Is it now necessary to have two different web browsers on your Windows computer?

Question

The last time I ever used two browsers was back in the mid-1990s, with Netscape and Internet Explorer. By the late '90s, I abandoned Netscape and solely used IE up to this day, because after all, it seems EVERYBODY is using IE because its already there in Windows. I didn't feel like installing a competing browser such as Chrome or Firefox or Opera because it wasn't necessary for my needs and having an extra web browser is more a nuisance. I have tried these three browsers on other computers and I never felt comfortable with them... and the sites I have them load up seems to not come up correctly as IE does. Thats why I prefer not to use them. But I understand times have changed and a lot of users are surfing with FireFox or Opera. I have seen and used public computers that has FireFox.

I noticed while websurfing the last year or two that some sites I encountered can be best seen or only can be used by FireFox or Chrome, not IE. I have been a one browser user for over 10 years. Is it time for me to seriously reconsider and install a second web browser on my desktop computer?

I understand there is not a true right answer here as every computer user's needs are different.

Answer 1

All good web developers will ensure that the web page is compatible with at the very least the latest version of all major web browsers, so you will generally encounter few incompatibilities if you are using Internet Explorer 10 (or IE9 to a lesser extent).



There is a standard for web coding that web browser vendors should adhere to, however, and Internet Explorer is infamous in the web development world for having the least compatibility for these specifications. Therefore, to ensure that almost all sites have full compatibility, the best web browsers to use are either Firefox/Chrome since they have much better standards-compliance than Internet Explorer does. However, as I mentioned above, web developers know that there is still a huge amount of users using Internet Explorer, so for commercial sites they try to ensure compatibility with Internet Explorer so they don't lose out on this huge market share.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I think it's a great idea to have more that one browser. The web is changing constantly, and a lot of amazing designs and user interface tools are being integrated, that can't be used in some browsers. If you want, go ahead ahead and install Google Chrome real quick (I say that because it is pretty quick to install and uninstall) to compare some of these websites that showcase some of the new features that have come out recently:

http://beta.theexpressiveweb.com/

http://www.apple.com/html5/showcase/transitions/



Also, try out these tests that show how well your browser support CSS3 and HTML5, the code that websites are made of:

http://html5test.com/

http://css3test.com/



Chrome got 64% on the CSS test, and 468 + 13 bonus points on the HTML5 test.



Also, here are some worldwide stats for browsers used :)

http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-daily-20130101-20130131-bar

Answer 4

Sometimes applets don't always work on a particular browser. It's not always IE. I use Firefox mostly, but IE and Chrome are for backup. It's a good idea to have multiple browsers.