Internet Explorer losing grip on browser market

I use Firefox. I have used it since it was first available for download.
Prior to that, I used Netscape for as long as possible. I am a Windows user but I don't like IE. I never have. But back when I was writing ecommerce sites, I discovered that all browsers have their strengths and weaknesses.

no surprise since ie is the SLOWEST of all 5 major browsers!! its clunky and buggy. i use chrome because of speed speed speed. its the fastest browser on my mac

I use Google Chrome, it is fast...Actually i find it faster than any other browser

I use IE and always have. I tried Netscape when it was still a valid browser but always migrated back to IE. I tried Chrome but maybe I'm too used to IE because I found it too bare bones and stripped of features. It's still installed but I seldom use it. I also have FireFox and just can't quite warm to it. My IE is set up with all my stuff where I want it and where I know where it is. I've never had any trouble with it, I like it, I'm comfortable with it, and know how to use it so why change? Each succeeding version has been intuitive to learn and familiar.

Internet Explorer still exists?!

Haven't used it in a decade. For the last 6.5 years (as a Mac user), I've mainly used Safari until the Mac version of Google Chrome was released a few months ago.

I've used Firefox but I prefer Safari and even more so Chrome for Mac (which, interestingly, is at least as Mac-like as Safari!).

We use All of them it depends on what where trying to do

INTERNET EXPLORER IS A CANCER OF THE INTERNET!

Google Chrome. It's fast and very slick. I love that you can just type your search into the address bar. A simple feature, but it spoils you when you have to go back to I.E.

Opera everywhere. It does the work of five programs, and I can have the same settings everywhere.

Macs and safari suck

I use Firefox. I'm not particularly happy with it; it crashes a lot and has trouble with streaming video. But IE kept seeming to drop buttons, which made it impossible to navigate, so I switched.

I run the Ooga Booga browser. Much faster than all the better known, big name browsers out there.

I use them all but Opera is my current preference. Chrome can be buggy with some websites, as can IEx, and the current FF is just plain buggy. Opera's rock solid. At least this version on my current OS.

I've tried over 7 different browsers and liked firefox the best, but it's not supported on my work computer (only IE is), but I am able to run chrome on it. Since most of my internetting is done while at work (just don't get on too much at home) I've gotten so used to Crome and it's growing more and more on me. Not because I love it, but it is fast and for some reason I just switched to using it at home because I like using a consistent interface. Overall I do find firefox to be the most buggy, but it's also the most customizable and I really love that. Crhome has a few add on's, but nothing like firefox. IE works fine for standard browsing though, no need to bash it unless you spend way too much time using the internet. They all have their own unique flaws.

I use Arachne ... LONG LIVE DOS!

Google Chrome, As a student some school websites don't support Chrome yet, so sometimes I still need to use Explorer Definitely miss Chrome when I have to.

Adblock Plus Add-on for Firefox = nuff said. Not having to view ads is a huge plus for this browser, as is the general ease with which you can customize it.

Chrome is my browser of choice. I was using Firefox before but it kept getting slower and slower...It has been years since I have used IE...

On Windows – Firefox 99%+ IE when it is absolutely necessary
On Linux – Firefox or Ice Weasel, which ever is handy.
On Mac – Oh wait, I only use real computers.

Chrome is were its at!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and clean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been using Chrome for the last couple of weeks and I like it! It's fast!

Firefox with adblock can't be beat. It's amazing how great the internet is without seeing all the endless ads.

I'm a Macintosh owner. Safari is good, but I love Firefox and have been using it for years. Very fast, very reliable!

I use IE to download chrome. that's about it.

I use Safari and like it. I never liked Internet Explorer. I may try Chrome, given the other comments, but so far, Safari is working fine for me.

downloading bigger file i.e. is less efficient but easier to handel .

Chrome all the way baby. The interface rocks!

I use lynx .........so what it doesn't have the graphical user interface of IE.

I started using lynx back in 1988 and i said back then .. hey i bet this world wide web thing is going to be big someday ... that was when lynx was a black screen with grey lettering

anyone else remember lynx or linx? not sure how to spell it

I use Internet Explorer. I tried FF and Chrome but frankly Chrome seemed feature poor and the last thing I needed was to figure out how to drive FF. I could not really feal any difference between performance of the browsers on the normal mix of sites I use. I use it on WIn 7 on an 18 month old machine. On my wifes 4 year old XP laptop all browsers feel clucky and slow

I'm a little confused on some of the posts here that talk about speed and fast..
I've tried firefox and some others, I didn't like firefox at the time – was just the way downloads were handled. I understand it's different now though.
I've used IE for as long as I've had a computer. When i click on it, it opens up instantly. When I want to go to a favorite, I click on my fav screen and click on the page i want to go and it's there-instantanious. When I click back to a page or forward it's instant too!!
I guess i'm missing something.. I'm perfectly content with what i have and imho don't feel faster is going to be something that I could ever notice. meh..

safari, firefox and chrome for Mac! I haven't used explorer in years

I switched to Chrome about a year ago and just love it! Beats IE any day – much better performance and ease of use. Google is the best and all their products I use are awesome and best of all FREE... including Gmail, Google Maps, Google Earth and Picasa just to name a few. With their focus on cloud computing they will change the world in their truly 'do no evil' way. If only more corporations had the awesome culture of Google we'd all be better off – no wonder the company consistently ranks at the top of Fortune's lists (best companies to work for, most respected, etc.). If you haven't tried it yet, check out Chrome, you'll be a convert.

IE is good for downloading Firefox and Chrome.

Opera – The fastest browser on Earth and it will copy your bookmarks AND email so you don't need two programs.
http://www.opera.com/

Safari. Apple never screws up! Ever!
(thats an exaggeration i know)

Firefox + AdBlock Plus add-on = no more advertisement when is surf the web.

This is main reason i use Firefox.

I use the PC version of Safari. I find that it is much faster than IE.

I've been using IE since it was first released in 1995, and never had a problem with it until recently when a lot of websites started discontinuing support for IE6. I've never tried any later version of it. Whenever I go to open a website and have problems with IE6, I just switch to Firefox. I don't play "Upgrade Upgrade" every time something new comes out. I have better thing to do besides being a cash paying beta tester. I find something that works and then use it until it no longer works.

I still use Netscape . . .

I use Chrome for the speed.

ummm...IE is only 60%??? i would love to see where they got those numbers from. it is BY FAR still the browser of choice for the "commoner"...hands down. especially in the business world. there is no doubt that Firefox and Chrome have increased in market share, but they are still WAY BEHIND. obviously, those doing the interviewing aren't coders or Web analysts...otherwise they would "see the stats" and KNOW their numbers are WAY OFF. people who buy into this make me laugh. i would assume many are the same people with Apple stickers on there car... AS IF that corporate giant wasn't an evil empire in and of itself. oh yeah, and Jobs isn't eccentric either...he just complains and pays to have people arrested in violation of the 4th Amendment. lol.

OK, listen well people, you computer runs off the same shell of explorer....... so if your IE does not work well neither will your computer (PC users only included). So if you chose another browser after a fresh install, insert comment here, you made a choice to use a browser and appreciate your comments, people who had problems with IE then just installed another browser expecting it to fix your problems, understand that IE (explore.exe) (iexplore.exe) use the same DLL's and so the shell of ALL windows based computers, need a health IE to function well.

Firefox was the first to introduce many features to web browsing, now, it is an average web browser

Chrome, is a very fast browser with many features, worth a look

I love Firefox...that is the best. browser ever

Google Chrome is by far the best browser I've come across so far...have been using it for nearly a year now...no complaints whatever...excellent browsing experience.

