[ShadowGorrath]

Out of the basic ones, which does most appeal to you ?

Opera, Firefox and Internet Explorer

To me, it's Opera. I don't undertsand why is it so underapreciated ? It has the highest performance, the current version is just as compatible as IE or Firefox, has a lot of stuff for it, very customisable, etc.

[Colonol Dekker]

Ahhh Shiz-nit. I clicked Opera by accident.. I use Firefox, but my heart belongs to IE, i dunno why. It just does

[achtung]

I would use Opera if it were open source.  I'm just a douche like that.

[Ghostavo]

Opera, now that I'm used to the speed dial I can't change to anything else. 

[Talon 1024]

I prefer Firefox, but the best browser is one that complies with web standards, such as Opera and Safari. (if you have the latest WebKit builds)

Test your browser here

[jdjtcagle]

Firefox

[MP-Ryan]

I prefer Firefox, but the best browser is one that complies with web standards, such as Opera and Safari. (if you have the latest WebKit builds)

Test your browser here

Safari is less standards-compliant than is Firefox.  Safari's CSS support is crap.

In terms of W3C-compliance, Opera is only marginally better than Firefox and only on more obscure functions.  For everyday matters, both are virtually identical.  Opera is considerably more secure natively than is Firefox, but Firefox is open-source, has much more extensibility, and is easily configured to run in a more secure fashion.

In short, if you're using Opera or Firefox you're doing just fine, and you're light-years ahead of IE.  Of the two, however, I recommend Opera for basic users (due to its security) and Firefox for more advanced users (due to its extensibility).

[Talon 1024]

Safari is less standards-compliant than is Firefox.  Safari's CSS support is crap.

Without the latest WebKit, it is.  It all depends on if your WebKit build is up-to-date.  If you use a really old WebKit build, you won't score 100/100 on the Acid3 test.  If you use a WebKit nightly build, you will score 100/100 on the Acid3 test.

I wish there was a linux browser that uses Webkit...

[IceFire]

Firefox.

Enjoying Firefox 3 RC1 which is fantastic in my opinion.  Faster, lighter, does everything I need it to. Nothing more.

[Eishtmo]

I use Opera, I like Opera, but it does have some issues.  Recently I've been getting graphical problems with Warpstorm, which is annoying.

But I'll keep using it because it just plain damn works.

[Falcon]

Firefox

[Polpolion]

Pretty much a tie for firefox/opera. I get graphics issues with the mainpage highlights with Opera, but Firefox has no mouse gestures or speed dial.

IExploer IMHO has horrible tab functionality, the interface is ugly, it's slow and vulnerable, but every website does work on it.

[IceFire]

Firefox has mouse gestures and speed dial if you install those plugins

[Goober5000]

I never tried Opera because back when I decided to stop using IE, Opera came with ads.  But nowadays I'm happy enough with Firefox that I don't really have any motivation to look at other browers, even though Opera is now ad-free.  It used to be that way with IE too, back in the day: no reason to switch, because it suited me just fine.

Inertia is pretty powerful.  Generally people need both a push and a pull to change long-held habits.

[haloboy100]

On behalf of the admins, I think we all know what sandwich will choose

What I really hate about Firefox though is the fact that you can't resume downloads if your internet craps out (like my "new" router does every ****ing hour).

[Solatar]

I'm in the same boat as Goober. I've got several friends that use Opera, but like him when I first discovered the non-IE world, Opera had ads. I think that just left a bad taste in my mouth that has stuck for some reason.

[Herra Tohtori]

Opera has the best functionality out-of-box and it is more standard-compliant than FF, but Firefox can be made to work in really similar fashion with pretty little effort...and there are other browsers that pass the Acid2 test (like Konqueror and Safari) and neither are in this poll so the importance of passing Acid2 test is questionable in this context - it does not make the whole browser automatically better than those that don't pass, eventhough standard-compliance is a definite bonus.

Also. Opera has a history of getting into 100% CPU load with javascripted pages, even when said scripts should be doing nothing, so that's kind of a minus... same with some menus (like Hard Light's), there are some gliches in how Opera renders them.

So I'd say that Opera has the edge on immediate usability, layout, efficiency and downloading system, while Firefox has significantly better customizability, is open source, efficiency difference is so small that on modern PC's with CPU to spare it hardly matters... And there's a portable version of Firefox, which is dang awesome to have with you.

I used Opera for the longest time, but it just kept putting the proc to 100% on the pages I frequented to, so I swapped to Firefox, spent less than an hour getting it customized (All-In-One Gestures, AdBlockPlus, Free Download Manager plugin and Gradient Brushed Metal theme)... and now it works remarkably same to Opera, using the same mouse gestures.

So... I'd say there's no such thing as best browser, but IE is certainly one of the worst, following truely the software engineering principles behind Vista.

[ShadowGorrath]

One fella did a test a while ago. He opened 5 pages on Opera, Firefox, IE and a few others. Opera opened the pages the quickest, and used up the least memory ( RAM ) to have them open.

[karajorma]

Ahhh Shiz-nit. I clicked Opera by accident.. I use Firefox, but my heart belongs to IE, i dunno why. It just does

It's actually part of the MS EULA for Windows. Bill Gates also has rights to your spleen, kidneys, a 50% stake in your colon and droit de seigneur with all your male issue.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

I dunno. I'm using IE7 and I haven't got any major troubles with it so far. I haven't tried the other ones (I didn't even know Opera), so I won't vote.