ProudGrandma Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 which one do you use and why do you like it? Once I decide, how does one go about learning the ins and outs of that particular browser? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candicane Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I use Chrome and Firefox the most. They're both pretty basic, but they both have great help sections to help you out. I've also used Opera in the past as well as Safari, but not for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I mostly use Chrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I use Chrome. It works well and I never have any issues with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 which one do you use and why do you like it? Once I decide, how does one go about learning the ins and outs of that particular browser? thanks. Firefox. Chrome does some strange things on discussion forums, such as truncating text instead of allowing it to fill up the space (it looks fine when you're entering text, but when the post actually shows up, the text is truncated). I have known people who were unable to use hyperlinks--IDK if that was an earlier version or what, but it was so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I use Chrome and sometimes Safari. I don't think there's much of a learning curve for any browser. The website for whichever browser you choose to download should tell you all you need to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I use Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Firefox was always my preferred browser, but I think on my very old Linux box (which died on New Years Day) I was having issues with graphics and/or videos and began using Chromium (Google Chrome is based on Chromium). This is my M$ Windows 7 Professional laptop and it has Google Chrome (which I use most of the time), Mozilla Firefox (which I use occasionally) and it also has M$ Internet Explorer which is a default of Microsoft. I do not use Internet Explorer, except when checking to see if something I have on a web site looks OK in that browser. Chrome and Firefox both seem to be stable. My wife switched to Google Chrome I think because she is a gamer and had problems with Mozilla Firefox on Club Pogo. DD uses Google Chrome. Firefox has more settings that I can configure and I appreciate that. Try them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I use Chrome most of the time and Firefox if there's a site Chrome doesn't work well on. I used to use Firefox all the time, but then that one got banned at school (supposedly too easy for viruses to come through it?) and I got used to Chrome, so like it here at home too. Internet Explorer has the most issues with websites, so I stay away from that one except in rare situations. We do need it to run announcements at school though. I never found out why Chrome doesn't work for those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 so for all of you who use Google Chrome...do you have a gmail email account as your main email...or do you use another server for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 We still use Juno as our e-mail provider - mainly because it's associated with all of our business stuff both for hubby's engineering and our ponies. Changing it would require too much effort on our part. We have not needed to get a google e-mail to use Chrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFaerie Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I really like Firefox, except that for whatever reason, Facebook videos won't play. So, I use Chrome for FB and Firefox for almost everything else. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Firefox. I switched to it years ago when I got fed up with IE, and I haven't seen any reason or need to try anything else. I found it simple and easy to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmtzc2009 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 We have used Firefox for years without problems. I don't have any trouble playing facebook videos as another poster had mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I'm curious what browser you have now, on what operating system, and why do you need to change it? My impression, and I'm not an expert, is that they are all pretty much the same. Some pages don't work on some browsers, but, by and large, most work the same on most all newish browsers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 I have AOL...and I am having more and more problems with them....not opening up sites mostly. But when I go to a different browser, I have no problem...and my email is an AOL email. I do have a gmail account too...because a message board I was on didn't like AOL...I couldn't post emails from that account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I use Firefox, but my kids say Chrome is best. Still, I've used Firefox for years and haven't had any issues with it, so I'll stick with it for now. (My kids say Chrome is faster.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Chrome and Firefox. Most of the Chrome issues are gone and searches are very accurate for what I am looking for. I use Firefox for the few times when Chrome doesn't seem to play nice with the website, but it is getting less and less necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I'm curious what browser you have now, on what operating system, and why do you need to change it? My impression, and I'm not an expert, is that they are all pretty much the same. Some pages don't work on some browsers, but, by and large, most work the same on most all newish browsers. I see you've never tried to use Internet Explorer. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I use Firefox, DH uses Chrome, so we don't have competing favorites or setups (on either PC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nkexiangpe Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 They're both pretty basic, but they both have great help sections to help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I use Chrome on our desktop and laptop. Most of my general web usage is on mobile devices though, my iPhone and iPad. So it's Safari on those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeacherZee Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Firefox on my PCs and Safari on my iDevices. I also have Chrome installed but I am used to Firefox now so that is my preference :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Chrome and Firefox. Most of the Chrome issues are gone and searches are very accurate for what I am looking for. I use Firefox for the few times when Chrome doesn't seem to play nice with the website, but it is getting less and less necessary. This has been my experience too. Chrome's search engine is extremely good at figuring out what I'm looking for and it seems to work more quickly. I had a (school) year of comparing them last year and went from almost exclusively using Firefox to almost exclusively using Chrome. Then this year when the Powers That Be told us we couldn't even have Firefox loaded on school computers, that sort of sealed it. I don't have it on my (new) computer. When I want Firefox, I use hubby's computer as that's still his main browser. I probably wouldn't have changed from Firefox had it not been for my experience with Chrome at school, but Chrome's search engine definitely reads my mind better (and I like that). Hubby and I both left Internet Explorer due to its oodles of issues with many sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I use Firefox because of the add-on called Reminder Fox. The reminders pop up on my screen and make a sound to grab my attention. It's the only way I can remember things. I've never had any problems with Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I use chrome and firefox and tend to go back and forth between depending on which versions I like more. Just switched back to firefox because of how tiny some text is in chrome at the moment, it seems to be ignoring the fonts on certain sites and it's alternative is absolutely minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I use Chrome (and once in a blue moon Firefox). I have a Gmail account. I only open Internet Explorer it I have to check what a website looks like on it, and I always cringe because I know it will wreak havoc with everything and I will be reconfiguring the whole system for days. Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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