What is the fastest Internet Browser?

[lg342]

What internet browser is fastest? I've heard chrome or safari? Is that correct?

[Azzaboi]

Lynx browser and Link2 are some of the fastest Internet Browsers available, but then again they are mostly text based.

I believe the fastest graphic web-browser is actually named 'Fastest Web Browser', created as a project for web performance, but I've never tried it myself.

Out of the most popular browsers - Internet Explorer, FireFox, Opera, Maxthon, Netscape, Google Chrome and Safari, which is fastest web browser? Opera or Chrome

The latest Opera browser beats Safari in performance.
Chrome uses parellel pipe loading which makes it seem fast.

IE gets loaded down by plugins, java, etc, and is labeled one of the slowest.

Firefox get loaded down by Java, unload the plugin and your notice a performance increase.

You probably won’t notice the difference hugely.

Chrome had major security holes at the time it boosted it was the fastest.

You shouldn't really be just asking "Which one's fastest?", though it's good to look into. Rather, you should ask "Which one do I like most?", “Which has the features I actually need?”, and most importantly "Which one is safest?".

[4YO5]

Safari to me.

[TristanPerry]

Azzaboi covers it well

For me, Chrome has probably been the quickest. Although I still opt for Firefox since it's pretty quick for me and I like the add-ons available for it.

But yeah, in terms of pure speed, Chrome is probably just about the quickest (at least for me). I know Safari has a good rep for speed but for me it's always been a bit slow and laggy which is odd.

[silverpersian]

is it Internet explorer 9?

[reddevilggg]

is it Internet explorer 9?

Is that your answer or another question??

[silverpersian]

its my answer but i did not want to seem stupid if it was not correct so i try ed to disguise it with a question

[BC_Programmer]

Browser speed has never been my main concern. I don't think anybody is going to be on their death bed asking "I wish I had used chrome as my main browser instead of firefox". I mean, seriously, the "speed" differences are so negligible to not even bother with. "OMG Chrome gets to pages .0001 seconds faster, I am so using it shift plus eleventy"! is just such a silly argument/reasoning.

But yeah, in terms of pure speed, Chrome is probably just about the quickest (at least for me). I know Safari has a good rep for speed but for me it's always been a bit slow and laggy which is odd.

In terms of pure speed, Lynx is the fastest browser.

What makes the whole debate/argument/question ridiculous is that the speed of browsing depends entirely on the speed of your internet connection, and no browsers "downloading" of files is faster then another because of some supposed super-technique, they all connect using nearly the exact same methods. In which case the question is one of "which browser renders pages faster" Which is a flawed question at best because it doesn't even address the question of correctness. By definition, Lynx is indeed a web browser, but most people would find the lack of kitty cat images and fun javascript effects intimidating.

It's like asking "what is the fastest text editor" It blazes right by the entire purpose of a text editor, which is to provide editing features for text, not to mention bugs/problems. The "fastest text editor" could be a buggy piece of crap, littered with comments like "even though they chose the Delete to EOL line, we delete the entire line they are on, so we don't have to calculate as much" and other nonsense.

Azzaboi pretty much sums that point up in his last paragraph/sentence.

[rthompson80819]

In all the recent browser speed tests I've seen, all the browser speeds are pretty much equal now.  I think the only reason this question has come up so frequently is that with IE6 & 7 compared to many other browseers, they were substantially slower.  When you look how the speeds have increased from IE6 comparted to IE7 & and then IE8 you can see that MS has worked on making their browser as fast as the rest.

[patio]

Well it's only the end of September and i have 81 million nanoseconds saved up so far...

Think i'll switch browsers again...so i can play more Golf.

[truenorth]

My contribution to this thread is that if "increased speed" of ANY browser is important to you you need to find a hobby and learn to slow down. It should be more of "which browser do i like the best"  (sometime can be translated to --which do i feel most comfortable with). This is usually based on assessments of a personal nature that have little if anything to do with speed. I am NOT advocating/promoting it's use but of the ones i have used Opera is my current favorite.truenorth

[rthompson80819]

Well it's only the end of September and i have 81 million nanoseconds saved up so far...

Think i'll switch browsers again...so i can play more Golf.

You must be into speed golf.  It's a combination of golf and jogging.  80 strokes plus 60 minutes to finish 18 holes equals a score of 140.

[CBMatt]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Bologna.  It is obviously the fastest browser known to man.

[reddevilggg]

What about Mario.................oh no......thats bowser!! 

[2x3i5x]

What about Mario.................oh no......thats bowser!! 

which browser is worthy of the power of bowser???