Sunday, 22 June 2008

Flock, Safari, Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer

I have been having a look at various web browsers the main ones being listed above.

  • I reckon Flock (which is new) will be a big hit in the youth market as it better enables communication between people, easy drag and drop feature and clever blogging capabilities. It generally has lots of add ons built in.
  • Firefox has to be the best all rounder and beats Internet Explorer which seems slightly slower and more tired looking. However the slowness may be a result of now having the best security (so the experts say). Firefox has loads of add ons that you can go and get and thereby end up with your own personalised web browser.
  • Safari looks brilliant, it is Apple stuff and similar in look to the i-pod software. It also has some nifty features but does seem to be a little slow on page opening.
  • Opera is quick very quick. Very simple and so fewer obvious accessories. It is also supposed to have the worst security but how we know that I don't know.
  • Internet Explorer. Well we all know it and in recent years it has got better. I think the main reason for its improvement being the above opposition beginning to challenge its dominance.
  • Finally I have omitted netscape as the latest version of it will be the last and they have advised all their loyal fans to go to firefox as its supposed to be the closest to their operating style. That is true but has the added benefit of not being Microsoft owned.
So having wasted an hour I shall stick to firefox but keep messing around with Safari and maybe Flock (which will be good once I have set it up and integrated email, facebook etc etc).

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