Pretty broad topic, and you will get numerous replies based on factors that might not apply to your use. Each of these undergoes considerable changes over time, so it is probably best to install all three, try them and choose your favorite based on your use. In my opinion, Chrome works best for sites that were primarily designed for IE, but those are converting. I am not a fan of Google (privacy), but Brave browser is Chrome based and is designed with privacy in mind.
Mac has an amazing inbuilt browser Safari, which is said to be the best for OSX. Although, a few people argue that Google Chrome also works well on Mac OSX. Firefox Quantum, as per my opinion. Firefox Quantum has overcame a lot of issues that held it back from becoming the best browser. Which is why Chrome was the best until the release of Firefox Quantum.
Firefox is generally my second used browser after Safari. I know it’s fashionable to like Chrome but I prefer Safari for a few reasons which may all seem minor but it’s what keeps me using it:. When you start typing something in the address bar, Safari is better at picking up your history. For example, say I have looked at a few pages on epicurious.com in the past.
If I type just e, or ep, Safari suggests the full URL to me and I just press Return to go to the website. Not only that, but it also suggests the pages on that website I visited which is really handy when I want to go back to a specific page. Chrome, by contrast, just gives me Google search suggestions. With downloads, I prefer the way Safari just puts the file into your Downloads folder. I don't like the bar Chrome puts at the bottom of the browser window to show your downloads because it's another click to close it.
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I prefer Safari’s standard Print dialog over Chrome’s custom one. I like the “snapback” feature of Safari, i.e.
You start with a search, click on a result and go down a bit of a maze of pages. Press Cmd-Alt-S to get back to search results. There are, however, very occasional websites which don’t quite work properly on Safari (probably because the developer tested them on Chrome!).
The calendar view of Outlook Web Access, for example, displays blank. It also depends what you use on your phone and if you want to be able to work between the two. I use Safari on my phone too and like the fact I can open pages on my phone which are open on my computer, and vice versa, and also be able to close tabs on other devices.
Click to expand.There's a couple of bits of input I can add, not reading about them above. First bit, since you're focusing on one web site that you use Chrome, consider using the epichrome single site browser (SSB). I use SSBs for several sites - this one, Wunderground, Sigalert, Feedly, email accounts, WaPo/Guardian - each SSB doesn't talk to any other SSB, I can use Chrome Extensions like uBlock Origin/Dark Reader/Dropbox, each SSB gets updates when Chrome is updated, site-specific preferences. What's not to like? I also use the $5 paid version of Fluid for some of my SSBs, using Fluid when I don't need to concern myself with Extensions and the like.
Second bit, I occasionally have issues with Safari as well. I use the Develop MenuUser Agent options when I get 'stuck' - along the lines of I'm using Safari and the site just doesn't work quite right, and then I switch the User Agent to 'Chrome' for Windows (the relevant version in Safari's menu options) and 'magically' the web site works perfectly. And, then I know the IT guy for that site is a tool who likely hates macOS.
One of the reasons I like Fluid is that I can set the web app's User Agent when I set up the SSB. I dabble with Vivaldi a bit, it's come a long way - AFAIK it's built in part by former Opera employees. I liked Opera, since a Chinese company purchased that browser's resources there's no way I'd use Opera for any site that requires security - the move by a bunch of the browser's programmers vectored to Vivaldi shortly after that purchase left me leaving Opera pretty much on a sideline. I try FF from time to time but there's just nothing choosing me to launch it when I need to use a browser - now that they're pushing ads a bit leaves me feeling FF's days are numbered. There's a couple of bits of input I can add, not reading about them above. First bit, since you're focusing on one web site that you use Chrome, consider using the epichrome single site browser (SSB).
