Chrome - 2 reasons - (1) I remember some clients I have having problems with Chrome and some other apps they were running AND (2) Chrome has an (still unresolved to my knowledge) issue with other applications that make use of DDE. The DDE server must be started first before any Chrome browser is loaded in order to get around it. I have no idea why this affects the DDE app.

IE - I don't want to use the browser which is synonymous with the phrase security hole :) Mainly its because I gave up on IE years ago and just never looked back. It gained a rep for being the least secure browser - reps die hard.

Opera - Because I have heard many other people speak well of it including on this forum.

FireFox - Because it gained a rep for being the most secure browser.


>I'm curious why you selected Opera instead of Chrome or IE?
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>>So, I recently dropped FireFox as my main browser and switched to Opera. I didn't use Opera previously because it was a pay-for-browser (or you had to endure banner ads etc.) but now it is free like the others.
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>>The main reason I switched is because (1) FF is 32 bit (although they have a 64 bit in beta apparently but it reverts to the 32 bit version on upgrades), and (2) it became very sluggish when running on my Windows 7 64 bit computer with multiple tabs. The memory usage went to +/-1 Gb and everything just became crap - poor response, mouse getting stuck, etc. I would then have to close FF and restart it and it would be OK for a while again. And then the cycle repeated itself.
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>>I installed Opera 64 bit and it runs like a charm. For the same tabs I had in FF the memory usage has now run up to about 2.1 GB and has leveled out at that over the past few days but the response of the browser and computer in general is perfect. I'm impressed.