Firefox getting bloated - any better Browsers out there?

[c_lake 10]

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Edited August 28, 2011 by c_lake

[swarfendor437 14]

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/ie9-vs-chrome-10-vs-firefox-4-rc-vs-opera-1101-vs-safari-5-the-big-browser-benchmark/11890

 

I notice Lunascape was not included in the tests; still have concerns over Chrome (phorm by any other name!)

 

swarfendor43

[Darryl 10]

Firefox is best OVERALL for features, addons and security. Opera has gone to town on their security and Chrome has dropped a lot of securty features in the interest of app weight (i.e. time it takes to load the browser!). In terms of general browsing the web, Firefox is your best bet as it is standards compliant and supports the main HTML and CSS standards which means that websites will look (and function) as the makers intended them to. Most web developers build sites to work in Firefox/Chrome and then add visual fixes for Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 so don't be surprised if some sites look broken when viewing in Internet Explorer. In Firefox, Consider going Tools > Add-ons and then disabling/uninstalling all addons which you don't need, this will speed it up for you.

[BigC 10]

Firefox is best OVERALL for features, addons and security. Opera has gone to town on their security and Chrome has dropped a lot of securty features in the interest of app weight (i.e. time it takes to load the browser!). In terms of general browsing the web, Firefox is your best bet as it is standards compliant and supports the main HTML and CSS standards which means that websites will look (and function) as the makers intended them to. Most web developers build sites to work in Firefox/Chrome and then add visual fixes for Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 so don't be surprised if some sites look broken when viewing in Internet Explorer. In Firefox, Consider going Tools > Add-ons and then disabling/uninstalling all addons which you don't need, this will speed it up for you.

 

Apparently IE9's functionality increased. They've re-written the engine completely plus added better support for CSS, HTML5 and SilverLight. Plus some security issues were resolved too. I've been playing with IE9 for a couple of days now and I think it's quite good in terms of speed. Still, missing my FF/Chrome plugins, like ABP.

[Alky 10]

OK everyone - many thanks for all the advice. I have been running Opera for a while now and while different from FF, it is VERY fast compared to it.

 

Only trouble now is trying to remember the user names/passwords that FF entered automatically to allow me access to old favorites

 

Thanks again Forumers

[obsidiana 10]

Firefox 4 RC out now. Give it a go, it seems a lot faster for me compared to the last released

[Bladesman 10]

The new one does seem a bit better to use actually.

[dosxuk 10]

Firefox 4 RC out now. Give it a go, it seems a lot faster for me compared to the last released

 

Firefox 4 Final is out too.

 

I've had to turn hardware rendering off as the text was unreadable. Looking at the Mozilla forums though, they're blaming Microsoft for a bug in Direct2D, which despite IE having to work around, Mozilla are not going to work around someone else's bug, and will wait until MS fix it.

[Nazo 10]

Only trouble now is trying to remember the user names/passwords that FF entered automatically to allow me access to old favorites

You can view your saved passwords for FireFox by selecting Tools -> Options -> Security Tab -> Saved passwords

[Alky 10]

Many thanks Nazo

[dumfstar 10]

safari all the way for me!

although firefox is awesome for the web development tools you can 'plug in' to it.

 

Paul.

[connor765 10]

use google chrome