Firefox rules! Fast, stable, secure. And the best reason to use it is the extension Adblock Plus. I haven't seen advertisements while surfing in years!

I use Chrome, it is the fastest and now that it has extensions and ones that are continuously growing, it is gaining more on firefox and explorer. Explorer did a lot to catch up when it built in tabs and extensions but after the IE6 age it was always playing catch-up to Firefox in my book. I have switched between Google and Firefox for the most part until recently only going to IE8 when necessary for a page that didn't display properly any other way.

With extensions on chrome, and many more coming out and being refined, I am almost exclusively on Chrome now except when absolutely necessary. Speed is king and then the speed to integrate and access the web apps I need is a close second.

Chrome is terrific. You can close windows without them popping up. And you can quick click on your most frequent links all in one window. I now tease my husband when he load up IE.

When Netscape first sued over IE, the jury couldn't understand how IE was designed to load faster and run quicker because it was part of Windows. Thus, they lost. I have always loaded Netscape, now Firefox on my systems as soon as I build them. I even have a first edition of Mosaic on 2 floppy disks. When was the last time an app fit on two 1.4MB disks?

I see that even giant companies like CNN can't afford the IT resources to come up with a reasonable list of browsers to pick from. Judging from this "complete and fair" list to choose from they have yet to hire an IT department that consists of people that even begin to understand that Microsoft Windows is not the only operating system out there and thus the browsers listed are not even close to a fair and complete list to choose from. What browser does BSD ship with these days, again? What does OS X use by default? Where's Konquerer on this list? Get real. I refuse to even vote or disclose my choices until this poll is updated to reference something besides the idea that Windows is the only thing out there.

I'm shocked it's still THAT high. I use Firefox because it's a good browser, has lots of cool developer plugins and skins... AND because it ISN'T a Microsoft product. I'm a mac user and tried Safari numerous times but it was just too buggy. IE is a typical overblown, convoluted, buggy, piece of crap product from Microsoft.IE6 was regarded throughout the industry as the crappiest browser ever. With IE7, Microsoft STILL couldn't figure out how to make sure the browser rendered ALL basic HTML and Style Sheet code properly. A web site is created, tested in all browsers except IE, and then minor adjustments are made to the code. THEN we have to test separately in IE because it's so lousy at rendering code, we end up spending hours and hours figuring out workarounds to get the site looking as it should. This is what happens people when a company is far too big and should have been split up years ago.

I will sum it up this way.

I like Firefox. Hands down its stable easy t o configure and set up. This browser also has persona and 3 party apps something IE does have but is not as open as fire fox is. Wit h those add ons you can custom your web experience .

opera is not bad either chrome just doesn't grab me it is too stripped too basic .

IE is ok if you get the right add ons but in terms of a easy comfortable web experience it is Firefox. Safari has gotten better as well but it doesn't pull me in.

The down side to Firefox is it is heavily version dependent if you change version some third party app like anti virus help;er apps don't always work and you have to wait until they write a new add on.

IE pays a high price for backwards compatibility because of the IE 6 vulnerabilities but most of the time all its apps work.

Aside from that Firefox is Superior every other way as a user goes.

SeaMonkey because it comes with a composer. Otherwise, Firefox or Chrome.

I use Seamonkey. Seamonkey is the follow on to the Mozilla browser suite (browser & email/news client) which Netscape 6.X & 7.X was based on. It is also a first cousin to Firefox (browser and thunderbird (email client) offering the same functionality as FF&TB together.

I used Firefox for years. Awesome browser and it's still is. Though I have been secretly test driving Chrome for almost a year. As of last month, I finally decided that Chrome is indeed better, faster and crashes way less. I'm now a full convert.

FireFox with AddBlocker Plus is just plain sweet!

I use Firefox. I don't ever open IE, and don't download its updates from Microsoft, neither those of Windows Media Player. The player and IE are never used on my computer.
Even if Microsoft invents the most perfect browser, I have such negative feelings for this company's greed and police-tactics that I will not use what they make.

On my Windows computer Linux is the operating system and it's great. The less I see or hear of Microsoft, the better.

Google Chrome. Fastest browser available. And you can easily google something simply by typing into the address bar.

Firefox under Linux, but I've tried Chrome, and will do that every once in while and see how it matures. At the moment, it's lacking too many things I depend on in Firefox like Adblock and auto-focus tabs,

Firefox on Linux, Mac and Windows,
Chrome on Linux, Mac and Windows,

No need for anything else.

IE's primary function is allowing hackers to exploit your box, all other functions are secondary.

Are there counting all the cell phone browsers? How many people use safari on thier iphones?
How about whatever browser the blackberry uses?

I use Firefox on my work PC and my home Mac. The rest of my dept is on Macs and we keep IE on my computer just to test where it will make our websites go buggy

As a website developer, I use Firefox for all of my work. There is simply no way to live without Firebug and Web Developer Toolbar. For casual browsing, I have begun using Chrome as it is BLAZING fast. Still like Opera, but the interface is not all that great anymore.

The only time I open IE is to test web sites for compatibility. Other than that, I avoid it. Having never run it on a Mac, I can only say that the Windows version of Safari is an absolute disaster. I cannot see why anyone would run Safari.

As for the comment left by "What OS Do I Use?", please get off the high horse. For 95% of people out there, Windows IS the only thing. Please – BSD, OSX??? Who cares what browser is running on 0.5% of computers out there? I'm no lover of M$ either, but at least I live in the real world;-)

I was forced to switch to Firefox after IE became incompatible with my OS. What happened to the good coders at Microsoft?

From the article: "there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that many Web users don't know what a browser is. (If you're one of them, don't feel bad. It's the program you open in order to access the internet. "

Even the article's author got this wrong! It's the program you use to view webpages, or even just files encoded in HTML. Seems they confused the Internet with the webpage component. Many people access the Internet via PC games and apps, game consoles, mail clients, and more without every using a browser.

I agree, Chrome is very good. second place is Firefox. IE is garbage

Thank God I use Linux and don't have to endure Microsoft at all!

google chrome is the best. even though it gets buggy with some websites, you can add the IE extension to access a website that chrome cannot. its very fast and easy to use.

I use Firefox or Chrome, and only IE when I have to. I started out with WebExplorer for OS/2 (an early Mosaic variant) and did use IE3, 4, and 5 before switching to Firefox. IBM once dominated the computing world until a young upstart called Microsoft took over that role. Now it is Microsoft's turn to be your father's Oldsmobile.

I love the chrome browser. It is just so clean to use.

CHROME!!! HANDS DOWN!! Fastest browser out there – and that's coming from a Firefox enthusiast. Unfortunately for Microsoft, market dominance seems to have stifled their innovation.

Firefox just about exclusively, though I'm considering getting Crome as well.

Why does anyone use firefox. It is absolutely horrible. It crashes all of the time and is slow. IE is better than firefox Why would you also use Chrome? Do you enjoy the fact that google is snooping on you? Chrome's privacy holes are scary. If you use Chrome, download Iron instead. It is exactly like chrome except for the fact that you don't have to worry about all of the security issues with google spying on you. Iron is the best one I've used to date.

I've used IE for 15 years and I like it. I've tried Netscape, FireFox, Chrome and Safari, but I keep going back to IE. It's fast, it displays content well, and it works with very few bugs. I think many of the IE naysayers just like to bash Microsoft.

