As a blogger, I obviously spend a lot of time in front of my computer. Doing things like writing new articles, tweeking websites and other web projects, and providing consulting to others has caused me to use multiple browsers.
I use multiple browsers primarily because I want to see that the CSS styles I change are loading properly in the different browsers.
So this morning, my eyes were opened to a scary reality.
I realized I know use 6 different browsers and 2 different operating systems.
My list of browsers:
- Chrome – which I use about 70% of the time simply because it’s super fast.
- Firefox – I use about 25% of the time, primarily for checking Google Pagerank, SEO variables, and mostly for the Firebug addon (a must have for site design and hacking)
- Safari – falls in the 5% of the time somewhere and I use primarily to check how changes look
- Internet Explorer – again, within the 5% piece of the pie and I use for things like access wireless routers (wireless networks) and also to see how site changes look in IE. To my unending confusion, Internet Explorer is the most used browser in the world, yet every time I open it I’m painfully reminded of why I absolutely can’t stand IE.
- Opera – I actually just started using Opera on my desktop not too long ago, and again I primarily check website changes and configuration. After all, Opera does now have 150 million users worldwide.
- RockMelt – now RockMelt is something I just got an invite to install last week. It is basically a mashup of Google Chrome and Facebook… no lie! The only problem I have with RockMelt so far is when I have the sidebars (Facebook widgets) enabled, the style sheet doesn’t adapt and my text box in my WordPress blog overruns onto the sidebars – something that is very frustrating.
My list of operating systems:
- Windows XP – I use Windows XP most of the time primarily because I do not have a MAC.
- Mac OS X – even though I don’t personally own a Mac, I use a lot of Mac’s throughout the week. I do IT, live streaming, and editing (Final Cut Pro is amazing…) work at my church and help other people out on their Mac’s, so I get a lot of exposure to Mac OS X. What I love more than anything is when adding Fusion or Parallels to a Mac which in essence converts you Mac into a PC – ironic huh?
- Linux – the Linux version I use, and have ever used is Ubuntu. I use Ubuntu mostly on my laptop and primarily just to try to learn more about the Linus environment.
So there is it… pretty scary huh?
I know, I just realized it this morning myself.
6 browsers and 3 operating systems – welcome to my world.
How about you?
Tell me about your world of browsers and operating systems.
Is their one particular platform that you use all the time?
Do you split your time between other platforms?
Anxious to read your responses.