Browsers

Emkayracing · 18th November 2010, 05:23 PM

After seeing the 'Speed' results on the Alternative To Virgin thread, I ran a test on my connection through the three browsers on my system;

In order of results (i.e.Slowest first)

First up, good old I.E. (Or at least I used to think it was good)

Second best, Safari

But the clear winner was Google Chrome

The question is, has everyone played about with different browsers?

There was a mixed bag of speed results in the Virgin thread but given the above results it would appear to vary greatly 'Browser to Browser'.....

Leonthefixer · 18th November 2010, 06:06 PM

I 'found' Chrome thanks to Nicko - perhaps the one good thing to come out of that software

Cran · 18th November 2010, 06:18 PM

Me too

I very occasionally load up i.e. but it is soooo slow in comparison to chrome.

J.S. · 18th November 2010, 06:30 PM

Chrome all the way baby.

Quo · 18th November 2010, 07:02 PM

I.E.

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12

Chrome

Temujin · 18th November 2010, 10:10 PM

I use Chrome, Firefox, and IE.

Firefox was 1st choice, but now use Chrome for most things since too many firefox browsers autoreloading causes freezing.
I use firefox for online video, since Chrome doesn't seem to handle that for me.
I use IE for when I need to use POLI, as both the others don't seem to work.

As for speed test, just compared Google and Firefox, and there was negligible difference for me, at least at this time of the day.

18th November 2010, 05:23 PM	#1
Emkayracing Form Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Europe Posts: 1,016 Thanks: 343 Thanked 816 Times in 391 Posts	Browsers After seeing the 'Speed' results on the Alternative To Virgin thread, I ran a test on my connection through the three browsers on my system; In order of results (i.e.Slowest first) First up, good old I.E. (Or at least I used to think it was good) Second best, Safari But the clear winner was Google Chrome The question is, has everyone played about with different browsers? There was a mixed bag of speed results in the Virgin thread but given the above results it would appear to vary greatly 'Browser to Browser'.....

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18th November 2010, 06:06 PM	#2
Leonthefixer Director of Product Development & Quality Assurance Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 969 Thanks: 63 Thanked 323 Times in 185 Posts	I 'found' Chrome thanks to Nicko - perhaps the one good thing to come out of that software

18th November 2010, 06:18 PM	#3
Cran Director of Public Records Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Basel, CH Posts: 2,903 Thanks: 6,910 Thanked 3,060 Times in 1,262 Posts	Me too I very occasionally load up i.e. but it is soooo slow in comparison to chrome.

18th November 2010, 07:02 PM	#5
Quo Forum Guru Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,500 Thanks: 3,105 Thanked 1,429 Times in 913 Posts	I.E. Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12 Chrome

18th November 2010, 10:10 PM	#6
Temujin Australian Cultural Attaché Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,530 Thanks: 493 Thanked 1,014 Times in 494 Posts	I use Chrome, Firefox, and IE. Firefox was 1st choice, but now use Chrome for most things since too many firefox browsers autoreloading causes freezing. I use firefox for online video, since Chrome doesn't seem to handle that for me. I use IE for when I need to use POLI, as both the others don't seem to work. As for speed test, just compared Google and Firefox, and there was negligible difference for me, at least at this time of the day.