I write web pages so I end up using every browser for testing. My daily use is Firefox and Chrome. To the question lalaland asked I answer yes I still use lynx too. It is great for seeing behind all the garbage when doing SEO work. Sometimes you can't beat just raw data and words.

I also use Firefox (and Netscape before) whenever possible. I don't know why anybody with a choice uses IE - it's clunky and slower than molasses in January.

There are some sites that I use frequently that either don't work at all or don't work well with anything but IE, however, so I have both on my machine, and frequently shift back and forth between them.

Chrome on my Windows desktop, Firefox on my Mac OS X Tiger and Opera when for some activities.....

I was generally a Internet Explorer user for years, although I kept track of other browsers development like Opera, Mozilla, and Firebird/Firefox back in the days it wasn't even released to public. I've tested Safari and Chrome. It wasn't easy a few years ago to not use Internet Explorer because too many websites wouldn't function or would block other browsers from working, but these days it's very possible to stick with an alternative without having problems... Opera is my favorite because it has more features than any other browser without needing third-party addons, and has the best performance. The OperaLink feature is probably the best thing it has, it keeps my history, bookmarks and everything saved in the 'cloud' and everything is there regardless of what device I use Opera on..

I use SuperDuper Psychic WebBrowzilla v6.66. All you have to do is speak or think the the words of what you are looking for and the information comes up in 3D inside my head. It is so fast that frequently the page is displayed before I even speak/think the words. After using a psychic browser, I'm not going back to Internet Explorer.

I've use Firefox for years. It's great for general browsing, particularly to unknown/new websites. I love the ability to extend it using "Add-ons". I use Adblock Plus and NoScript for browsing security. I also using WebDeveloper for analyzing websites.

Lately I've also started using the much faster Chrome for accessing known/trusted websites ( Facebook, Online Banking, Reference sites, etc).

And, of course, I'm running happily, virus-, adware-, and trojan- free, on a Mac Pro.

I just do not trust Chrome because I do not trust Google.

I currently use both IE and Firefox. Both work well. But I find myself using IE more often.

I've avoided IE for years, and its the browser of last resort. FF predominantly, but in recent years Safari and Chrome.
I've used IE maybe a couple dozen times in the last five or six years, and it's not on account of any particular love of the other browsers, as the options are increasingly identical. Really, it's just that IE sucked so hard for so long when others didn't (see: Firefox), that I'm now comfortable using FF/Safari/Chrome and see no reason to switch. Am working much more with Macs since 2004, so that's also a factor.

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I use Lynx.

In the 90's, Netscape was the main browser. Then Microsoft used their dominant position to impose a mediocre product to the masses.
I'm glad that now people are now realizing that there are browsers so much better than IE.

I've used Mozilla for more than a year and it has crashed 3 times. My IE crashed 3 times a week. Enough said.

I use Chrome mostly. It has some really great features! Chrome has some problems that cause me to occasionally have to go back to firefox, but nothing too major. I havent used IE in about at least a year. I use firefox occasionally because my schools computers dont have chrome.

I use Chrome on PC and Firefox on Mac.

No surprise – IE had so much share it couldn't help but drop back regardless. However, consider the driving forces available for alternative browsers – more people are using smart phones and other portable devices. The browsers on these devices are more likely to be Safari, Opera, Firefox or Konqueror-derived than to be IE. If you use one of these browsers on your phone and its big brother (more feature-rich and functional, but working the same way and sharing settings and preferences) is available for your PC, and your Mac, and your Linux box, and... well, it makes an alternative browser a lot easier to accept than it was 10 years ago. Add in the last 10 years of flaws and attacks associated with IE, and anyone whose third cousin was hacked will be willing to look at Firefox, Opera, or a handful of other valid and effective tools.

I am a web developer i used Opera 70% of the time, IE 25% and all other browsers the remainding 5% (for testing).

I find firefox is extremely slow to load and the updates are a pain in the butt when they come out every 24hours. IE developer tools are superior to that of Firefox + Firebug + Web Developer tool.

Opera > IE > * > Firefox – just my $0.02

I like Slimbrowser from Flashpeak. It is fast, very customizable, and does an excellent job of blocking popups and cleaning up after itself. And it uses all of IE's settings and Favorites.

When Chrome came out my first thought was "holy crap, not another one!". Every one that comes out is another test set for QA and more quirks to learn for developers.

IE is the best user interface, but it is also the buggiest. I use Firefox, but it's got some major user interface weaknesses.

I always prefer Chrome or Firefox. IE is so dry and boring. It makes internet browsing a job more than an enjoyment

John D, how much did they pay you to write this article?

Internet Explorer still remains the browser to code HTML and CSS in for me as Firefox does not display CSS very well and also does not use VBScript (which is very useful for any Microsoft Office user who knows how to code/program). I know a good number of people like Firefox, but many of those people can't be trusted as actual reviewers since they are Bill Gates haters (apparently a lot of people don't like billionaires who give a lot of money to education and environmental initiatives).

Opera. Been using it since it first came out and love it a lot!

IE8 is my favorite browser and have Chrome installed on my system but use it sparingly. With AdFender (http://www.adfender.com)blocking all the pesky ads, IE is super fast. Google stores a lot of your browsing history (read search) and Chrome certainly helps them do it.

Use Firefox, IE is too vulnerable. I am not saying that Firefox is immune, but IE is full of vulnerabilities and Microsoft should by now be better (and it is not, I wonder why?)

I use firefox on my Linux OS, is fast and most of all, customizable

I remember lynx very well - and Mosaic (which came before Netscape).
Firefox has some very nice features but is slow. Chrome is gaining market share for good reasons - it's lean and mean. IE has always been at the bottom of my list, in particular because Microsoft has frequently done things anon-standard way and cause endless problems for those who write Web apps and try to accommodate all the little deviations. Standards are created for a purpose!

I tried using safari, but ended up dumping the mac and coming back to System 7, which is much better. On the PC I use firefox and chrome. As someone said they all have their advantages and disadvantages, but IE seems the worst of them all. (Safari is second worst.)

I've been using Chrome for about 3-4 months now. It's leaps and bounds ahead of the others not only cosmetically (via skins), but in terms of user-friendliness (i.e. the 8 favorite/recent sites that open up with a new tab). Functionally I'll be honest and admit that they are all virtually equal; it's relatively easy to include all necessary functions in a beautiful manner. Therefore, I choose Chrome because it offers slightly more than the others: cosmetics. To the general user that isn't a big deal, but I've been through ALL major browsers (barring Linux's) and I stand by my decision.

I used Firefox forever since it kicked IE's virtual behind BUT! Now I am using Google Chrome. WAAAYYYY Faster on my PC than any of my other options. I have often been logged in to places like facebook in firefox as my business and chrome as myself and the speed difference there and in general browsing is very obvious.

I do trust Firefox to be a bit safer (so far almost no pop-ups vs. chrome's occasional slip-ups) but I have the need for speed....

I'm in college and I use Firefox for personal use and IE for school purposes since it is required to get full school email access. Laptop originally came with Vista and Firefox never worked correctly. Now running 7 and Firefox works pretty well but recently Firefox has been crashing a lot recently and seems to like to stop responding. I used Opera when I had Vista and I think at least for the summer I will switch back to it.

I agree with Carlo & Richard Zulu – Chrome is by far the best browser out there. I used IE for the longest time before I realized that just because I knew IE better and was more familiar with it than other products doesn't make it better, faster, or easier to use. Chrome has intuitive controls(combo search box & address bar), great pop-up controls, and large content viewing area that's not cluttered up with redundant controls or toolbars. As long as Chrome remains as simple, fast, and as efficient as it is now I don't see myself altering my choice or even looking into other choices of broswers.

