I my self use Firefox 3 but in all fairness I haven't tried Opera since Firefox was still in Beta. Might have to download and try Opera again... Votes: +1

I used Firefox for years but lately it has been posting an error message that saye it must close; and I lose my work. So I tried out Safari, Ace and Opera and I think Opera is the best and most reliable. Votes: +44

Opera for me it's a far better interface often have 30 plus tabs open & each tab has its own history. Love the speed dial easy to edit the speedial ini to get more than 9 tabs.
Saved sessions , notes ,opera mail ect..........
Even with all the extra features Opera has it's still faster less of a memory hog & safer than FF.
Press F11 & the page you are on fills the screen can FF3 do that
Opera has been leading the way for years.
Funny how the worst browser IE has the biggest user base & the best browser the smallest.

Votes: +35

Opera appears to be the fastest browser for Windows
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i liek dis siet very much %) Votes: -1

Opear 9.X seems good and it runs under Windows NT Workstation (with the exception of Opera 9.5)

Opera 9.6 alphas are looking good! Votes: +31

well i loved the 3 browser safari opera.firefox bt opera is better,well hpe these team will kip the good work going internet xplorer suckZzZ Votes: +28

I love Opera, and i will never change it...
Opera is the best choice!
Mozzila sucks don't use mozzila!!

So, have a nice day Votes: +23

Opera 9.6 is definetly the best! never crashes! love the speed dial and mouse gestures and the transfers/downloads. Espeacially the transfers Votes: +30

Chrome FTW! Votes: -3

OPERA is the best if you want SUPERIOR features and GREAT speed.
Firefox is the best if you want GREAT performance and GOOD speed.
Chrome is the best if you only care about SIMPLE+CRAZY SPEED.

I use Opera Votes: +10

i did try to use crome before.....but after using opera, i just cant get use to crome. The speed dial rocks...one click to any website to saved. Votes: +25

OPEEERAAAA !!!! 4 EEVEER !!!!!! Votes: +23

I think you forgot to take your pills again. Votes: +24

I didn't read the comments, so someone might have beat me to this, but where you say "Firefox could be a better choice when it comes to standards, support, features and safety" I know you're speaking in relation to IE, but it sounds like you're saying Firefox is safer than Opera, and that's not true. Firefox has security holes due to being open source, opera is locked down and easily the most secure browser choice. Not to mention Opera is w3c standards compliant, and the other choices (firefox, chrome, IE isn't even an option IMHO)are happily NOT. Votes: +17

I have been using chrome since its launch and i have experienced the smoothest and quickest web surfing and navigation on it. It is very simple and gives only the essential. And you get a large space for page viewing... Votes: +0

hello all.
i have been using Firefox since 2005. according to me it was the fastest browser but it opens very slow when you using plug ins. now i have installed opera 10 and its really very nice and attractive interface. i must say it is the fastest browser till date.
Firefox is losing this WAR.

Oper is the Best Votes: +9

Hi!

Have allways liked firefox best but now i think Chrome is the winner in this war Firefox doesn't have their former glance anymore Votes: -1

Opera is definetly the best

I have been using opera since opera5.0 (ad support)

Firefox is good not the best .

Votes: +7

I have dial up and after comparing several browsers settled on Firefox and when chrome can out i tested it and found that Firefox is up to 20 seconds faster and actually gets the sites layout right. Votes: -2

I use a great many browsers.
IE for a few sites that only work properly in IE and that I trust; so any security issues can't be that bad.
Firefox for porn and stumbleupon.
Chrome for testing flash websites in, if it crashes, only the plugin does.
And Opera for the other 98% of the time.
I used Firefox for years; I really like the open-source model (I use linux) but Opera just works better for me.

@Speed: Speed is an excuse, the latest versions of chrome, Fx and Opera are all really fast with no serious difference.

@Merlin: If you have dailup, check out Opera, Opera turbo makes images uglier but a lot faster. Votes: +2

I have tried all the 5 browsers mentioned above. Opera is the fastest. Yet its not supported by the VLE, Visual Learning System of my uni.. GRR... Votes: +0

I am so old I remember the beginning of time.... but not when I figured that MS's idiot browser didn't have a popup add blocker - that all the idiot porn sites served up, which still mystifies me to this day as to how does annoying prospective customers induce them to stay and pay; but anyway, MS didn't get a popup blocker for another 7 years, after Opera and Firefox had them...

Anyway I was enthused about Firefox because it was a case of, "We the people against Microsoft and it's shitbag antithesis of retrograde copycat development and innovation".

