Favorite browser

[machinebacon]

Depends on the computer. The text browser is usually links2 (because I use both text and framebuffer), and Chrome Beta whenever possible - because I sync via gmail account. FOr quick and dirty look-up (wiki, news, dictionary, readme) it's dillo, often with a keycombo and xsel (selected word can be opened in wiki, google or dict.cc)
For dumping website source it is curl.

[ivanovnegro]

And I forgot, I usually do not use a text browser but when I feel so, it is links2, too.

[dkeg]

I guess been using chromium the most lately. Not a real big fan of the Firefox/Iceweael family. Roaster is good. Dillo certainly is fast. Dwb is good too. Text; w3m, xlinks, elinks

I didn't follow the rules, but there you have it.

[kexolino]

I just started using the One browser for Android. It's pretty much the fastest I've tried, has pretty good settings, and text wrapping works great (important because of my phone's small screen). So I count this as a favorite now too.

[kiiroitori]

text: none
GUI: firefox...but I am starting to like dwb. I may switch completely since I am getting fed up with the updates breaking addons and UI. I had a nice setup which gets broken in the latest release.

[anticapitalista]

text - elinks
gui - firefox and dillo

[bones]

Text - Links (runner-up: w3m)
GUI - Firefox (runner-up: xombrero)

Xombrero is too crashy, I'm finding. Plus, feeling anally raped each time I have to install webkitgtk. Dillo is the new GUI runner-up, I really appreciated its speed and simplicity, and low dependencies.

[GekkoP]

^ to me Dillo isn't a winner. I don't like the page rendering on most of the websites I regularly visit. I'm no web expert, so it maybe these website's fault, not the browser's. But if I have to go simple I prefer elinks or w3m. Otherwise Firefox and surf.

[bones]

^ I agree, many websites render poorly with Dillo. I'm finding where it works well and where it doesn't, for sure. Firefox for those.

[dkeg]

^ and for that reason is why I just have gone Chromium almost full time. Trading off browsers is kind of ridiculous. It's one thing if you're in a noX session or in newsbeuter, etc, and use elinks, w3m there, but in GUI, one browser. Roaster is usually the one exception, but fuck webkit, and many tabs in Roaster starts to get wonky or b/c of fuckin' webit, crashes

[GekkoP]

K. Mandla suggests Pale Moon. Anyone ever tried it?

[bones]

^ I'll have to give that one a try. Firefox 29 is pretty much a clusterfuck. I may have to switch to something else. Not really a fan of Chrome/Chromium, though. Currently browsing with Seamonkey 2.26, which is much like older versions of FF. Not too bad, this may work.

[GekkoP]

^ Not a chrome/chromium/google fan here too. I use pentadactyl, so the interface barely changed for me, but I'm still considering that Pale Moon.

[GekkoP]

^ liking Pale Moon so far. The few plugins I need are working, interface is the old school way and it seems slightly lighter on RAM usage. I remember using Swiftfox for a while ages ago. Didn't last long. Let's see if this one lasts longer. :)

[johnraff]

Tried Palemoon last week. It looks just like Firefox (based on the long term support version I think) and all my addons seemed to work OK. Maybe just a little bit lighter on memory, maybe a tiny bit faster, maybe my imagination. Unfortunately it suddenly started eating all my CPU. Didn't feel like getting to the bottom of it so just threw it out. (Happy to see K Mandla is blogging again btw)

Firefox for X at the moment, nothing for cli. Haven't gone up to 29 yet - many people say it's awful, some say it's OK. If I hate it I'll switch back to Iceweasel. With any luck Debian will keep it at 28 or so for a while...

Also using Dillo like Bacon, tied to keystrokes with xsel for quick googling or kanji lookups.

[ivanovnegro]

All webkit browsers in the Linux world are basically the same. But one stood out, Web, former Epiphany. It has even smooth scrolling and is blazingly fast but you would need more Gnome dependencies to use it to its full extent, e.g. password managing and still it will crash occasionally but only because of Flash if you use it. Sure, it is Gtk3 but I think gtkwebkit improved, not so qtwebkit.

[GekkoP]

^^ interesting. I haven't noticed any CPU issue with Pale Moon so far.

[Launfal]

I'm finding that all graphical browsers suck in one way or another. FF/IW eats cycles, webkit browsers eat memory, the lightweight ones don't render right. You'd think somebody would break the mold and come up with something light and fast that renders right. I know a lot of it is the broken webpages with IE-centric, broken HTML, but, still...

Right now I'm surfing with w3m. Gets me where I'm going, and if it won't take me somewhere, I go somewhere else. I'm getting tired of the browser merry-go-round, and I want off.

[ivanovnegro]

FF/IW eats cycles, webkit browsers eat memory, the lightweight ones don't render right.

Accurate description. Though the web is so bloated and renders itself unusable. :D

[bones]

I'm finding that all graphical browsers suck in one way or another. FF/IW eats cycles, webkit browsers eat memory, the lightweight ones don't render right. You'd think somebody would break the mold and come up with something light and fast that renders right. I know a lot of it is the broken webpages with IE-centric, broken HTML, but, still... I'm getting tired of the browser merry-go-round, and I want off.

Seriously, it's really disappointing. Right now I'm dialing back all FF 29 installations to FF 24.5.0 ESR. We need a new player in the browser world, for sure.