Browsing the internet has become one of the most pleasant and simple activities which was considered to be a little bit of a liability when internet began to surface to our households. They’ve come a long way and have received a lot of improvements in terms of refinement and browsers including the likes of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer are dominating the market as of now.
Google’s browsing service software has the biggest market share with almost 52.6% while Firefox is situated at 9.3%. Internet Explorer is reportedly at 10.27%. We’ve put these three amazing browsers head to head to make sure that one makes an idea on what browser should be used as according to their main features, pros as well as cons.
Google Chrome
Google Chrome is not just a browser, but also a launcher for Chrome Custom Tabs and has enjoyed a great degree of popularity over the years in accordance to its convenient way of usage as well as functionality and degree to which it can be customized to further increase the browsing experience. Users can tweak with the software in order to enhance their browsing abilities in accordance to their personal preference and needs. Chrome even comes with amazing features such as Cloud Sync which is supported by multiple platforms and not only is it a bliss to use, it also enjoys a great degree of security.
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is perhaps the best browser to take into account when it comes to add-ons which can highly customize the browsing experience by adding AdBlockers and advanced sync features such as Chromecast support. Unlike Google Chrome, it has the tendency to lag out a bit but it is much better when it comes to battery consumption and resources which need to be allocated in order for it to function properly.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is the default browser which comes installed on devices which operate under Windows OS and its current version packs a big punch in terms of performance. It isn’t highly customizable and it lacks some versatility but it is just as fast as the other two. When it comes down to selecting a desired browser bear in mind that they all are great and it only comes down to a matter of preference to what should be chosen.
This article was completely unhelpful: here’s why: I came here based on a duck duck go search of ‘2017 firefox vs chrome’. As a current chrome user (since at least 2010) I’ve gotten used to it for everything. Well, I’m limited by memory and I’m not profiling my system performance – I’ve learned that my chrome browser, with 5 (read: lightweight) extensions – and I’m taking a 1/4th of my entire RAM! (WTF?!?!? literally, one single tab and together the browser, extensions, and page took up a gig of ram). Which lead me to look around and find a reddit thread from two months ago where the OP was jovial over switching to firefox. I used to run firefox before chrome and ironically switched over to chrome for the same reasons – at the time firefox was a memory hog. (keep in mind at that time [2009ish] I was ALSO trying out Opera instead as a means to keep a lid on memory considerations – it was better but I found site compatibility issues were being felt at that point. In other words, I’ve been fighting that battle and did legwork for long periods of time to determine the viability of any given browser based on my tastes : for example, right now I have six tabs open, the reference article, a reddit search results page, this page here, the actual search engine result page, another article i have not yet read on the same topic, and a random landing page for a browser addon named AdNauseam).
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Let’s see: You assume I’m a windows user, you make a case for firefox on the grounds that it has a larger number of extensions – that’s like saying I can download more toolbars on firefox than chrome – aka – useless metric because typically most extensions are marketing bloatware designed as ‘functionality for convenience and better user experience’, you didn’t bother making a suggestion or reccomendation for any of them, you didn’t bother to profile them to ACTUALLY benchmark how much time it takes for them to load on a machine, how much memory they take up when loading X, didn’t even try to give a laymans suggestions (if you’re not a techie and you just need ‘it works!’ then IE is your best bet, PowerUser web developer? Chrome or Firefox would be my suggestions. You’re a web `designer` (read: not a developer) and you NEED pixel perfect accuracy and color? Safari is a great candidate!’).
Your article word count is even smaller than my comment’s word count, roasting your article 😛 (NOT EVEN INCLUDING THIS PARAGRAPH: 389 VS 407)