Recently I was getting a lot of updates and changes (improvements) from the browsers that I use, which are Firefox and Chrome.
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Most recently Firefox had made some quick updates to their
versions, releasing 6.0, 7.0 and now version 7.0.1, the latest. And I haven't
updated my chrome for a while so I thought may be its time to check out
the Google guys as well and so downloaded the latest version 14 and
it was way better than the version 11 that I was having in my PC.
I got to say both the browsers have come a long way and both have
its advantages and I don't see any bad things in any of these browsers as
they've polished every bit of the corners.
Lets come to the point, Chrome was bragging about being fast and
all (it is fast mind you) but now Firefox is faster than before and comes close
to Chrome and also Firefox now takes less memory space than before. And today I
tried a simple test. I opened both the browsers and added 4 tabs (my site,
yahoomail, facebook and IMDb) on both the browsers and checked the memory
usage.
Still I think memory usage wise Chrome stands top. Also you should
know that each tab you open in Chrome is handled separately so if any crash
happens while you browse around, only that tab will be closed, leaving your
other tabs unaffected. But I haven't got any crashes from both the browsers
lately, so job well done by both browsers.
Firefox used to brag about its add-ons and all, but chrome is not
far behind. It has most of the necessary add-ons now available for chrome but
still I believe not as versatile as Firefox. Overall they both have come to a
point where any improvement like trimming some milliseconds off on load time
wont make much of a difference as you won't be able to tell the difference.
Its gonna be all about branding and your choice of getting used to
a browser. All they can do now is being compatible to the new changes like
OS changes or new application interfaces etc,. Whats your pick?
Cool Stuffs:
Chrome:
- It
has its own task manager(Tools->Task manager) where you can see how the
memory is shared. The number of add-ons you have affects the memory usage
and hence the load time. At the bottom you see the stats for nerds as
well. It was pretty cool to check out the facts of each tab and if you
have other browser opened, then you can see that as well.
- If
you are a developer, then you can check the codes as well under Developer
tools.
- Wondering
where your bookmarks are? Go to OPTIONS-> Basic->Always show
bookmark
- You
can create shortcuts to the webpage/application.
Firefox:
- You
have the option to do Private browsing if you don't want to leave any
traces of your browsing sites and info. No history, no cookies.
- As usual cool add-on for your needs.
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