Upgrading My Browser

F/32 Eurydice

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Jun 14, 2010, 8:37:50 AM6/14/10

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Of all the various name brand browsers (Chrome, Firefox, IE 8), which
one has the LEAST obnoxious memory footprint?

Is Netscape a meaningful alternative to those I listed above?

Marious Barrier

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Jun 14, 2010, 10:07:23 AM6/14/10

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Netscape is an old project, it was ended in 2008 so do not even consider it.

Now... IE 8 is still Internet Explorer: Windows Only, Not safe and Won’t
implement many web technologies that others do.

Firefox is pretty good, available in many operating systems and fairly
fast. Very good security and very good adherence to standards.

Chrome is really fast in rendering sites... but I have had some issues
with bad javascript scripts in pages where Chrome seems to not be very
permissive to coding errors.

I currently use Firefox to develop but I always recommend people to use
Chrome or Chromium.

Marious Barrier

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Jun 14, 2010, 10:09:39 AM6/14/10

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On 06/14/2010 08:37 AM, F/32 Eurydice wrote:
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Netscape is an old project, it was ended in 2008 so do not even consider it.

Now... IE 8 is still Internet Explorer: Windows Only, Not safe and Won’t
implement many web technologies that others do.

Firefox is pretty good, available in many operating systems and fairly
fast. Very good security and very good adherence to standards.

Chrome is really fast in rendering sites... but I have had some issues
with bad javascript scripts in pages where Chrome seems to not be very
permissive to coding errors.

I currently use Firefox to develop but I always recommend people to use
Chrome or Chromium.

Sorry, forgot to add.- Chrome seems to consume less memories than
Firefox and IE8. in my experience of course.

Some say that IE8 is faster and consumes less memory than Firefox, but
considering all the cons of using IE8, I would not care if that was real.

Ricardo Villegas

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Sep 11, 2010, 8:41:02 PM9/11/10

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DON'T EVEN TRY Netscape. It is just too horrible.
Anyway, as "Marious Barrier" said, it is just too old.
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Ricardo Villegas

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Sep 11, 2010, 8:54:19 PM9/11/10

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If you really want speed, try http://opera.nta.no.
<The Opera browser>
-R

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Marious Barrier

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Sep 11, 2010, 11:19:19 PM9/11/10

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On 09/11/2010 08:54 PM, Ricardo Villegas wrote:
> If you really want speed, try http://opera.nta.no.
> <The Opera browser>
> -R

I have to say that Chrome is really fast too... But I trust more in the
rendering of Firefox.

Ricardo Villegas

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Sep 12, 2010, 8:50:51 AM9/12/10

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You should also try Opera. I just downloaded the latest version, and it is
wicked fast! I have a slightly old computer 256MB ram, but opera works like
a charm.
Download it here: http://opera.nta.no
-R

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Marious Barrier

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Sep 12, 2010, 11:46:14 AM9/12/10

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On 09/12/2010 08:50 AM, Ricardo Villegas wrote:
> You should also try Opera. I just downloaded the latest version, and it is
> wicked fast! I have a slightly old computer 256MB ram, but opera works like
> a charm.
> Download it here: http://opera.nta.no
> -R

If that message is for me... I use all of them. I am developer. :P

Ricardo Villegas

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Sep 12, 2010, 4:16:24 PM9/12/10

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No, that message was for "F/32 Eurydice"....
-R

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