When working with wood projects and the need for a screw fastener comes up, what head is used now a days? I was reading a discussion here about buy this screw, don't trust that screw, but when following the links to the various manufacturers I keep seeing Torx heads come up (it was the "buy screw assortment packs" thread). Are torx head screws replacing phillips as the screw head of choice or are there clear advantages to ANY kind of screw head? This is for wood, I'm not worried about metal, or plastic, or something else. I don't really want to start a flame war either, just curious.
It wouldn't bother me if torx did replace phillips but there has to be some sort of convention forming, there can't be that many reasons to choose slotted over phillips over torx over square.