{"id":2840,"date":"2011-07-21T18:36:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T08:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2011-07-21T18:49:10","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T08:49:10","slug":"geeky-you-hipster-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/technology\/geeky-you-hipster-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Geeky you, hipster me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2842\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 605px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/shutterstock_66990652.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2842   \" title=\"shutterstock_66990652\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/shutterstock_66990652.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ten years ago, Explorer was the most popular browser. Today 14% of the market belongs to Chrome. Image: Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The web browser you\u00a0choose defines your personality. Are you a hipster, a geek or a conservative? Keep on reading to find out.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to a survey published in the French newspaper <em>LeMonde<\/em>, 40% of Internet users choose Microsoft&#8217;s Explorer as their main browser. Explorer enthusiasts are considered the ultimate &#8220;online conservatives,&#8221;\u009d and base their decision on convenience, as the browser is installed in pretty much every PC (90%).<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Firefox users are deemed to be &#8220;informed geeks&#8221;. Mozilla&#8217;s independent, privacy loving browser is also open source, which means developers can readily modify the browsing experience. Contrary to the black-box nature of most browsers, Firefox&#8217;s code is quite accessible.<\/p>\n<div>Those who just can&#8217;t live without Google&#8217;s Chrome are considered &#8220;busy hipsters&#8221;\u009d. They are the creative twitterati and blogging crowd who look for a fast, reliable and distinctive looking browser&#8211;and they also get to &#8220;play&#8221; with Google+.<\/div>\n<div>Lastly, those who use Apple&#8217;s Safari are &#8220;distinguished consumers&#8221;\u009d and they tend to crave for high-end technology.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/\">Opera<\/a> users where not surveyed&#8230;. Wait a second, is Opera still around? Yes, surprisingly, it is.<\/div>\n<div>Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/\"> Le Monde<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The web browser you\u00a0choose defines your personality. Are you a hipster, a geek or a conservative? Keep on reading to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,23,9],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-2840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","category-science-update","category-technology","tag-staff"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2840"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2843,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions\/2843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}