Topic: what web browser do you use?

Internet Explorer.

Currently on Firefox 15, which I use as my main browser since it's my favourite, but out of convenience for web design stuff I run Safari 5 and Internet Explorer 10 as well. Both are pretty nice - IE10 especially - but I've used Firefox for years and I've no reason to change.

lol at you picture guardianking xD

I use Opera mostly, I love some of its functions and abilities, like the left-sided panel for Bookmarks, Downloads etc. For some sites that do not open properly because of some strange conflicts with Opera, I use Chrome.

With the add-ons and settings I use, I haven't had any browser-based viruses in all my years using Firefox...okay, except for when I went to that random russian site, but that's the only time and I got rid of it pretty quick. Even if Chrome could've stopped that, I'd still feel that it would be overkill to have something that secure (especially if it's at a price). I mean, really, considering the sites I go to, having only 1 problem in about 3 years is pretty effing impressive as is. I can't imagine a normal person needing more than that.

But the average person won't have all of those add-ons and the like, which opens them up to a lot of problems.

For example (my information may be out of date but I don't think so) in a browser like Firefox or IE, in which all the tabs run under a single process, it's possible for a malicious web page to log keypresses even in another tab (so if you've unknowingly got a bad page open in one tab and log into your bank account in another tab, the first website can steal your bank details). In Chrome, each tab runs as a separate process (i.e. fully self-contained browser). That means that having a bad page open in one tab will keep that page isolated so it can't affect other tabs (unless, of course, you inadvertently download some malware). This has the side effect of meaning that a single Chrome tab crashing won't bring down all the other tabs.

Now if you're a careful user and employ add ons to keep you safe then Firefox will be fine - I used to use it without addons and never had a problem. However, I like Chrome for its other features and find that, these days, my PCs are generally powerful enough to be able to keep many tabs open in Chrome without noticeable slowdown.

a browser published by "go-wecollectallyourfreckingdata-ogle" is suppose to be safe?

google chrome and firefox mostly google chrome though

Well, my family uses IE, so i got connected to the favorites. When i get my own computer i'll probably make a full switch to GC.

Safari, and I love it.

If you think you're able to stop companies logging your data just by switching browsers, you're deluding yourself.

Chrome.
Thatisall.

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of course not entirely just by switching the brwoser, but there is still a difference. and i use other methods aswell

google chrome

IE10 came out? I thought only the preview was out.

Internet Explorer. I just upgraded to IE8 on my Windows XP Home Edition!

I'm surprised some fool hasn't made a joke by saying Netscape yet.