Web browser, is Chrome still the best?

[Mamut]

Years ago when I bought my first computer I moved from Internet Explorer to Firefoks. IE was always considered as unsafe, slow and bad program and Firefoks was very popular and better. After few years I moved to Chrome because Firefoks was getting slower and worse with each update. And I was very happy with it.

But now I feel like its the same story as with Firefoks, with every update its getting worse. If I open few bookmarks Chrome will use alot of memory. Some sites do not open corretcly and I have to refresh few times to make it work (for example Warcraftlogs, sometimes I cant use those small arrows to open menu with classes, difficulties, bosses etc). Sometimes I have problem with videos on some sites, they do not load, I just see loading circle on the center and nothing happen. Some sites opened for me as blank white or black window.

And every time when I try to open it with Edge (old IE) they work perfectly fine. And sites that work on chrome somehow "feels" faster on edge and now Im even thinking about moving to this browser. The one thing that hold me back are saved paswords, I have too many of them and on some sites I dont even remember which one I used (especially if the account was made years ago).

So does Mircosoft really managed to finally make good browser or Im just biased and "angry" at Chrome now?

[Deleted]

Doesn't really matter what is considered "best". Use whatever works best FOR YOU. But while at that do yourself and world favour and start saving passwords in password manager instead of browser - it will be safer and portable. I myself am using Enpass but I know a lot of folks who use opensource KeePass.

Now back to browsers - I use chrome because I like it most, and it has all the features and addons I need and want. On linux however I do have chrome but my primary browser is Firefox - seem to work better than chrome there. I am not and will not use MS browsers because I don't trust them to keep the browser safe, standard compliant and doubt it will have all the addons I want.

[jaber2]

The answer is yes

[HardlyWaken]

Years ago when I bought my first computer I moved from Internet Explorer to Firefoks. IE was always considered as unsafe, slow and bad program and Firefoks was very popular and better. After few years I moved to Chrome because Firefoks was getting slower and worse with each update. And I was very happy with it.

But now I feel like its the same story as with Firefoks, with every update its getting worse. If I open few bookmarks Chrome will use alot of memory. Some sites do not open corretcly and I have to refresh few times to make it work (for example Warcraftlogs, sometimes I cant use those small arrows to open menu with classes, difficulties, bosses etc). Sometimes I have problem with videos on some sites, they do not load, I just see loading circle on the center and nothing happen. Some sites opened for me as blank white or black window.

And every time when I try to open it with Edge (old IE) they work perfectly fine. And sites that work on chrome somehow "feels" faster on edge and now Im even thinking about moving to this browser. The one thing that hold me back are saved paswords, I have too many of them and on some sites I dont even remember which one I used (especially if the account was made years ago).

So does Mircosoft really managed to finally make good browser or Im just biased and "angry" at Chrome now?

Do you clear your history, cache and cookies often, if ever? Using a lot of resources to load pages sounds like your browser has to sort through a lot of junk, and cached files can create loading issues if websites are ever updated and old resources are being referenced. If you're experiencing a 'continual deterioration' effect among various browsers you use and less issues when swapping to a 'fresh' browser you use less (has less data stored), that very well could be your issue. In fact, most browsers do okay as long as you keep them clean and use them properly, though of them, I still prefer Google Chrome. If a freshly updated site stops working in Firefox/Chrome, it's usually safe to try Edge/IE because it's considered an industry standard to work there, but other bugs usually (varying by company) get fixed soon after because of the popularity of the other primary browsers (Safari, Chrome and Firefox).

[grexly75]

Well look at it this way I use Firefox and while slow in part it only has one instance of itself open in the app section of task manager.. On the other hand opening chrome you have one instance in the app section and fifteen instances of it in background processes.. So it seems that chrome is more a resource hog than Firefox, but Firefox is not without its problems..

The only reason I have Chrome is that Google decided to integrate all of its apps into it which can be a real pain when you only want to use one app such as Hangouts..

[Tehterokkar]

Chrome does not use a lot of memory for no reason. It uses it to store your tabs for quick access into the memory.

The memory usage is an illusion.

You have unused memory, so Chrome uses it, that's what it's there for. If you open memory heavy programs(video/photo editing software, or some games) and run into an issue where you are lacking memory, Chrome frees up memory automatically. It does not hoard it, it just uses it unless the user needs it for something else.

As for your actual issues, something is most likely corrupt with your Chrome install, I would advise to uninstall all components and reinstalling.

[Deleted]

I really prefer firefox over chrome. Mostly because it offers more powerful addons and is less restricted when it comes to blocking advertisements.

[metzger84]

Browsers with a bad rep in the past follow the W3C specs for rendering pages closer than ever before, so there's not much difference between them and other browsers in that regard. I still use Chrome as my main browser, because it has the best dev tools for debugging web apps. As a user, I would choose whatever works best for you.

[Vash The Stampede]

I really prefer firefox over chrome. Mostly because it offers more powerful addons and is less restricted when it comes to blocking advertisements.

Yep same here. Also I hear Chrome is going to have it's own ad block, which probably means it blocks everyone else's ads, but Google's.

[Docturphil]

I still use Chrome as my main browser, because it has the best dev tools for debugging web apps.

I prefer Chrome as well, but what dev features does it have which Firefox does not?

[Sorshen]

Still using Opera.

[Leyre]

I use firefox because contrary to chrome it has never given me problems with porn pages

[yurano]

Youtube and Google Maps are faster on Chrome

Fine text renders much better on Firefox.

[Radio]

Personally:

Firefox: General web browsing
Chrome: Web Dev debugging, google earth/page translate, atlassian tools

They both have their strengths/weaknesses and you should just go by preference.

[Spiral Mage]

I really prefer firefox over chrome. Mostly because it offers more powerful addons and is less restricted when it comes to blocking advertisements.

More or less what I was going to say.

[Twoddle]

Switched to Chrome about a year ago because for me it's more stable and it displays streams and videos better.

I much prefer the UI of Firefox though and the fonts are crisper but you can't have it all ways. I hate anti-aliased fonts at any resolution, I prefer the crispness.

[metzger84]

I prefer Chrome as well, but what dev features does it have which Firefox does not?

I'm not sure, I haven't used Firefox for debugging in years. It used to be slow AF. I was mainly comparing to Safari

[Deleted]

The one thing that hold me back are saved paswords, I have too many of them and on some sites I dont even remember which one I used (especially if the account was made years ago).

There's a import from Chrome button in Edge, which should import bookmarks and passwords. If that doesn't work you can try exporting the passwords first (http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-ba...hrome-browser/) and then importing the file. Although I do recommend getting a proper password manager, e.g. KeePass.

While Edge surely works for most stuff it is not customizable enough for my taste with limited extensions and lacking privacy controls.

I mainly use Opera.
It is based on the Chrome engine, comes with integrated ad blocker and allows finer grained control. The default extension selection is somewhat limited however there is an extension which enables installations from the chrome web store.
It also has some other nifty features like video pop-out, VPN, sidebar and gestures.

There's also Vivaldi made by former Opera developers using the Chrome engine - also highly customizable with some fresh ideas.

[Holofernes]

opera is the most comfortable browser for me. its fast, reliable, and does nearly everything i want, and has a handfulof very nice useful tools, that other browsers lack.

[Biernot]

Still using Opera.

The old 12.x or the newer with chrome engine? If you really liked the old 12.x Opera, i would recommend Vivaldi (Developed by some of the old opera team). It also uses the chrome engine, but has a similar user interface and features like the old Opera.