Games run super slow on IE for me. The internet in general does. But I see what you're saying totally.
I mean, let's hope the other voter uses IE for the same reason you do then haha.
On computers with better GPU's Internet explorer can actually be more efficient than Chrome because it is one of the few browsers that implements graphics acceleration.
For example a game running in chrome can only run as fast as the computers CPU allows while a game in IE can run as fast as the GPU allows.
That is the reason I have for being one of the two to choose IE anyways. I'm not sure of the other person's reasoning though.
It depends on what version of IE you are running, if you are on Windows Vista or higher then you'll have access to IE9 (or higher on windows 7/8/10) and IE9+ allows for hardware acceleration, by using the GPU.
It also depends on what GPU your computer/laptop is running. If it's a built in/integrated GPU you may be better off using your processor, whereas a dedicated GPU/graphics card will always improve things.
I'm currently voting Chrome, but when Chrome 45 comes out in September I'll be re-voting to Firefox.
Chrome
and i hate when im at my university's computer lab, because all PC has IE
Again it depends on which university. The university I go to has IE, Firefox and Chrome (they used to have Opera and Safari too, but they don't anymore). So you have a choice of which is better.
If at all possible you could speak to the IT Support team at your university and ask them to put Firefox or Chrome on for you?
Chrome, Opera and Firefox have GPU acceleration too though :0
Does Chrome have it enabled by default still like when you install it? I remember using it on my old, awful computer and god it was the biggest, glitchy piece of garbage around lmao
I've checked and Chrome does have hardware acceleration - I've got mine turned on.
Don't know if it is default or not but you can go Settings - Advanced Settings and scroll down to "System", there is a check box for turning on/off the Hardware Acceleration.
I use Chrome, but I have all those browsers installed to do website testing.
Generally - Chrome and Firefox will be the first to support any new standards, whereas IE and Safari will be the last. Trying to make some of the new CSS3 stuff work on IE and Safari makes me want to scream. I suspect the IE and Safari devs are slower to adapt because those browsers come as defaults on their respective operating systems, so there's lower pressure to compete.
The version of Safari that's installed on iOS devices is the worst, it does the most bizarre things to my code. Sadly that's the one I have to support the most, given that anyone with an iPhone or iPad will very likely be using it and I don't want my whole website to break for them.
There are other browsers available for iOS, but due to Apple regulations they all have to use the same rendering engines etc as Safari - so if it won't work in Safari, it won't work on any iOS browser...