But in the last few years Firefox has become - well I don't know about the worst browser on the market, as I don't and have not used MS's Outhouse Explorer for like 7 or 8 years., but let me put it like this:

It frequently locks up and hangs.,

It has memory leaks - like 2 plain vanilla webpages will consume like 200 meg of memory.,

And in Ubuntu Linux, I have to use KILL PROGRAM in "System Monitor" or Alt + F2 and XKILL; or when it hangs and just locks up my whole computer - I actually have to turn it off - rather than wait about 1/2 an hour - waiting for it to quit locking up my PC; while it thrashes the hard drive to death.

Incidentally, I came to this site by doing a search using this term, "why is firefox so shit" - which lead me to Encyclopedia Dramatica, and then to here.

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Mozilla_Firefox


It is a pretty good site and it gives the wrap on how the "We the people browser" became a corporate shithole run by idiots who can't code to save their profit margin.

Firefox is not just shit - it's truly fucked - the idiot corporation and their shithole browser.

Bye Bye Firefox - and take your crap with you to the extinction of your shit hole Google Add infested browser.

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thanks for your article Votes: +0

I use chrome, opera, and Firefox. In my opinion, chrome is the fastest, although there aren't many features (it's very simple); opera and Firefox are both very fast (although I think opera is slightly faster but doesn't have as many features). I'm not quite sure which I prefer, but I think we can agree on something- Microsoft gave us groundbreaking innovations, although some of its' services, such as IE, aren't half crap. Votes: +0

All the browsers are copying each other for features. So we will one day end up with them all looking the same. Firefox & IE are just too bloaty now. The contenders for speed and features is Opera and Chrome. Chrome is still too raw to use for now (horrible font sizes) although it has the fastest load-up and internet throughput times. Votes: +1

I am very impressed; your blog is awesome, good work Votes: +0

Good work, I like your blog theme, and content of course Votes: +0

I recommend not getting the latest firefox, instead get firefox 3.0.17, it's (in my opinion) much better than opera and better than the later versions of firefox.
FIREFOX FIGHT THE WAY! Votes: -1

Google Chrome is the best!!!!! Firefox is catching up,Opera too Firefox and Opera will be better than Google Chrome in 23 years Internet Explorer is pretty good Safari is the worst,I wish it wound go away! Votes: -1

I used the firefox usually,i think it is the best browser for the web desiger! Votes: +0

I am a rigid Firefox user.
I absolutely hate IE and Chrome, opera is ok but i prefer FF.
IE is unsecure and boring, chrome is buggy and ugly. Votes: +0

I used Firefox for 7 years until I switched to Chrome in April 2010. Chrome lacked many features I cared about when it was first released, such as full screen mode, reasonable bookmark management, and most importantly extensions. Support for extensions officially came out in January 2010, and within a few months there were thousands of good ones.

The thing I like best about Chrome is the emphasis on speed and a minimal interface so that I can focus on getting work done. The latest version of Opera is good this way too. Firefox continues to be the most extensible browser but I found myself constantly trying to changing the interface to make it more like Chrome. So why not just use Chrome?

Some of the descriptions (especially Chrome) on this site are out of date. I posted an up-to-date description and comparison of the 5 major browsers on my site last week, and you can get to it by clicking on my name above. Votes: +0

It's Firefox for me all the way. I'm really excited what's coming in Firefox 4. I've tried Google Chrome. It's fast, but, it's too bare bones for me. Comodo Dragon is a good choice too if you like Chromium. I've also tried Opera, Flock, you name it. SeaMonkey is also a very good browser too and is also made by Mozilla. Votes: +0

I've stuck with FF for several years. This spring a colleague thought I would try Chrome instead. I uninstalled after two weeks because the only difference to when it was in beta was that this time I had sound on the youtube videos. Else it was fast... sometimes, but most of the time it said "Resolving host..." in the status field, and I had to let it through my Comodo firewall several times because it needed to update several times a week. But it just got worse. I might try Chrome again in 3-4 years but I expect it to be the same hog as every time I tried it so far. Votes: +0

Well, I used to love Firefox, and I've used it my entire life. But I can't take it any more. I have to kill the process after I shut it down or else it'll use all my system resources (This happens on more than one computer), memory leaks, oh, and if I use it more than a couple hours on my BRAND NEW Win7 machine, it'll eventually stop working by not playing videos correctly, not loading background images, and skipping screens while scrolling. I've had it with Firefox, it's just an old man now. I'll stick with Chromium, I've fallen in love with it. Opera was nice, but not my cup of tea. But dear god, I couldn't take another day of Derpfox any longer. At first I thought it was just because of my old WinXP system in need of a reinstallation, but after it was even worse on a brand new Win7 install was the final straw. Votes: +0