Google Chrome, way faster than all the other browsers, clean in the layout and very intuitive, plus love the tabs and the fact that i don't need a search box

It's IE6 that holds everything back in the dark ages. It's the reason many developers have lost (torn out) their hair... and because it doesn't have an auto-update function, it will live until the last old computers have died.

Once IE6 goes away, web developers can do nicer, faster loading layouts in less time.

I love Firefox for Mac... I like Firefox for Windows but it seems to load slower compared to is Mac cousin. On a PC you have to have IE to get Windows Updates, etc.

Firefox 3.6.3 is for me! Fastest and error free. Tried Chrome but found Firefox is less interfering. Was a onetime devoted IE user, but simply gave up for sluggishness.

I started out on a Mac 15 years ago and used only Netscape Navigator. Completely abhorred IE. Never touched it unless I absolutely needed to do certain things that Netscape had trouble with – like internet banking.

Really surprised IE's still around, still holds such a significant market share and still being developed. Why??? Can't imagine that's something anyone would want to put in their CV – "IE Programmer and Developer". It's a digital, diseased-ridden garbage bin with more back doors than an underground gay club.

That said, I'm alternating between good ol' Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera now. Firefox is solid, intuitive and very dependable, but a little slower handling certain things compared to the others. Safari, well, can't really fault it other than that it's a little unstable compared to FF. Only just started playing around with Opera and Chrome. Can't tell which is faster, to be honest.

Google Chrome is one of the best . Try it guys!

The best browser on Mac is Camino.

Why would anyone touch Firefox when there's Camino around I don't know.

I use Google Chrome and its amazingly fast. No waiting for start up when you click on it like Internet Explorer..Google Chrome all the way!

Web designers should just stop fixing the bugs and let the yahoos with old IE versions suffer for being behind the times! I never use it. Never will.

I've always used Explorer and have no plans to change. Chrome seems way too stripped down for what I want to do. I don't like Firefox's interface, and Chrome just doesn't work for me.

Some websites only function well with IE so it has it's uses. Other than that...

Firefox = Overrated.
Chrome = Awful.
Safari = Pfffft.
Opera = Best

for windows users.. Firefox + Adblock plus+ custom filters+noscript+a HUGE windows HOST file (google windows host file)+ changing the .reg file extention from opening with registry editor to notepad+common sense+a good FREE antivirus= a decent computing experience for windows users..
for linux users Firefox+adblockplus+custom filters+noscript and thats it.. ive been using linux for 5 years now exclusively, and havent had any hijack/browser/antivrus/trojan and registry (oops linux doesnt have a registry) errors.. Just the sheer amount of work locking down IE, tweaking it, putting in a HOST FILE, configuring a firewall, trojan programs, registry programs, antivirus programs, this can all be refocused into learning, using, and actually DOING stuff with your browser(s) in linux.. just my .02, now i'm broke

And all of this is OF COURSE cause linux isnt widely used and hackers and trouble makers don't care about a smaller niche of the web browswer market NOT cause linux is inherintly MORE secure in the first place (didnt say it was perfect, there's like 7 things I'd have to do wrong to get malware, or a linux virus, or a windows virus in wine while running a windows program) IE, just use it 15 min w/o proper security programs,common sense, or any amount of preparedness....

IE survives thanks to all those people that barely know how to turn on a PC.

Yeah, thanks to you. Change use firefox or chrome, they are far better browsers.

Yet, CNN.COM still refuses to extend full support of Chrome.

If you think Google Chrome is the best AFTER you have used Firefox, it only means you have not reached the next level of Realization: Opera has truly arrived.

I started out on a 486 PC with IE (god knows what... 2 maybe?), but toyed around on Netscape on the mac. I used IE on my mac for about a year before OSX came into the picture. Safari was loads better then either Netscape or IE. Since then I've used FF (was too slow for me so I have that up), Opera (fast, but not aesthetically pleasing like Chrome or Safari), and Safari (not as stable as Opera). I've found Opera to be the best I've used, but it's not quite as sleek as Safari. I currently use Safari since it's pretty fast, despite its obviously bad handling of flash (that would be Adobe's fault anyway) and it looks good too. I would have used Chrome but it took too long to come out for mac. Safari works for what I need it to, so I'm satisfied. Death to IE... please die faster.

No Mention of Safari!!!! ???

I have an older computer running Windows XP with a mere 126MB of ram. I can actually surf the web with Opera without any problems (at least for the time being) and I think that says a lot for the Opera browser.

Hey Larry,

If Mac's are not real computers then explain why the University of Virginia's Mac G5 based Super Computer is ranked as the 3rd most powerful super computer in the world? Here is a link you dodo...

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=13072

I use mostly Safari, but I also use Firefox when I need two separate browsers open for web work (updating websites, uploading images, etc.). I also have just downloaded Chrome, but I'm not yet familiar with it. I like Firefox because it gives me the option to clear cache and history when I quit. This is important when I'm working on client's websites and I need the cache cleared. What ever happened to NetScape and Opera? Are they no longer available? I haven't used IE in years. Not since they stopped upgrading for Mac.

Began with Netscape way way back. Followed it into Mozilla, then into SeaMonkey which I now use. I prefer it to Firefox because it keeps e-mail linked to the browser; since I send many web pages to people. Got angry at Microsoft way back when I learned how their business practices were blocking Netscape. They lost me then. Keep it a fair playing field, always.
I just don't need to do any more than I'm doing, so new browsers like Chrome just seem glitzy, while I just want to work. Perhaps it's faster, but in what way that matters? Graphics for graphics sake seems like wasted programming. Let every item on the screen facilitate the work one might want to do, and not distract just in order to get a 'wow.' I won't mind if someone explains its value.
Please, NO PROPRIETARY PAGES, ever, anywhere. Design pages so any browser can make use of them fully and properly. Always a fair playing field.

I'm using chrome while reading this article and used IE to download chrome. The irony...

My god, I haven't seen an instance of IE in years! I assumed it'd disappeared, you know, like AOL... What?!? You're kidding! :O

I just morphed into a mega-digimon using chrome!!! Hahaha...

I work on computers all day. I need a rock solid and reliable computer and browser. Of course I use a Mac with Firefox, Safari or Chrome, all of which are nice in their own way. Chrome is becoming a favorite because it's fast.

Even if I wanted to use IE its not been released for Linux. Use firefox but might consider trying chrome at some point.

In descending order of usage: FireFox, IE6 (at work because that's all we're allowed), Netscape9 (still works fine on almost all pages), Opera, and also Charlotte (platform specific). If I had any Apple machines, I guess I would use Safari.

Whoa, take a step back people. Really? We're debating which browser is the best to use??? Time for us all to get outside and see a little sunshine eh...

Heck yeah Firefox!!

I'm not even remotely a techie and I've only used Firefox for years; I got my mom and other family and friends to switch too.

I can't believe people still use IE, that to me is like Netscape.. aka ancient history!

I just opened Chrome on my MacBookPro, and noticed how fast it was. After reading all the posts I think maybe you Chrome guys are right. Even faster than Firefox. I'll have to get used to another browser. I'll try it off and on for the next week or so, see how it feels. I've never heard of some of the other browsers, SeaMonkey? Konquerer? Wow, how many are there? I'm just going to ignore all the Mac haters; you're just irrational. Use whatever computer you want, I don't care. Anyways, is there a website that rates all these browsers? Also, any tips on speeding up these browsers? Thanks.

