Which Web browser do you use?

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Which Web Browser do you use?

  1. Google Chrome

    24 vote(s)
    64.9%
  2. Mozilla Firefox

    8 vote(s)
    21.6%
  3. Microsoft Edge

    3 vote(s)
    8.1%
  4. Opera

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  5. Other - please share which one

    3 vote(s)
    8.1%
  6. Apple users - Safari

    8 vote(s)
    21.6%
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  1. A-M

    A-M Not a lot of hustle in my hustle anymore

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    I would be interested to find out which browser most of us use.
    If you wish to, you can add a post to the thread to state why you use the one that you do.
     
  2. michelepixels

    michelepixels A pun is not fully matured until it is full groan.

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    You forgot us Apple users. :) I use Safari. So far, it has worked for everything since I got my new computer last month. Prior to that, however, my old 2011 iMac Safari struggled to run Netflix and Smugmug and I started using Chrome more and more. Those are both working on my new computer in Safari though. Yay! :D
     
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  3. A-M

    A-M Not a lot of hustle in my hustle anymore

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    Sorry Michele, I have now added Safari to the poll. I was not aware that Apple uses something different. Thankyou for your response.
     
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  4. michelepixels

    michelepixels A pun is not fully matured until it is full groan.

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    No problem! I didn't mind being an Other. :) I was just surprised.

    I'm curious now too . . . How many Apple users stick with the Apple browser, Safari, and how many use something else?
     
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  5. Cherylndesigns

    Cherylndesigns All glasses should be bigger than 1.5 oz

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    I use a private web browser - Duck Duck Go - it's not totally a VPN, but supposedly, it's not trackable.
     
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  6. cookingmylife

    cookingmylife Pizza would be my last meal, except ...

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    I stick with Safari though years ago I had to use Chrome for something. Did Not Like.
     
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  7. HavaDrPepper

    HavaDrPepper Space. The final frontier

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    I started having issues with Chrome last month on one of my financial websites after using it for as long as I can remember. It wouldn't even load the website. Firefox wasn't any better so I decided to try Edge and I have no problems with that website with Edge. There is one website that freezes on me but I'm positive it is because of the ad blocker add-on that I use and the other add-on that stops videos from playing automatically. That website has lots of ads and a video that wants to play every time you go to the page. No matter what browser I use, the website freezes so that is a website issue not a browser issue. I avoid that website these days.
     
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  8. rach3975

    rach3975 Well-Known Member

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    I use Chrome. It's partly because I like using the same browser across all my devices (so that it remembers my bookmarks and history), partly because I like the add-ons that are available, and partly because certain websites for my children's schools require it. I use Privacy Badger, which assesses a lot of things on each website and turns off anything that is probably tracking you. I think that's why Chrome starts up so slowly on my laptop, but I'm not willing to give up the privacy for faster performance. I also use The Great Suspender, which puts unused tabs to sleep. For someone like me who opens sooo many tabs when I'm shopping or lesson planning, it really helps me not take as big a performance hit when I have sixty bajillion tabs open.
     
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  9. littlekiwi

    littlekiwi I charge by the hour for anything before noon

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    Mines a two pronged answer....on my laptop it’s Google Chrome, on my iPad and iPhone it’s Safari
     
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  10. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    I used to be a die-hard Firefox user, but switched to Chrome a few years ago after Firefox started giving me more and more issues. I use it on my iPhone as well.
     
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  11. bonnenuit

    bonnenuit Why do I always have to be Captain?

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    I use Chrome and have no issues with it.
     
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  12. Karen

    Karen Wiggle it, just a little bit!

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    I'm a Chrome users. I love that I can use it at work and at home and it remembers all my bookmarks and passwords and stuff. On my phone I use Safari, but I'd rather use a computer for web searching stuff mostly.
     
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  13. Memaw2Wm

    Memaw2Wm Well-Known Member

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    This. I do occasionally revert to Internet Explorer on certain websites ... I'm still using WIN 7 on my work and home desktops. I have a laptop with WIN 10, am not a fan of Edge, so I use Chrome on it too.
     
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  14. djp332

    djp332 She sells seashells down by the seashore

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    I've always used Safari without any problems, so no need to try something else.
     
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  15. keepscrappin

    keepscrappin ScrapWithTheWind

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    I use chrome on my laptop and Safari on my iPhone and iPad.
     
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  16. bestcee

    bestcee In love with places I've never been to

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    Which browser do you use for DDG? My understanding is it's not stand alone? I thought it was just a search engine

    I have to look into this! Thanks for sharing!
     
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  17. Nemla

    Nemla Stretching my skill set

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    Edge and chrome. And a really stupid useless one on the kindle, that is default, and you can not remove.
     
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  18. bestcee

    bestcee In love with places I've never been to

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    I bounce back and forth between Chrome and Firefox. I was using Chrome, but then some sites wouldn't work, so I went to Firefox. Now, I'm having issues there, especially with school sites. So now, I'm back to Chrome.

    When I'm doing website developing stuff for school, I prefer Chrome.
     
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  19. bestcee

    bestcee In love with places I've never been to

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    Amazon Silk. It is horrible!
     
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  20. Cherylndesigns

    Cherylndesigns All glasses should be bigger than 1.5 oz

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    You can make it your default browser. I use Chrome to get on the internet, but browse with DDG. We use it on our phones, too. It is a stand alone on the phone.
     

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