Fastest Browser

**JohnJ** · 07-09-2009

What do you consider the fastest browser based on your personal experience? I'd probably say either Firefox or Chrome.

**loathe** · 07-09-2009

Chrome hands down.

**RAK** · 07-09-2009

I cannot detect any differences in access speed, to tell the truth. But I cannot, in spite of its growing popularity, get going with Chrome.
I Use IE as my primary and back up with Safari and, as a last resort, Firefox. Reason for degrading FF is that I can see it uses far more resources than the others, so presumably, if you can detect it, it is probabl a mite slower?

**loathe** · 07-09-2009

Wow you cant tell the difference between IE8 and Chrome? Safari benches the fastest followed closely by Chrome. IE gets pwnd by everyone else.

**PcBoyGeorge** · 07-09-2009

Originally Posted by loathe

Wow you cant tell the difference between IE8 and Chrome? Safari benches the fastest followed closely by Chrome. IE gets pwnd by everyone else.

Safari is slow. Chrome all the way for fastness!

**RAK** · 07-09-2009

Originally Posted by loathe

Wow you cant tell the difference between IE8 and Chrome? Safari benches the fastest followed closely by Chrome. IE gets pwnd by everyone else.

Benchmarks depend very much on criteria used by the operator. The better known ones all use Java. I am talking about personal observation.
Using a timer on the computer I got these results, loading a busy help forum similar to this (but more efficient!)

IE... 2.1 seconds.
Safari... 2.1 seconds.
Firefox...3.2 seconds
Chrome (reninstalled and configured) 2.3 seconds.

Based on my own results, assuming I would always be using the internet in a similar fashoin, I will stay with my own convictions, right or wrong.

Browsing, I found a tone of benchmark sites, all with some different but intersting views. IE obviusly, on technicak benchmarking, did not fair so well in speed but in one or two instances came tops for handling information under load.

fwiw. I used the link you gave. Which examines items beyond my ken. IE came to the bottom of the list but was identified as IE7. (I use IE8.)

**JohnJ** · 07-09-2009

SunSpider benchmarks:

**busydog** · 07-09-2009

I would choose Firefox 3.5 as a good compromise considering the frequently updated security patches. IE suffers from infrequent updating and Chrome doesn't have the add-ons that I rely on with Firefox 3.5.

**JohnJ** · 07-09-2009

I'm using Firefox 3.5. I agree that Chrome is considerably faster, but it's too basic for me.

**coolwalker** · 07-10-2009

There is only one answer and that is Opera 10 Alpha. Chrome is childish and it still needs a lot of work. IE, the granddad of browsers is a pain. Cayman isn't too bad...just go to MajorGeeks.com and click for browsers...there are hundreds...download what looks good and try it. If it doesn't work, toss it and move on.