I use Firefox. No other browser has the rich selection of plug-ins.
Adblock Plus – to strip out adverts, NoScript to disable scripts when viewing untrusted sites. Flashblock to allow you to quickly select which flash animations to view. (The bandwidth required for Flash animations may well be the cause of others complaints about slow response times).

Also it's easy to disable unwanted add-ons like the Microsoft.net extension that was installed automatically into Firefox by Windows update (without an un-install option) – I personally believe Microsoft over stepped any bounds of decency by that action.

im using mozilla firefox
and its very helpful,interesting and up to date browser

l use chrome simply because it is the fastest and the most secure of them all.

Reason y lE is still on top is because most ppl in Africa use lE cz here IT is still new to many ppl ,ergo most dont even what a browser is here. Otherwise,l am giving lE and its windows OS a couple of years and google is going to own the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I used to use Explorer but since Chrome came out I am hooked. Its not 100% perfect but its such a pleasure to use.

I'm very disappointed there wasn't an option on the poll for Safari. I had been using Firefox, but the last few versions to come out were getting very slow and very unstable on my Mac for some reason, so I switched to Safari. And I gotta say, it's pretty good. Lacking some of the functionality of Firefox, but a lot faster and more stable.

Chrome for me. It's fast and the add-ons (Extensions as Chrome calls them) make the browsing experience even better. Used to use Firefox but it ended up getting extremely buggy and slow and I got tired of using it. Chrome is by far the best browser I've used so far. As for IE, I got rid of it years ago and haven't looked back.

Use to be Firefox till Chrome came out, vastly superior, it'll however take the masses forever to tag along, it did with going to ie -> firefox and it will with chrome, oh well.

i have internet explorer browser, but i prefer firfox and opera because they are very fast and best browsers. i think so.

On my Mac I mostly use Firefox because of the possibility to add tons of add-ons. I also use Chrome and Safari. I use all because sometimes if one is slow, the other may surprisingly be fast at that moment. Each of them is good in its own way...

I use Chrome for everyday browsing and Firefox for web development. IE should go away entirely, it's a developers nightmare.

I use IE only when I have too, like at work. I have use Netscape and now Firefox. I love Firefox because it's fast and I love all of the tools it has. You can customize it the way you like it and it has awesome add ons if you want them. I have not ever used Chrome, I will probably try it sometime soon.

I have to use IE to access my work server from home, but that is all I use it for. Speed kills when it comes to browsers....and by that I mean SLOW speed kills! Firefox outshines IE in that regard in a big way.

CNN, and where the Opera the best of browser in the list?

I use chrome for Mac. I also have Safari, and Firefox installed on my Mac but I find chrome to be the quickest, lightest, and easiest to use browser. Also for friends of mine that still use PC's if I see them using IE I will always reccomend that they switch to either Firefox, or Chrome. IE is TERRIBLE!

Explorer seems slow and is too tied into to other "products" like Bing.
I prefer Firefox. Faster and much less cluttered. I actually prefer Chrome but for some reason it kind of stalls on me with hotmail, and I end up having to shut down and restart to make it work. But it is quick and has some great features. I may try it again after the bugs get ironed out.

Explorer is definitely on the bottom of my list

i love how people can claim they think browser x is "faster" than browser y. You're all so full of it.

IE is losing its "market share" because more options are available. that's all. People don't like MS, they go elsewhere. You also have to consider how dominate smart phones are becoming. iPhones all use Safari (as well as iTouch and iPad). Sure, Opera is also available to use but it's horrid.

But these claims of one browser being "faster"... one word: placebo. I have been a professional web designer now since 1997. I take to task every site i create to make sure it works and looks correct on IE7, IE8, Safari, FF, Chrome, Opera and iPhone Safari... I can tell you that there is no difference in speed. The machine i use is a 3.2 quad core with 8gb of ram, a 1gb video card and an 80gb SSD. So, please... Don't even begin to attempt to think about possibly saying it has anything to do with my system specs begin a potential factor.

People choose / use what they want because they like it... it's simply "Coke or Pepsi".

Safari should have been part of the QuickVote. It's on both platforms AND it's been around a lot longer than Chrome AND it doesn't look like a pile of crap.

I use EOS, it's the only "cash back" browser on available. When I use the browser I earn cash back. It's FREE, fast and built on the Firefox platform. IE is a thing of the past, once I started using EOS my computer didn't get "session error" Don't you just hate that window that pops asking you if you'd like to report the problem...it must go into cyber space because you never get the problem rectified.
So now I browse, shop and email knowing that I'm using EOS and putting a bit of cash into my pocket at the same time.

Why would anyone still be using IE, even if they would stick to Windows, is beyond my comprehension.
I guess because it comes with Windows and most people don't bother to get some other browser. Europe's insistence to get Windows without IE is most admirable.
Not that I never used IE. But I ditched it in favour of Firefox years ago, even back when I was still using Windows, when it got increasingly annoying.
Now that I also completely kicked the Windows habit (I'm using Linux now), I don't even have IE anywhere near my computer...

opera is by far and away the best browser out of the box. i like firefox, but it takes some addons to bring up to speed. i've tried chrome and safari, but for various reasons, i just don't like them. ie is much better than it used to be, and i'm interested in seeing what ie9 has to offer, but i only run ie if there's absolutely, positively no other alternative. equals never. (8

Just recently switched from IE to Chrome. IE explorer is really slow compared to chrome

All anyone needs to know is that web developers constantly face the task of special coding hacks to allow for the inadequacies of IE. It's no wonder that the best Microsoft can do is run ads in which people say "I asked Microsoft for an operating system that crashes less and they did that," and that is the best Microsoft can do? Say they've designed an operating system that crashes less? Pretty sad, just like IE.

All of them depending on what I'm doing and what OS I decided to boot.

I switched from Firefox to Chrome. Chrome is super fast and lightweight. I installed the RSS Live Links plug-in and it's GREAT!

Safari is my browser of choice. It's simple and it works.

I was shocked to see that Internet Explorer has more users than Firefox! IE is a horrible browser. It's not as intuitive and takes much longer to load. Beyond that it crashes much more frequently. I've used Google Chrome as well and though I still prefer Firefox, it is head and shoulders better than Internet Explorer.

To all of you IE users...Download Firefox and or Google Chrome and see how web browsing should be.

Firefox. Most flexible with a robust community of developers. Have it your way if you know how.

Tried Chrome but the perpetual updater and other questionable peeping was just too invasive for me. Fix that Google, get your community rolling, and maybe we'll talk again. Speed differences measured in fractions of the second didn't sell me.

IE8, slow and mostly a sponge of other peoples good ideas. Average browser for average users.

I prefer Firefox, if for no other reasont than if something happens to my computer when I'm online, and it shuts down, Firefox saves the sites I have opened and asks me if I want to return to them. Great when you have a lot of stuff up.

I use Chrome. It is a hell of lot faster then IE and does not crash as much as fox fire.

I use Safari. Love IT. But why wasn't that in the poll? What? Apple can't get no love on CNN? Come on NOW.

Also, Internet Explorer is fine...if you live in 1995.

Internet Explorer is an insecure piece of garbage. It seems like only people over 40 still use it.

I think 60% is exaggerated. Our Website receives over 200,000 unique user sessions each month and IE is 75% of our traffic. Not sure where you got 60%. although our traffic is a drop in the bucket compared to other sites, it's a pretty good representation. At least good enough to know 60% is false (I'm a Firefox user myself for one reason... spell check! Love it!).

