Poll: What browser do you use?
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I decided to give it a go myself. I went to this video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjXQZ64I_fI] (first one that shows up for "60 FPS") in the two browsersQwurty2.0 said:
Chrome
[http://i.imgur.com/sWWSb0n.png]
IE11
[http://i.imgur.com/Apb8Oa2.png]
It's possible that it's still playing 60 fps on IE11 (people have been able to upload 60 fps videos for years, YouTube caps them at 30 when you watch, however). I had quickly Googled it and Wall Street Journal had said Chrome, IE, and Safari worked, while Forbes said only Chrome would display 60 fps.DoPo said:I decided to give it a go myself. I went to this video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjXQZ64I_fI] (first one that shows up for "60 FPS") in the two browsersQwurty2.0 said:
Chrome
[http://i.imgur.com/sWWSb0n.png]
IE11
[http://i.imgur.com/Apb8Oa2.png]
And as far as I can tell, there is no way for me to display the frame rate while watching a YT video (*Right-Click* -> "Stats for nerds" doesn't show FPS either
).
Firefox
I've been using it for several years now ever since it had tabs and IE didn't (at least at that time). I never felt any reason to move from Firefox to Chrome despite everyone saying it's vastly superior in every way.
I actually have both Chrome and Firefox on my computer now and easily favour Firefox.
I only jump on Chrome for Netflix as I don't care for it's UI as much.
I've been using it for several years now ever since it had tabs and IE didn't (at least at that time). I never felt any reason to move from Firefox to Chrome despite everyone saying it's vastly superior in every way.
I actually have both Chrome and Firefox on my computer now and easily favour Firefox.
I only jump on Chrome for Netflix as I don't care for it's UI as much.
I can't answer your poll because it doesn't have an option for "two or more of the above".Kolby Jack said:
I use Chrome. And Firefox. And IE. All at the same time.
I do work on Chrome, I do fun (like the Escapist) on Firefox, and I do online roleplaying on IE.
Firefox because it's most convenient for me and doesn't have so many security flaws like the others.
Firefox and Chrome are the only 2 worth using in my opinion.
Google creeps me out way more than Mozilla so I use Firefox. If IE keeps on improving it might get to be as good as Chrome was when it launched however many years ago but it's otherwise the browser i use to install a real browser with.
Google creeps me out way more than Mozilla so I use Firefox. If IE keeps on improving it might get to be as good as Chrome was when it launched however many years ago but it's otherwise the browser i use to install a real browser with.
I have Firefox installed as my "default" browser (because I have it locked down pretty securely), but as my main browser I use Opera 12.17 because I like how it handles tabs. The new version of Opera is an abomination unto all that is holy and can go drown in a fire.
I know that FRAPS's FPS counter would show on YouTube videos if I left it running. I have no idea if it'll show 30/60 FPS on YouTube now, though, as I haven't bothered reinstalling it after my last computer upgrade.Qwurty2.0 said:And as far as I can tell, there is no way for me to display the frame rate while watching a YT video (*Right-Click* -> "Stats for nerds" doesn't show FPS either
True. Maybe I'll try actually watching the video next time. Which would be in about at least 9 hours, as I've just went to work.Qwurty2.0 said:It's possible that it's still playing 60 fps on IE11 (people have been able to upload 60 fps videos for years, YouTube caps them at 30 when you watch, however). I had quickly Googled it and Wall Street Journal had said Chrome, IE, and Safari worked, while Forbes said only Chrome would display 60 fps.DoPo said:I decided to give it a go myself. I went to this video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjXQZ64I_fI] (first one that shows up for "60 FPS") in the two browsersQwurty2.0 said:
Chrome
[http://i.imgur.com/sWWSb0n.png]
IE11
[http://i.imgur.com/Apb8Oa2.png]
And as far as I can tell, there is no way for me to display the frame rate while watching a YT video (*Right-Click* -> "Stats for nerds" doesn't show FPS either
I use Pale Moon with a few mods on my gaming rig mainly to try avoid picking up any malware/adware that like to leech through browsers. I was given my last rig and it came with an incredible assortment of malware that caused me no end of grief trying to get games working and I got really paranoid as a result. I use Firefox on my crappy ancient laptop that I use as a HTPC (Linux Mint as it's OS - better than windows imo.) I like Firefox on Linux, but don't like Firefox under Windows.
I don't trust Google at all so wouldn't even consider Chrome as an option. I've not used IE since 1999 and Microsoft have done nothing to persuade me to try it again.
