Fastest Web browser

I switch between chrome and firefox and I've noticed with chrome that if I have a lot of tabs open, and not enough RAM (I only have 512Mb) then the whole computer slows down and freezes. Firefox appears to use a similar amount of memory (based on what the Windows Task Manager reports) but doesn't seem to effect my PC in the same way... not sure why...
 
Nuro said:
I use both firefox and chrome, and have come to the following conclusion:
Chrome is REALLY fast, but Firefox wins in the memory usage department. Chrome can be a real memory hog sometimes.
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I'm really :confused:

FF is the memory hog! Give it a few hours after opening and closing multiple tabs.

Having said that I still wouldn't move away from it :o
 
opera 10 has built in irc feature now too..

Opera is my preference while I am using slow ass Vodacom internet. but when I upgrade to a decent ISP I will go back to firefox(plug ins > all)
 
I dunno where you guys get off saying that Chrome is a memory hog compared to Firefox,thats just whack!
 
Chrome is a memory hog compared to Opera. I use a combination of both. Chrome is really quick but does not really feel light weight as soon as you open quite a few tabs.
 
Chrome extensions is available via dev builds with extension manager BUT I'm waiting for it to come out in the new standard builds.. along with some of the nifty extensions i use such as..(ext i can't live without):
  • Agent switcher(fool sites to believe you on a mobile device, incl myadsl),
  • Ad blocker + plus + element hide(The other day i used internet at a coffee shop.. holy crap, sites look VERY different with ads),
  • Image zoom.. so you can right click on a pic and scroll mouse to enlarge any picture :D and lastly
  • fav iconise Some sites you always leave open e.g. gmail, greader, gcal, gdocs when busy with soemthing, fb, myadsl, etc
 
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Firefox might have had memory leaks in version 1 or latest 2, but I don't think that's true anymore.

As for browser speed, what difference does it make how fast your browser can render a page when the bottleneck is the speed at which the content is downloaded. The rendering time is a minute fraction of the time taken for a page to display. These benchmarks are meaningless unless you're planning on playing a JavaScript version of Crysis.
 
Smooth Criminal said:
I'm really :confused:

FF is the memory hog! Give it a few hours after opening and closing multiple tabs.

Having said that I still wouldn't move away from it :o
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Joy-Energiser said:
I dunno where you guys get off saying that Chrome is a memory hog compared to Firefox,thats just whack!
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This test reflects pretty much my own results after running them side by side.
 
Would like to see IE performance with that javascript plugin thing google wrote for it. Think someone would be keen to test that for us??
 
I used to use chrome but stopped because there wasn't an option to print "selection"
 
d7e7r7 said:
I used to use chrome but stopped because there wasn't an option to print "selection"
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There is a Print option... Unless you mean print preview perhaps?

Chrome FTW with my extensions, just use AdSweep to clear up ads... Alas, there is no current control on what you can block and what you cant.
 
DJNgoma said:
There is a Print option... Unless you mean print preview perhaps?

Chrome FTW with my extensions, just use AdSweep to clear up ads... Alas, there is no current control on what you can block and what you cant.
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I know there's a print option, i meant when you select some text and only want to print that text. I.e. on firefox you click Print Range - Selection
 
Chrome works excellent, the only irritating point about it is that it shares the proxy settings from IE. Why could they not have designed it with its own settings. Don't they realise people use numerous browsers:confused:
 
Is it just me or does running a single-windowed, single-tabbed Chrome page show up as multiple instances of Chrome in task manager?
 
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