Lisa Santika Onggrid asks:
I’m using Opera Mini on all my mobiles and liking it. I use Firefox for my laptop and PC and have grown spoiled by the extensions. I’ve never used PC version of Opera.
I’m willing to change if it’s worth it. So which one do you think is the best, with its advantages and disadvantages (the Windows version)?
Is it true that Opera saves you bandwidth? Please tell me your experience if you have a favorite browser and why.
Browser: Firefox 16
System: Windows 7
Tagged: best software, browser tips, chrome, firefox, opera, windows 7
System: Windows 7
Tagged: best software, browser tips, chrome, firefox, opera, windows 7
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Alan Wade
November 15, 2012All the reply’s you get will undoubtly be of a personal choice. My choice is Firefox, like you love the addons. I have tried most of the browsers just out of a sense of adventure but always gone back to FF.
As I said, just my personal choice.
I will support your choice. in my office, i use Chrome because it the one that has been approved and I am not authorized to install another browser. But if I had the choice FF will be the one I would use. In fact, I have it in my personal PC and it has a rich set of addons and pretty cool stuff.
November 16, 2012Bruce Epper
November 15, 2012I stopped using Firefox when it was becoming a huge resource hog but have it installed for use in site testing. On this machine, I am currently using IE9 as my primary browser just because several sites that I visit don’t work well with other browsers, but I switch to Opera for a few sites. Opera offers much better performance overall than either Firefox or IE especially for those sites. I only have Chrome & Safari on my system for testing websites I help others develop and if not for that reason, they wouldn’t even be installed on my system. On my Linux systems, I only use Firefox and it flies in those environments.
susendeep dutta
November 15, 2012Opera has never been successful in PC market as it utilizes W3C standards and not all webmasters are so quick and eager to implement this on their sites.Many sites are therefore incompatible and doesn’t display well in it.
But this doesn’t makes it worst browser as it has many features that makes many people wonder and compel to use it.Have a look at some of recent articles supporting Opera and facts to take a spin for it.
Five Irresistable Reasons Why You Should Take Opera 11 For A Serious Spin -
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/opera-11-spin/
5 Ideological Reasons Why You Should Try Opera -
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ideological-reasons-why-you-should-try-opera/
Yes,Opera has a feature called turbo mode which compresses images and optimizes pages so as to save bandwidth.It’s present at status bar at left side.If you set it to automatic mode,it’ll automatically detect your connection type and will switch on when your internet speeds goes down.
I use Firefox and I like it because it’s very important for me(extensions). As an alternative to handle multiple workflow,I use Google Chrome.
I tried to give it a spin. Strangely, it failed to load a lot of pages, saying no connection even though I was browsing normally with Firefox. I’m sure nothing’s wrong with my connection other than it being a bit slow.
November 16, 2012Aswin Kumar Nayakann
November 15, 2012No…dont go for Opera.Only Opera mini saves the avndwidth.But Opera does not.FireFox and Chrome will be best for Win 7.If you need speed go for Chrome.If you need Performance,go for Firefox.
“If you need speed go for Chrome.If you need Performance,go for Firefox.” Well said!!!
November 16, 2012Thank u..
November 18, 2012Ok. I see. I really like the Mini. Maybe they ought to stay in mobile market.
November 16, 2012Dave Rimmer
November 15, 2012You will only get what others use ie I use Firefox the most, the best thing to do is simply download and install the ones you fancy then test drive them until you get the one you like the best then simply uninstall the others, It will not affect your Pc having more than one Browser installed.
Harry Barnes
November 15, 2012Opera is very very bad and comes up with requests for permission to display content the whole time, so don’t get that. Chrome is by far the best. It is the most popular browser in the world for a reason. There are loads of chrome add-ons in the chrome web store, and you can add themes if you so wish. Overall, it gives you a much faster and more polished browsing experience than firefox.
Dave Parrack
November 15, 2012It comes down to personal preference. I’d advise you to read through the comments here – http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/web-browser-choice/ – to see what everyone else is using and why.
