IE - came with Windows, before I didn’t really know what a browser was; we also had Mozilla, but only my dad used it
Firefox - as a teenager, I think I started at 1.5 and used until 3.5 or so
Chrome - it was faster than Firefox, so I used and recommended it to a lot of people; this is also when I started to care about web standards (tried to get IE users to use Chrome)
Opera - used for a couple years until they announced 15, which was going to be Chrome based
Firefox - I used Firefox off and on throughout, and remember the switch to rapid releases, and I’ve used it nearly exclusively (aside from Web Dev testing) since 2013 or so
Once Opera switched to Chrome-based, I started heavily recommending Firefox. So I saw the writing on the wall about 10 years ago, and now I’m stubborn about avoiding Chrome where possible. I hope others choose to switch too.
Agreed.
My personal browser history:
Once Opera switched to Chrome-based, I started heavily recommending Firefox. So I saw the writing on the wall about 10 years ago, and now I’m stubborn about avoiding Chrome where possible. I hope others choose to switch too.