I was using Chrome which I liked quite a bit but then I started teaching an online class and discovered that it was not compatible with the platform for the course and so I had to go back to Safari. One of the things that makes me crazy is how incompatible so many browsers are with so many sites.

Sea Monkey most importantly because it has a WYSIWYG composer for web design but also because it has the coolest name. Firefox is my backup.

I Used Google Chrome. After testing it out one night I compared it to Mozilla and IE and found it to be obviously faster, plus the layout of Chrome is very simple, no annoying toolbars everywhere.

I use chrome and before that only firefox. I refuse to buy a mac and chrome is the only way to keep my pc safe. I've never had a virus on any of my pc's.

How dumb CNN, you actually have a poll on your web page as to what web browser people use. You can gather that automatically from the person when they come to the page. Nice tech department. And as for those people who 'dont know' what browser they are using, do they know where they live?

Firefox with Adblock Plus is by far the best. I tried using Google Chrome, but the first time an ad came up, and I found out that Chrome has no adblock, I went back to Firefox forever.

I'm using chrome right now and it's great

In recent years, I think IE's quality has improved and Firefox's quality has declined. The latest version of Firefox is just plain slow.

Chrome is a good browser and probably has the most potential. It just takes a while to get used to.

I'm amongst the 9% that use Chrome...due to firefox's problems with their browser. I've learned to LOVE chrome. It is FAST. This really is a great browser. It's not perfect yeat but so much better than the rest.

I used to love IE8, and still think it's a good-to-great browser, but once I tried Chrome, I switched. I'm still keeping an eye on IE9 development though.

IE will exist forever, and other browsers may survive in a small comsumer market. Programmers particularly enterprise web application programmers don't want to develop applications for more than one browser, because it simply wastes resource. In that world, there must be only one browser, the choice is the most popular one, IE, just like there must be only one YouTube, one Facebook.

I used Netscape for years, and still am attempting to hang onto Thunderbird as my email client, but for browsing, I finally just stopped trying to buck the system, and returned back to IE (currently IE 8).

I'm a teacher in computer lab with 30 PCs. I've been using Chrome at home for awhile, and sometimes I'll go with Firefox. After installing Chrome on all of my lab PCs, in every class I asked the kids to vote... IE or Chrome. ALL (or almost all) voted for Chrome. Reasons included, SPEED (IE starts VERRRRYYY SLOOOOWWWLLYY), it "looks cool", "hey, Chrome doesn't freeze!", "Wow, it got there fast!", they like searching from the address bar, and oh yeah... SPEED! Now the teachers are asking me to install Chrome on their classroom computers.

My only wish? A Google Toolbar for Chrome!!! It kinda makes sense, doesn't it??

As a web developer, supporting the variations in browsers is very time consuming. That makes developing web apps more expensive, which explains why developers get paid more. IE is good but I am glad that other browsers are catching up. There are pros and cons to every browser. There are inconsistencies in how browsers render pages and this is partly due to the World Wide Web Consortium leaving some of their specs too loosely defined which allows browser developers to interpret the spec differently. Then there are browser developers who simply don't implement the spec correctly or at all. It's a nightmare. While I enjoy IE, I tend to use Firefox increasingly more because the pages on average tend to render closer than what IE does. That said, Firefox does have problems obeying the spec rules in certain areas. I just wish the browser would die altogether and some different tool could be used that has no interpretation for the spec.

I use Firefox at home, and I try to use it on my PC at work as much as possible. I haven't tried Chrome yet, and the security I have at work doesn't allow me to download it. For my iPhone I got Opera, because Safari is bugged to all hell on it.

I use IE8, seems microsoft has fixed it with certain websites. I started having issues with FF after using it several months. The other thing is Chrome is not a bad browser, I just do not like that Mcafee is not integrated in it, I run Mcafee and it integrates in IE8 and I like the extra measure of security.

i still use firefox because of only one thing.. Adblock.

now if only Google Chrome would have Adblock i'll make Chrome my browser of choice.

ppl should check out the chrome beta 5 its the fastest of all browsers they did physical test to c how fast chrome is and they used a pottato and shot it out of an air cannon and chrome loaded before the pottato even passed the screen they needed to use slo mo cams to see how fast crom is

As a Windows user, I've relied Opera as my primary browser since roughly v4 (it's now at v10.53), though I will use IE8 for a very few websites (e.g. Windows Update and unfortunately my bank's, since they won't function properly otherwise). I also have Firefox v3.6.3 loaded but don't care much for it, and simply won't "buy into" Google's Chrome at all.

IE 8 is very nice... a lot better than that steaming pile of dung called IE 6.
I flip between IE 8 and Firefox regularly.

Chrome is a joke... very tacky.
Safari has too many compatibility bugs for the Windows platform, so it's been relegated to the recycle bin.

Interesting stats. Actually I use IE8 about 60% of the time... I like to keep in touch with what 60% of the Users see too. Otherwise, FireFox for the PC and Mac, plus Safari, and then Opera. Chrome... maybe 1% of the time, just to see what Chrome Users see too.

These days, I use Firefox for my primary browser on my desktop, and Chrome for my secondary desktop browser and primary laptop browser. Firefox has more tools and more mature interfaces, but Chrome is a much faster renderer and even boots up faster. IE is the only major browser to fail the Acid3 test for standards compliance at under 50%, and that includes mobile browsers. IE's score is 20/100. Firefox is 94/100, Chrome is 100/100. IE is a slow program with massive security leaks even to this day. The only time I use IE these days is when I'm forced to, which means developing a webpage because IE doesn't render HTML properly. IE is bad for business, bad for security, and just awful for displaying web pages. And yet, thanks to Microsoft's monopoly, up to 15% of web users out there are using a 2-versions-old IE6 which is unfathomably awful for making web pages and a gigantic security hole.

I'm a web developer. I develop on a PC with Firefox and the Firebug extension, and then I test in IE 7/8 and Safari. At home I use Mac computers with Safari because they just work without hassle and MobileMe automatically syncs my bookmarks with my iPhone, my other Macs, and my PCs. (I know there are Firefox plugins for this, but I don't feel like dealing with another plugin or the delay every time I open or close Firefox.)

I will not use Microsoft web browsers unless I absolutely have to. Microsoft's unfair business practices since the 1990s (see "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation") have directly hurt my career as well as the careers of my friends. The less I have to do with Microsoft, the better.

I love Firefox. I only use IE at work as Firefox seems not to render my web based business apps correctly, otherwise I would only use Firefox.

No love for Safari on poll? It might not be the most popular browser but it's worth noting that everyone with an iPhone uses the mobile version of it, and most people with a mac use it....I could see leaving out Opera but Safari?

Mostly I use Chrome because it's faster, cleaner and I love the ability to 'paste and search' or 'paste and go to'. I use Safari on my iPod and iPad but only because I can't load up anything else. Gotta say it does work well though. I rarely use Explorer for anything anymore even though it's on all of my PCs. I've had a LOT of problems with it locking up and crashing my computer. Plus there are more virus issues with that browser than with others and it's a memory hog.

Maybe IE9 will be an improvement over IE8 but I won't hold my breath. Windows 7 was supposed to be a huge advance too and I still have problems with my W7 64bit home premium – a direct install on a brand new quad core system with 8gb of memory. It almost makes me nostalgic for Windows 98!

I use Firefox 95% of the time, Chrome for some flash intensive sites and IE8 about 1% of the time when accessing my Microsoft Partner info. IE is out of date, doesn't render pages correctly or follow most of the standards. Good riddance to bad rubbish imo.

I use Firefox when I'm using ubuntu and chrome when browsing through Windows.