Personally I use Firefox. I’m so used to it now I can’t switch. However, I have tried others, and I recommend doing the same. I have Chrome installed as a backup in case certain websites or apps don’t work with FF.
Alex Perkins
November 15, 2012I use Chrome as my main browser then if I need to sign into another account on the same website I use Firefox.
u know, you can log into multiple accounts using chrome in the same window?
November 17, 2012Olivia Kovacs
November 15, 2012I noticed a significant change in speed when I switched from IE to Chrome. I now use Chrome as my main browser and Firefox as a secondary. Chrome has lots of add-ons too, but you might as well just stick with Firefox. After all, the answers you will get here are personal choice. There is no right or wrong.
Lalit Kumar
November 16, 2012best one is to use firefox..as far as security and add on are concerned firefox is best..but if u need a faster one, use google chrome..
Michael Leitch
November 16, 2012It is really a personal choice on what you prefer, download them all and find which one works better for you.
Dimal Chandrasiri
November 16, 2012Chrome would be the best browser! and for the extentions, turn off the extentions you don’t wont!
Balaji the King
November 16, 2012If you like speed go for chrome
If you want more customization and add-ons go for Firefox
If you want multiple accounts go for chrome
In the end it depends on your personal preference
Aniket Singh
November 16, 2012my personal choice is firefox & crome….both are good
Alan Cyborg
November 16, 2012Actually depends. For speed, use chrome. For add-ons, choose Firefox. There is another browser called Maxthon. Its good too.
Lynn Wohler
November 16, 2012Running Firefox on 2 desktops. Also occasionally use Chrome. Chrome is much faster, though. Have never used Opera. Occasional have to resort to IE because of some web sites. It basically is a horrible browser.
phritzg
November 16, 2012I use Chrome on both my Windows 7 desktop and Windows XP laptop. On it I also have the IE tab extension, which I find useful occasionally when Chrome does not display the page exactly as I know it should be.
Daniel
November 16, 2012It’s been awhile since I’ve seen such rubbish. Most of these comments are ill informed and it seems that most of them haven’t really used opera for a decade.
I use it daily as well as chrome and firefox. Opera has extentions too. They no longer have any display issues. They have turbo, an option to turn on the same speed improvements as opera mini. And there mouse gesture feature is better than any extention in firefox or chrome.
They are the innovators of many features now seen as standard. And their are some time saving features such as being able to press space to move to the next page in a set of results that have never been close to being matched in any browser.
The fact is that opera is the most underated browser because of such myths as all these comments keep making.
Use it for one month as your primary browser using mouse gesturesand you will experince a much smoother browser than you may think.
Brandon Ragoo
November 16, 2012I use Chrome but to be fair take Nixie Pixel’s opinion into consideration http://youtu.be/iApvUMgk5Mo
Sandy Watts
November 16, 2012Everyone’s said it: a matter of preference. I like Chrome for games for the speed, but for “work” I prefer Firefox.
Ubergeek
November 16, 2012Chrome for general surfing and multimedia as it’s optimised that way.
Firefox for the darker areas of the web using the noscript plugin.
internet explorer for everything else (the pages optimised for internet explorer).
Moazzam Naeem
November 16, 2012Google chrome is best, it is very fast and the user interface is easy to use.
Jim LaFronz
November 16, 2012I use both Chrome and Firefox on my Win7 machines. I like the FF addons, but with the browsers on such an accelerated reversioning schedule, it’s small chore to keep them all up to date sometimes.
I like Chrome as well, although I get occasional memory usage messages even with just a few tabs open.
I’ve never had any problems with Opera, I’ve just never developed an affection for it.
Piet Djajadi
November 17, 2012To be honest, I’m really confused but I’m using Chrome now.
