In the era of the massive dominance of Internet technologies, web browsers began to play a special role in everyday life. Until recently, the only player in the crowded field was the long-suffering IE, but due to the complete indifference to it by Microsoft Corporation itself (which had not updated it for five years), it was quickly squeezed out by the products of more dynamic and sensible companies.
It is generally accepted that today several strong players have entrenched in the browser market. Web browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Opera and IE 10 (yes, a good browser) have firmly taken hold of the hearts of millions of World Wide Web users. To this day, among regular Internet users there is such a thing as “browser wars”. Simply put, this promising term refers to thousands of pages of forums where users behave worse than monkeys. Flinging at each other ... insults, they try to figure out the benefits of their products.
It should be said that in such a dispute it is not truth that is born, but streams of informational garbage that do not carry absolutely no meaning. But what about beginners, who start to doubt even more from all this “noise” and don’t know what kind of web browser to install?
Insults and references to the closest relatives of the opponent will not be enough to answer this question, since it is necessary to tell in passing about each participant in the competition. Let's start with Firefox.
Its main feature is extensions, thanks to which the browser functionality can be expanded indefinitely. The regulars of the thematic forums joke that if you install all the available extensions, you can get a new operating system. Of the shortcomings, it is worth noting the scanty initial functionality, which will have to be "finished" with the same extensions, which is not available to all beginners. Despite this, web browsers of this family (including all forks) are among the most common.
The next two participants, Chrome & Opera, will take a look together. The fact is that not so long ago the Norwegian company, which is engaged in the development of "Opera", changed its Presto engine to WebKit, so the advantages and disadvantages of both products today are approximately the same. Among their positive qualities include speed and security.
Cons - a kind of slurredness in the settings and the small number of the latter. It’s just not possible to dig deep into them. In addition, “Opera” in its last form has completely lost many of its “features” that promise to be returned back to the foggy future ... But these web browsers are one of the most popular in our country, and the number of their fans is in the millions. A good community (chat) is always ready to tell inexperienced users the answer or solution to almost any problem.
Finally, IE. Despite the many “witty” remarks addressed to this browser, one cannot but admit that recent years have not been in vain for him. Today, the old "donkey" no longer looks like a stranger at the consumer holiday of life, being a fairly fast, secure and integrated product with MS services.
Thus, setting up a web browser (any of the list above) will give equally positive results, so don't be afraid to experiment!