There is a speed war on the web. Browsers compete on many fronts; security, standards support, features and speed.
Browsers are the programs which allow you to view World Wide Web files, but you already know that. What you may not know is that it is bad form to choose sides in the browser wars, unless you're in a closed, controlled, intranet environment.
Many organizations and users try to claim that their browser is the fastest and better than the others. The Opera site claims that Opera is The Fastest Browser on Earth!
. The Mozilla site claims that Firefox empowers you to browse faster
(faster than what?). Mozilla itself is
quoted as being an alternative to Microsoft IE and it's faster to boot
.Internet Explorer users often claim that they use it because of its speed, as the alternatives take longer to start and load pages.
| Feature | Firefox 2 Beta 1 | Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 | Opera 9.00 |
| Tabbed browsing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Add-ins | Yes—Extensions | Yes—Add-Ons | Widgets |
| Themes | Yes | No | Yes—Skins |
| Built-in search with multiple engine choice | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pop-up blocker | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Anti-Phishing | Yes | Yes | No |
| One-Click Button to add Favorites | No | Yes | No |
| RSS reader | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Download manager | Yes | No | Yes |
| Can remember open tabs for next session | No | Yes | Yes |
| Save group of tabs as bookmark | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Thumbnails for tabs | No | Yes—Quick Tabs | Yes—Mouse over tab; also can tile tabs |
| Macintosh/Linux version | Yes/Yes | No/No | Yes |
| BitTorrent client | No | No | Yes |
| Spell-checker for text boxes | Yes | No | No |
| Download pause | Yes | No | Yes (stop and resume transfer) |
Firefox wins the browser test but Opera isn’t far behind. The upcoming version 9.1 – equipped with a phishing filter – should then be able to catch up with the ‘Fox. Internet Explorer, however, bags last place. With a commanding 87-percent market share, it stands at the top of hackers’ hit list, yet Microsoft still dares to leave a few holes open in the new Internet Explorer 7.
The real winner: -
Regardless of who will prevail in the browser wars, the users will win. While fighting each other, the browser makers innovate and simplify. They increase our productivity by integrating into the browser web concepts such as search, RSS, OPML, microformats and more. The core browsers are getting slimmer and faster, while extensions that cover a wide range of services are being developed by external parties.
Where to get the browsers :-
Mozilla Firefox- mozilla.org
Opera-opera.com/
Internet Explorer -microsoft.com/
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