How to choose a web browser

Posted by yasas on August 22nd, 2010

Since most people don?t seem to understand how to choose a web browser that matches their needs I thought I should share what I know. As everybody knows there are 5 good popular browsers. And they comes with their own advantages, you should choose the one suits you. This article will give you help deciding that.

If you are a person that always goes through your web history or you always visit the same sites, then you should consider Mozilla Firefox. No other browser comes up with the browsing history like Firefox does. Just have to enter a part of the text in the link and anything matches to that will come up in the address bar. Very convenient. But when it comes to surfing, it?s a little slow and use a little too much of RAM in my experience. This has the option to clear the history in a convenient way too. It?s better than anything I have seen in others.

If you are looking for speed, you should definitely go for Google Chrome. I?m talking about speed in terms of both software and web searching. And there aren?t many toolbars like other browsers. It?s very simple and basic I would say. If you happen to visit sites which aren?t in English, there is a translator tool which allows you to translate web pages which are in other languages instantly. Another thing I have noticed is that, it has the ability to clear the history of a single day without clearing the history of other days. Firefox is better in terms of clearing the history though. A main advantage is that it doesn?t eat up your RAM like Firefox does.

I don?t see anything special in Internet Explorer. It?s known for security and adds some pretty slick browsing aids, such as WebSlices and Accelerators. Most people use it because it comes up with windows and they are very loyal to it or they haven?t experienced any other browser. Best thing you can do with IE is download Google Chrome.

Opera mini is good for having tons of toolbars. But you can synchronize bookmarks and stuff with your Opera Mini browser on your phone. That?s an added advantage. Well the best browser for phones is Opera Mini.

Safari claims that it?s the world?s fastest browser. Then the Chrome must be from mars. It sure is fast but not as much as Google Chrome. Another thing about Safari is that its offers eye candy with its Cover Flow history display. And most people seem to like it.

Oh and how can I forget Sea Monkey. It doesn?t even show the chat window in Facebook. I installed, tried and uninstalled within 30 minutes.