I use Chrome on my phone. I like that I can access the tabs I have open in Chrome on various devices.

I use Safari on my phone because I prefer Gmail's mobile interface to the Mail app, and Safari is the only browser that will open web apps on the iPhone. If Apple allowed alternate default browsers, I'd probably switch to Chrome or Diigo.

Because "what would it take" is on my mind--what would it take for you to consider Opera? Chrome is increasingly popular on the desktop, so the question isn't particularly about Opera v. Chrome. But why Diigo, which is a pretty small name on the landscape? What about it appeals to you?

I haven't looked at Opera in a while because the last time I looked at it on any platform, the toolbars were too busy and I didn't want to take the time to customize them. Diigo because it has a very clean interface and I like the way it handles tabs - it's actually more Chrome-like on the phone than Chrome in terms of appearance.

[eta - when I first installed Diigo, Chrome didn't have a mobile version and Diigo was called iChromy. So Chrome was really what I was looking for, and now I don't have a compelling reason to switch. Syncing across machines would be the killer feature for Chrome, but since I turned on two-factor authentication in Gmail the syncing doesn't work anyway.]

I tried Opera and was never able to get the bookmarks to sync, and ran into problems with nonfunctional websites in the desktop version (more problems than I have with Safari, that is).

Interesting, Jessica.

Since I've got an extensive list of bookmarks, and I'm partial to my start page (I think Firefox does it too--the "blank" page if you don't have a home page is a series of web site tiles for instant access. So...already invested, no interest in migrating.

-t, have you ever synced successfully across desktops?

I did not know that about the 2 factor authentication, but then again, maybe I should. Now that I'm running my ecommerce (does anyone say that anymore) emails through a Gmail account to strip it of spam before the desktop (Irritatingly--I have one email address for purchases, and one for bill paying. I expect the former to get spam, fine. The latter--FUCK YOU. Clearly I trust you enough to pay you online, probably automated. Which one of you shits is taking advantage of that?)

Speaking of which, one of work's vendors started spamming me, and their unsubscribe method doesn't work. I've been trying for weeks to work out how to stop the 2 per day irrelevant marketing crap, and finally a person sent me an email, and I am not pulling any punches with my frustration. They have my address because I'm authorised to raise support tickets with them. You do not use that list of addresses to populate your "newswire" bullshit. Never mind broken unsubscription (the email address doesn't work, resulting in even more mail, as Exchange gleefully tells me how many times it's failed so far). I told him that it was sketch behaviour,, and that I considered them spammers, and also, BTW, fix unsubscribe.)

I suspect there's a way to fix the 2-factor thing, honestly I haven't looked that hard. But I also don't necessarily want the same tabs on my phone and my computer. Different environments, different uses.

-t, have you ever synced successfully across desktops?

With Opera? No, but I just have the one functional desktop now so I haven't tried, either. Back in my multiple computer having times I had Firefox and Safari synced up to my satisfaction, I think.

Different environments, different uses.

Ah, see--I want to carry a little bit of home with me when I leave the house (or caren't be arsed to go into the next room), whether it be pretty people or coding tips or online shopping. In fact, I bookmark a bunch of stuff for later review, and the ER with either tablet is the best place to work through that.

the 2-factor authentication thing is a PITA. I have it for gmail, but nothing else. I had it for dropbox, but it broke my access to dropbox, so I killed it there.