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The definitive browser/OS combo poll for '10

Poll: The definitive browser/OS combo poll for '10 (21 member(s) have cast votes)

Windows

  1. Internet Explorer (2 votes [9.52%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.52%

  2. Mozilla Firefox (10 votes [47.62%])

    Percentage of vote: 47.62%

  3. Google Chrome (8 votes [38.10%])

    Percentage of vote: 38.10%

  4. Apple Safari (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. Opera (1 votes [4.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

  6. Other (Explain) (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  7. N/A (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

Mac OS X

  1. Apple Safari (7 votes [33.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 33.33%

  2. Mozilla Firefox (1 votes [4.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

  3. Camino (1 votes [4.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

  4. Opera (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. Google Chrome (4 votes [19.05%])

    Percentage of vote: 19.05%

  6. Other (Explain) (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  7. N/A (8 votes [38.10%])

    Percentage of vote: 38.10%

Linux

  1. Mozilla Firefox (7 votes [33.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 33.33%

  2. Chromium (6 votes [28.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 28.57%

  3. Opera (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. Konqueror (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. Other (Explain) (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. N/A (8 votes [38.10%])

    Percentage of vote: 38.10%

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#1 User is offline   Steve 

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Posted 10 March 2010 - 02:53 PM

If anyone is wondering I did kinda hijack this idea from elsewhere, but still. Let's see what those at GeekSmack prominently use. It would also be nice if you gave your reasoning for it.

I've voted Windows and Mozilla Firefox. Reason is because I've been using Firefox for a good while now and always go back to it from other browsers if I try them. I just prefer it over others, maybe it's the addons and themes.

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Posted 10 March 2010 - 06:01 PM

I voted Windows and Google Chrome. While I do like OS X as an OS, I'd like to run it on native Mac hardware which I currently don't own. For my PC needs, I just prefer Windows over Linux.

As far as browser choice is concerned, I chose Chrome because it's fast, it uses the Webkit engine, the UI is sleek, and it's bloat-free and just does what you need it to do.
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Posted 10 March 2010 - 06:39 PM

On Windows I use Google Chrome because right now I think it's the best Windows browser around. It's fast and really elegant. On OSX and Linux I just use whichever comes built-in (Safari and Firefox respectively) because they're good enough. So yeah.
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#4 User is offline   Eugene C 

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Posted 10 March 2010 - 09:11 PM

Windows: Firefox
OS X: Safari
Linux: Chromium

They would seem like the best options for each OS when it comes to speed and reliability.
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Posted 10 March 2010 - 09:23 PM

Windows and Chrome. I would push Chrome to all my users on my network if it wouldn't confuse the hell out of them i.e. if it doesn't say Internet Explorer then "How do I access the internet?". For example, for a few users I had to create a url shortcut to our internal corporate intranet with IE's logo but named "Intranet Explorer".
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Posted 10 March 2010 - 09:27 PM

Just change the Chrome icon to an icon of IE and change the name of it. Also change the theme.

With Firefox it's easier.
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#7 User is offline   William 

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Posted 10 March 2010 - 09:28 PM

Firefox on Windows. Quite simply because I have a lot of extensions that I like. :P

If I didn't have the extensions that I have, I'd switch to Chrome.
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Posted 10 March 2010 - 09:31 PM

I use Google Chrome or "Chromium" on Windows and on Linux too.

I don't use Mac OS X so that would be neither. :P
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Posted 10 March 2010 - 11:24 PM

While I primarily use Windows (and use Firefox on Windows), I voted Safari for Mac (at school), and Firefox for Linux.
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Posted 10 March 2010 - 11:54 PM

Windows: Chrome
Mac: Chrome

Works well and is speedy.
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Posted 10 March 2010 - 11:57 PM

View PostMitchell, on 10 March 2010 - 09:31 PM, said:

I use Google Chrome or "Chromium" on Windows and on Linux too.

I don't use Mac OS X so that would be neither. :P

^That's what I chose. :)
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 12:00 AM

Windows - Firefox

OS X - Camino

Linux - Firefox


People might be wondering why Camino rules on OS X. Well, it has all the power of Firefox, while keeping a good feel with the OS. Plus, it works better than FF on older machines.
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 12:04 AM

Did you get a Mac or set up a hackintosh?
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 01:54 AM

View PostPaul, on 11 March 2010 - 12:04 AM, said:

Did you get a Mac or set up a hackintosh?

My school has a few old eMacs (10.3.4) still in use. Firefox 2 is starting to fail on them. Camino still holds strong (even though it's the old version).
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 01:56 AM

Chrome on both OS X and Windows, and Firefox on Linux, just the way it is. :D
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 04:34 AM

Linux - Firefox 3.6
Windows - Chrome and Firefox
OSX - if you count my iPhone ...safari

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#17 User is offline   Paul 

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Posted 11 March 2010 - 05:30 AM

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My school has a few old eMacs (10.3.4) still in use. Firefox 2 is starting to fail on them. Camino still holds strong (even though it's the old version).



Ah, I knew you didn't start using OS X yourself. :lol:
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 01:09 PM

I personally use my Firefox Pre-releases on my linux box(es) (Xubuntu, Ubuntu), I find compiling myself on the machine I'm using the browser on really does make a difference, increasing speed and stability.

On my Windows 7 box I use Minefield (Firefox) currently 3.7a3pre, it's not caused any issues on the machine in question and is more than speedy enough for my needs.
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 03:12 PM

Who voted for IE in this poll? lol
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 03:35 PM

View PostPaul, on 11 March 2010 - 03:12 PM, said:

Who voted for IE in this poll? lol


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