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heatherleahy · 15 Feb 2010 at 18:11

Anyone know which one is the fastest and most secure?

Burnsy2023 · 15 Feb 2010 at 18:12

Fastest in my experience is Chrome, most secure is probably IE8 on Vista or Windows 7 using protected mode.

asim18 · 15 Feb 2010 at 18:30

The best all rounder for speed, security and customisability is probably Firefox.

Burnsy2023 · 15 Feb 2010 at 18:33

asim18 said:
The best all rounder for speed, security and customisability is probably Firefox.

I wouldn't say FF is particularly fast at all. The only thing is has that is above all the rest is it's extensions.

GingerNinja1989 · 15 Feb 2010 at 18:37

Chrome is nice, but it has a habit of dying on me, so I stuck with the ol' faithful Firefox.

Sho · 15 Feb 2010 at 19:11

Yup FireFox. Been using it since day1 never has let me down.
IE is just pure GAY.

Macro · 15 Feb 2010 at 19:28

Sho said:
IE is just pure GAY.

Do your parents know you're posting on a forum?

Macro · 15 Feb 2010 at 19:29

Burnsy2023 said:
Fastest in my experience is Chrome, most secure is probably IE8 on Vista or Windows 7 using protected mode.

I'd go along with Burnsy although I have been dabbling with the new Opera Beta and have found it surprisingly good.

paradigm · 15 Feb 2010 at 19:37

I'd agree that IE8 is easily the most secure, but I'm an Opera user through and through.

I'm leaving the 10.5 pre ALPHA (no, its not a beta, get that thought out of your head) well alone though, too many problems that I've run into.

Draeger · 15 Feb 2010 at 19:42

I previously used Opera but jumped over to Safari a few weeks ago. Loving it to bits.

Burnsy2023 · 15 Feb 2010 at 19:42

I'll also add that you asked what was the fastest and most secure. That doesn't necessarily equal the best all round browser.

dante6491 · 17 Feb 2010 at 23:25

paradigm said:
I'd agree that IE8 is easily the most secure, but I'm an Opera user through and through.

I'm leaving the 10.5 pre ALPHA (no, its not a beta, get that thought out of your head) well alone though, too many problems that I've run into.

Actually it is beta. says so on the website:

http://www.opera.com/developer/

I have been using it alongside Firefox. They both have their plus and minuses. Opera is a bit nippier going around day to day browsing though. It does have a few problems though, it doesn't render some web pages properly, specifically BBC home page where by rolling over the bottom headline on their widgets broke them. Also I seriously miss adblock plus, which for me makes firefox the premier browser.

SiriusB · 17 Feb 2010 at 23:27

Opera does the things it can do very well. Unfortuantely too many websites I visit a lot don't support it. I hate using two different browsers so I went back to Firefox.

I have used Chrome on and off but I don't find it particularly special.

MarcLister · 17 Feb 2010 at 23:34

paradigm said:
I'm leaving the 10.5 pre ALPHA (no, its not a beta, get that thought out of your head) well alone though, too many problems that I've run into.

It is a beta though.

dante6491 said:
I have been using it alongside Firefox. They both have their plus and minuses. Opera is a bit nippier going around day to day browsing though. It does have a few problems though, it doesn't render some web pages properly, specifically BBC home page where by rolling over the bottom headline on their widgets broke them. Also I seriously miss adblock plus, which for me makes firefox the premier browser.

I use Opera as my main browser but I do agree that Firefox has the edge in more websites work with it and better ad-blocking. I can see why IE8 would be secure considering how closely tied into W7 it must be.

SiriusB said:
Opera does the things it can do very well. Unfortuantely too many websites I visit a lot don't support it. I hate using two different browsers so I went back to Firefox.

I have used Chrome on and off but I don't find it particularly special.

We agree on Chrome but differ on FF and Opera. I try to see what FF can do for me but I always end up back with Opera. Considering Google are behind Chrome and Google are known for their love of advertising I'm sure there are "features" in Chrome that might not be entirely secure.

Whilst IE8 might be the most secure because it has a close tie in with W7 surely it can be argued that FF and Opera could be more secure over a longer period of time as they have a lower market share so aren't targeted as much as IE8 is and also can release patches more often.

Amp34 · 18 Feb 2010 at 00:23

I always find FF dog slow and hate using it (only use it to see how a page displays when coding or when the website is coded by an idiot that insists on not coding for IE...).

Ratbag · 18 Feb 2010 at 07:03

Considering Google are behind Chrome and Google are known for their love of advertising I'm sure there are "features" in Chrome that might not be entirely secure.

You're right there. Which is why I always feel compelled to shout about Iron at times like these. It's based on the free sourcecode "Chromium" - without the problems of privacy or security.

eXor · 18 Feb 2010 at 07:42

I use 'protected mode' Firefox. IE is probably most secure 'out of the box', though.

Amp34 said:
I always find FF dog slow and hate using it (only use it to see how a page displays when coding or when the website is coded by an idiot that insists on not coding for as many browsers as possible...

Fixed.

lcg · 18 Feb 2010 at 08:33

I use Firefox as my primary browser, but I would says Chrome is just as secure and is the fastest.

MarcLister · 18 Feb 2010 at 12:28

Ratbag said:
You're right there. Which is why I always feel compelled to shout about Iron at times like these. It's based on the free sourcecode "Chromium" - without the problems of privacy or security.

I keep forgetting about Iron. I might give that a try. How far behind each Chrome build is Iron? Is it updated fairly regularly?

CrazyMonk · 18 Feb 2010 at 12:53

I would have to say Chrome.

However I do prefer FireFox but thats only because of the add-ons.