Chrome vs Firefox: why ognelis still steeper
Browsers Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Over the past year all finally it became clear that the future struggle for the right to be called "the best desktop browser" will take place only between the two contestants. Internet Explorer still continues to roll down, Opera has chosen the tactics of self-destruction, so that only Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
By the nature of his work as a columnist, I have to constantly use the one browser or the other, to check their speed, reliability, consumption of system resources. But still, my regular browser for many years now is Firefox. And there are well-founded reasons.
adjustment
One of the indisputable advantages of Firefox. We can customize its interface in wide limits, including the location of the buttons, bars, and address bar. And if you add to this special extensions and user scripts, you are able to literally sculpt myself a browser that is convenient for you.
Chrome interface is virtually impossible to change unless you take into account the possibility to hide the \ show bookmarks bar. You must use exactly the location of the elements that come up to you at Google, or... or switch to Firefox!
Themes
And again about the appearance of the program.
Topics Firefox browser more completely changed its design, affecting virtually all interface elements, including the type of buttons, bars, tool windows, and so on. You can pick up a theme for your operating system, a wallpaper or just in the mood. For Chrome has a theme, too, but they affect only the background image of the program.
memory usage
Yes, there was a time (about two or three years ago), when Firefox had a voracious appetite for RAM and noticeably lost their competitors. Much has changed since then. The developers have paid great attention to this aspect of optimization, and their efforts were not in vain. Today ognelis has the most moderate demands, unlike the Chrome, the need for which in RAM can slow down even a fairly powerful system.
Do not believe me? Look, for example, that this is the freshest study about this theme. And then use the our tips... or start using Firefox.
privacy
Google gets paid for displaying advertisements. The more he knows about you and your interests, the more productively will be advertising, the greater will be the company's revenues. Further thought must continue?
Yes, Google gathers information about us, including via their browser. In contrast, Firefox is an open product-profit organization Mozilla Foundation, which pays special attention to security and privacy in its products. browser's code is open and distributed under treble GPL / LGPL / MPL license that allows anyone who wants to test it for the presence of malicious undocumented functions.
Speed
Speed has always been a major asset Chrome, its hallmark. But time does not stand still, and today, it seems, c this statement is debatable. Yes, the matter is thin, the bill goes to the millisecond, and the result is too dependent on the method of testing. However, in roundup popular resource Tomshardware.com, which can hardly be suspected in the level of engagement, namely Firefox received the honorary first place.
Thus, it is Mozilla product is the clear leader today in many ways, and my personal choice. Although, for the sake of objectivity, it should be recognized that there are areas where Firefox is much loses Google Chrome. But it will be another article ...