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What's your web browser of choice?

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Peter Kim Frank

I use Chrome on desktop, as well as on my iPhone. It's a handy setup as it syncs my searches across mobile/desktop, pulls info in from gMail, etc. I'm also a fan of the "Peoples" system on Desktop which really helps my workflow as I transition between working on personal vs. work tasks.

At the same time, I'm a bit wary of entrusting absolutely everything to Google. I use Firefox as a back-up browser on Desktop, and am considering flipping over full-time.

What browser(s) do you use?

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Donald Merand

I switched from Chrome to Firefox when quantum came out, so on my Mac it's Firefox > Safari > Chrome now. Chrome hogs that RAM! Also it's good to support Mozilla + generally keep a diverse setup. But I use them all for app testing.

On mobile I use Firefox Focus, which you might think would be super-limiting but I find that it really is perfect for keeping me from walking around staring at my phone.

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Samuel

I've been using Firefox for more than 6 years straight and I'm not ready to switch any time soon. I also strongly dislike the "chrome only" trend some websites are adopting. Browser monopoly doesn't look like a good thing to me.

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Judith

I use Chrome mostly because of dev tools; but I hate the way it hogs memory. I like the new FF Quantum and use it frequently; but I'm not ready to switch yet. I also use Beaker because I really like the project and am keeping up with the progress as it goes along. I would like to use the extensibility of Beaker to integrate some of my workflow like presentations, sharing prototypes, code collab and just some fun stuff like games (P2P).
On my iPhone I use chrome as well.
I avoid Safari whenever possible.

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Dian Fay

Vivaldi. Based on Chromium so it can use the same plugins, but super customizable. Tabs on the left are amazing.

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Vinay Pai

Out of curiosity, what kind of customizations have you actually made? I ask because I personally find customizability appealing at a theoretical level but often don't actually end up making any meaningful use of that ability.

Something like this:
Reality is bullshit

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Dian Fay • Edited

I mean, bear in mind that I run Arch voluntarily. But the most I've done to Vivaldi itself is a color scheme. The biggest change to how I use the browser is via surfingkeys.

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Pierre Bouillon

And so are stacked tabs ! :D

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Ben Halpern

Chrome—mostly due to familiarity and no strong reasons to change from a devtools perspective.

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Sergey Kislyakov

I've been using Firefox for ~5 years on Desktop and ~3 months on my Android phone. Even before the Quantum era, when it was not that fast, I felt like I should stick to the Mozilla's baby because they do some great stuff for the Internet. I still follow this principle though I have other browsers (Chrome, IE and Edge) to test my projects.

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Ivan

Used chrome for the last 3+ years. When FF Quantum came out, I decided to give it a try, but only to see it hogs the same amount of RAM (and event more) like Chrome. So with the pain that would have been to transfer all of my bookmarks and accounts to FF, I decided to stick with Chrome.

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Tiago Marques

Firefox all the way... At work for development and search, and at home.

In my lightweight laptop I use Waterfox, a fork of Firefox, but lighter and even more secure.

I use MS Edge as secondary browser, for when I'm at battery or to listen music.
Chrome just to check crossbrowser compatibility

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Anurag Mathur 

Work -> Chrome on Windows Laptop, and Firefox on the Linux Dev VM. This is mostly due to Safari being not available on both platforms.
Personal -> Safari on Mac, Safari on iPhone/iPad

I keep Chrome on my personal devices to sync bookmarks across work and personal devices.