For me Chrome is fastest but Firefox is the first I've seen with many interesting features, so I use both depending on what I'm doing. The only thing I use IE for is to download another browser.
I work tech support, and it is hard to count the number of internet issues I have solved just by having someone download a browser other than IE and use it instead!

I use IE8 quite a bit just because it is always there on Windows 7, launched quickly, and performs well. I use Firefox primarily for web development because of the great plugins for it. I would never consider Safari because Macs are not real computers.

Why did you not include Safari in your poll?

I am surprise that so many people still uses IE. IE sucks compare to firefox and chrome.

I've found Safari to be the fastest for me. Speed is the most important thing for me.

Safari and Firefox on Macs. Internet Explorer doesn't run on Macs so I can't use it. Windows PCs are not real computers.

Why do people use chrome? Aren't you all aware of the glaring privacy flaws associated with it? Google knows everything you are looking up with that browser. Use Iron instead. It's chrome, but without all the privacy issues.

I use Safari and was surprised to see that Safari was not even an option in the options. Although firefox and more recently chrome is widely used on mac but one should not forget that when these browsers were new, safari was the most reliable and to an extent is still one of the best for the macs.

I use Opera as my primary browser. I use Chrome for websites that don't work well with Opera (usually because they are not standards compliant), and Firefox is all else fails. I only use Internet Exploder for a small handful of websites that I absolutely must use and that absolutely require Internet Exploder. In general, if a website requires IE, I avoid it like the plague, because it is clearly a badly designed site.

I use Chrome too. Only IE when I have to.

I use the internet.

...the browser is irrelevant.

Try clicking on Chrome and IE almost simultaneously , and see what comes up faster.. Obviously, Google Chrome. I fell in love with it seeing its simplicity. Viewing n updating web pages, what features are required?
IE is very heavy, n wherever I use it i get frustrated with its slowness and gets stuck on it... SO loves CHROME.. Also, like its homepage with most visited pages on it... Cheers

If you check your work email via Outlook Web Access (Webmail), i believe Explorer is the only one that allows you to right click and set the email as "unread" after you have read it. Cannot do it with Chrome or FireFox. They don't have that option inside Webmail. So i keep using Explorer because of this one feature.

As a professional web developer, I regularly work with Firefox, Safari for Mac (and sometimes Windows), and Internet Explorer. I don't mind IE 8. Firefox/Safari are my preferences. But as a developer IE 6 absolutely makes me cringe and long for the day that IE 6 market share drops below 10%. It's at 17.58% according to the marketshare report...the day is coming!!

I use Firefox. Internet Explorer is not usually even installed on my computer. Internet Explorer is slow and in-your-face. Firefox is fully customizable, and I can ignore any flashing annoying ads.

Chrome works great for my purposes. Quick. That's all I require. Only shortcoming I've encountered is its inability to stream Netflix.

Use google chrome. Everything google makes is absolutely amazing...they are the only public company who offers their product for free.

Google chrome is faster and very simple to use . Though one of my friend says its not that safer though i still prefer to use it .....coz its simply the best , at this moment ..rest of the browser

Firefox + NoScript for me. (Though reading other people's comments has given me some fresh ideas.)

IE8 seems good, but I was too accustomed to FF by the time IE 7 or 8 came out, so they just never caught on with me.

Chrome seams to be the fastest, however, some websites don't work on Chrome. I'm surprised that Google would make a browser that isn't 100% W3C compliant.

Firefox is what I use mostly, though I have to say that I am getting more and more disappointed in the newer versions. Come on guys, where is the pride in performance and reliability of your older browsers.

IE (Internet Exploiter) JUST PLAN SUCKS!!! Microshaft ALWAYS wants to be different. They think that they can go against standards and do it their way by applying brute force. I am glad that most people have gotten rid of that gawd awful IE 6. If you haven't you need to, that version feels like Russian roulette every time you surf the web. You never know how it's going to render a website.

I've had my computer for a year. I've never even bothered to do the 'first time using' config for IE.

Thank goodness, we've had so many problems with IE and our website. Google Chrome is the best browser out there by far, it just.....works

http://werkadoo.com

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY FOX OF FIRE!

Actually, if you don't know what a browser is, you should feel bad.

AOL all the way!!!!! JK, I would not own a PC that had AOL on it. By far, I enjoy using Chrome the most. Seems to be less prone to attacks then IE is. For now, I'll just stay with Chrome.

I use chrome, I tried firefox, safari (on windows) and chrome. Netscape is dead right? anyway I find CHROME's simplicity awesome. What else do u need but an address/search bar, stop, refresh, back and forward buttons? plus its fast! and I have it all integrated with my google id and android phone....

Dont blame IE anyway, or windows much... the problems arent caused by them its by those criminals doing malware, spyware and viruses, granted microsoft should pay more attention that already given but I will see when another browser becomes number one or operating system, they will face similar issues...

I jumped on Chrome when it was first released and I love it. I had been using Firefox but it's honestly gotten as bloated and slow as IE is.

I have to use IE7 at work because of our special web applications and every day I am very thankful to go home and load up Chrome.

And for Adblock fans: Chrome does have Extension and adblocking is one of them. You have no reason to not switch unless you use silly, very specific extensions.

It depends on what I'm doing online. If I want to play flash games or view videos, I have to use IE8 because I am on Windows 7 64-bit. I can use Opera for general surfing, but my understanding is that there is no 64-bit flash version for Opera. As for Firefox...sorry, I won't bother with it.

As a web designer the average user has no idea what we go through to make sure your content looks visible in IE! I've been a Firefox user for 5 years and counting. I will never go back to IE.

I use the Sprye Mosaic from Bell Labs withj my micro-channel PS-2

Hello Mr. Gates,

I use your "explorer" everyday. I recommend it to to general public.
It is easy and self explanatory as an icon.

In san francisco, I have noticed that certain, employers, are
trying to "fire", their employees, based on the fact, that businessmen today want to promote American Business by replacing very old and very slow office equipment that meets todays standards.

As, a consequence, of this management thinking, a meeting will take place, today, to inform individual whether he will keep his job or be fired.

Is it the Right Thing to Do, in the Business World, Fire them, because
they believe in the American Dream?
Is it the Right Thing to Do, in the Business World, Fire them, because
they believe in Microsoft and Mr. Bill Gates, to name a few Icons, in the
Business World?

Is this the kind of example, we should display to the nation, and to the international world that watches every breath we take?

What do you think of this? What would you do, if it were You,
Mr. Bill Gates?

veronica dominguez, in san francisco.

correction:

add: to Promote American Business by replacing very old and very slow equipment with, that which meets Todays Standards of
Excellence.

Opera is by far the best browser I have ever used. I will never switch to anything else.

I terms of speed Opera is the best..
In terms of tweaking,addons and development Firefox is the best.... It even has a built-in spellchecker...

I use both... depending on what I want to do

one more vote for Chrome, – it's the best!

Firefox and Safari. They are much better browsers despite one ebing open source and one closed. Now if I could just bail out of IE at work, all would be right with the world.

I use Opera. It's very fast, useful and more visual then Chrome.

I USE FIREFOX!!

I primarily use FF, but as a web designer, I have all of them downloaded to test my work. Hands down, the buggiest of them all is IE. The great thing about FF is the fact it is open-source, which means that as advancements come to the Internet, FF developers react almost immediately. Web designers and developers have a lot more tools at hand today than back when all you needed was Notepad and Photoshop. If IE was as standards compliant as FF or Chrome, it could rule the world. But it's not, so when I design a website, I have to basically do it twice: Once for IE, and once for all the others. I have a feeling that when HTML5 and CSS3 hit with full force, IE is going to get left in the dust and FF will hold the lion's share of the market.

