Choose the best Web browser - Part 1

Michael Muchmore

Network Administration - We know that today's web browsers are faster and richer than before. However, if you are not sure whether a choice is right for you, the most popular options of the browsers introduced in this article will help you determine the question.

The recent launch of Firefox 3.5 is the latest browser upgrade event. In addition, we have seen Google welcome users with the high-speed Chrome 2 browser and the most essential elements. Apple's Safari browser also offers speed and eye-catching interface. Opera has released not only beta version 10, but also has an alpha version for the application called Opera Unite to support the browser. Microsoft giant also does not want to be inferior to other competitors with Internet Explorer 8 browser, the browser is claimed for better compatibility with open web standards.

However, the fact arises that the standards, this is the same problem as the original. Firefox thinks that IE is a browser that does not support non-standards-supporting and old-fashioned, but the standards that Firefox supports are not yet adopted by the W3C standards.

Speed ​​Render is also another issue to consider when choosing a browser. Although all browsers today appear to be faster than they were a few years ago, the winner - in the JavaScript renderer - is Chrome. JavaScript rendering is an important issue for sites today, they are much improved and more and more like applications instead of static pages before. Chrome took the lead in a number of tests using the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark, measuring the results within 1,508 ms. However, the test results done with Safari also followed immediately with 1,707 ms, Firefox 2.413 ms, Opera 7,974 ms, and IE8 left behind with 10,281 ms.

In terms of custom features and capabilities, Firefox, IE, Opera and Safari are all superior and 'gorgeous' than a 'naked' Chrome. However, no browser can catch up to Firefox in terms of both extension and its capabilities. Mozilla's "Fashion My Firefox" and "Personas" tools allow new users to customize the browser more easily. IE also has add-ons, but it's hard to keep up with Firefox. This browser has only features like WebSlices and Accelerators, these are add-ons that will update the data but there are still very few sites that support WebSlices.

Indeed no shortage of options in today's market, these options are present in all aspects such as site speed, compatibility and features in free browsers from large software companies. and open source projects.

Firefox 3.5

Mozilla has recently made changes to the Firefox 3.5 browser. Looking at its appearance, you won't find Firefox 3.5 much different from version 3.0, but what's really different is hidden inside the browser. This new version accelerates performance during JavaScript rendering and catches up with other recent browsers like Internet Explorer 8, Opera 10 and Safari 4 by adding private browsing mode. Version 3.5 builds on previous legacies that made Firefox more popular, such as the myriad extensions, themes, and address bars that can identify the addresses you visit.

Company: Mozilla Foundation

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Compatible operating system : Windows Vista, Windows XP, Linux, Mac OS

If you've used the new version of Firefox 3.5, you're sure to be impressed with the new New Tab button of this version, represented by a single plus symbol, indicating the addition of a new tab. You can 'grab' certain tabs and drag it to a new window on the desktop - or drag a window back to the open browser. The website that is 'snapped' and pulled away will appear as a thumbnail. Safari, Chrome 2 and Opera can do the same thing, but IE8 is not. Firefox is the last to provide a blank page for new tabs: all other modern browsers display history, recent browsing tabs and favorites. In addition, when you open a new tab in Firefox 3.5, existing tabs automatically slide to the left of the browser.

Firefox previously had an option to open recently closed tabs, but in version 3.5 you cannot reopen these closed windows , so if you have closed all browser windows then You will lose its tabs.

Private browsing mode

Unlike most competitors, Firefox does not display graphic details when you browse in private mode, but only adds " Private Browsing " to the browser's title bar. IE, this browser displays an InPrivate icon in the address bar, Chrome displays an eye icon that shows privacy.When you launch Firefox's privacy mode, your existing tabs will however, they will be called back when you turn off this mode.When browsing in this mode, nothing in your private session appears in the history or in the bar.

You can also make the browser not remember the sites you've browsed in your history by deleting private data: Firefox 3.5's Clear Recent History feature allows you to delete history, cache, cookies, login in intervals Time like an hour, two hours, four hours or all day or your entire history before. This is a much improved feature compared to the existing Clear Private Data .

There is one thing that Firefox appears to be weaker than other browsers (Internet Explorer and Opera) that are sidebar. This vertical panel can display history or bookmarks, you can call it if you know how to use the key or by selecting from the View menu. In Opera, the sidebar performs a lot of functions, such as downloads, notes and widgets. In IE, the sidebar controls both RSS readers.

With new standards

Support for downloadable font features of CSS has reduced the number of sites that you cannot choose to perform cut and paste actions. Firefox currently supports open video standards using HTML tags