It is not easy to find the best web browser. Here is a comparison of the popular web browsers (Google Chrome vs Internet Explorer vs Mozilla Firefox vs Opera vs Safari).
It is a collaborative comparison table, you can add features to compare more deeply the Internet browsers.
Link | Google Chrome | Safari | Microsoft Edge | Mozilla Firefox | Opera | Internet Explorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Initial release | Sep. 2nd 2008 | Jan. 7th 2003 | Apr. 29th 2015 | Sep. 23rd 2002 | Apr. 10th 1995 | Aug. 16th 1995 |
| Features | ||||||
| Cloud bookmark sync. | Yes with a Google account | Yes with a MobileMe account | Yes via plugin | Yes with an Opera account | No No | |
| Session management | Yes yes | Yes through history menu | Yes yes | Yes yes | Yes via plugin | |
| Private browsing | Yes yes | Yes yes | Yes | Yes yes | Yes yes | Yes yes |
| Download manager | Yes yes | Yes yes | Yes | Yes yes | Yes yes | Yes yes |
| Full screen mode | Yes yes | No No | Yes | Yes yes | Yes yes | Yes yes |
| Tabs on the side | Yes yes | No No | Yes Via Plugins | Yes yes | No No | |
| Custom extensions | Yes yes | No No | Yes | Yes yes | ||
| Platforms | ||||||
| Windows | Yes yes | Yes yes | Yes yes | Yes yes | Yes yes | Yes yes |
| macOS | Yes yes | Yes yes | No No | Yes yes | Yes yes | No No |
| Linux | Yes yes | No No | No No | Yes yes | Yes yes | No No |
| Technical details | ||||||
| Layout engine | WebKit | WebKit | EdgeHTML | Gecko | Webkit actually Presto | Trident |
| Javascript engine | V8 | Nitro | Chakra | TraceMonkey | Carakan | Chakra |
| Open source | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Viewing area | ||||||
| Default UI height | 89 pixel | 96 pixel | 113 pixel | 118 pixel | 132 pixel | |
| Minimal UI height | 59 pixel | 80 pixel | 102 pixel | 83 pixel | 114 pixel | |
| Your reviews | ||||||
| Like | Likes 17 | Likes 1 | Likes 0 | Likes 18 | Likes 2 | Likes 0 |
| Overall rating | 5.0/5 8 ratings | 4.0/5 1 rating | no rating | 4.8/5 8 ratings | 4.7/5 3 ratings | 2.0/5 3 ratings |
| Other | ||||||
| Website | google.com/... | apple.com/... | microsoft.com/... | mozilla.com | opera.com | |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... | wikipedia.org/... |
| Social Networks | ||||||
| @GoogleChrome | @firefox | @opera | @ie | |||
| facebook.com/... | facebook.com/... | facebook.com/... |
User reviews and comments
with me for so long time :)
fast, a lot of plug-ins
Firefox terrible now, especially on mac
Very well compare chart!
Great navigator !
Great navigator, very fast
nice UI but not a very good startup speed/page load speed. Nice Hardware Acceleration
really fast
I've been using Firefox for a year now and it has yet to fail me!