9 Browsers Compared For Speed and Features 363
notthatwillsmith writes "Counting public betas and release candidates, there are a whopping nine different web browsers out today with enough market share to be considered mainstream. Maximum PC explains the differences between the browsers, future and present, so that you can make a more informed decision about the primary tool you use to browse the web. From the rendering engines used to the features that set the different browsers apart, this is a comprehensive, blow-by-blow battle between Safari 3, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3, Opera 9.6, Google Chrome, Firefox 3.1, IE 8, Safari 4, and Opera 10."
9 Browsers compared (Score:5, Funny)
And their conclusion is...
There is no conclusion?
FTA: "In our testing, the answer is no. However, we did notice a difference among browsers, just not as pronounced as the benchmarks indicate. Safari 4 and, to our surprise, Internet Explorer 8 felt the snappiest, though neither version of Firefox ever felt slow by comparison."
They need to get someone with a backbone to say one is definitely better than the other, so that I can tell them that they are wrong.
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IE7 Rules! (Score:2, Funny)
Um, anyone know where the Linux version of IE7 is?
Re:Lynx? (Score:1, Funny)
pussy. real men use wget.
Re:9 Browsers compared (Score:5, Funny)
Can't we just be all wrong and get along?
No. How can we be all wrong and get along now that you made that statement? Sure, we could get along, but that would make you right.
Re:hmm (Score:5, Funny)
PS. Mods, if you are tempted to downmod this post as redundant because there is a similar post above mine in your listing, please check times of posting first.
How did you know there was a similar post?
I'm terribly confused...
Oh, I see...
You must be running firefox with the "oracle" plugin (affectionately known as the pre-post-preview) enabled?
Or are you simply posting from the future?
Re:Lynx? (Score:5, Funny)
Pussy. Real men telnet to port 80.
Re:How could they miss Seamonkey? (Score:5, Funny)
This post is tl...
Sorry, that's about as far as I got before falling asleep.
Re:Lynx? (Score:5, Funny)
Pussy. Real men use emacs to email a URL to a daemon which emails back the web page, etc...
Sheesh (Score:5, Funny)
Safari 3, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3, Opera 9.6, Google Chrome, Firefox 3.1, IE 8, Safari 4, and Opera 10."
Man, it's almost as bad as the gaming industry. Nothing but sequels.
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Re:Lynx? (Score:5, Funny)
Real men write emacs to email a URL to a daemon which emails back the web page, etc...
There, corrected that for you.
Re:9 Browsers compared (Score:3, Funny)
The Reverse Rodney King Paradox?
Chewbacca defense?
Re:Origin of Webkit... (Score:1, Funny)
Slashdot men need to get laid. I've lost count of how many times I've read the word "porn" on this site in the last few hours.
There, fixed that for you
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Re:Lynx? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Why don't we have 100% conformity to standards? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Lynx? (Score:3, Funny)
Fuck you all. Real men use teams of butterflies [xkcd.com] .