Web Browsers

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The best web browser is a matter of opinion, and many people will try and "sell" you the idea that one browser is better than another. Truthfully, there are some browsers that just plain suck, and others are considered insecure for any real web browsing. Don't pay attention to the opinion, stick to the facts, and make your own educated decision on which is the best to use.

Here's some browsers to get you started:

Mozilla Firefox: Firefox's strength comes from its ability to be customized highly, and has one of the fastest JavaScript engines on the 'net as we know it (if you don't know what JavaScript is, it's okay. It's just the code that makes pages animate menus and so on). Has a relatively long loading time, but pages load very quickly. Highly customizable so you can add new features and change its look and feel on the fly.

Google Chrome: Chrome's main design is that your screen should be used for web browsing, so it has a very minimalistic design. Having an extra half inch of screen space is pretty handy sometimes. It's very fast on the loading time, and also fast with loading pages. You can change the theme, but there's no addon functionality yet, so if it doesn't do what you want it to, you can't add it in. It natively supports Google Gears, which is used by some sites to provide a better online (and even offline!) website experience.

Apple's Safari: Safari takes a while to load, but the pages are the fastest loading of all the browsers out there (at least, as of right now). It has an iTunes-like interface for browsing your history, and provides thumbnails for every website in your history, which is pretty impressive. No addons, but has some nice customization features not found in other browsers.

Opera: Originally a "pay to play" browser, this freebie browser has a medium-length load time, faster than Firefox, but not as fast as some of the others. It loads pages decently fast (used to be the fastest before Apple stepped up their game). That being said, it has many cool features. A "magic wand" feature that you can configure with your personal identity-- it can fill out most forms for you in a single keystroke. Not just a username and password, but an entire form with your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and more... but only if you want it to. Also, the only browser I've seen that shows thumbnails when you hover over tabs, voice recognition as an option, and built-in Mouse Gestures, which lets you perform common browser features such as going back and forth between pages with a simple mouse-click. Finally, it uses some HTML technologies not found on other browsers, which is nice.

Internet Explorer: The fastest loading of all the browsers, it's often slow to load pages and new tabs. Commonly faulted for having the most open security exploits, it happens to be a good browser for day-to-day use. It doesn't have addons, except for browser bars, but has some interesting Microsoft-only technology. Web Slices, for example, allow you to take an item on eBay, and add it to your browser. You can watch the bids on the item as the timer ticks down. It does require that the page supports Web Slices, but several major developers have already picked up on the idea. It also has Accelerators, which allow users to make quick actions with data on a page. If you like a quote, highlight, choose Post to Blog, and there you go, it's done. As long as you keep the security on it to a high level, it's actually a decent browser to use.

Flock: Based on some of the other Mozilla browsers, Flock loads decently fast, but its claim to fame is social networking. If you are an avid blogger, if you use services like Facebook and MySpace, you'll want to at least give this browser a second glance. It can keep you logged in to all your favorite services, and provides a unique sidebar that shows you updates from your friends without having to use an entire window or even tab. It runs on par with Firefox, but the bonus features are nice if you have a use for them. Also, last time I checked, it had the ability to load all of the Firefox addons as its' own as well, so it's even easier for Firefox users to try it out.

The entire point of this answer is that, there is no one right answer. Some people like IE the best, some like Opera the best, while others swear by Firefox. And there's others out there not even listed here. Gone are the days of having only one or two choices for your web surfing experience. Take a peek at each browser (go on, they're all in the 10-20mb range), and pick what works best for you. Spend one day with each browser, see where it takes you.

May the best browser win.

Since the great browser wars of the '90s and into the turn of the century are all but over, the answer to this question is now extremely subjective. For the most part, all browsers behave the same in rendering. The time for web developers to write defensive code to "trap" which browser they were dealing with and "phrase" their code appropriately, couched in conditional expressions and/or "holes" in browser behavior, is all over (except the shouting!;)

Since a website's pages look the same (or sufficiently similar) on all browsers, the real question is, "Which Browser is the most aesthetically pleasing, easy to use, and comfortable for me?"

Most people only have one browser on their system, so these issues are important, but only they themselves can address the issues!;)

Those of us who have more than one browser for development and/or test purposes may well have a "Best Web Browser" that suits our subjective selves, but frequently there are 2 or three because certain operational "characteristics" in the browser are better suited to us, again subjectively.

One example may prove enlightening. For quite some time a large user segment has flocked to the Mozilla banner, using either Netscape or Firefox thinking it "Best" for various and sundry reasons. But when it comes time to get updates from Microsoft or access some Microsoft sites, Bill Gates and company have done their best to make these sites completely unfriendly to any browser but Internet Explorer. In truth, you cannot get any updates from Microsoft on any other browser!8-O So, this group of Mozilla fans must have 2 browsers: one for daily use (Mozilla) and one for Microsoft business (Internet Explorer).

But I'm sure that, after some time has passed, even these little petty rivalries with their vindictive practices will lose steam.

So, try them all out, find what one you personally like for your own personal reasons, and enjoy surfing the net!:-)

Here are browsers in order of their popularity:

IE

Internet Explorer

(Som users consider it_the_fastest_at_startup_and_when_loading_alot_of_javascript)Firefox

Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005) (It can be very fast sometimes)Chrome

Google Chrome (Very fast sometimes) One editor of this Wiki thinks so!Mozilla

The Mozilla Suite (Gecko, Netscape) (It can be fast sometimes)Safari

Safari (and Konqueror. Both identified as Mozilla before 2007) (It can be fast sometimes)Opera / O

Opera (It can be fast sometimes and is lighter weight than many others)N

Netscape (identified as Mozilla after 2006) (It can be fast sometimes)AOL

America Online (based on both Internet Explorer and Mozilla)

Browsers that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.