Chrome vs Firefox vs IE8
Internet Browser comparisons: Google Chrome vs Mozilla Firefox vs Internet Explorer 8
Google Chrome:
The Good
- Chrome is a FAST browser, and is not a resource hog. I can log into sites more fast than the others, as well.
- Chrome has a nice front page for easy access to my most-visited sites.
- Chrome is easy to install.
- Chrome has a very simple interface.
- Downloads stay at the bottom of the browser and be opened up from there.
The Bad
- Chrome still has too many bugs and is incompatible with many applications, such as MSN Hotmail (how about that?) Anyway, I get frequent Chrome crashes. I have issues playing video (depends on the site) as well.
- Chrome privacy: there is none with Big Brother Google.
- Chrome and Google’s Blogger software are a bad combo. Linking photos is insane- that is IF you can upload them.
- Does Chrome have add-ons?
- Lack of any real options. Lame.
Conclusion:
Google Chrome did not live up to the hype. There is a growing “Chrome Sucks” campaign that lists all of the frustrating bugs with it. That being said, I use this as an internet browser because it is super fast to open and doesn’t slow other applications down.
Mozilla Firefox 3
The Good
- Add-ons. Firefox add-ons. Can’t say enough about them…To me, Firefox revolutionized what the average surfer can do; and if you have any scripting or programming experience, you can REALLY push the limits of the World Wide Web. Firefox is a fully customizable browser, powered by the people.
- Password management and bookmarking is great. Love the RSS feed bookmarking.
- StumbleUpon..’nuff said.
- The most safe and most private browser.
- Blogger.com lets me upload and link photos!
The Bad
- Speed tests show that it’s slower than other browsers, and slows your system down.
- Some pages are still incompatible with it, and won’t play videos sometimes (there are cases where I simply can’t enable Microsoft Media Player).
Conclusion
I still think this is the best browser, although no software is perfect.
Microsoft Windows Explorer 8
The Good
- Microsoft copied a bunch of Firefox features.
- Compatible and mainstream, although IE 7 seemed better at playing streaming radio. In fact IE7 seemed to be more compatible with a lot of other things.
- I just use it to watch Netflix and MLB. My wife uses it 50% of the time and has no complaints (she uses it for Blogger.com, Yahoo mail, and videos).
The Bad
- No download manager.
- Technically uses more memory than Firefox although load times seem faster.
- Has issues with Javascript more so than other browsers.
- Attempts to take over your system, like an octopus.
- Constant Microsoft IE updates you are forced to download.
- Tabs love to say “Connecting….” while showing white screens.
- CSS scripting? You’d rather go to the dentist.
Conclusion
Typical Microsoft.
Other browsers such as Opera and Safari:
Wake me up when I can use Flash, Silverlight, etc. In other words, I can’t watch MLB, Hulu, Netflix or other cool stuff on Wii or IPhone. How convenient.
BOTTOM LINE
I still believe “your mileage will vary”. I require multiple logins to various sites, so I need multiple browsers. No browser is perfect, but Mozilla Firefox is the closest to perfection.
All opinions are 44% mine. ™
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Chrome is the best. Never crashes and always plays a video. Privacy? There IS no privacy on the Internet.
I still use firefox.
I dont know if its the best but its generally reliable.
I think everyone whos not an idiot hates explorer.
It's true, RAW…
Barry, you keep saying there's no privacy on the net, yet so many people engage in illegal or black hat activities without any enforcement. So..does it really matter if "nothing is private"?
No matter how many times you repeat that theoretical "axiom" you fail to defend the fact that it is not pragmatic.
We have al-Queda setting up gmail accounts, Canadians streaming child porn, spammers sending off billions of messages a day, Chinese hackers breaking in the Pentagon, virus makers,craigslist hookers, millions of songs and movies illegally downloaded, bootleg streaming pay per views, and much, much more.
I mean what are you getting at? The fact that everyone's ISP has an IP address log file?
“Speed tests show that it’s slower than other browsers, and slows your system down.”
Really? On what, a 33mhz 486? Firefox is not slow on any of my systems, from a dual core AMD 3800+ w/ 2GB of RAM to an i7-920 w/ 12GB of RAM.
Why the sarcasm, Geek (“Really? On what, a 33mhz 486?”) I have a Pentium 4. 1 GB RAM. 3.19 GhZ.
You may also want to search “firefox vs chrome speed tests” to see comparisons before the snarky comment. This is NOT a clean cut verdict, and Chrome usually beats Firefox on a “cold boot”.