Darren Sim's Blog

Speed Browser

The war of the browsers had been persisting for many years. First with the Netscape Era, and now the Internet Explorer Era.  Of course, not forgetting potential contenders such as Opera, Firefox and Safari!

I've been a big fan of Microsoft IE for quite some time now, and have noticed that as the number of addons and etc come into place, the application just begins to crawl. Which sometimes can be a really bad thing!

Apple's Safari Browser has been really good with the SPEED issue, with really fast rendering. Although still in its early stages (in my personal perception), it can certainly go far if it continues to provide users with such lightning speed.

But of course, there's also a fair amount of criticism with regards to this new kid on the block, particularly, with regards to security, such as the PWN 2 OWN Browser Exploit. However, if you are just using the browser for basic research and surfing which does not include credentials or private data, it could be a good alternative when speed is concerned.

But of course, I would still recommend the use of IE for bank transactions.

Following are some of the browsers with it's release history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers#Release_history)