazing

One interesting note! At the moment this poll says:
Firefox is 55% of people and Chrome is about 20% used Chrome (or Chrome-like browsers like Vivaldi)

But the actual forum stats say that 47% of people use Chrome and only 26% use Firefox!

I suppose the difference is down to who actually has an account and has chosen to vote in the poll, versus casual browsers who are not logged in. Bots might be a reason too, but the forum stats are pretty good at filtering them out.

At any rate, I would still recommend testing your site on both browsers!

Thanks for the suggestion, it does work fine on chrome(ium). I mostly just use the two browsers to separate my "home life" and "school accounts", since yeah. I put "other" as my second browser mostly because I use like lynx and dillo sometimes, as well as sometimes using surf for popups and scripts where I just want to pull up a single website.

[imnotjahan]

I used to use Chrome, but then following some privacy-paranoia I switched to Waterfox. It was nice, but I still kept Chrome installed though, as the dev tools in Chrome are just too good. I ended up switching to ungoogled chromium instead, as that solved both my issues.
I know some people hate chromium just for chromium, and it is bloated as hell, but it's nice having all the bloat readily accessible in comparison to not having that feature when using something like xlinks, for instance.