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    Is Firefox the Best Browser for the Real World?

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      I didn't have IE issues really, not in the later or latest versions. It wasn't my favourite but it worked pretty well.

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said:

        I didn't have IE issues really, not in the later or latest versions. It wasn't my favourite but it worked pretty well.

        That sums up my experience with both IE11 and Edge to date. Obviously others have had worse luck with Edge.

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        • Minion QueenM
          Minion Queen
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          I E11 is horrible now and just crashes constantly

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          • AVI-NetworkGuyA
            AVI-NetworkGuy
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            I tend to use a mix. Firefox is the only browser, currently, that will load the VMware add-on properly for VSphere web client - annoying. So I would say about 80% of my time is spent in Chrome, 10% Firefox, the rest is in either Edge or IE

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            • Minion QueenM
              Minion Queen
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              I am also everywhere. My MS Partner stuff has to be done in IE so there a bit. Edge (I am trying to get used to it and use it), Chrome for a bit and then I also have my Mac setup next to me so on that with Safari and Chrome.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                FF is anything but perfect, I use it really heavily and it bloats and slows and has to be restarted or even typing becomes a problem (on an i7!!) But when fresh, it works really well.

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                  WingCreative
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                  Outside of compatibility issues with a few web apps, and a general lack of extensions, I have been really enjoying Edge so far - it has been quick to load, and I appreciate the interface's simplicity.

                  With that said, I default to Firefox because it has all the extensions I like already set up, and outside of NoScript fiddling I don't need to mess with any compatibility options.

                  Chrome is okay, it's what I use at work, but it can be a bit too much of a memory hog if I'm trying to look something up while alt-tabbed out of a game or something.

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                  • MattSpellerM
                    MattSpeller
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                    I enjoyed the spin off https://www.waterfoxproject.org/

                    Otherwise I'm pretty dedicated on chrome

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      Hmmm... found it slow to load here. I mean everything is slow here, but it seemed slower.

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                        Jason Banned
                        last edited by Jason

                        I want a chromium browser that auto-updates without the google bits in it. And also allows permeant exceptions for insecure/self signed SSL certs like firefox does. I also want temporary deleted downloads so it would have the ability to just run or open like IE does without keeping the download. Similar to Opendownload2 for firefox, except many times opendownload2 doesn't actually delete it it just saves to a hidden folder, would be nice if something would delete it after you closed it.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          I didn't have IE issues really, not in the later or latest versions. It wasn't my favourite but it worked pretty well.

                          I use IE as my main daily driver at work - best experience for our app.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @Minion Queen
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                            @Minion-Queen said:

                            I E11 is horrible now and just crashes constantly

                            I'm guessing your IE 11 is broken somehow - a refresh of the install is probably in order.

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                            • dafyreD
                              dafyre @DustinB3403
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                              @DustinB3403 Coming back? You mean people actually quit using it? (Seriously... I know a guy, lol).

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                              • MattSpellerM
                                MattSpeller @dafyre
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                                @dafyre @DustinB3403 Netscape? In 2015? That's a paddlin

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                                • dafyreD
                                  dafyre @MattSpeller
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                                  @MattSpeller I finally managed to get my last holdout off of it... Sometime in 2010, lol... he had no choice... none of the websites he needed would work with his browser any more... Took me another year to get him off of Netscape Communicator.

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                                  • Reid CooperR
                                    Reid Cooper
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                                    Posting from Edge now. I think that the font rendering is weird. It is actually a little.... fuzzy.

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                                      WingCreative
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                                      Edge also had some trouble with antialiasing last time I tried it out, it made my avatar look like a janky jumble of pixels.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        My Edge instance has crashed. Just froze itself into nothingness. Not a big deal, but this is the first that I have had it totally lose it and not just be slow or glitchy. Total crash.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          Took about two minutes for the OS to be able to kill it too.

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                                          • dafyreD
                                            dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            Took about two minutes for the OS to be able to kill it too.

                                            This is my normal experience.

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