Web Browsers: Reviews

Updated November 2008
 

Best browser overall

 
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TechRadar.com: This review tests three beta versions of major web browsers - Firefox 3.1, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 - on both a new ...

PC World: This comparison review gives Firefox 3.1 a higher overall rating than Chrome - 93 vs. 88. Firefox earns praises for its ...

Softpedia.com: Firefox 3.1 earns a "Softpedia Pick" award and the highest possible rating at this download site, and the review provides a long ...

PCMag.com: Firefox 3 earns the "Editor's Choice" award here, based on detailed reviews of all the major browsers. Editors praise Firefox 3 ...

CNET: Editors give Firefox 3 an "excellent" rating and praise its improved speed and security, its low memory usage and many other ...

The Wall Street Journal: Personal technology columnist Mossberg considers Firefox 3 the best browser - finding it faster than Google Chrome and much ...

Gadgets Reviews: Four web browsers are run through objective tests for speed and memory usage. Firefox ranks second to Google Chrome for speed and ...

 

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Enhanced Firefox browser

 
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PCMag.com: This detailed review gives Flock 2 the same rating as Firefox 3 (on which Flock is based), with kudos for the extra features that ...

The Wall Street Journal: Personal technology columnist Mossberg calls Flock "productive and fun to use" after testing its social networking features with ...

Arstechnica.com: This enthusiastic review is especially useful because it includes several screen shots and covers Flock features in detail - ...

CNET (Australia): This brief review of Flock, attached to a comparison review of three better-known web browsers, praises Flock for its usability ...

Softpedia.com: Flock 2 gets high ratings from users, and an earlier and longer review of the first version praises Flock for its blogging and ...

 

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Fast browsing and search

 
Expert & User Review Sources:

TechRadar.com: This review tests three beta versions of new web browsers - Firefox 3.1, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 - on both a ...

The Wall Street Journal: Testing Google Chrome on a laptop running Windows XP, Mossberg finds that Chrome has trouble with some video sites and is slower ...

PC World: Chrome earns a lower rating than Firefox 3.1 here - 88 vs. 93 - and a separate comparison of Chrome with Internet Explorer 8 ...

Gadgets Reviews: Chrome wins objective tests of speed and memory usage here, compared with Opera, Firefox and Internet Explorer. Google Chrome ...

CNET: This review gives Chrome a rating of three ("good") on a five-point scale, but it praises Chrome's security features and the way ...

Softpedia.com: Google Chrome earns only a "good" rating for user interface, features, ease of use, and value - losing points for being ...

PCMag.com: This detailed review gives Chrome a lower rating than Firefox 3, Flock 2 and Opera 9.5 - partly because the author doesn't see ...

 

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Best for older computers

 
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TechRadar.com: This review tests Opera 9.5 in comparison with Google Chrome and Safari for Windows. Chrome is slightly faster and offers private ...

PCMag.com: PC Magazine recommends Opera 9.5, giving it the same rating as Firefox 3, and users actually rate it even higher. This full ...

CNET (Australia): Firefox gets top ranking here, but Opera 9.5 earns praise for its synchronization and history-searching features, which tests ...

Softpedia.com: Opera 9.6 (beta) earns a "Softpedia Pick" award at this download site. The review calls it "the most full-featured Internet power ...

Gadgets Reviews: Opera is tested for speed and memory usage in comparison with Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer, but the versions ...

ExtremeTech.com: This older article is still useful. It tests Safari for Windows and recommends Opera instead.

 

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Best IE revision

 
Expert & User Review Sources:

TechRadar.com: This review tests three beta versions of new web browsers - Firefox 3.1, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8 - on both a ...

PC World: This review covers the beta 2 version of Internet Explorer 8 and praises its security, privacy and search features. However, it's ...

Softpedia.com: The second beta version of IE8 earns a "Softpedia Pick" award, with praise for its privacy features. However, the average user ...

The Wall Street Journal: Mossberg says Firefox 3 is still the best browser. He finds Internet Explorer 8 (beta) to be much slower. IE8 has superb tabbed ...

PCMag.com: This detailed preview is partly outdated because it covers the beta 1 version, judging it to be too crash-prone and undeveloped - ...

CNET: This older review also covers the beta 1 version of IE8. Vamosi notes that IE8 scans each page for malware, a security ...

 

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