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ilistis
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States828 Posts
September 07 2009 22:48 GMT
#21
Firefox=probably the slowest because of the customization but that's what makes me use it
Chrome=the fastest browser out of the three im going to mention
Opera=right in between, it comes with built in features so it doesn't slow it down as it does to firefox.

Imo, go with chrome like others have mentioned, it's insanely fast.
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emucxg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Finland4559 Posts
September 07 2009 22:49 GMT
#22
Chrome > Opera >Firefox
Firefox with addons > Chrome > Opera
uglymoose89
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States671 Posts
September 07 2009 22:51 GMT
#23
Yup been using opera for about a year now. It's awesome!
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
September 07 2009 22:55 GMT
#24
I feel like IE is the worst browser out there, no matter how Microsoft tries to improve it.
I like firefox the most due to its addons (especially adblock plus) but Chrome is the fastest, so that would probably be what you are looking for.
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
September 07 2009 23:13 GMT
#25
Firefox wins because of its plethora of addons.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
September 07 2009 23:14 GMT
#26
On September 08 2009 07:49 emucxg wrote:
Chrome > Opera >Firefox
Firefox with addons > Chrome > Opera


When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
September 07 2009 23:35 GMT
#27
Half the posts on this blog don't even acknowledge that the OP is looking for the fastest best preforming browser. Why are you people doing generalized browser comparisons?

If you want the fastest browser, the one that will work best and run fastest with numerous tabs open and such. Go with Chrome. It may eat up a little more memory but that's part of it being faster than the others.
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triangle
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States3803 Posts
September 08 2009 00:07 GMT
#28
Yeah, if all you want is speed go with Chrome.
I prefer firefox because of the addons.
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distant_voice
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Germany2521 Posts
September 08 2009 00:35 GMT
#29
the new Opera 10 is really great.
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Achromic
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
773 Posts
September 08 2009 00:42 GMT
#30
Chrome. Believe me. I used Firefox and Internet Explorer... Firefox is way too slow and Internet Explorer is way too unsafe.

I never tried Opera before. I will try it sometime in the future but go with Google Chrome. It might not be the fastest, but it is still fast.
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iamho
Profile Joined June 2009
United States3347 Posts
September 08 2009 00:59 GMT
#31
opera and chrome are more or less the same thing, fast but without any add-ons and other junk. i use opera though because chrome has a lot of compatability issues
b3h47pte
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States1317 Posts
September 08 2009 01:04 GMT
#32
Chrome! I've used opera before and had some issues with it. FF is good too.
theobsessed1
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States576 Posts
September 08 2009 01:06 GMT
#33
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MantaRay
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States20 Posts
September 08 2009 02:54 GMT
#34
Thanks so much for the help everyone. Now that I've read all these posts I think I can pretty much say that I've narrowed it down to 2 choices: Opera or Chrome.

I think I'll install them both and see which one is better.
Shauni
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
4077 Posts
September 08 2009 03:44 GMT
#35
On September 08 2009 11:54 MantaRay wrote:
Thanks so much for the help everyone. Now that I've read all these posts I think I can pretty much say that I've narrowed it down to 2 choices: Opera or Chrome.

I think I'll install them both and see which one is better.


Yes, I've used them both quite a bit and I must say I like Opera better. Chrome's 1 process per tab doesn't work very well and it's very slow (CPU demanding) with flash for a lot of people. It also crashes sometimes which is unacceptable for a browser. The main difference is that Opera is stable, yet Chrome is more minimalistic (no extras or tools). Both use up quite a bit of memory with lots of tabs, but there is no escaping that. Firefox is even worse, plus it hogs the CPU more than both Chrome and Opera.
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MacWorld
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden227 Posts
September 08 2009 08:11 GMT
#36
http://lifehacker.com/5352195/browser-speed-tests-chrome-40-and-opera-10-take-on-all-challengers

Safari is quite fast too when it comes down to Java. Eventhough Chrome just wipes them out.
food
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1951 Posts
September 08 2009 08:21 GMT
#37
chrome lovers remind me of mac users
a lot of talk about nothing
Can someone ban this guy please? FA?
MrHoon *
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
10183 Posts
September 08 2009 08:55 GMT
#38
Firefox 2.0
Firefox 3 sucks ass. SO SLOW
dats racist
Mystlord *
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10264 Posts
September 08 2009 12:57 GMT
#39
On September 08 2009 06:28 MantaRay wrote:
I'm gonna be honest. I've been an internet explorer user my entire life and I only recently heard all the ranting that internet explorer sucks and people still use it, has so many security holes, blah blah blah blah blah.

I have a few questions though since I'm obviously new to all the different web browsers around.

I want a browser that will give me the best performance when running a lot of multiple applications. For example, I like listening to music while browsing the internet, while keeping my starcraft minimized, while IMing my friends, and sometimes playing a browser game on top of that. Which browser would give me the fastest speed for that?

UHH...

Close one between Opera and Chrome. The thing is that Opera is the most compatible out of all browsers, so you're going to have less trouble with it than Chrome. It's also the most memory efficient. Like if you have 10 tabs open, it takes up far less memory than any other browser.

However, Chrome is by and far the fastest out of all the browsers... ever. Holy crap it handles Javascript so smoothly and so efficiently. My only problem with it is that it's too bare and unmodifiable (well you can hack it, but too much effort). Frankly, browser games are usually Flash applications anyway, so the only limit there is your internet speed.

If you want an all purpose browser, go with Opera. It's install size is extremely small too (10 MB? Wtf that's like nothing). It has features like no tomorrow and it's really comfortable to use.

Pure speed = Chrome. Simple as that. If your PC is fairly modern (within the past few years), and all you care about is speed, go with Chrome.
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food
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1951 Posts
September 08 2009 15:41 GMT
#40
On September 08 2009 17:55 MrHoon wrote:
Firefox 2.0
Firefox 3 sucks ass. SO SLOW


did you know 3.5 is out already?..
its literally milliseconds slower then chrome and 3x faster then previous firefox
Can someone ban this guy please? FA?
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