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2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
Numerous authoritative sources and personal experience of the author argue that Chrome is far from the best browser. Do you want to know why?
Over the past year, it finally became clear to everyone that the further struggle for the right to be called "the best desktop browser" will take place only between two contestants. Internet Explorer still continues to slide down, Opera chose self-destruct tactics, so that only Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox remained.
By the nature of my work as a browser, I have to constantly use one browser or another, check their performance, reliability, consumption of system resources. But still, Firefox has been my default browser for many years. And there are good reasons for this.
Customization
One of the most undeniable benefits of Firefox. We can customize its interface in the widest possible range, including the layout of buttons, panels, and address bar. And if you add special extensions and custom scripts to this, then we get the opportunity to literally fashion ourselves a browser that will be convenient for you.
Chrome's interface is almost indestructible, unless you take into account the ability to hide / show the bookmark bar. You must use the exact layout that Google has come up with for you, or … Or switch to Firefox!
Themes
And again about the appearance of the program.
Themes of the Firefox browser more completely change its design, affecting almost all interface elements, including the appearance of buttons, panels, service windows, and so on. You can choose a theme for your operating system, wallpaper, or just your mood. There are also themes for Chrome, but they only affect the background image of the program.
Memory usage
Yes, there was a time (about two to three years ago) when Firefox had an insatiable appetite for RAM and was noticeably outperformed by its competitors. A lot has changed since then. The developers have paid great attention to optimizing this aspect, and their efforts were not in vain. Today firelis has the most moderate requests, unlike Chrome, the need for RAM can slow down even a fairly powerful system.
Don't believe me? Look, for example, on this topic. Then follow our tips or … start using Firefox.
Privacy
Google gets paid for displaying ads. The more he knows about you and your interests, the more effective advertising will be, the more the company's income will be. Do you need to continue the thought further?
Yes, Google collects information about us, including through its browser. In contrast, Firefox is an open source product of the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization that focuses on security and privacy in its products. The browser code is open source and distributed under the triple GPL / LGPL / MPL license, which allows anyone to check it for undocumented malicious functions.
Speed
Speed has always been Chrome's trump card, its hallmark. However, time does not stand still, and today it seems that this statement can be argued with. Yes, matter is thin, counting is in milliseconds, and the result is too dependent on the test methodology. Nevertheless, in the popular resource Tomshardware.com, which can hardly be suspected of being biased, it was Firefox that received the honorable first place.
Thus, it is the Mozilla product that is the undoubted leader today in many respects and my personal choice. Although, for the sake of objectivity, it must be admitted that there are areas where Firefox significantly loses to Google Chrome. But this will be another article …
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