People are increasingly relying on smartphones and tablets for their computing needs, which means that those users also depend on the mobile browser for their Web surfing. A new survey from FixYa compiles customer input to rank how users feel about the different mobile browser options.

There are other browser apps available for the various mobile platforms, but the report from FixYa focuses on the top five: Stock Android, Safari, Opera, Chrome, and Internet Explorer. Of those five, Safari stands out in two categories: market share and usability ranking.

With 58.12 percent of the mobile browser market, Safari has more than two-and-half times the market share of the second place Stock Android browser and nearly six times the market share of the third place Opera mobile browser. As for the usability score—an index assigned by FixYa based on the issues encountered by users and developers on the FixYa.com site—Safari wins the usability score with a 1.31, a score more than 50 percent higher than Stock Android, which is in second place once again.

There are three things listed as “Pros” for the Safari mobile browser in the FixYa report. It notes that the user interface is clean and exceedingly simple. The report also highlights the vast options available for working with an individual Web page—bookmark it, add it to the home screen, send it via email, tweet it out via Twitter, print it, and more. Finally, FixYa cites the Reading List as a benefit of Safari, enabling users to store Web pages for offline reading at their convenience.

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