Huge browser guide!

Web browser war is in full swing and now it is trickier than ever to know which browser is best for you. I put togheter a quick guide to the top five browsers.

Choosing browser is a highly individual choice, especially when all the major browsers can do the most and read web pages about as fast. Sure, some browsers faster than others, but when it is seconds and sometimes milliseconds.

Some have support for plugins and other not. The confusion is quickly great if you are not technically literate. Here, we will review the five major web browsers and the most common functions.
All browsers that we go through here is free, and you're unsure which to choose, it's just to test you up on your own.

Firefox 3.07



Firefox is the star as quickly keyed in on the Internet Explorer's leading position in the last year. The main reason for Firefox's success is that it offers more flexibility than, for example Internet Explorer.

When Firefox has support for so-called plug-ins can easily extend the functionality of the browser. There is now a plethora of plugins for Firefox which lets you customize the browser with all sorts of functions and features.

Firefox has a nice interface and easy to use. It is also one of the browsers that have hitherto been best to follow the so-called html-standard on the Internet, which quickly made it popular among those who develop web sites on the Internet.

Comments: Firefox is professionals favorite, but is nevertheless not at all complicated to use. On the contrary, it is very user-friendly mixed with an attractive interface. A safe choice.

Download here: www.firefox.com
Plugins: Yes
Private browsing: No
Support for HTML 5: No
Tabs: Yes
Protection against phishing: Yes
Windows / Mac / Linux: Yes / yes / yes

Rating: (9 of 10)

Google Chrome 1.0



Google Chrome is the newcomer who created headlines when it was released late last year. What especially characterizes Google Chrome is minimalist user interface, which can feel a little odd if you are familiar with Internet Explorer or Firefox.

In its current version, Google has no support for plugins which makes it quite limited from the right from the beginning to have very few features. Google, however, pledged support for plugins in a future version.

Comments: Mini Mali Stone. For those of you who want a browser to a minimum of buttons and menus.

Download here: www.google.com / chrome
Plugins: No
Private browsing: Yes
Support for HTML 5: Restricted
Tabs: Yes
Protection against phishing: Yes
Windows / Mac / Linux: Yes / No / No

Rating: (7 of 10)

Internet Explorer 8



The breaking-Internet Explorer 8 has a lot to prove. Internet Explorer 7 has lost ground to its competitors ghent with breakneck speed in the last year and Microsoft have more or less success with IE8 in order not to lose further.

On the surface, it is no major differences between IE8 and IE7 predecessor. The biggest changes have occurred in the Microsoft shell. IE8 is Microsoft as faster and more compliant in their own way to interpret the code that constitutes websites.

Support for plugins missing, but an exciting new feature of IE8 is called "accelerator". It works so if you encounter such as an English word that you do not understand, you only need to select it and use the Glossary understood accelerator. You'll see at once what the word means.

Comments:Fits the everyday user. For those of you who do not bother you so much about special features in the form of plugins, but focuses on easy use.

Download here: www.microsoft.com/ie8
Plugins: No
Private Browsing: Yes
Support for HTML 5: Restricted
Tabs: Yes
Protection against phishing: Yes
Windows / Mac / Linux: Yes / No / No

Rating: (8 of 10)

Opera 9.64



Opera is a bit like a joker in comparison with the other browsers. It has a nice interface and support for plugins (which here are called widgets). There is simply no errors, but no unique advantages with Opera.

Opera has a nice feature that allows you to save the nine most common sites you visit on a single page. You'll get the small previews of each site and can quickly choose what you want to visit.

But if you're looking for a user-friendly browser extension features to Firefox fits better when it has far more plugins to choose from.

Comments: Outsider. Opera has a nice appearance but offers nothing that does not already exist, and are better, such as Firefox.

Download here: www.opera.com
Plugins: Yes
Private browsing: No
Support for HTML 5: Yes
Tabs: Yes
Protection against phishing: Yes
Windows / Mac / Linux: Yes / Yes / Yes

Rating: (5 of 10)

Safari 3.2.2



Safari on Mac is a really good and fast browser. However, we can not say the same about the Windows version. Although the speed of loading pages, but Apple has chosen to use the same interface in the Windows version that for Macversionen.

The interface on the Mac is very good, but it belongs on a Mac. For the staunchest Windows user, it can be confusing to use a program that does not follow the guidelines for the design of Windows. But it is so clearly a matter of taste.

In our speed tests show Safari to be very quick to load websites. We are waiting with bated breath for Safari 4.0, which still exist only in a beta version.

Comments: Best for Mac enthusiasts. Safari a clean and simple browser that is fast and supports most features required.

Download here: www.apple.se / safari
Plugins: Yes
Private browsing: Yes
Support for HTML 5: Restricted
Tabs: Yes
Protection against phishing: Yes
Windows / Mac / Linux: Yes / Yes / No

Rating: (6 of 10)

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/Alexander Engzell