This is my first browser guide. I am listing some of the most popular browsers and their us and downs. This is made for you to choose the RIGHT browser. I want to first start off with Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer

• Pros

1. Fully Microsoft Approved
2. Comes with all Windows Versions
3. Active X
4. Java
5. Most accelerators work on it
6. #1 on the browser ranks
7. Supports most toolbars

• Cons

1. Bad security
2. NO TABBED BROWSING
3. No skin support
4. Less Featured interface
   
   Mozilla Firefox (1.5)
   • Pros
   
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5. Skin support
6. Tabbed browsing
7. Improved security
8. Poup-Up Blcoker included
9. Faster brosing
10. Good ranking
11. Only 5MB to download
12. LOTS OF PLUGINS

• Cons

1. No Active X support*
2. Memory hog (Uses too much memory)**

Opera

• Pros

1. Full-Featured
2. Tabbed browsing
3. Really fast
4. Optimized for windows
5. Mail
6. IRC chat
7. Notes feature
8. Pup-Up Blocker included
9. Mouse gestures
10. 3MB DOWNLOAD!!

You which browser I use!!

• Cons

1. No Active X support*
2. Uses too much memory**

Netscape

• Pros

1. Fast browsing
2. Skin support
3. Pop-Up Blocker
4. Old versions same as Opera
5. Tabbed Browsing

• Cons

1. Less security features than Opera
2. No Active X support*

Mozilla 1.7

• Pros

1. Tabbed browsing
2. IRC chat
3. Mail
4. Pop-Up Blocker
5. Fast browsing
6. 12MB to download (For Windows)
7. Skin support

• Cons

1. Less security then Opera
2. Less skins (Good ones)

I used to use Mozilla.

Well, this is it for now. I will be updating this in the future. This is all I could think of and I wrote it at 12AM, so if you have any suggestions, post.

 

 

 

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I guess Internet Explorer uses much more memory when Firefox and Opera.. As the current IE don't use tabs, the sum of memory used in multiple windows can be even more than the money Firefox and Opera use..

Additional point : Opera includes RSS reader too, Firefox doesn't have this feature..

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Opera does not use too much memory. Also, in Opera you can drag tabs into a toolbar, making like a bookmark button. You can also download a voice pack and have Opera read highlighted text.

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but there are extensions available for the purpose in firefox. i use SAGE. there's also google reader, an online service but not a browser add-on (just worth mentioning ).

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Well to be honest..this is a good feature of the browsers which are not having this!
The reason is that most of the spywares get installed because of this active X only!

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That really true, I don't know any useful function of these "ActiveX" controls.
I think they are also invented by microsoft, which is not so ... erm... you know

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yeah. thats a good point. i got 6 hosting credits for that post. useful though. i said opera sucks out memory cause when i had 256MB, it kept freezing on forum sites and on other big sites like IGN.

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One good point about Opera is how quick and easy it is to search. For example, typing "g trap 17" in the address bar will run a Google search on Trap 17. There are others as well (the letters in brackets are the prefix) such as Amazon (z), eBay (e) and Google Groups ®. Also, the prefix "f" allows you to search within the page, similar to clicking Edit, Find. The Zoom feature is also quite useful, allowing you to zoom in or out if webmasters are using over/under-sized fonts or images.

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we all love opera. this browser is the best. i got it as soon as i got my memory upgrade and im still using it (the first time im using a browser other that IE for a long time).

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