I use SSBs for several sites - this one, Wunderground, Sigalert, Feedly, email accounts, WaPo/Guardian - each SSB doesn't talk to any other SSB, I can use Chrome Extensions like uBlock Origin/Dark Reader/Dropbox, each SSB gets updates when Chrome is updated, site-specific preferences. What's not to like? I also use the $5 paid version of Fluid for some of my SSBs, using Fluid when I don't need to concern myself with Extensions and the like. Second bit, I occasionally have issues with Safari as well. I use the Develop MenuUser Agent options when I get 'stuck' - along the lines of I'm using Safari and the site just doesn't work quite right, and then I switch the User Agent to 'Chrome' for Windows (the relevant version in Safari's menu options) and 'magically' the web site works perfectly. And, then I know the IT guy for that site is a tool who likely hates macOS. One of the reasons I like Fluid is that I can set the web app's User Agent when I set up the SSB.
I dabble with Vivaldi a bit, it's come a long way - AFAIK it's built in part by former Opera employees. I liked Opera, since a Chinese company purchased that browser's resources there's no way I'd use Opera for any site that requires security - the move by a bunch of the browser's programmers vectored to Vivaldi shortly after that purchase left me leaving Opera pretty much on a sideline. I try FF from time to time but there's just nothing choosing me to launch it when I need to use a browser - now that they're pushing ads a bit leaves me feeling FF's days are numbered.
History of Firefox vs. Chrome Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross began working on the Firefox project as an experimental branch of the Mozilla project.
They believed the commercial requirements of Netscape's sponsorship and developer-driven feature creep compromised the utility of the Mozilla browser. To combat what they saw as the Mozilla Suite's software bloat, they created a stand-alone browser, with which they intended to replace the Mozilla Suite. On April 3, 2003, the Mozilla Organization announced that they planned to change their focus from the Mozilla Suite to Firefox and Thunderbird.
Google launched the Chrome browser on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 after making the announcement on Labor Day - September 1, 2008 through a series of illustrated by Scott McCloud. Differences in Chrome vs. Firefox User Interface Differences in Firefox and Chrome Tabs.
Tabs are at the top - In both browsers, the tabs are at the top of the application window, above the buttons for back, forward, refresh and, most importantly, the address bar. Tabs can be dragged from one window to another and they still retain their state.
Omnibox Address Bar Not only is the address bar (called Omnibox) under the tab in Chrome, it also highlights the main domain of the website. For example, is displayed as www.diffen.com/difference/FirefoxvsGoogleChrome (with the domain name highlighted). Differences in menu The Firefox menus - File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks, Tools and Help - are absent in Google Chrome.
Instead, on the top right and under the buttons to resize the application window, there are 2 icons -. A 3-lined icon for customizing the settings and options. While the default tabs in Firefox are rectangular, tabs in Chrome are like tabs on paper folders, only inverted. Web Applications in Chrome In Google Chrome, web applications can be launched in their own streamlined window without the Omnibox URL box and browser toolbar. This limits the browser chrome so as not to 'interrupt anything the user is trying to do', allowing web applications to run alongside local software.
Handling of File Not Found (404) errors in Firefox and Chrome While Firefox displays a simple Not Found message when a 404 error is encountered, Chrome:. displays a Google Chrome logo (this can be considered an advertisement for the Google brand). offers suggestions to go to the home page of the website returning the 404 error message. attempts to break down the URL into a search phrase and suggests the user search for the phrase on Google (even if the user has selected another search engine to be the default) Address bar (URL box) in Chrome vs. Firefox.
Google calls the Chrome address bar the Omnibox. As the user types into the address bar, it offers suggestions for searches, top pages the user has visited before and other popular pages. If the user is midway typing in the address bar, the autocompletion feature in Chrome takes the user only to the URL that was explicitly typed by the user before. Differences in browser home page While Firefox allows the user to open a blank page, a homepage or a set of URLs on browser startup, Google Chrome follows a different approach that is closer to Opera's approach. Chrome shows the user thumbnails for the 9 most visited pages by the user. In addition, on the right the browser has a text box to search history and a list of recent bookmarks. Incognito mode in Chrome Google Chrome has an 'incognito' mode where the user's activity is not recorded in history.
Firefox has a similar mode, it's under tools then choose 'Start Private Browsing'. Security features of Google Chrome vs. Firefox Firefox and Chrome both have an anti-malware tool that warns users when they visit a web site that is known to install viruses, spyware and other malicious code. This tool also protects against known 'phishing' sites. In addition, each Google tab is a separate process that uses (and frees up) its own memory.
