I assume most of the web developers out there have many browsers installed for cross browser testing.
What is your favorite browser for personal use on desktop and mobile? I'm also curious if/how your opinion changed over time and what features you prefer.
Plus: The one who can first comment the correct names of all browsers of the cover image in the correct order (left to right, top to bottom) gets a little christmas surprise from me... 🎁🎄
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Firefox, because Google services isn't available in China.
Sad.
At work, it is chrome.. business team drives our default browser at work.
Samsung default browser in my mobile. Chrome browser is disabled in my mobile ;-)
Thank you. I had somewhat similar misgivings about the ads and did wonder about the 'approved ads', which I've totally blocked.
I'm not so fussed about the extensions, they're 3rd party, so I'll be dealing with 3rd parties wherever I go. If, however, Google are injecting their own code into those extensions, then I'd be worried, but AFAIK that's not happening.
Guess my current use case is 'limit the exposure to google, but still make use of them'. I've tried using DDG, but it still really sucks compared to G and Bing in many areas (e.g. indexing SPAs).
Think I might have Stockholm syndrome as far as the dev tools are concerned :D
Firefox, hands down. I am strongly considering not using Chrome at all, because it's very heavy on my computer, and I hate Google sniffing around everything I do.
I'm experimentinf witb Opera, but lately it's been very sluggish. I think I will play around with some of the others on this list. Some of them I've never heard of. Insightful!
My favorite browser is Firefox. Mozilla has demonstrated their commitment to delivering a customer and privacy oriented product. It is fast, has lovely dev tools, and takes a fairly aggressive stance on blocking trackers.
My favourite desktop and mobile browser is Vivaldi. Prior to Vivaldi it was the old Presto Opera. For specific things I'm also a fan of Brave, Firefox and Beaker.
I can't identify all the browsers at the top but since I like a challenge I'm going to list all the ones I can identify or guess at!
1st Row: Seamonkey, Pale Moon, [pass], Safari, Chrome Canary
2nd Row: [pass], Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge
3rd Row: [pass], Maxthon, Yandex Browser, Internet Explorer, Vivaldi
I'm curious now about the ones I can't identify!
Brave
Basilisk, which I was surprised not to see on the listing above. Love it for it user interface customization. I also find the Add-Ons and Add-Ons interface to be better and easier than Chrome.
I use Brave on macOS and Android. High performance chromium browser with all Chromen extensions support, privacy focused and build in ad blocker.
I use Firefox on both desktop and mobile.
Previously I was Chrome and Brave accross devices.
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