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We have had a lot of people wonder why we recommend Chrome and not Firefox. First of all, a browser is a personal choice. If Firefox works well for you then use Firefox. We prefer Chrome.<\/p>\nWe have had a lot of people wonder why we recommend Chrome and not Firefox. First of all, a browser is a personal choice. If Firefox works well for you then use Firefox. We prefer Chrome.<\/p>\n
You can use whatever browser you like — unless you plan on using XP past April 8, 2014. If you do, then Internet Explorer is no longer an option. Using Internet Explorer 8 after April 8, 2014 will eventually result in your computer being hacked or infected with any number of security threats. Internet Explorer 8 is a decade old and it’s already out of date. if you continue to use IE 8 after April 8, 2014 — you’re just asking for trouble. Use Chrome or use Firefox, whichever you prefer — whatever you do, don’t keep using IE 8.<\/p>\n
There are two reasons we like Chrome better than Firefox<\/p>\n
Toolbars have become almost synonymous with malware. In our work with Cloudeight Direct, we find that most users who are using Firefox have just as much malware installed as those who use Internet Explorer. And it’s not that Chrome is malware proof. But Chrome is the only one of the big three that does not allow tool, so, based on our experience, Chrome is \u00a0a little harder to infect. And Chrome, unlike Firefox or Internet Explorer, allows users to delete extensions (i.e. add-ons); Internet Explorer and Firefox users can only disable add-ons (extensions) — this leaves an opening for those items which were disabled by the user to become re-enabled by the malware. We think the Chrome approach is better.<\/p>\n
I (TC) used to love Firefox and it was my default browser for quite a while – in fact, I wrote many articles singing its praises. But I felt ( and still feel) that Mozilla allowed Firefox to become a bloated browser – only slightly faster than Internet Explorer. Chrome still light and fast and until it changes, Chrome will be my personal browser. If you like Firefox, that’s fine, but …<\/p>\n
Although your internet connection speed remains the #1 factor in page loading speed, almost every critical, independent test shows Chrome is the fastest browser.<\/p>\n
Here is some supporting information, from Lifehacker, showing that Chrome is the fastest browser:<\/p>\n Windows 8 is out with a new version of Internet Explorer, Firefox has boosted its JavaScript power and memory usage, and Chrome’s been slowly improving its speed. How do the new versions stack up against each other? We found out in our latest round of browser speed tests.<\/p>\n We’ve been testing browsers for awhile, and we’ve\u00a0refined our method pretty well<\/a>. It’s a good mix of both manually timed user experience measures and hardcore JavaScript benchmarks, plus some new tests aimed at features like Chrome’s prerendering or Firefox’s on demand tab loading can really do. All tests take place on Windows (which is why we didn’t test Safari\u2014it isn’t very popular on Windows, and testing the Mac version wouldn’t give it equal footing).<\/p>\n As always, remember that speed is not the only thing each browser has to offer. Each browser has a number of unique features and characteristics, all of which you should factor into making your choice of which to use. However, while most features can be listed on their home pages, you can’t easily compare their speed just from each browser’s changelog, and that’s why we’ve put this together. It’s just one more way to compare the browsers as you make your decision. Also keep in mind that everyone’s computer is different, and your numbers may differ from ours, but the comparison between the numbers should be the same.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n We have had a lot of people wonder why we recommend Chrome and not Firefox. First of all, a browser is a personal choice. If Firefox works well for you then use Firefox. We prefer Chrome. You can use whatever browser you like — unless you plan on using XP past April 8, 2014. If you do, then\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1462,1656,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7314,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7312\/revisions\/7314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Browser Speed Tests: Chrome 24, Firefox 18, Internet Explorer 10, and Opera 12.12<\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/header>\n
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