Edmark Gutierrez
November 17, 2012Google Chrome is the best browser
veera vadlapudi
November 17, 2012Firefox Hangs For A While, When Clicking Any Download Links, Other Than This Firefox, IS Good,
Chrome Seems Best, With Awesome Group Of Extensions…
Asoka Dissanayake
November 17, 2012Firefox is the smart browser for all platforms, be it Linux, Windows or Mac. It has a regular update cycle. It has the mostly-used safety extension No-Script, which helps safe browsing.
Usman Mubashir
November 17, 2012I think its chrome, for its many things:
1) Simplicity
2) Big Appstore
3) Ability to integrate wit my gmail
4) Syncing settings online so I dont have to worry about installing it on another PC
5) Minimum menu space, maximum browsing space.
Timothy Liem
November 17, 2012I love Firefox for its add-oms and complete sync. I love Chrome for its simplicity, UI wise and sync wise.
I hate Firefox for its freezing over the time. I hate Chrome for its greed for memory.
Prasanth Mathialagan
November 17, 2012Chrome is the best in business!!!
Aditya Roy
November 17, 2012I prefer firefox over others. I have firefox and ice dragon both installed, infact sometime back i even had a third firefox based browser(Epic) installed.
I use IE9 because of two reasons:
1- It’s the most secure browser out there, more infos here:
https://www.nsslabs.com/reports/browser-security-comparative-analysis-socially-engineered-malware
and here: https://www.nsslabs.com/reports/your-browser-putting-you-risk-part-1-general-malware-blocking
and here: https://www.nsslabs.com/reports/your-browser-putting-you-risk-part-2-click-fraud
2- I love it.
November 17, 2012faras
November 17, 2012firefox as better look and feel, it gives me more weight that i feel in a browser.
kumar raja
November 18, 2012google chrome is nice but it require more space of about 200mb otherwise Firefox is the super browser after google chrome
Nathan
November 20, 2012Overall, I prefer Firefox. Chrome second and IE third. First I like the syncing features of Firefox mostly and Chrome (when Chrome syncs correctly).
Carrie Baczewski
November 20, 2012I prefer Chrome. It syncs with my Google account, so I can access apps and account-related stuff from anywhere. I also find many of the apps/extensions very useful productivity aids (examples: Cortex bookmarking app, Hootlet/Hootsuite, in-browser photo editor).
Luke Blache-Fraser
November 22, 2012I personally like Chrome because it is very light and loads pages very quickly.
Marius Halalae
November 22, 2012Chrome would be the best browser!
Bill Maginnis
November 22, 2012I was a big Firefox proponent for years and really enjoyed the sync option so bookmarks, tabs, passwords, history were all synced on other instances of Firefox. Then, started using Android phones and more and more Google services. Installed Chrome browser (on Windows and Linux) and fell in love with its ability to sync extensions, bookmarks, etc. and its speed. I avoid using IE at all costs at work – only sites that REQUIRE IE.
mohit kumar
November 23, 2012If you’ve slow internet connection, use Opera’s turbo mode.
If you want to use addons, use Firefox.
If you don’t want to use any addons, use Chrome.
Francisco de Gusmão
November 24, 2012Opera is the best for browsing online, althought not for a long shot (the other ones are great, too!). The problem is that nowadays we use the browser for much more than just browsing, and that’s where chrome beats them all. The application store provides an organized way to use apps/webapps wich gives chrome a great advantage for the race of the best browser.
Emily Anderson
November 29, 2012Definitely chrome.
Btw, I found a browser which is just as cool that’s called Torch, where you can download tons of videos, it’s just terrific!
Sathya Murthy
November 30, 2012Even though Firefox is good, Google chrome is light weight and works faster compared to Firefox
mohit kumar
December 14, 2012For normal browsing, use Opera on desktop. It’ll save tons of bandwidth if you use “turbo mode”. For transactions and banking sites, use Firefox.
maria
January 7, 2013chrome . of course. good one.
firefox always break
Boobathy
March 12, 2013anybody checked the memory usage of both browsers…
Chrome will consume most of the physical memory compare to firefox….
As they said…. customize : FF…. Speedy: Chrome…