Ask HN: What browsers are you using?

#1

Post by gls2ro » Tue, May 01, 2018, 10:32 AM UTC

As the question says, I am interested to know what browser are you using and why. I am trying to find some alternatives in terms of speed and security/privacy.

Re: Ask HN: What browsers are you using?

#2

Post by troffed » Tue, May 01, 2018, 10:43 AM UTC

Desktop:

- Google Chrome for work and testing

- Mozilla Firefox for personal and testing

- Microsoft Edge for testing only

- Apple Safari (in a MacMini) for testing only

Mobile:

- Google Chrome (Android and iOS)

- Mozilla Firefox (Android) for testing

- Apple Safari (iPhone and iPad) for testing

Re: Ask HN: What browsers are you using?

#3

Post by onion2k » Tue, May 01, 2018, 10:59 AM UTC

I make web apps so... all of them.

Re: Ask HN: What browsers are you using?

#4

Post by gls2ro » Tue, May 01, 2018, 11:26 AM UTC

onion2k wrote: post #3

I make web apps so... all of them.

Which one would you recommend for normal web browsing?

Re: Ask HN: What browsers are you using?

#5

Post by navidkhn1 » Tue, May 01, 2018, 11:53 AM UTC

gls2ro wrote: post #4

onion2k wrote: post #3

I make web apps so... all of them.

Which one would you recommend for normal web browsing?

There are times I switch over to the competition for change ( I used Quantum for some time after it launched, and have used Safari at times for it's simplicity ) but do always come back to Chrome, for work and otherwise. It wins everywhere!

Re: Ask HN: What browsers are you using?

#6

Post by Artemix » Tue, May 01, 2018, 12:24 PM UTC

I use Firefox for everything, including web development (I find the firefox dev tools far better built and more complete than the Google ones).

The only alternative I use is Vivaldi, which I don't use often due to its weird and hard-to-use UI