Browser Test: Chrome 9 vs Firefox 4 vs Internet Explorer 9 vs Opera 11 vs Safari 5
**Browser Speed Comparison**
In this test, I compared the speed of five popular browsers: Internet Explorer 9, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, and Firefox. Despite recent advancements in GPU acceleration, Internet Explorer 9 still struggled to keep up with the other browsers. However, it was significantly better than Opera, which managed only 3 frames per second.
Safari, on the other hand, refused to run the test altogether when faced with a high number of fish (500) in the benchmarking program. From the standpoint of speed alone, Google Chrome emerged as the clear winner.
**Browser Interface Comparison**
When it comes to interface, Chrome and Internet Explorer 9 excelled, taking up only 57 and 59 vertical pixels respectively with two tabs open. Safari did decently well, but its lack of an option to place tabs at the top hurt its performance. Opera lagged behind due to the info bar on the bottom of the screen, while Firefox wasted a lot of space to avoid looking identical to Opera.
**Unique Features Comparison**
All five browsers have unique features that set them apart from one another. Internet Explorer 9 borrowed the Omni bar from Chrome and combined it with the tab bar, creating a sleek and efficient interface. Google Chrome's instant feature greatly increased the speed of web browsing by loading websites and searches as you type.
Opera has accumulated a huge amount of customization and usability options over the years, making it one of its biggest strengths. Firefox's personas allow users to customize the theme of the browser by simply clicking on a theme in the gallery. Safari sports searchable history and a new tab page that add a lot of class and visual appeal.
**Conclusion**
In conclusion, Google Chrome emerged as the winner in this comparison due to its blistering speed, sleek interface, and great support for extensions, as well as its instant feature. While Opera has made major strides in recent months to bridge the gap, Internet Explorer 9 is nothing short of astonishing when you consider how abysmal it was just a short time ago.
All five browsers have unique features that set them apart from one another, making each one a great choice for users depending on their individual needs and preferences.
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys today I'm here with the latest in my series of web browser comparison tests this time focusing not only on speed but also the interface and features of each browser this time almost every single browser in the field has been updated since my last test with chrome jumping all the way to Version 9 quite a few new betas of Firefox 4 complete our first look at Internet Explorer 9 an alpha of the very promising Opera 11 and last least Safari 5 to begin with let's take a look at arguably the most important feature of a browser which is speed I've condensed my normal series of tests down to three so let's begin with the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark SunSpider is a great overall test of JavaScript speed which is crucial in today's browsers in this test Chrome and Opera finished in a dead heat with Internet Explorer 9 putting up a very impressive showing and Safari and Firefox rounding out the rear next I ran all five browsers through the Peacekeeper Benchmark Peacekeeper is a great overall browser test that checks a large variety of different factors to determine the scores backing up the previous test you can see that Opera and chrome handily beat all competitors with Safari and Firefox only managing about half the respective scores and internet explore 9 finishing even further behind the next test I ran was the Internet Explorer 9 fish tank this test relies on HTML 5 and GPU acceleration to animate 500 fish as you might expect Internet Explorer 9 won this test however Chrome was impressively just a single frame per second behind Firefox 4 was behind somewhat even with the recent addition of GPU acceleration however it was still much better than Opera which choked along in just a mere 3 frames per second rounding out the rear was Safari which BL out refused to run the test at all with 500 fish when just looking at it from the standpoint of speed the clear winner is Google Chrome of course however speed isn't the only Factor when deciding which browser to use so let's move on to the interface of each browser in this test I simply measured how much screen real estate each browser takes up of course each browser is customizable as far as toolbars Etc go however here I simply measured how many vertical pixels each browser took two tabs open as you can see Internet Explorer and chrome both did very well only taking 57 and 59 pixels respectively Safari did decently as well however the lack of an option to put the tabs up top hurt it quite a bit Opera lagged behind due to the info bar on the bottom of the screen which houses many of the unique options to the browser lastly is Firefox which wastes quite a bit of space in order to keep from looking identical to Opera moving away from numbers and into my subjective Real World experience I've been very impressed with the interface of Internet Explorer 9 by borrowing the Omni bar from chrome and combining it with the tab bar allows it to both save space and make the browser look and work quite well I was really surprised at how natural it just feels to use while I'm still a big fan of Chrome's interface compared to Internet Explorer it really does look a generation behind so this round has to go to ie9 now on to the unique features of each browser since all five are fairly well matched in speed and there isn't a huge difference in the interfaces a lot of the draw for each browser is all about the unique features all five browsers feature some sort of add-ons or extensions however the implementations aren't the same in general I'm quite impressed with the Chrome extension Gallery as it is easy to navigate and let you install extensions quickly it also comes with a plus of not really eating up system resources however extensions are for the most part relegated to the right top side of the browser which is a slight drawback Firefox however does not have that limitation and it also does have the edge on the amount of add-ons available here so really it's a toss-up between Chrome and Firefox in my opinion the unique features move beyond that however Safari Sports a lot of great eye candy in the form of searchable history and a new tab page both of which add a lot of class and look great to me one of my favorite features in Firefox has to be personas which now come pre-installed in the browser personas allow you to customize the theme of the browser by simply mousing over a theme in the gallery and all you need to do is click on it to install it's a really great feature in my opinion and something I certainly wouldn't mind seeing in other browsers Opera has accumulated a huge amount of customization and usability options over the years which are one of its biggest strengths you can spend spend quite a bit of time tweaking every