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Which is best? Chrome or Firefox Mozilla

Aug 16, 2012 8:27PM PDT

I want to know your reviews about both Browser. Mozilla & Chrome.

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Re: browsers
Aug 16, 2012 8:35PM PDT

First: Mozilla isn't a browser. Mozilla is a company that makes a browser, called Firefox. Chrome is a browser; it's made by a company called Google.

Both programs are reviewed by our download.com staff. You'll find a "read review" link on http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?tag=pfindersrch&searchtype=downloads&query=browser&filter=platform=Windows|&filterName=platform=Windows|

Since both are free, why not try both and use the one you like most? Or even better, use each one for those sites and purposes you find it best for.

Kees

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Which is best? Chrome or Firefox Mozilla
Aug 21, 2012 5:03AM PDT

I am using Mozilla Firefox and I have used chrome also but I like Mozilla. it is best for all the time and its speed is also very nice.

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avant browser
Aug 23, 2012 6:08PM PDT

You may give avant browser tri-core version a try. It has integrated the engine of firefox and chrome, as well as support the ie engine coming with the windows system. Having used all three engines for a while in avant browser tri-core, I feel that the memory leak problem can't be avoided in firefox engine thoroughly after using long time , particularly some sites badly coded could bring serious memory leak. In this case, chrome engine seems much better compared to firefox engine, as closing some pages can release completely the memory taken by them, as a result, memory leak is prevented. On the other hand, opening too many pages using chrome engine caused the memory usage to be swallowed quickly, in contrast, firefox engine consumes less memory as a whole in normal condition. So everything has two sides, the obverse and the reverse come in company. It's hard to say which is best. Only the one suitable for you could be thought as the best. My opinion is that for some machines with low performance, firefox engine based browser is preferable, while at high performance machines, each one works good. For me, I choose the tri-core browser instead of the real chrome and firefox for saving the trouble of importing and exporting bookmarks and other important data frequently between different browsers. In Avant Browser, the online bookmarks, online autofill, and other preferences can be synced between my office and home, they're share by all three engine as well. The most nifty feature is that I can call any time any engine wanted easily as anywhere I can find the option to call them. The launch speed of the whole browser as well as each engine is rather fast. Furthermore, some sites having rendering problem in certain engine or needing to install extra plugins, I customize them to be rendered by other engines. That means opening the site via the address bar or some other spots in avant browser will start the predefined engine automatically, and this action is transparent to the user. Likewise, the user doesn't know when the engine exit after closing the site. I can think of these advantages so far.

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Firefox is better
Aug 29, 2012 4:29PM PDT

I have tried google chrome once or twice but it crashes frequently so I switched to Firefox.

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I had the opposite problem.
Aug 30, 2012 2:04AM PDT

Go figure!

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Chrome is better, for now.
Aug 31, 2012 12:18PM PDT

I would say chrome is better since Google is improving it at much faster steps with Mozilla. Chrome performs faster than firefox as fast as my personal experience is concerned.

I'd like to recommend another less-known browser called SlimBrowser ( http://www.slimbrowser.net ) that is also my personal favorite. It's the only browser with internally implemented full-featured form filler. It saves me a lot of strokes every day.

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Always best Mozilla's Firefox
Sep 16, 2012 9:57PM PDT

Hi,
According to my sense, i used that two browsers, but in both of Firefox browser work seems well, and its page loading is also good compare to chrome..try that.Now Firefox 13.01 version also available in market with beta testing approved.

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I suggest Mozilla Firefox..
Sep 22, 2012 3:10AM PDT

I have Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox on my laptop.
comparing those three browsers. Firefox is much useful for me.
Ever since, i did not encounter any problem regarding Firefox.