Which browser is fastest?

**marcode** · 6th June 2006

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#winspeed

on windows, opera 9 by a country mile.

click the column heading to sort, or hit show graphs at the bottom.

**whatnow** · 6th June 2006

you'll never convert them marcode

**Shambles** · 6th June 2006

I was a fanatic of Opera. A total Opera freak - that was a year or so ago. I ditched it as it couldn't handle the specialised format adopted by (eg) The Sun's website. It couldn't handle their way of presenting graphics.

Good to see someone listing such a comprehensive comparison though.

**canardo** · 6th June 2006

still a firefox fan here, really dont care if it takes 5 seconds less to start up when you initially load it.

thats like saying xp is better than debian purely because it boots faster

pretty sure you can take one metric and prove anything with software

Intresting that the script speed is faster, but can say Ive ever really noticed a difference when using opera compared to firefox or ie

**marcode** · 6th June 2006

if xp booted faster than debian that would be a fucking miracle.

wasnt trying to prove or convert anything or anyone .. i just posted a fuckin link to a new browser comparison that included opera 9/ff1.5/ie7 .. jesus.

**CominAtcha** · 6th June 2006

Originally Posted by marcode

if xp booted faster than debian that would be a fucking miracle.

wasnt trying to prove or convert anything or anyone .. i just posted a fuckin link to a new browser comparison that included opera 9/ff1.5/ie7 .. jesus.

Yet you only mentioned Opera in your original post. Hmmmm....

DB · 6th June 2006

Thats it, hang him, i'll get the rope !!!

**marcode** · 6th June 2006

i mentioned opera cos the link showed on windows it was the fastest in all but a couple of catagories i think...

To summarise

So overall, Opera seems to be the fastest browser for windows. Firefox is not faster than Internet Explorer, except for scripting, but for standards support, security and features, it is a better choice. However, it is still not as fast as Opera, and Opera also offers a high level of standards support, security and features.

**Raptor** · 13th June 2006

FF is beginning to irritate me a little

**maltloaf** · 13th June 2006

on pc im a big firefox fan HOWEVER i am starting to see rather big flaws. Speed for one. Seems to eat memory too. Maybe its time to try something else.

Firefox on mac however is THE browser to have. Fast and compatible.

**DJAd** · 13th June 2006

Well i'm going to give Opera a blast, i've been using FF for a while now and had a few wafty things happen, and yeah it seems to munch my memory also. Not tried IE 7 though so maybe i'll hit that up to.

**Tiger** · 13th June 2006

Try firefox with the turbo plugin works like a concord if that how ye speellit

**cherokee** · 13th June 2006

Been using opera for a long while now ,once converted you wont go back !
I have always found it pretty fast and reliable ,the comparison doesnt surprise me one bit

**DJAd** · 15th June 2006

i've been running Opera for a day and a bit now and seems to be fine, liking the magic wand to!

**b!lly** · 15th June 2006

Originally Posted by t4z

Try firefox with the turbo plugin works like a concord if that how ye speellit

can confirm that using the extension FASTERFOX does make it faster.although just watch what settings you use as the turbo setting can sometimes cause probs with some sites