Favorite Web Browser (Help with School Project)

Autequi · February 2014

Hello, lovely forum people!

My middle-schooler needs to collect data for a statistics poster. He would really appreciate it if you could reply with 1) your favorite web browser and 2) your gender. If there's anyone else willing nearby, we'd like to hear from them too.

In my household, the results are:
Mozilla Firefox, female
Mozilla Firefox, male
Google Chrome, male
meow, male ( cat)

Thanks!

Nonnahswriter · February 2014

I'll bite. I love education!

I've got...

Mozilla Firefox, female
Mozilla Firefox, male
Mozilla Firefox, male
Google Chrome, female
Google Chrome, male

Good luck!

Autequi · February 2014

Five data points! Awesome! Thanks so much

jackjack · February 2014

Firefox - male (me)
Safari - female
Safari - female
Chrome - female
Chrome - male

Troodon80 · February 2014

If you would rather just one per person, then;

Firefox - male.

I don't want to be that person, but I use multiple browsers depending on the device. Each one is on a different device, so I'll list each one separately. You can exclude if necessary (and my reasoning behind giving you the above on its own). Each 'build' has my favourite for the environment it is in; for example, if Chrome runs better than anything else under Windows XP on old hardware, that's what I'm going to use. If Firefox runs better under Windows 7 with modern hardware, then that's what I'm going to use. My favourite tends to be Firefox, but I owe no allegiance to any particular browser and will use whatever works best for the current situation.

This is everything I use on a daily, or bi-monthly (applies to the last one) basis:

Firefox - male
Firefox - male
Firefox - male
Firefox - male
Chrome - male
Konqueror - male
Safari - male

In order of the above-mentioned:

Desktop #1, Windows 7.
Desktop #2, Linux, Debian.
Laptop, Windows Vista.
Tablet, Android*.
Desktop #3, Windows XP.
Desktop #4, default browser, Linux, Fedora.
Work-only, Mac.

* For Android, I have been using Firefox for certain sites where I prefer a larger font (like reading this forum), it's a fairly even split between Chrome and Firefox. Unfortunately, some sites don't take kindly to forcing a larger font and end up not displaying very well.

Aristillius · February 2014

Chrome - male

CrevsDaak · February 2014

@Troodon80 if you use Command and + (= on english keyboard but it's the same) with Safari it increases the font (edit) this happens on Mac version, not sure if it's the same on windows (edit) NVM, it's android, duh *facepalm*.
Safari, male
(Edit) found more info
Safari, female
Safari, male

Yeah, all my family has OS X :P

Autequi · February 2014

Thanks very much, everyone! He needs about 100 responses in all, so this has been a very helpful source.

@Troodon80
He could probably do a whole poster just on your data

deltago · February 2014

Like @Troodon80, I use multiple computers, and multiple browsers depending on the computer I am using.

Home (PC) Laptop:
Chrome

Mac (PC) Laptop:
Firefox

Work:
IE (although if I could use a different one I would)

I am a male btw.

My female roommate also uses Chrome on her PC laptop, Firefox on her Mac.

Awong124 · February 2014

Firefox - male

The main reason I like and exclusively use Firefox is because it has the Red Cats theme. If it didn't have the Red Cats theme I'd probably use Chrome.

elminster · February 2014

Opera - male

munchy01 · February 2014

Mac - Safari; Male

Archaos · February 2014

Firefox (me)
Firefox male

...Why not make a poll out of this? Isn't it more convenient?

Heindrich · February 2014

Google Chrome - Male.

And yes, agree with @Archaos

Though I imagine OP wanted to give people with 'multiple data points' a chance to share them all. Though I wonder if that would skew results in a small-ish sample size. For example I set up the computer for my parents, so they use Google Chrome as well. If I had set up Mozilla Firefox, which I used to use, then they'd likely use that as well.

It gets worse if somebody replies from an office/school where the organisation uses a specific browser by default.

jackjack · February 2014

For what it's worth, my responses are from me and my four (!) roommates, and each of us set up our own computers, though the girls using Safari just use what came with their Macs. I'm also on a Mac, but I chose to get Foxy.

Autequi · February 2014

Sorry @deltago - he decided not to use that data!

@elminster
Finally, an Opera user! I wondered if we'd get any.

@archaos
The multiple answers thing, mostly. Plus I thought polls might be a bit played out

@heindrich
Since this is more of a 'learning how to present data' activity, I'm not too worried about data skew (the data is hopelessly biased already anyway, given his available sources), but I'm glad you brought it up. I'll suggest he discuss that aspect on his poster.

A big thanks to everyone who's taken the time to respond!

Troodon80 · February 2014

Regarding Opera, I believe @Lemernis is also an Opera user.

FinneousPJ · February 2014

Chrome, male
Opera mobile, male
Firefox @ university, male
Chrome, female
Chrome mobile, female

Lemernis · February 2014

Troodon80 said:
Regarding Opera, I believe @Lemernis is also an Opera user.

Yep, I (male) like Opera best (for my PC) and it's my wife's favorite as well (for her laptop), although we both use Firefox from time to time as well. We also use iPhones, an iPad, and a Kindle Fire.