These processes are stripped of all rights to write files to the user's hard drive or read files from 'sensitive areas like documents or desktop'. This security feature does not, however, cover plugins. Since plugins may need a higer level of security access to run, some amount of protection is ensured by having them run in a separate process. An early criticism of Google Chrome is the lack of a 'Master Password' feature that Firefox supports. In the absence of such a feature, anyone who uses the browser will have access to the stored passwords. Both Firefox and Google Chrome allow users to view the stored passwords in plain text.
However, Firefox's Master Password feature prevents unauthorized users to use this feature. JavaScript engine in Firefox vs. Chrome The JavaScript engine developed for the Chrome browser is called V8. It is an open source engine developed by Google engineers in Denmark and is a significant differentiator from other browsers such as Firefox. Google claims that their tests have shown V8 to be faster than Firefox and Safari.
Google Chrome's V8 engine also has features such as hidden class transitions,. The V8 JavaScript engine is a standalone component that can be used by other web browsers also. Internet industry experts believe that V8 is the key in Google's competition with Microsoft. Microsoft is strong in the desktop application space and Google is competing with Microsoft by offering SaaS (Software as a Service) i.e. Software over the Internet. While Microsoft's software runs on the computer's Operating System, Google's applications run on the browser platform (as do web applications from other companies). The browsers that provide this platform were not designed with applications in mind.
Rather, they were designed for displaying web pages with some dynamic content. Therefore, the browser vs. Operating System platform is an inherent disadvantage for web applications like Google's. In order to make web applications more compelling for the users, Google has invested in developing a much faster, better JavaScript engine that enhances the browser platform.
Extensibility of Firefox vs. Google Chrome Firefox is a flexible, open source browser with thousands of extensions that help users customize their browsing experience. Firefox extensions are the reason it is so popular. Since Google Chrome is also an open source browser, it is expected that several Firefox extensions will be ported to the Chrome platform and be made available for both browsers. However, this will depend upon the success of the browser with the user community as well as the extensibility of its architecture. Market share of Firefox vs. Chrome browsers In June 2012, the browser market share of Firefox and Google Chrome relative to other browsers was as follows: Desktop browser usage share for June 2011 Source Safari Opera 32.76% 32.31% 24.56% 7.00% 1.77% 28.1% 29.9% 23.1% 6.5% 2.4% 33.24% 29.4% 24.16% 5.89% 3.99% value 32.76% 29.9% 24.16% 6.5% 2.4% Diffen.com (includes mobile) 23.4% 27.2% 17.6% 21.6% 2.5% In June 2010, Firefox share was around 31% and Chrome was around 8%.
In August 2011, Chrome's share was 19.6% and Firefox was around 23.6%. This shows the tremendous gains Chrome has made, mostly at the expense of Internet Explorer and Firefox. References.
Anonymous comments (5) August 16, 2013, 4:18am I agree with someone earlier: Chromium is open source, but that's not Google Chrome, it's only what google chrome is based on, that is before they add the spyware/tracking stuff =) — 46.✗.✗.33 ▲ 3 ▼ April 27, 2013, 4:30pm Chrome is not open source. Much of the code has been released in the form of Chromium, but that is not the same thing. — 198.✗.✗.141 ▲ 2 ▼ July 23, 2013, 8:57pm fire fox is much better than chrome because in chrome almost every web page is un responsive — 216.✗.✗.11 ▲ 1 ▼ November 6, 2013, 4:31pm Seriously?? Do you care about your privacy?
Does it bother you if your browser sends all your surfing history back to its own servers so it can customize ads for you? If you answered NO to either of these questions than Google Chrome is the browser for you. If you have half a brain than you're already using FireFox. — 64.✗.✗.49 ▲ 0 ▼ May 26, 2013, 1:28am What about the digital rights management restrictions they're plugging in? Those kind of user restrictions are the wrong direction to be taking the web, and will start to take hold if major players like Google embrace them.
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