Which web browser to use?
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After testing several browsers on my home pc and my laptop, Chrome by far is the fastest. I know alot of you are Firefox loyalist due to the extensions and all but I just want to surf the web fast. Google's Chrome 2 does that for me better than all others.
Thanks for your input and feel free to discuss any new builds of any browser that may trump Chrome's speed. I am open minded and don't mind change….as long as it's for the better.
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… IE has LESS problems than say a year ago. It certainly doesn't crash the way it used to and now with tabbed browsing only one tab crashes so you don't lose the whole session which used to aggravate the hell out of me.
I have numerous browsers installed and use different ones for different tasks.
My suite is:
Firefox (most used for all things)
Chrome (fastest and used for some sessions)
Maxthon (I like having the split screen ability to have two tabs on screen concurrently - occasionally used depending on type of session)
IE7 (used for historical purposes - believe it or not, one website I visit ONLY works with IE - arghhhh)
Avant (a shell for IE that allowed tabs before IE did so - also remembered all tabs upon relaunching after a crash - rarely used except on old backup desktop PC) -
Opera :clap2:
I tried "the other ones" because people say they prefer them, but I keep coming back to Opera. -
One update to anyone who is interested. Chrome 4.0.249.78 (36714) now has extension support! That is just the icing on the cake for me. If speed and extension support is your thing(I'm looking at you Firefox Users ;D) the new Chrome Browser is worth a look.
hxxp://www.google.com/chrome/
hxxps://chrome.google.com/extensions -
For more information about a disadvantage of Google Chrome here at GT.ru see also http://community.gaytor.rent/index.php?topic=2930.0 in the date range of 20-Feb-2010 through xx-Apr-2010.
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I love both Chrome and Firefox. I sometime find Firefox gets into some memory leak after a lot of browsing.
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I usually use Opera, and my next go-to browser is Firefox.
I'm on Linux (Mageia) and Opera has the least Flash problems I've encountered and is one of the fastest compared to some others. Just wish it would be more up-to-date compared to the Windows counterpart where it's hella fast although it doesn't have as many features.
Firefox has definitely grown a lot and IMO they've really dealt with the memory problems well and is definitely a lot faster than several releases ago.
Chrome is alright but it's a bit bloated on Linux for some reason. I'm not sure why a browser would need a 60MB+ package to be installed so it's definitely not as fast as Opera or Firefox. Also I'm still worried about privacy. :cens:
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Safari
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Over years now i use Firefox
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Hi!
Opera under Linux had that same problem with java and much more when activated flash. Then going performance down but still now OK and to work.
Chrome will never be installed on pc because its from Google. I dont like Google anyway
Bye
Mario
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I use Chrome and Safari. Really useful when you have the plugin adblock installed.
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I use Chrome and Safari. Really useful when you have the plugin adblock installed.
If you like Chrome, you should try Aviator.
https://www.whitehatsec.com/aviator
Based on the same open-source Chromium code that Chrome uses, with privacy, security safeguards, and ad blocking already preconfigured.
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Chrome and Firefox
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pera 12.16 on sandboxie, On Demand Plugins Only Mode -
More and more I have gone from using Firefox to use Chrome.
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I moved from IE to Opera to Firefox and would consider Chrome but worried about privacy issues
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i've switched quite a few times cause it seems like there's always something that doesn't really work as it should with each lol, but i've really settled with firefox now - sometimes i open chrome for sites that really don't like you having adblock, but that's it.
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You should try AVANT Browser
It has all the features of popular browsers and then some
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Thank you, I might just test that out
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I go between Firefox and Chrome, you just have to know how to deal with the privacy issues that Chrome has, there are ways to block and by-pass many of the issues that everyone is talking about. :cheers:
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