Browsers

Hi - I’m a bit of a browser junkie and jump around based on my mood.

Just wondering what browsers/versions other people have installed for dev purposes and what their browser of choice is.

Me - Latest versions of all the major browsers and IE 's going back to IE8. Safari is todays choice!

(I’d love to have a poll facility on the forum for stuff like this!)

I’ve got most installed though I fancy Chrome for it’s speed and “minimal” look :slight_smile:
Think I’m gonna give Opera a chance soon due to the facts that it’s based on WebKit now if I remember correctly.
A quick test of Opera 15 is that WE apps seems to work just great!

Yeah, they recently switched to webkit. I’ve been an Opera fan for years, but also like to jump browser ship every now and then (are currently on Firefox).

Whenever I build a website, I always try to make sure that the website displays and behaves consistently on at least Firefox, IE8+, Safari, Opera and Chrome.

Chrome on Mac and Windows. Firefox on the Android tablet. Moz is very close to making the perfect browser for a particular form factor with that. Also, you cannot beat Mozilla’s developer docs. Though I have to hack away in WE apps to get them to work perfectly with Firefox on Android (e.g. orientation changes), the Mozilla’s docs make it easy to figure out what I have to do.

I use a combination of Safari and Chrome on OS X, but primarily use Chrome on Windows and Linux.

I’ve got Chrome, Opera, Firefox, and IE10 installed. I use Firefox exclusively unless I’m testing something in another browser.

Chrome on Windows, Safari on Mac.

Something that got me excited in the browser world recently, is Microsoft’s change in mind to support WebGL with IE11.

WebGL Support For Internet Explorer 11

With WebGL now having stronger adoption, 3D internet could soon be a reality.

I’m not much of a web browser junkie. Being an OS X user though, I like that Safari stores my bookmarks in the cloud and it just works on my laptop, desktop, iPhone and iPad. Do others accomplish that same thing?

[quote=89466:@Jeremy Cowgar]I’m not much of a web browser junkie. Being an OS X user though, I like that Safari stores my bookmarks in the cloud and it just works on my laptop, desktop, iPhone and iPad. Do others accomplish that same thing?
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Yeah, Chrome does and works on your MacBook, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows PC, Linux PX, Chromebook, Android phone, and Android tablet. Also just works on your Google TV. :slight_smile:

And with the Speed Dial extension I can sync my bookmarks with FireFox as well.

1Password is a great addition as well, as it’s browser extensions allow for storing site logins securely and accessing them cross browser.

[quote=18158:@Alwyn Bester]Something that got me excited in the browser world recently, is Microsoft’s change in mind to support WebGL with IE11.

WebGL Support For Internet Explorer 11

With WebGL now having stronger adoption, 3D internet could soon be a reality.

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My world is the Mac, but we must recognize that Microsoft is greatly improved now. For xojo WE, the fastest browser on mobile is IE on Windows Phone 8! (even without taking into account the problem of mousedown on mobile webkit)

For debugging, Chrome Canary is the most complete.

I have to concur that IE improved a lot in the past few years. These days almost no JavaScript workarounds are needed to get a website cross-browser compatible with IE. In the past one had to spend hours to get things working consistently on all browsers.

Will definite take a look at Chrome Canary (haven’t used it before)… been using Firefox’s built-in developer tools until now.