Yes, it does, but that's part of it's charm! It is very good for very low end netbooks (for example the ones with 512mb RAM) where using Firefox is impossible because of the memory leaking issues.
You know, there is an up and coming browser called Rockmelt. That might end up giving Firefox and Chrome a serious run soon.
I use Firefox, mainly for the Adblock feature. Otherwise, I prefer Opera because it's faster in loading pages.
I love Firefox! The blog reader I use accesses the internet through Internet Explorer though and that really bothers me. If it wasn't for that I would remove IE entirely from my computer.
I use internet explorer 8. It may not be the best thing in the world, but it suits my needs and at the end of the day thats all that matters to me.
Google Chrome (developer channel). Adopted Chrome ever since it added add-on support (therefore ad-blocking software). The Sync feature is great, and enables to sync all settings between browsers on different computers. Would never touch Internet Exploder again, nor Firefox (whilst add-on support is great, it just doesn't feel ok anymore).
Opera? I don't think any browser can load as quick as Google Chrome. It is bad that Chrome is not having an extension for ad blocking yet. I hope soon they will create a new extension. Just got Firefox 5.0 today. Not much excited about it. Nothing new.
I started with Internet Explorer, I have used Firefox and Opera as well. Once, I started using Google Chrome, there was no turning back and I have been using Chrome since it was introduced in all my Windows OS and Safari for my Mac OS.
Ever since i have been using Firefox as my browser. I feel comfortable using it cause i am so familiar to it. I find it easy to navigate and the features are great for me. I could say that i am contented using it for years.
Rockmelt is already available and has been for a long time: http://www.rockmelt.com/ Personally, I think it's only for those who are so OCD about social networking it's insane Chrome does have an adblock extension, search for AdBlock in the Chrome Web Store. Opera, now let me tell you about Opera. Opera is WAY faster than Google Chrome and Firefox, especially the latest version. You will be shocked. My only problems with it are its few extensions, and some sites look a little square with it, but its great features and speed make up for it. Give it a spin when you have time: www.opera.com And as for Firefox 5, yeah, hardly any changes, because Mozilla thinks that if they keep releasing major versions, their browser will get more popular, because they know they're losing ground to Google. Right now, that approach is only making it worse for them, and I ditched Firefox long ago.
I prefer Google Chrome. It is very fast compared to when I use Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. I like the fact that Google Chrome doesn't have a big features bar on the top of the browser.
I used Google Chrome for about 5 years until recently, along with Gmail, Google Docs, Google everything really. I got a bit neurotic and began to feel that Google knew an awful lot about me - my travel, my reading preferences, my income bracket .... I realize that I had freely given information by my browsing, but I did not like feeling "known" or "watched". I am now "google-free" - I use the Opera browser which I find faster than Chrome and I use "Scroogle" as my search engine. I feel less spooked ....
Currently, I am using Safari as my primary browser. However, that might change soon by the look of things. Safari keeps crashing on me every time I turn around . I can't open up anymore than 6 tabs in Safari without it going haywire. I was using FireFox but I think it's too slow for me. I've been hearing a lot of good things about Google Chrome lately so i'm seriously thinking of switching to that. Also, by looking at others posts in this thread, I can already tell that Chrome is the preferred browser right now
I used to love Firefox but with the last few releases it's been lagging tremendously. I don't have a ton of add-ons and it still struggles on some days. Lately, I've been using Google Chrome and I'm starting to like it more each day. Tons of add-ons and quick browsing. :
Lately I've been using Chrome. It seems to help me load my pages faster. However, not everything works on Chrome so sometimes I revert back to IE. I like FF but I just don't have it installed on my new PC yet.
Firefox has been my main browser for years but there was that memory issue where if you run the browser for a long time, it used to eat all available system resources. Thus, I switched to Google chrome which is lighter and has a lot of useful apps. Just yesterday, I upgraded to to Firefox 8 and it seems to be running fine.
I've tried using all the popular ones, but right now I use Chrome because it's light and simple. It crashes from time to time, but I'm too lazy to try on another one right now. My backup would be Firefox. I can't stand IE.
