What is the best Web Browser of any platform?
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Firefox. Not only is it faster and more secure than Internet Explorer (currently the most widely-used web browser), but it has a large developer community creating addons that extend the browser's functionality to almost anything imaginable. Plus, unlike Internet Explorer, Camino, or a host of other browsers, it's cross-platform. Posted 59 days ago | Tagged As: firefox
Take the test I posted as a link in my argument. I was using an iBook G4 running Safari, Opera, and Firefox on OS 10.5.5 w/ a 1.4Ghz G4 PPC and 1Gb DDR333. My connection if it becomes an issue is 1.5Mb down and 700Kb up... about. Also, Opera is comfortably cross-platform. Posted 59 days ago | Tagged As: Opera 9 for OS X
Certainly Firefox isn't the fastest web browser out there, as these speed tests show: Firefox vs. IE7 vs. Safari vs. Opera Firefox 3.1 vs. Chrome vs. IE8 Of course, as the speed tests show, Safari is one of the fastest around. So if I'm going for speed only, I'd choose it over Opera. BTW, Safari is my secondary web browser when I just want to get things done fast. However, the deciding factor that makes me go for Firefox is the addons. Opera, Safari, IE, and (for now) Chrome can't give me anything close to all the benefits of Adblock Plus, Cooliris, CustomizeGoogle, Firebug, Google Redesigned, Greasemonkey, Read It Later, ScribeFire, Stealther, Stylish, Tab Mix Plus, and Zotero. One problem with Opera is that it can't display certain web pages. For example, last time I checked ~2 months ago, it didn't work with Meebo.com (the multiprotocol IM site). Posted 58 days ago | Tagged As: firefox
Safari is bloated, but it has come a long way in a year. It's the best overall browser for Mac OS X leopard, even with Firefox's first coco native version out. Firefox has been my favorite browser for every platform for a long time now, but now that it's mainstream (my mom uses it, and I'm sure millions of grandma's out there use it), it's becoming bloated too. Bloat is something that I have always hated... and it just doesn't do the justice that it used to when it was light weight. Now, for every OS that I use, Opera 9, is the better browser. It's light, dependable and pretty damn accurate when it comes to rendering. Here are my results for this render test on different (up to date, mac) browsers: Opera 9.52: 07.23 (Reload 06.48) Safari 3.1.2: 06.51 (Reload 06.03) Firefox 3.0.2: 12.56 (Reload 11.01) Opera was bloated when running this test, Safari was cold, and firefox was fresh out of the install package. Firefox had no history, no caches, no bookmarks... nothing. Also, Opera 9 comes with a lot of neat, built-in features. Blocking adverts from a clean install is as easy as right clicking a page, selecting block ad, and then clicking on the ads. They don't come back on any site, and nothing above the hierarchy from that site will show up again. It also has "widgets" but I like my widgets to stay up in my dashboard where they can't bother me. Sure, Firefox has add ons, but what does it matter when it seems like it's already too full of add ons when it's fresh? Oh, and IE isn't a browser anymore. It's been scientifically proven to be nothing more than a laggy virus portal. Posted 59 days ago | Tagged As: Opera 9 for OS X
Opera does have a fairly rich feature set built in. This article gives some of the extras it has. This speedtest is a bit better. The scragz one is outdated (Scragz commented on the article about his speed test). And according to this article, WebKit, the engine behind Safari, is the first to pass the Acid3 web page rendering test. Posted 58 days ago | Tagged As: Opera 9 for OS X
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