I don't trust Google at all so wouldn't even consider Chrome as an option. I've not used IE since 1999 and Microsoft have done nothing to persuade me to try it again.
Fire fox, really dont like google at all. Atleast its not as shit as internet explorer which a trojan once got connected to it so when i cleaned my PC of trojan etc and rebooted, the same trojan would appear again.
Right, finally got around to actually looking into it. I couldn't find a way to display the FPS of the video - it seems there is a proposal [https://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Video_Metrics#presentedFrames] but no actual common way of getting the stats. Well, Mozilla have implemented one (the mozPresentedFrames property on DOM elements), and webkit also has some (webkitDecodedFrames and webkitDroppedFrames although slightly not as good, they are still useful). These are actually there in the "Stats for nerds", so that's good. I couldn't find anything find if IE has implemented the proposal, however. And indeed, Stats for nerds does not list any of them on IE. I tried examining the video programatically to see if they are exposed in any way but had no luck. Then again, I admit, I am not a JS guru, so perhaps there is a better way than looking at __proto__ in the console.Qwurty2.0 said:
Well, having no luck with straight up numbers, I realised I could use a secret technique that I had even hidden from myself: I watched a video. In particular this one [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5laMCk6JQN0] (first one for "youtube 60fps comparison") both in Chrome and IE11 (at the higher possible resolution in each, respectively the "1080p60" option in Chrome and "720p" option in IE11). The results were thus: When the video claimed it was 60FPS in Chrome, it was showing with more FPS than before for sure, for it was smoother; while in IE there was no difference between 30FPS and 60FPS.
So, I am confident that YouTube indeed does not show 60FPS videos in IE11.
Do you mean the older versions of Opera, with the ton of features included (e.g. Opera Notes, etc.) or the newer version which shares a lot with Google Chrome? I could never get along with the old versions of Opera - it just didn't feel quite right though I can respect the sheer amount of power the user could have over it.MrFalconfly said:
I use Chrome, having been dragged away from Firefox by its utterly horrendous performance on my system. I have no idea why, but it was incredibly glitchy with Flash on YouTube and websites in general, and JavaScript would send it grinding to a halt. Loading Facebook was a task that took accepting several script errors, and the only extension I had was AdBlock Plus.
Chrome will suffice for me. I don't need to change too many settings and it works just as well as Firefox did. In truth, given the stability issues, it runs slightly better for me.
New one.Paul said:
Just (well, I got it in the summer) got a new laptop, and needed a new browser (only ever use IE when doing tax-returns, because the Danish government seems to be unable to make anything work on other browsers).
I don't want to sound like an old fogey here, but I was a dedicated Netscape Navigator user back in its heyday; a time when connection speeds were slow, and crappy browsers were CRAPPY. Believe me, if you starting your web browsing in this century, you have no idea how bad it could be.
After AOL bought out Netscape and (basically) killed Navigator, I jumped over to IE, then to Firefox when I found out about its tabbed browsing features (and being run by essentially the child company of Netscape didn't hurt). Earlier this year, when Mozilla decided Firefox should just be Chrome, jr, I decided to jump ship. Since I liked most of Firefox's functionality, and refuse to have anything to do with Google, I hopped over to Pale Moon. Haven't looked back since.
After AOL bought out Netscape and (basically) killed Navigator, I jumped over to IE, then to Firefox when I found out about its tabbed browsing features (and being run by essentially the child company of Netscape didn't hurt). Earlier this year, when Mozilla decided Firefox should just be Chrome, jr, I decided to jump ship. Since I liked most of Firefox's functionality, and refuse to have anything to do with Google, I hopped over to Pale Moon. Haven't looked back since.
Chrome for general [browsing] stuff... (It keeps all of my bookmarks...)
Firefox for anything porn-related... (Too bad it sometimes freezes up if the browser is open, but not in use for X amount of time...)
IE for e-mails and playing flash-related stuff [that may or may not be porn-related]... (It's always in full-screen mode, by the way...)
Other than that, I sometimes use Safari for either music downloads or as a secondary browser to Firefox... (That's about it...)
Firefox for anything porn-related... (Too bad it sometimes freezes up if the browser is open, but not in use for X amount of time...)
IE for e-mails and playing flash-related stuff [that may or may not be porn-related]... (It's always in full-screen mode, by the way...)
Other than that, I sometimes use Safari for either music downloads or as a secondary browser to Firefox... (That's about it...)