Every year and with every release the question comes up what is the fastest browser on earth? Many websites like Safari or Opera claim this on their home page. However, what is the truth? Everyone has their own opinions and you will see threads of arguments and comparisons and reviews on the web. Also you will see different browsers for different operating systems have different speeds.
- At this point on my speed tests of just opening pages (nothing objective) Firefox feels that fastest.
- Firefox has made an effort to increase speed and if you look at browser speed tester (I know it is not the sun spider test etc) www.speed-battle.com it seems to back this up.
- There is a derivative of Firefox called Pale moon browser, this is even faster.
The problem is all the professional testing of speed makes me feel empty. No definite answer on the quickest web browser, just a lot of details on the features and standards and tech jargon, talk about bench marks for browser quickness under different conditions. But what if you’re an average guy running some version of Windows and does not have loads of special needs and you have a reasonable Internet speed and a modern computer, not something from the dark ages like 2001, what is the best browser for speed?
I have tried most Browsers and tested them on the gamut of different OS. I have a two strong opinions.
- Although you will not notice any huge difference between the latest and greatest versions of web browsers as they have all come a long way, one is fastest. In fact, these tests for me depend on the speed of my Internet that day and exogenous variables from test to test. I tested the browsers and got different speeds so many times that I decided the best way to test it was just see how they feel to me. Come on the differences now are in milliseconds.
- I have one browser that performs the best for me, and that includes speed.
Here is my ranking of speed tested on my DSL Internet connection. It is a comparison of browsers for speed when you strip off all the plug-ins and add-ons and just run the browser for Google searches.
Fastest browser
- Mozilla Firefox – I have tried to dethrone this but it still is the fastest. Maybe I am emotionally tied to this one but it is fast. Try it yourself. If I load it with plug-ins and it is a cold start then, it takes more time but Firefox, is the fastest browser. It works best on Linux but on Windows it is still king. It is of course open source free. If you do not use this just try one search and you will see.
- Opera – the newest version is fast and free. It is really good. It might be even as fast as Firefox. I have to recheck this again. I would highly recommend a comparison between these two browsers.
- Chrome – light weight and uses less resources than even Firefox, somehow I am still on Firefox. I have Google everything already.
- Safari – I like it but I think it is best optimized for the Mac and lots of Apple whistles and bells on it.
- Internet Explorer – on Windows 7 this runs like the rest of them with the newest release but I am still using Firefox as it seemed faster
There are others like Lunascape (I like the look and speed of this but did not give it enough chance to see if the claims (JavaScript tests) were correct, but on my test Firefox still was faster) and Konquerer (more Linux) that are also good. Netscape is gone, why do people still talk about it. Therefore, I would give the world’s fastest browser award to Mozilla Firefox, with Opera close behind. I purposely kept this article short as if you are looking for speed, I imagine that you are looking to browse without waiting, you do not want a 3 page article.
I invite you to try this yourself. Try it with your own computer. I use Firefox 4.0 and in terms of speed there is no comparison. Let me know your thoughts
1 responses to What is the fastest browser
Thanks for this, just backs up everything I`ve always said. I recommend Firefox to everyone, for a while I was tending towards chrome, but after myself and a few clients computers seem to have got viruses I am warning people to steer clear. Even with latest updates and good security they just seem to get through with Chrome, Maybe its too lightweight.
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