My Browser

The browser that works best for me is Firefox by Mozilla. http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ I choose Firefox as my choice of browser mainly because I find it to be more user-friendlier than some of the other browsers that I periodically surf the web on. However, I think it boils down to what exactly it is that one is trying to get accomplished when it comes to choosing a browser.

For instance, Firefox is more user-friendlier to me because when I'd first started blogging and learning HTML I was introduced to a Firefox plug-in called Web Developer-which allows one to, in my own words, place all of the elements of a web page under the microscope and examine the code the page was written in. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/.  ( Not to say that there isn't other ways of doing this nor other browsers that have the same functionality included. ) As a result of learning and blogging, all the while with Firefox being the browser that I was using at this time, naturally I learned my way around the browser more until familiarity with it kind of just made it my comfortable home. Once I'd discovered the capability to sync my browsing experience across multiple computers that pretty much sealed the deal. I was able to take my browser experience with me in a way. However.... 

I learned rather quickly that there was no such thing as one browser fits all. Or put in another way; there was no such thing as one browser being fitting for all the things that I needed to get done while on the Internet. Just to cite a few examples: I quickly found out that a lot of bank and government owned websites will not allow one to access the content on their sites while using Firefox. Firefox being a product of an open-source project has the downside of not holding up too well to security standards in many places around the Internet. Especially inside of  businesses and governments work environments. Thus, even if I was indeed able to access the site,  some of the site's full functionality could not be supported with the Firefox browser.

Of the top 3 browsers most commonly known to the average web surfer- Chrome, Firefox, and IE- within the past year or so researches have ranked Chrome to be the most secure browser to use while surfing the web. ( Granted, a lot of this research doesn't include the Safari browser. ) So if being secure is your utmost concern when choosing a browser then Chrome may be your choice. I have an add-on called NO SCRIPT for Firefox which up to this point has kept me secure thus far in my browsing experiences. In short, here's what No Script offers the user : The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox, Seamonkey and other mozilla-based browsers: this free, open source add-on allows JavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript , FlashFlashFlashFlash and other plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice (e.g. your online bank).

NoScript also provides the most powerful anti-XSSanti-XSSanti-XSSanti-XSS and anti-Clickjackinganti-Clickjackinganti-Clickjackinganti-Clickjacking protection ever available in a browser. Source : http://noscript.net/ ( Note: I stated that No Script has kept me secure; The No Script add-on doesn't actually hold an impeccable reputation as far as security is concerned overall. These are my personal choices. ) For my privacy needs I've installed an add-on called Proxy Tool which comes in handy when one wants to surf the web anonymously without installing an entire proxy browser like TOR for example.

I'm not all the way locked into a monogamous relationship with Firefox. On my laptop I have Chrome installed right alongside Firefox. When I'm in the need for speed I log into my surfing sessions with Chrome. On my desktop I have Chrome and Internet Explorer installed alongside Firefox. Even though I've noticed that some people are just more comfortable behind one browser than the other, I'd never until recently thought about why this is so. People who weren't using Firefox until I introduced them to it stated that they didn't know it existed; only to resort back to IE after trying Firefox. They all said that they'd rather stick to what they're already familiar with. In other words, taking a if it's not broke don't try to fix it stance. Who can argue with that?