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9 Browsers Compared For Speed and Features

Posted by timothy on from the you-forgot-konqui-and-galeon dept.

notthatwillsmith writes "Counting public betas and release candidates, there are a whopping nine different web browsers out today with enough market share to be considered mainstream. Maximum PC explains the differences between the browsers, future and present, so that you can make a more informed decision about the primary tool you use to browse the web. From the rendering engines used to the features that set the different browsers apart, this is a comprehensive, blow-by-blow battle between Safari 3, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3, Opera 9.6, Google Chrome, Firefox 3.1, IE 8, Safari 4, and Opera 10."

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  1. 9 Browsers compared by slyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    And their conclusion is...

    There is no conclusion?

    FTA: "In our testing, the answer is no. However, we did notice a difference among browsers, just not as pronounced as the benchmarks indicate. Safari 4 and, to our surprise, Internet Explorer 8 felt the snappiest, though neither version of Firefox ever felt slow by comparison."

    They need to get someone with a backbone to say one is definitely better than the other, so that I can tell them that they are wrong.

    1. Re:9 Browsers compared by Panspechi · · Score: 5, Funny

      Can't we just be all wrong and get along?

    2. Re:9 Browsers compared by Tr3vin · · Score: 5, Funny

      Can't we just be all wrong and get along?

      No. How can we be all wrong and get along now that you made that statement? Sure, we could get along, but that would make you right.

    3. Re:9 Browsers compared by sevenfootchicken · · Score: 3, Funny

      The Reverse Rodney King Paradox?

      Chewbacca defense?

    4. Re:9 Browsers compared by The+Master+Control+P · · Score: 2, Funny

      No one is right... Everyone is wrong.

    5. Re:9 Browsers compared by M8e · · Score: 3, Funny

      We can render it useless.

    6. Re:9 Browsers compared by Stormwatch · · Score: 1, Funny

      "Reverse Rodney King" would be: NOT speeding while drunk, NOT resisting arrest, NOT STRIKING A POLICEMAN IN THE CHEST, thus NOT putting the other policemen in a situation where they had to use force; and of course, the sensationalist media NOT airing just a tiny excerpt of a video, making the cops look bad, rather than show the whole situation.

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  2. IE7 Rules! by filesiteguy · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, according to the website, I should be using IE7, since it is the fastest browser. I can see myself using it, instead of this pokey firefox 3.0x. In fact, I suspect I'll type this poast much faster under IE7.

    Um, anyone know where the Linux version of IE7 is?

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  3. Re:Lynx? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    pussy. real men use wget.

  4. Re:hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    PS. Mods, if you are tempted to downmod this post as redundant because there is a similar post above mine in your listing, please check times of posting first.

    How did you know there was a similar post?
    I'm terribly confused...

    Oh, I see...
    You must be running firefox with the "oracle" plugin (affectionately known as the pre-post-preview) enabled?
    Or are you simply posting from the future?

  5. Re:Lynx? by hampton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pussy. Real men telnet to port 80.

  6. Re:How could they miss Seamonkey? by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 4, Funny

    This post is tl...

    Sorry, that's about as far as I got before falling asleep.

  7. Re:Lynx? by kkrajewski · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pussy. Real men use emacs to email a URL to a daemon which emails back the web page, etc...

  8. Sheesh by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Safari 3, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3, Opera 9.6, Google Chrome, Firefox 3.1, IE 8, Safari 4, and Opera 10."

    Man, it's almost as bad as the gaming industry. Nothing but sequels.

  9. Re:Lynx? by martin-boundary · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pussy. Real men hack the google servers and download all the web pages as a bundle for offline use when the net is down.

  10. Re:Lynx? by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real men write emacs to email a URL to a daemon which emails back the web page, etc...

    There, corrected that for you.

  11. Re:Origin of Webkit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Slashdot men need to get laid. I've lost count of how many times I've read the word "porn" on this site in the last few hours.

    There, fixed that for you

  12. Re:Lynx? by 228e2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pussy. Real men yell binary into their ethernet port.

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  13. Re:Why don't we have 100% conformity to standards? by meyekul · · Score: 2, Funny

    Charley Chan talked? 

  14. Re:Lynx? by n+dot+l · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fuck you all. Real men use teams of butterflies .