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What's the best browser for Woot?

Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Explorer, or Opera?

by jbhswim
asked 5 months ago

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Deal submission is sketchy (for me) with Chrome. Safari works ten times out of ten. Those are the only two I have installed.

rprebel
5 months ago

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I have a great experience with Chrome overall. Most of the time.

thumperchick
5 months ago

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I generally use IE, but have used FireFox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, the Android browser (Froyo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb) and a few other oddball things.

If IE doesn't work for something, I'll usually try Firefox, since I have it (Firefox) on almost all of my machines. I rarely do anything other than testing from a Macintosh, so Safari is rare now that I no longer use an iPad.

baqui63
5 months ago

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@baqui63: I thought everyone on here was completely against IE?

I use Chrome and rarely have any problems.

sizzlestick
5 months ago

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@sizzlestick:

Meh... I generally stay out of religious arguments and "best browser" is very much like "best religion."

I need IE for work and don't see it as any more (or less) of a security risk than most of the other major browsers (excepting Safari).

Firefox is too unstable (recently anyway) so I generally only use it when troubleshooting a problem.

Safari is a bigger security risk so I also use it only for troubleshooting.

Chrome is pretty good and certainly more stable than Firefox. If I didn't need IE for work, I'd probably use Chrome a whole lot more.

baqui63
5 months ago

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I have used the big 3 at times, and of IE, FF, or GC, Chrome is what I prefer. Heck its gotten me 2 BOC so far, and no issues thus far with posting deal with it, so I'll stick to Chrome.

jml879
5 months ago

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I bounce between chrome and firefox a lot. As long as you are using the latest version of whatever your preferred browser is you should be just fine.

csunwold
5 months ago

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Rather than browser, I find rendering engines make more of a difference.
WebKit seems to be best all around. I use Chrome and Sleipnir usually as they both offer WebKit.

If they don't work then can always try Internet Explorer, but usually find that's not necessary.

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