Which Web browser crashes the most?

[Brink]

Sauce Labs, an Internet software testing and development company, specializes in automated testing for mobile and Web applications by delivering a test environment that accommodates over 150 browsers, operating systems, and device platforms. In the course of all that testing they've gotten to know which ones break the most and which ones break the least. Now, for the second time, Sauce is revealing which browsers can stand the test of the Web and which ones buckle under the strain.

Read more at: Which Web browser crashes the most? | ZDNet

 

[boohbah]

I'm pleased to see Firefox winning, ive used it since i started computing and i still enjoy it as much if not more today

 

[rvbfan]

I'm pleased to see Firefox winning, ive used it since i started computing and i still enjoy it as much if not more today

I really don't have any browser crashes at all, except in android.
Useing Waterfox with 7 and firefoxbeta in android. Mostly use tapatalk with android though.

 

[bobafetthotmail]

Surprising.
I get around a crash per week on the firefox have my netebook running Linux Mint AND on the firefox I have on my main rig.

I guess it's the addon's fault then. Oh well, the price of power... :devil:

 

[andrew129260]

Yeah, anytime firefox crashes its almost always a firefox addon. Best way to tell is to run firefox safe mode for awhile.
No crashes? It's an addon.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode

Once you figure out its an addon, enable 1 addon one at a time for a few days until you crash. The last one you enabled is the problem.

 

[boohbah]

try making sure the addons are always up to date and use this add on , i have loads of extensions and no crashes for the last few years , the odd blip but nothing major or continuous

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/checkcompatibility/

 

[Gary]

I used to use Nightly Builds of Firefox and now I have switched to the Firefox 24 Beta 4 and I found that Firefox 23 Beta 1-10 crashed on me at least twice a day. 24 is doing better.

 

[ThrashZone]

Not surprised,
I never get any crashes,
But of course I use windows and internet explorer friendly utilities,
Java and Flash player have never self updated well and then you get into failing/ or outdated security suites,
Sure is easy to blame a browser for a crash.
Safe mode would point to a funky add-on in any browser if there was no crashing.

 

[margrave]

I mostly use FF, but I need IE for a few things. Neither crashes
But that Flash plugin! This has to be the buggiest software on the planet.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Firefox Safe Mode

Tutorial
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/210670-firefox-start-firefox-safe-mode.html

 

[PaulGo]

I principally use Firefox and with Firefox 23 I have not had any crashes, however with erlier versions of Firefox I experienced some crashes.

On a side note I tried the HTML 5 speedtest. Both Firefox and Chrome gave about the same results which were quite good, however both IE 10 and IE 11 (preview for Windows 7) could not handle the speedtest well and gave very poor results.
SpeedOf.Me, HTML5 Speed Test | Non Flash/Java Broadband Speed Test

 

[lehnerus2000]

Goodbye Firefox, Hello Pale Moon

I'm sick of Mozilla's obsession with adding "useless fluff" (instead of fixing the things that I think should be fixed).

I do realise that some people love "useless fluff", like social media integration, so I guess I'll have to say goodbye to FF.

I'm using Pale Moon 64 bit now.

Additional
That said FF crashes are rare.

There was a period between FF6 and FF16, where it crashed constantly on my XP install.
It would only happen at FF start up and after restarting, it would run correctly.
This didn't happen in my XP VMs though.

 

[Stephanie]

I use CyberFox no crashes yet

CyberFox

 

[DreadStarX]

I use IE10 at school. Nearly everyday I have crashes.

At home, I rock the latest version of FireFox. Anytime it crashes, its because of my computer being maxed out.

 

[Iforgot]

I would like to know how many of the web crashes would need a reboot ?

Do agree with the FF update realm, still on 14 (I think), why change unless it needs to really fix something or a need feature...

 

[bobafetthotmail]

well, as long as you have Adblock, Ghostery and Noscript updated it should not have a major impact.

If not, then you are running around with your virtual pants down if you don't update for a so long time. Not that Firefox 22 is fully safe, but everything helps.

 

[wds7]

Chrome ... rarelly see it crashes ... then again .. I only have 1 add-on " Adblock " .

 

[DreadStarX]

well, as long as you have Adblock, Ghostery and Noscript updated it should not have a major impact.

If not, then you are running around with your virtual pants down if you don't update for a so long time. Not that Firefox 22 is fully safe, but everything helps.

Got links for those specific add-ons? I'm going to update my network at home with those add ons soon as I find them!

 

[lehnerus2000]

Add-ons Manager

1. Start FF
2. Open the "Add-ons Manager" tab (Ctrl + Shift + A).
3. Enter the add-on name in the search box on the "Get Add-ons" tab.
4. Choose the add-on from the results
5. Install the add-on using the"Add to Firefox" button

 

[bobland]

FF crashes regularly. I only use Adblock and CookeMonster. Some sites doen't come up at all so for that reason I also use Opera, Chrome and Maxthon. I don't believe Chrome has ever crashed but I try to avoid Google products because of PRISM. Opera and Maxthon have their own unfortunate quirks which prevent me from using them "full time." I still prefer FF but it doesn't like my environment.

I don't mind using multiple browsers tho. This way I can do complex lookups and select the browser that works best with a particular site.

(Yes, I have a lot of time on my hands and butt)