Comment on five mainstream browsers

 

In the past year, all major browsers have released major version updates, and many improvements have been made in terms of functions and performance, bringing the Battle of browsers that have been in violation for a long time.
Again. In terms of browsers, what is attracting users? Is speed, reliability, and functionality integrated with these factors? This article will put aside the competition between pure performance testing and acid testing, analyze the advantages and disadvantages of various browsers from a wider scope, and select them
Or the reason for not selecting them.

Google Chrome 2.0

Google, Inc.

No one expected Google to launch a browser, but now Chrome has entered version 2 and continues to develop in full swing. Its browser as a platform is very attractive. It is a good browser for speed, design, and built-in development tools.

Among the many factors that make Chrome a good browser, the most important one is its internal design, multiple tags, each tag uses an independent Windows process, the crash of any tag does not affect other tags. In advanced multi-core systems, these labels or Windows run smoothly.

Similar features of IE have been coming out for some time. Despite the difference in implementation methods, Firefox is also working in this direction, but it is still in the planning stage, chrome
Is a good browser, but its real purpose is to become a platform. Google wants to publish web references that do not depend on a specific OS, such as Gmail, Google
Docs, etc. In this direction, its best functions are for developers, and its Javascript
Engine, especially its Web Page Object detector, you can directly set properties for objects on the page and immediately see the results or interact with them.

The beta version of Chrome's next version is basically stable, but it is still a little rough than the official version, and its speed is very impressive. Chrome's latest beta 3
Faster than chrome 2 by 30%
.
So far, the weakest part of Chrome is the lack of extensions like Firefox and IE, but since chrome's core technology will be used to build Google
In the operating system, we don't have to worry about the day when their extensions bloomed everywhere. If you are a fan of Google and do not need those Firefox extensions, then chrome
It is worth seeing.

 

Firefox 3.5.2

Mozilla Foundation

Honda once called their car "the car that sells itself", Firefox
Also, the best way to sell yourself is to put yourself there for use, refreshing, stable, beautiful, customizable, compatible, cross-platform, Firefox
Having such a reputation, any user who gets used to Firefox does not want to leave. Firefox
The method for gaining loyalty is to make minor improvements to traditional browsing methods, such as entering an address in the address bar, Firefox
You can accurately complete the address from the browsing history or bookmarks. Many people prefer to enter the website with a few letters in the address bar.

The most attractive part of Firefox is its large third-party extension library, which makes Firefox a platform.

For example, greasemonkey
,
You can write scripts to change web page behaviors. Other practical Firefox extensions include twitterfox, yoono, fireftp, and NoScript.
And so on. From 3.0 to 3.5, the Firefox development team has achieved many improvements, delivering faster rendering speed, more stable operation, and faster and more intelligent
JavaScript. The weakness of Firefox is that its built-in development tools are not powerful enough and there is only one Javascript
Console and error window, but it can be easily implemented through third-party extensions, such as firebug implementation, Firefox
The idea is to leave the peripheral functions to third-party extensions as much as possible, while keeping itself as small as possible.

Internet Explorer 8

Microsoft Corporation

No matter whether you like it or not, the competition for browsers won't go around with IE. IE8, the latest version of IE, is a major step forward in terms of compatibility standards. It improves performance and adds some practical functions, microsoft's self-defeating web era has ended.

The most important thing is that by default, IE8 renders pages very close to the standard of other browsers. Those pages are displayed normally in Firefox at one time.
Displays abnormal pages, which are now basically the same. Websites that must be rendered by the old Ie can be displayed in a compatible mode by pressing a button. However, the vast majority of IE8
By default, the website is displayed normally.

Other new features of IE8 are mixed. The private browsing mode is very flattering, and its new debugging tools are also very good, such
The javascript debugging tool can be used for line-by-line debugging. But sometimes you need to debug the Javascript of Microsoft.
The engine has spent a lot of energy. The author has debugged a page, always displaying unknown error, and finally found that the innerhtml method is not supported by other browsers.

Another function that is not good or bad is Web slicing. This function allows users to subscribe to a part of a page and implements web slicing very easily. Design a div container, set the CSS class to hslice. However, this does not seem to be much different from RSS feed, and it is something that Microsoft proprietary.

In general, IE8 is suitable for replacing your old IE, but at present, there are many non-ie browsers, and the decline of IE should be attributed to its insecure extension technology ActiveX.

Opera

Opera Software ASA

Despite the small market share of opera, there is still a very loyal fan base. It is hard to say why it is fast, clean, compatible, and contains some amazing small features. Opera
The most important thing is their efforts for people with low bandwidth and slow computers. They are the biggest fans of opera, and each Opera
The new version includes some features that make them easy to understand. For example, the trubo feature allows websites that require high bandwidth
The proxy server is reprocessed to reduce the bandwidth for fast browsing. Although it will reduce the image quality, you can easily let the browser reload the original high-quality images.

Open opera and do not browse any websites. The homepage will display thumbnails of the nine most recently visited sites. This feature is available in chrome and Safari,
Opera was the first to do this.
It seems to be the first browser to implement label-Based browsing. In actual browsing, the address bar displays detailed progress information, so we can learn what is being loaded now. If something gets stuck, we will be very clear.
What is it.

Its Bookmarks can also be circled. You can search the bookmarks globally or input them in the address bar. Like Firefox, opera
There are no tagged bookmarks, but the Bookmarks can be named differently. When you enter an address in the address bar, you can also use a different name. Bookmarks can also be sorted alphabetically or by the actual drag-and-drop order. Next, there are many small
Function. By default, the pop-up window pops up with a new tag, instead of a new window. This prevents your desktop from getting messy when visiting websites that like pop-up windows.

The built-in BT support can be directly downloaded from Bt in opera, while opera uses widgets.
I like Google Translator gadget for Kernel Function Extension. This is useful when accessing amazon.co.jp. Currently, opera 10 has been released and can coexist with opera 9.

 

Safari

Apple Inc.

Apple's Safari is an alternative. A browser transplanted from Apple to Windows, although not many people have such requirements. There is always something other browsers should learn from behind its metallic drawing interface, but it is not impressive in general.

First, its "top sites" function is similar to Chrome's homepage thumbnail, but it looks cool to use 3D technology. when viewing the browsing history, the beautiful 3D style interface is also very beautiful, this is useful for those who only remember what the website looks like but forget the website name.

I like safri's page injection and JavaScript debugging functions. Of course, most of these functions are available in chrome. After all, chrome
It is also a safari-based WebKit kernel. Its code editing function is also very useful. Open a parallel window, write the code in it, and paste the result to the document in real time.

Some other functions are very weak, especially with Firefox and chrome
In comparison, although it has a global search, it is not easy to use. You cannot even right-click a bookmarks and rename it. From Firefox
The ability to import bookmarks is also very bad. The import function is not in the management of bookmarks, but is placed under the "file" menu. When safari imports bookmarks, the bookmarks' names are also inexplicably confused.

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