What Browser do you use? A query
#1
Posted 2011-August-02, 15:22
See the paper
Are you still satisfied with your choice?
#2
Posted 2011-August-02, 15:40
At home I use Firefox exclusively.
IE9 is awful.
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#3
Posted 2011-August-02, 15:41
I use Chrome for sites that don't work well in Safari. For instance, BBO has had problems since the 5.1 upgrade a couple of weeks ago.
#5
Posted 2011-August-02, 16:02
I used to use Firefox, but my add-ons have become unyielding, and crash reports are more comment.
Chrome is my browser du jour - stable and quick.
Winner - BBO Challenge bracket #6 - February, 2017.
#6
Posted 2011-August-02, 16:12
on my old computer at home I used chrome because it runs smoothly on a 500Mb stoneage thing, but since I got a new computer I use firefox which is better for bbo.
my phone has gecko but I almost never use it.
IE is fine for accessing microsoft mail but then again if you are a windows user you might as well use outlook. other than that IE sucks but I don't think it is available for ubuntu anyway.
of course for most purposes it makes little difference which browser you use. chrome has a nice plugin for "the onion" but in general firefox has better plug-ins.
#7
Posted 2011-August-02, 16:17
hotShot, on 2011-August-02, 15:22, said:
See the paper
Are you still satisfied with your choice?
Most Catalan speakers are Spanish, but most Spaniards don't speak Catalan?
That said, I don't use the first item on your list.
#8
Posted 2011-August-02, 19:37
Annoyingly, BBO now has problems in both Chrome and Safari. I suppose I should download and install Firefox or something but I am lazy and don't feel like installing a browser just to run BBO.
a.k.a. Appeal Without Merit
#9
Posted 2011-August-02, 20:34
Now why Firefox? If there are things that a. it doesn't do and b. Chrome (or Opera) does do and c. I actually want to do, I don't know what they are. And Firefox is everywhere. We have three computers, all with Firefox. When I am over at the University, Firefox. If I want to use the computer at they Y, it has Firefox. So I use Firefox.
As to the IQ thing, this seems like a study in need of a purpose. The result could largely be anticipated. Let's suppose that, say, Opera has features that are useful for people working in IT. So they use it. The guy who bags my groceries probably, like me, can't imagine any use for these features, so he uses IE or Firefox. Probably the average IT guy has a higher IQ than the average grocery bagger. (We will slide quietly past the issue of where I fit into this hierarchy) Voila, mystery solved.
Or perhaps switching to Opera would raise my IQ.
#11
Posted 2011-August-02, 21:49
I suspect that there is some set of people who have high IQs and also like to brag/show off about how smart they are. Maybe these people also want to use a browser that most people don't use/have never heard of because it is a way to show off how much "better" they are than everyone else?
a.k.a. Appeal Without Merit
#12
Posted 2011-August-02, 21:58
#13
Posted 2011-August-03, 00:05
#14
Posted 2011-August-03, 00:29
mohitz, on 2011-August-03, 00:05, said:
In Chrome, when I try typing a message to someone on BBO, the keyboard "skips" keys. It is much worse if I am at a table where cards are being played quickly. Probably if I typed a lot slower it wouldn't be an issue.
The problem with Safari (recent, this didn't use to happen) is that the mouse disappears when moved over the playing area. This makes it hard to click on cards and is generally annoying.
a.k.a. Appeal Without Merit
#15
Posted 2011-August-03, 02:27
matmat, on 2011-August-02, 21:49, said:
If Opera users have an IQ of 120 then Lynx must be 140.
But of course real geeks don't use a browser at all, they just type the http elements.
#16
Posted 2011-August-03, 02:44
hotShot, on 2011-August-02, 15:22, said:
This clearly demonstrates that five years of IE use makes you more stupid (especially using the older versions), while five years of Opera use makes you more intelligent
We've used Opera to display the results at the bridge club for more than five years, so hopefully all the members have got the benefit of that.
London UK
#18
Posted 2011-August-03, 05:57
awm, on 2011-August-03, 00:29, said:
The problem with Safari (recent, this didn't use to happen) is that the mouse disappears when moved over the playing area. This makes it hard to click on cards and is generally annoying.
I didn't know this was a chrome/bbo issue. I just thought my keyboard keys were getting old!
#19
Posted 2011-August-03, 07:17
hotShot, on 2011-August-03, 05:34, said:
I had scanned the article and was struck by
"Our data have important implications"
but I didn't want to be unpleasant and bring up the issue of what these might be!
#20
Posted 2011-August-03, 07:30