Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox?
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I like Internet Explorer 9 but I'm finding it increasingly buggy and unstable and quite a few websites don't seem to display properly also I'm finding I trust it less for security reasons.
Many people here on Digital Spy seem to advocate switching to Chrome or Firefox so which is best for speed, security, and general usability?
Many people here on Digital Spy seem to advocate switching to Chrome or Firefox so which is best for speed, security, and general usability?
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Can I ask why you switched from Firefox, as generally through searching past posts on these forums it seemed to always be favored above Chrome?
Speed, probably Chrome.
Security and general usability, probably Firefox.
I use Firefox myself but best to try them both and see which you like.
Firefox was getting a bit bloated with too many memory leaks, chrome also works better under Windows 8.
Speed - people always say Chrome is faster but tbh I've never noticed a difference. If there is a difference it's negligible in comparison to network latency.
Security - not much difference. All browsers have regular security vulnerabilities. It's just a question of how quickly they're patched. IE is generally slowest to do so.
Usability - subjective but I personally prefer Firefox. If you're used to IE you might find Firefox a little less alien.
I'd say try both and see how you get on. Overall, it's subjective and you'll see passionate advocates for both Chrome and Firefox here. Possibly you might see some Opera fans too.
Firefox is not really in favour, it's just that users of Firefox/Anti MS brigade are often more persistant and annoying.
To have 2 Browsers installed means reduced security for the simple reasons of having 2 Browsers to maintain. Does not matter which ones they are.
I have Chrome as a second Browser to IE now, Firefox has been dropped as I found it too buggy, likewise Opera, Safari, and years ago Netscape, Mozilla.
Browser Speed is really a non issue now. Internet Download Speed is far more to the point.
To find out you install an alternative Web Browser and assess it yourself for useability. This is by far the best way.
Firefox is my favourite browser but not because I'm anti-MS (I use and like Microsoft development tools, for example). I simply find Firefox has better functionality and usability. If, further down the line I find that Microsoft offers this (or anything else) I will switch.
Palemoon Optimized for your individual set up/graphic's /ram ect and up to speed with FF update/version wise 15.1.1. ,also run memoryfox add-on as well and constantly squeezes last drop of juice from windows OS
Stick with firefox due to greater functionality & scope for customisation through addons ... a light user might be perfectly happy with chrome but not me!
anyone else remember netscape navigator 1.0?
Chrome is a good browser but IMHO it suffers from having a bizarre non-standard minimalist user interface which is a pain.
its easy enough to switch all the gnuff back on if you want
To many the minimalist user interface is a boon.
Personally I think minimalist UIs are overrated but I don't mind them provided that I can still get adequate configurability. In Chrome this is not the case. But most Chrome users are fine with this. It all depends how you browse.
Easy enough to make it non-minimalist though.
Are you referring to IE here or Chrome? In Chrome the Fauxbar extension gives you a menu from which you can get to many (not all) of the settings in Chrome's side menu.
wut? Not true at all. Modern sites are so JS heavy that browser speed is more important that ever. Downloading a few hundred KBs over most home broadband is virtually signification compared with building complex DOMs and loading additional resources.
Another giant WUT?! Maintain a browser? You mean allow autoupdate to do it's thing? Yeah, that's such a chore.
Also, if you have one installed that's out of date, is not the default and you never run that is not going to harm security.