Which Browser is Best for You?

There's a great (but very looooooong) round-up of articles about web browsers at InternetWeek called IE7 Vs. Everybody Else that is well worth the read if you're interested in comparing web browsers.

I know most netizens just stick with the browser they get with their OS (which means Internet Explorer for most people), but I've always liked to try different ones. My browser history looks like this -- Lynx --> Mosaic --> Netscape --> Opera --> Mozilla --> Firefox. Along the way I've also tried Arena, IMB Web Explorer, Amaya, iCab, AvantBrowser, CrazyBrowser, Flock, Konqueror, and probably a few others that I don't remember.

For a long time I was a huge fan of Opera, and I still like it even though I don't use it as my default browser these days. I guess one of the things I like best about Firefox is the use of extensions. Because in many cases, if another browser has a cool feature that Firefox doesn't have, an extension will be created so that Firefox users can enjoy that feature, too.

Anyway, after reading (most of) the browser round-up, I'm thinking I'll download the IE7 beta just to see the changes. If nothing else, I'll be happy if it works better than IE6 and works OK with the sites I visit where I have to use IE (including my online banking...grrrr).