facet of Opera to your liking as well as enable features such as Opera unite and Opera turbo Internet Explorer 9 is unsurprisingly full featured my pick for the best feature however has to be the accelerators which give you a variety of options that appear when you select text letting you translate or map something for example you can install more accelerators as well making this a really really great and useful feature as far as Google Chrome goes instant is one of the best features I've used in quite some time just like Google instant when you enable instant for Chrome it starts loading websites and searches as you type it greatly increases the speed of web browsing and is an allaround excellent feature overall I was very impressed with all five browsers of course there can only be one winner and today that is Chrome Opera has made major strides in recent months to bridge the gap and Internet Explorer 9 is nothing short of astonishing when you can consider how abysmal it has been for so long in the end though I've got to give it to Chrome for offering the best mixture of blistering speed a sliek interface and the great support for extensions as well as the wonderful instant featurehey guys today I'm here with the latest in my series of web browser comparison tests this time focusing not only on speed but also the interface and features of each browser this time almost every single browser in the field has been updated since my last test with chrome jumping all the way to Version 9 quite a few new betas of Firefox 4 complete our first look at Internet Explorer 9 an alpha of the very promising Opera 11 and last least Safari 5 to begin with let's take a look at arguably the most important feature of a browser which is speed I've condensed my normal series of tests down to three so let's begin with the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark SunSpider is a great overall test of JavaScript speed which is crucial in today's browsers in this test Chrome and Opera finished in a dead heat with Internet Explorer 9 putting up a very impressive showing and Safari and Firefox rounding out the rear next I ran all five browsers through the Peacekeeper Benchmark Peacekeeper is a great overall browser test that checks a large variety of different factors to determine the scores backing up the previous test you can see that Opera and chrome handily beat all competitors with Safari and Firefox only managing about half the respective scores and internet explore 9 finishing even further behind the next test I ran was the Internet Explorer 9 fish tank this test relies on HTML 5 and GPU acceleration to animate 500 fish as you might expect Internet Explorer 9 won this test however Chrome was impressively just a single frame per second behind Firefox 4 was behind somewhat even with the recent addition of GPU acceleration however it was still much better than Opera which choked along in just a mere 3 frames per second rounding out the rear was Safari which BL out refused to run the test at all with 500 fish when just looking at it from the standpoint of speed the clear winner is Google Chrome of course however speed isn't the only Factor when deciding which browser to use so let's move on to the interface of each browser in this test I simply measured how much screen real estate each browser takes up of course each browser is customizable as far as toolbars Etc go however here I simply measured how many vertical pixels each browser took two tabs open as you can see Internet Explorer and chrome both did very well only taking 57 and 59 pixels respectively Safari did decently as well however the lack of an option to put the tabs up top hurt it quite a bit Opera lagged behind due to the info bar on the bottom of the screen which houses many of the unique options to the browser lastly is Firefox which wastes quite a bit of space in order to keep from looking identical to Opera moving away from numbers and into my subjective Real World experience I've been very impressed with the interface of Internet Explorer 9 by borrowing the Omni bar from chrome and combining it with the tab bar allows it to both save space and make the browser look and work quite well I was really surprised at how natural it just feels to use while I'm still a big fan of Chrome's interface compared to Internet Explorer it really does look a generation behind so this round has to go to ie9 now on to the unique features of each browser since all five are fairly well matched in speed and there isn't a huge difference in the interfaces a lot of the draw for each browser is all about the unique features all five browsers feature some sort of add-ons or extensions however the implementations aren't the same in general I'm quite impressed with the Chrome extension Gallery as it is easy to navigate and let you install extensions quickly it also comes with a plus of not really eating up system resources however extensions are for the most part relegated to the right top side of the browser which is a slight drawback Firefox however does not have that limitation and it also does have the edge on the amount of add-ons available here so really it's a toss-up between Chrome and Firefox in my opinion the unique features move beyond that however Safari Sports a lot of great eye candy in the form of searchable history and a new tab page both of which add a lot of class and look great to me one of my favorite features in Firefox has to be personas which now come pre-installed in the browser personas allow you to customize the theme of the browser by simply mousing over a theme in the gallery and all you need to do is click on it to install it's a really great feature in my opinion and something I certainly wouldn't mind seeing in other browsers Opera has accumulated a huge amount of customization and usability options over the years which are one of its biggest strengths you can spend spend quite a bit of time tweaking every facet of Opera to your liking as well as enable features such as Opera unite and Opera turbo Internet Explorer 9 is unsurprisingly full featured my pick for the best feature however has to be the accelerators which give you a variety of options that appear when you select text letting you translate or map something for example you can install more accelerators as well making this a really really great and useful feature as far as Google Chrome goes instant is one of the best features I've used in quite some time just like Google instant when you enable instant for Chrome it starts loading websites and searches as you type it greatly increases the speed of web browsing and is an allaround excellent feature overall I was very impressed with all five browsers of course there can only be one winner and today that is Chrome Opera has made major strides in recent months to bridge the gap and Internet Explorer 9 is nothing short of astonishing when you can consider how abysmal it has been for so long in the end though I've got to give it to Chrome for offering the best mixture of blistering speed a sliek interface and the great support for extensions as well as the wonderful instant feature