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    Is Firefox the Best Browser for the Real World?

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Well I use it for the bulk of my browsing. I find it generally easiest to use.

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender
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        I also use FF. I like it the best of what I've used so far.

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          Jason Banned
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          I tend to get memory leaks and crashes with Firefox, but I don't really like chrome either nor IE. I just chrome most of the time but I feel like there room for a browser to come out that's really great because all have features I like and none of them are all that great.

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          • gjacobseG
            gjacobse @Jason
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            @JasonNM said:

            I tend to get memory leaks and crashes with Firefox, but I don't really like chrome either nor IE. I just chrome most of the time but I feel like there room for a browser to come out that's really great because all have features I like and none of them are all that great.

            Interesting,.. I've seen loads of cases of memory leaks in Chrome. I won't use Edge, and IE is ,... well.. IE.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              Edge is a disaster. Anytime I try to use it, it is slow, confusing and buggy.

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              • nadnerBN
                nadnerB
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                I like FF and Chrome.
                FF is comfy but, seemingly, has issues with infinite scroll pages (FB, Twitter etc)
                Chrome has a nice interface and has all the bolt-ons from my Google account (which FF has with FireFox Sync but Chrome's interface...).

                I like them both and use them both

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller You mean you are able to get Edge to actually work? Every time I use it, I wind up force-closing it because it is hung up waiting for MSN.com to come up, lol.

                  I'm a huge fan of Chrome... but yeah, it is definitely a memory hog!

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender
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                    I am able to use Edge for around 10-20 before it crashes. I really hope for MS's sake that TH2 fixes a lot of these issues.

                    I really wonder what pushed them to releasing Windows 10 in July instead of Oct as originally planned?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      Yeah, Edge comes up, but boy is it slow and hard to use.

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        Edge is a disaster. Anytime I try to use it, it is slow, confusing and buggy.

                        Then you are injecting something into the experience.

                        I have been using it quite comfortably since 10 went live. The only issue I have with it is the lack of plugins to enable ad block and LastPass..

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403
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                          I heard Netscape is coming back big time..... ~

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                          • Minion QueenM
                            Minion Queen Banned
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                            I have issues with Edge crashing periodically on me and it's slow.

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                            • art_of_shredA
                              art_of_shred Banned @JaredBusch
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                              @JaredBusch said:

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              Edge is a disaster. Anytime I try to use it, it is slow, confusing and buggy.

                              Then you are injecting something into the experience.

                              I have been using it quite comfortably since 10 went live. The only issue I have with it is the lack of plugins to enable ad block and LastPass..

                              I've been entirely unimpressed with Edge thus far, and I get annoyed with all of the IE bashing. Edge seems quite slow and unstable (graphics), and the darn thing just closes itself down at random. I'm looking at a page and then, oh, where did it go? I had like 3 tabs open ...and, they're gone.

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch @art_of_shred
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                                @art_of_shred said:

                                I've been entirely unimpressed with Edge thus far, and I get annoyed with all of the IE bashing. Edge seems quite slow and unstable (graphics), and the darn thing just closes itself down at random. I'm looking at a page and then, oh, where did it go? I had like 3 tabs open ...and, they're gone.

                                I would not say I am impressed with it, but I have not had crashes either. Getting extensions enabled to block ad images and such will help a lot.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  I didn't have IE issues really, not in the later or latest versions. It wasn't my favourite but it worked pretty well.

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    I didn't have IE issues really, not in the later or latest versions. It wasn't my favourite but it worked pretty well.

                                    That sums up my experience with both IE11 and Edge to date. Obviously others have had worse luck with Edge.

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                                    • Minion QueenM
                                      Minion Queen Banned
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                                      I E11 is horrible now and just crashes constantly

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                                      • AVI-NetworkGuyA
                                        AVI-NetworkGuy
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                                        I tend to use a mix. Firefox is the only browser, currently, that will load the VMware add-on properly for VSphere web client - annoying. So I would say about 80% of my time is spent in Chrome, 10% Firefox, the rest is in either Edge or IE

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                                        • Minion QueenM
                                          Minion Queen Banned
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                                          I am also everywhere. My MS Partner stuff has to be done in IE so there a bit. Edge (I am trying to get used to it and use it), Chrome for a bit and then I also have my Mac setup next to me so on that with Safari and Chrome.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            FF is anything but perfect, I use it really heavily and it bloats and slows and has to be restarted or even typing becomes a problem (on an i7!!) But when fresh, it works really well.

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