Best web browser

We have five major web browsers in the market and very often we ask ourselves which the best is.



Statistics are very clear, which browser people prefer? Well here are some numbers for you to know.


Until the launch of Firefox by Mozilla corporation in the year 2003, Internet Explorer remained the most popular web browser and enjoyed almost 95% of the market share.
So why IE is no longer the king? Here are some facts that you have to know and decide what the best browser is for you.


Internet Explorer: This is the default browser for windows; and still has and important amount of users in the market, but it has many security holes, it’s far older and slower to catch up to updates than any of the other browsers, and this one does not bring many customization and is very slow compare to the other options.

The only big advantage of using IE is site compatibility factor. Almost every developer/company builds website(s), keeping Internet Explorer (most popular browser) in mind. So, if you’re using latest version of Internet Explorer, you’re most unlikely to come across browser incompatibility issues with any website.

It might not be as ‘innovative’ or ‘cool’ as many of its competitors are but as long as Microsoft Windows stays dominant in OS industry (which is highly probable), Internet Explorer won’t be easy to erase of the map.






Apple Safari: This browser comes as a default application in Apple Mac machines and that’s probably the only reason why it has managed to secure a small but considerable market share. The browser itself is light & fast but stands weak, when compared with Firefox and other fellow competitors.



Opera: Opera is a fast and light-weight web browser that has its own reserved following. It is only used by a small fraction of users worldwide but that fraction keeps sticking to it, no matter what browser gets introduced to them. Opera’s history, although roots back to 1994 but the browser could never really capture the mainstream market share mainly because of relatively weak financial backing.



Firefox: is slowly becoming the ‘hot favorite’ browser for accessing internet, especially by the more aware internet population. Mozilla Firefox is probably the only browser that gives you every reason to choose it over any other browser. Firefox is certainly the most feature-rich browser these days. It currently commands a browser market share of around 42%.

For a few key reason Fire Fox have advantage on the other web browsers, and that key is customization, and all the different cool things you can do with it; the add-ons, the themes, the plugins, many interest apps for this web browser (Tab Mix Plus, Web search pro, grease monkey), fast browsing experience, security, this kind of stuff made FireFox so lovable in compare with the rest.


Chrome: This Google powered browser has recently fired up the browser market scenario and has quickly made its way to become the 2th most popular web browser (slightly over 30% of market share).

After the release of ChromeOS; a Chrome browser based Operating System, the probability of Chrome’s future explosive growth has multiplied by many folds. Google Chrome is currently the fastest web browser and if Google makes its Operating system a global success, its highly plausible that Firefox might have to settle down with much less market share than what it commands at the moment.

Is the faster, simpler browser that gets right to the point.


I my opinion at the end there is no winner or loser here, you should made your decision in your personal preference, what you want, what you don’t want and actually depends on what you think you are going to need to use the internet for.

Here is a fun video that maybe help you to decide: