Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are the most used internet browsers in the world. The history of internet browser started with Netscape Navigator and later Internet Explorer.
Security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Internet Explorer 6.0 and since then alternative browsers are available. This includes Firefox, Opera and later Google Chrome. Netscape relaunched its Netscape 8 browser but failed to gain market share. Firefox and Google Chrome are variants of Netscape and currently using the Mozilla framework.
I am personally using both Mozilla Firefox 13 and Google Chrome 21. This blog is written using Google Chrome 21. Safari for Windows was also available until now where there is no link to download Safari for Windows. I have just checked and verified it.
The question is which browser is the best of all? Can the latest Internet Explorer 9 and soon Internet Explorer 10 be able to catch up?
Loading Speed:
Google Chrome 21: 1 second
Firefox 14: 2 seconds
Internet Explorer 9: 2 to 6 seconds (fully loaded). It is faster after the 1st
Interface:
Google Chrome 21: Cleanest interface of all and comes with apps
Firefox 14: Simple but comes with a lot of features
Internet Explorer: Good layout and design. Much improved since version 6.0
Flash:
Google Chrome 14: May crash sometimes but improved from previous versions
Firefox 14: May crash sometimes but less frequent in Firefox 12
Internet Explorer: Supported. Smooth running
Apps:
Not supported by Internet Explorer
Developers Support:
All browsers are supported
All browsers can support the latest HTML5 and CSS3 capabilites. The web design can be excellent through these web development standards. Firefox and Chrome are the pioneers of this standards as well, able to display webpages developed in HTML5 properly. Microsoft can also be the forerunner as well with the going to be launch Internet Explorer 10. Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Phone 8 are coming out with exciting features too. These may be the best Microsoft products so far.
Firefox is the most secure browser followed by Chrome and Internet Explorer 9. Having said that, the security features provided by IE9 is now as good as Firefox. They have chased up.
I have not been using Opera for the past few years. Currently, in version 12, it may still be the best browser of all as claimed. For me, I would put Google Chrome and Firefox to be the top of the crop. I have tried Opera once but I still prefer Firefox and Chrome. The winner is definitely Chrome followed by Firefox and Internet Explorer. Chrome is getting more stable now. Flash plugin for Chrome is much improved from previous versions.
I am beginning to use Chrome again. Although Chrome is the clear winner, Firefox is the more stable browser. Here is the link to download Firefox. You can also download the respective browsers from the links above to use or maybe to test it out.
For Apple users, Safari remains the best browser.
Internet Explorer
Opera
Cheers,
Rogerkoo