I'm a big fan of Firefox and Camino and Safari. Microsoft did me a big favor when they quit developing IE for the Mac platform.

Who cares.

IE has signficatly slows down pages upon rendering, compared to other browsers

I primarily use firefox, cause I am able to open my email in the same window rather than opening in a new window, which is what I have to do with IE. But I do use IE every now and then for other things. I haven't tried Chrome yet.

IE FOR THE WIN!!!! People are just 'hating' all in Microsoft/IE ever since everyone started loving Apple just because of their iPhones or the Macs (I dont remember). And now everyone thinks that IE is 'oh sooo badd oh yeah I hate to soo much it suckss. Its sooo sloowww.'Safari is butt ugly, no offence but it is and I dislike it so. IE FOREVER.

I am a website developer. The only reason I use IE is to test functionality on the sites.

Once you actually use another browser, you can't go back to IE.

Firefox, Opera, Safari, Netscape are all good alternatives.

I use Opera becuase of its organization and tools

I use the Google. But sometimes I like to give Yahoo business, so I use the Yahoo browser... cough... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ

All the microsoft bashers in the group ought to realize ,, if it wasn't for them you people would still be communicating with a tin can and string.

LONG LIVE IE

I don't like IE and gave me blue screen of death because of the 100 errors that sorry it had an error and Later it froze and blue screened I have been using Firefox from now on.

I use firefox, there's too many exploits in IE, if your pc is crashing with firefox and having problems with video stream, (as I just read in these comments) then something is wrong in your system configuration, I used both for a long time, and you need to address your browers configurations if you are having problems. Firefox is very good. I run many apps to testing etc, but I also know that the average user does not understand most configuration questions browsers ask for but they think they do .. oh well

Chrome is great because you can install it on school and library computers, even when they block installing executable folders. I've gotten used to installing it on any computer I go to. The two minutes it takes to download and install is definitely worth not browsing IE for 20minutes.

Been using Netscape and Mozilla browsers since before they were Netscape (Mosaic was the name I believe). Opera is my browser of choice now. Internet Explorer is the last tool in the tool box and only used as a last resort.

I use whatever browser is the fastest,which is currently Google Chrome. I could care less about fancy features. I just want to surf the web and not have to wait for pages to load.

I haven't used IE for years, don't plan on going back either......

I think Chrome should be pre-installed on every computer. Clearly it is better than any other browser on the market.

i use firefox, IE is bloated and clumbsy

I m using safari nw....shud say tat i ws forced to shift to sme other than IE coz its simply too buggy n stucky.........

Firefox for most of my browsing and IE only when I have to go to microsoft.com or another IE only website.

I've used IE since it came out and never had any problems with it till IE8. If IE9 doesn't solve all the IE8 problems, this could be the beginning of the end for IE.

"It's the program you open in order to access the internet. " – No, it's not. It's the program you open in order to access the Web. Semantics, but the difference is important.

I use IE, I tried Chrome and got pop-ads the first site I went too. Back to IE for me. It's not as fast as Chrome, but it's fast enough.

I use safari since I don't use computers and its the only one installed on my iPad and iPhone. Simple and does the job. I don't notice it, just enjoy the content and loading speed of webpages.

Apple/Mac haters always have to appear in any slightly related threads *sigh*. I don't know when they will learn...Anyway, I use Chrome and Opera sometimes, but FireFox is my favorite. Safari just doesn't cut it, and Microsoft...why oh why do you have to make things difficult for web developers? Just give up on IE and pick a GOOD browser to support. Firefox and opera, please switch to webkit.

Google chrome is the best.I love it

IE is like an heavy old truck, Google Chrome is F1.....light and fast.

Well let me tell you my experience with IE and the new hyped up ads for Google Chrome. Google should be hung out to dry with their new ads for Chrome. It's a bunch of BS that chrome is fast – far from it!
IE is still leader of the pack for a reason because it continues to be heads & shoulders better than chrome or anything other browser out there. IE rules in my world. Long live IE. Way Cool!!!

I'VE USED FIREFOX SINCE IT BECAME AVAILABLE,............ I NEVER RETURNED TO I E . I HAVE USED IT ON MILLENNIUM,. 2000 PRO, X P , AND NOW UBUNTU. I HAVE MULTIPLE PC'S , X MARKS IS THE GREATEST PRODUCT SINCE ICE CREAM WAS PUT ON A STICK !!!!!

I use Google Chrome. Fast, sleek, esp searching from the address bar. I've been liking Google products ever since Gmail. Looking forward to Google Chrome OS!!!

I use Firefox, before that Netscape, I only use IE on pages that refuse to load in another browser and even then only as a FF tab. Opera died the day the free version forced me to watch ads, Safari is just the apple limitware browser and I value my privacy, so I don't trust Google's Chrome (or any other Google product for that matter). There is only one wish I have, FF needs to be faster. But in any case I'd rather any other browser other than IE, it's a Microsoft product and hence by definition it's bloated, buggy, slow and unsafe, I don't want to get hacked, avoiding IE improves my safety. Within 5 years those 60% will have dwindled down to 20%, nobody likes to be exposed.

I used to be a windows guy now I'm a Mac guy and I use Safari and have no problems with it. IE is just too problematic

As a tip for FF users: install FEBE, it permits you to save add-ins, bookmarks, history, cookies, passwords and everything you value from FF to a backup file, save the backup on a memory stick and you will easily set up your customized FF anywhere you work with little effort. None other can say that.

I use the firefox browser more, it's fun and easy plus it comes with great add-ons that are free to add.

To me it's the best

Firefox is open-standards, far less prone to virus/trojan attacks, has AdBlock Plus (best add-on ever, makes webpages display so much faster), auto-updates and despite what anyone says it IS FAST. Chrome is only faster now because it's barebones – wait till you get any useful feature like AdBlock etc.

i use Firefox. i love the add ons you can install, especially the web developing add ons. u can create your own browser themes and fully cutsomize the way your browser looks!!! download it today!!! google 'mozilla firefox'

Firefox and Chrome are great browsers!!!, IE worse browser ever!

I use Firefox personally, it just seems that internet explorer has always been too buggy and too slow compared to whats out there...

Once you get to know Firefox then you cant even compare with IE. With all the extensions i use in Firefox my work is very efficient and manageable. Browsers are slowly changing their purpose and are being used more as a platform for running applications and mini applications and are used for collaboration. They are starting to converge with the desktop OS and as such the must change their functionality accordingly. That is why Firefox is winning over the market, its doing just that.

IE is bulky and laggy.

I know how bad that sounds, but it's the best description I could come up with.

Google Chrome, on the other hand, is much faster, much smoother when in use. I prefer Chrome over Firefox because it has extensions

there would be a great demand for mobile browsers in the coming years that is for sure.";~

spywares and viruses always give me some headache. they can really mess up your pc..~"

mobile browsers would become greatly popular in the next few years';~

mobile browsers will become more and more powerful in the future as more applications are developed-:`

i hate spywares and viruses, they can really give me a bad hair day;"'

there are literally tons of spywares and viruses lurking on the internet so we should always be careful when donwloading stuffs-.`

i have seen a few mobile browsers and used some of them, they are still a bit slow ~:,

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I started out with IE and never wanted to change from it. A few of my friends recommended firefox though because of all the add ons, and after trying it I was hooked. I'd never go back to IE now (although firefox does have its occasional glitches.

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