Where is the perfect browser?

[HairyScot]

Why is it that no single browser satisfies all needs.

At the moment I run:-
Google Chrome: because it does seem to be the most efficient, but it doesn't handle RSS feeds very well (Foxish works OK, but I also run X-marks and there is a clash which causes Foxish settings to be changed).

Firefox: Mainly because I have lots of RSS feeds, but it is resource intensive.

IE9: Because I enjoy playing some games on the MSN Zone and have found that tools like Chrome's IE Tab don't cover everything.

Where is the perfect browser?

 

[mickey megabyte]

what's the problem with rss feeds and chrome?

have you tried the feedly extension?

i don't use it myself any more, as i now use the espresso reader desktop client (for google reader) instead for all my feed needs.

 

[Corazon]

Firefox? Resource-intensive? I'll never understand that one...so what if it uses 100MB or 200MB of RAM during a session...that's not much at all

 

[writhziden]

I don't know if this still holds, but six months ago, Google Chrome was the least secure of the three. I still use it because for some reason, IE9 runs really slow on my computer (and I've tried optimizing it as suggested in these forums). Plus I have a lot of confidence in my antivirus software to catch malware Chrome doesn't. The only thing that made IE9 run fairly fast was setting my whole computer to Best Performance instead of what's best for my computer.

Anyway, I couple IE9 with Chrome myself because there are just some sites that don't properly support Chrome.

 

[HairyScot]

what's the problem with rss feeds and chrome?

have you tried the feedly extension?

i don't use it myself any more, as i now use the espresso reader desktop client (for google reader) instead for all my feed needs.

There are pages on that subject in the Chrome Help and Discussion sites.

IMHO Google Reader doesn't quite measure up to the way Firefox, and indeed IE, handles RSS news feeds.
As I said, Foxish comes closest, but there is a conflict with Xmarks (which I use to sync with my Android phone).
I will take a look at Feedly and espresso reader client.
Thanks

 

[HairyScot]

Firefox? Resource-intensive? I'll never understand that one...so what if it uses 100MB or 200MB of RAM during a session...that's not much at all

Just what I and a few others have observed.
Having said that, I still prefer Firefox to the others, but use Chrome mainly because of the ease with which I can sync with my Android phone.

 

[fseal]

yeah sadly, the browser market looks like it's going to fragment even furter with googles help now. Their own languages and direct support in Chrome for their own OSes and net apps

We're heading evn more towards needing a specific version of a browser depending on what we want to do on the net, not the other way around.

 

[writhziden]

yeah sadly, the browser market looks like it's going to fragment even furter with googles help now. Their own languages and direct support in Chrome for their own OSes and net apps

We're heading evn more towards needing a specific version of a browser depending on what we want to do on the net, not the other way around.

I wonder if it is against the law for certain browsers to have a monopoly on any one site since it is against the law to have monopolies in general... Of course, they aren't making money off it, so probably not. I do find this trend disturbing, though.

 

[Corazon]

That's probably not so much a matter of browser compatibility as it is of poorly-designed websites which don't adhere 100% to existing web standards.
But then, these same standards are constantly evolving; now we have HTML5 and built-in support for audio/video without the need for a Flash plugin, and there's just tons of software out there to both build webpages and browse them. Not all of it follows every standard "to the T", some tend to take some liberties or only implement partial support for a specific feature subset.

 

[HairyScot]

what's the problem with rss feeds and chrome?

have you tried the feedly extension?

i don't use it myself any more, as i now use the espresso reader desktop client (for google reader) instead for all my feed needs.

Mickey,
Thanks for the info on Espresso.
Just installed and set it up.
Very impressive.
Best of all, no need for browser to view headlines.


Have added to your rep.

 

[roncerr]

...Where is the perfect browser?

IE8. It came with Windows 7 and can be restored by uninstalling IE9.

 

[mickey megabyte]

please note that espresso reader isn't stand-alone, it's simply a desktop client for google reader. so you need a google account, and feeds already set up. it's just prettier than the standard g-reader web interface.

 

[HairyScot]

please note that espresso reader isn't stand-alone, it's simply a desktop client for google reader. so you need a google account, and feeds already set up. it's just prettier than the standard g-reader web interface.

Imported my RSS feeds from Firefox to Google Reader and everything looks good.
The documentation for Espresso seems rather sparse.
Is it possible to set it up to view articles without going to browser?

 

[mickey megabyte]

not as far as i know. personally i just use it to skim through the headlines until i find something interesting.

 

[Faceofjoe421]

I currently use Opera Web Browser and have no problems with it, it might be worth trying out.

 

[noobvious]

Why is it that no single browser satisfies all needs.

At the moment I run:-
Google Chrome: because it does seem to be the most efficient, but it doesn't handle RSS feeds very well (Foxish works OK, but I also run X-marks and there is a clash which causes Foxish settings to be changed).

Firefox: Mainly because I have lots of RSS feeds, but it is resource intensive.

IE9: Because I enjoy playing some games on the MSN Zone and have found that tools like Chrome's IE Tab don't cover everything.

Where is the perfect browser?

Firefox does everything I need. And with 4GB of RAM, I could care less about how resource-intensive it may be.

 

[koolkat77]

both use too much memory even then - mozilla @ work , chrome @ home.

 

[stve]

Why is it that no single browser satisfies all needs.

Because people are individuals & have different needs & preferences.

 

[MarkC0]

There's no perfect browser but there is understanding two important points:
1) Highly open source non-profit initiatives, such as Firefox, primarily serve the end user and the consensus of the majority.
2) Somewhat open source for-profit initiatives, such as Google, primarily serve investors and the bottom line.

Now consider two more things:
1) The fact that as of right now no browser out of the main 4 is really all that much better (or different) than the rest, especially FF vs Chrome.
2) How many more people will be using the internet in 10 years and how many more people will be informed enough about computers to contribute to open ended projects such as Firefox.

Whether or not Chrome is better than Firefox on a version by version basis is up for debate. Most can agree though that when laying out the 15-20 or so basic tasks that the vast, vast majority people do on the internet, both browsers function roughly as effectively.

At this point I find it is in the best interest of the consumer to support Firefox over Chrome, even if it's not specifically for your tastes in a way or two, simply because in 10 years you will benefit from Firefox (or any other not for profit open source community) having the lions share of browser usage over a company like Google that has proven to be for-profit and for-hypocrisy.