Best/Fastest Web Browser?? : Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:12 am  

Just a quick one . Used to use Firefox and then Google Chrome was recommended to me, but chrome has become so slow these days ans now im looking at OPERA. Any good or are there better out there.
Cheers in advance.

Re: Best/Fastest Web Browser?? : Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:14 am  

I'm no computer geek but I'd guess that its not Chrome thats become slower but your computer and its background information processing when running Chrome.

Re: Best/Fastest Web Browser?? : Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:45 am  

Much depends on your OS and the state of your PC, especially how clogged your Registry has become. Easily the best thing you can do is do a clean reinstall of your OS, and then your PC will fly for a bit. Although of course you will need to reinstall every program which is why it's not a popular course. Chrome remains, across the board, the least bad browser but within the total votes, there are many people who get much better performance from other browsers - for whatever reason. I use Chrome and Firefox. I would say both have got much worse performance-wise as they have bloated the code, and some upgrades have been truly shocking. Have a look here for a comparison of user ratings. Of course - which users, and what do/did they know is another good question but still. The advertising blurb claims that SlimBrowser is the fastest for Windows 7 and XP but I haven't tried it. And it isn't the only new browser to make such claims, they regularly crop up eg SecretBrowser. With Chrome, you might try something I do if my Chrome slows down or freezes, run Task manager and close down that Chrome process (there will be several) which seems to be hogging the CPU the most. Sometimes this will close your browser down but sometimes it will clear the blockage and you can get on at normal speed.

Much depends on your OS and the state of your PC, especially how clogged your Registry has become. Easily the best thing you can do is do a clean reinstall of your OS, and then your PC will fly for a bit. Although of course you will need to reinstall every program which is why it's not a popular course. Chrome remains, across the board, the least bad browser but within the total votes, there are many people who get much better performance from other browsers - for whatever reason. I use Chrome and Firefox. I would say both have got much worse performance-wise as they have bloated the code, and some upgrades have been truly shocking. Have a look here for a comparison of user ratings. Of course - which users, and what do/did they know is another good question but still. The advertising blurb claims that SlimBrowser is the fastest for Windows 7 and XP but I haven't tried it. And it isn't the only new browser to make such claims, they regularly crop up eg SecretBrowser. With Chrome, you might try something I do if my Chrome slows down or freezes, run Task manager and close down that Chrome process (there will be several) which seems to be hogging the CPU the most. Sometimes this will close your browser down but sometimes it will clear the blockage and you can get on at normal speed.

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Re: Best/Fastest Web Browser?? : Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:56 am  

CORNISH wrote:

Just a quick one . Used to use Firefox and then Google Chrome was recommended to me, but chrome has become so slow these days ans now im looking at OPERA. Any good or are there better out there.
Cheers in advance.

I used to use Opera years ago but have not done for ages. It had lots of features and could be complicated and also wasn't as compatible with some web sites as other browsers though I would hope that has changed by now.

I stick to Firefox and Chrome these days but neither seem as good as they were speed-wise. I quite often see the Adobe Flash player plug-in crash on Firefox and the browser grinds to a halt while it dies. This tends to be on one particular machine IIRC so maybe there is some conflict I can't spot somewhere. I prefer the simple user interface of Chrome and the automatic translation can be handy. Can't stand IE but still have to use it occasionally given certain sites I need to access use Microsoft proprietary features.

Re: Best/Fastest Web Browser?? : Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:37 pm  

CORNISH wrote:

Just a quick one . Used to use Firefox and then Google Chrome was recommended to me, but chrome has become so slow these days ans now im looking at OPERA. Any good or are there better out there.
Cheers in advance.

I know it's not 'trendy' but I use IE. I also use Safari but less regularly - more as a test browser. I've found Firefox to be troublesome and not a fan of Google Chrome.

With IE, most of the problems people have is add-ons and toolbars that need to be uninstalled and disabled.

Check you haven't inadvertently installed anything power hungry. Also check with your ISP that they're aren't undertaking any maintenance in your area. We had a BT man in the exchange outside our office for about a week and it slowed our internet down to a crawl to the point where pages were failing to load.

Re: Best/Fastest Web Browser?? : Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:07 pm  

Not strictly about web browsers but since FA brought up re-installing the OS, would people recommend doing this if the PC is running slowly/slower? And is it a relatively straight forward process? I'm not a complete dullard when it comes to computers but neither am I anywhere close to an expert!

Re: Best/Fastest Web Browser?? : Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:18 pm  

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Re: Best/Fastest Web Browser?? : Sat Nov 16, 2013 7:34 pm  

thanks all .no way could i do anything FA suggests as im totally useless with comps.
i ll just plod on and continue using chrome.

Mods can lock this if they want.
Cheers

Re: Best/Fastest Web Browser?? : Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:12 pm  

IE on touch devices is absolutely brilliant.

On none touch devices all the browsers are pretty terrible. Firefox is okay, but still has too many compatibility issues and crashes an awful lot. Chrome isn't the nice, amazingly fast browser they show on the adverts either. Obviously a lot depends on how fast your PC and internet connection are.

Re: Best/Fastest Web Browser?? : Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:35 am  

I use Chrome, still find it the best

Best thing to do is clear you Cache out every so often, can do it through the Tools/Options etc or i use CCCleaner (download it off Filehippo or similar)