Is internet explorer 8 or internet explorer 7 or Mozilla Firefox 3 or Google Chrome better?

Opera

Well, by your own account, GC was the best... why the heck do you care what the rest of us think? This is a timeless argument and it's based on personal preferences. Personally, I prefer Firefox for all the kick *** add-ons.

well, in my opinion i thought GC had problems and i didn't like the setup. now i like Firefox 3.5.5 and Safari. IE 8 is great for security, because of it's built in phishing filter. however it loads a little slow. Firefox, i like it because it loads way faster than IE8 and has great security features. Safari i like because it seems to load a little bit faster and has better response time loading site's than firefox. each browser has it's good qualities and bad.

It really depends on what you are looking for in a browser. Internet Explorer has been around for ages, and has the full support of Microsoft behind it. It's got about 70% of the market share and as a result is recognisable to almost everybody. It is sleek and powerful, but on old(ish) computers that may slow you down a bit. Still, as the standard browser, you won't find many other negatives with it. Internet Explorer v8: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx Mozilla FireFox is a highly customizable browser. It has the advantage of being the one of only browsers that is compatible with all operating systems. New themes and gadgets are released every week, and this gives a personal feel to it when viewing websites. On a recent computer, you often won't notice a difference between FF and IE, though on older machines, the newer versions of IE run slower than the newer versions of FF. FireFox v3.5.5: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html Other options available are Opera Browser. This browser offers very limited customization features (only a colour change in fact), but because of this gives very fast browsing. It was mainly developed for low memory computers, and is more of an "Internet Suite" than just a browser. It provides users with the tools and technology to perform a wide variety of internet related tasks like viewing web pages, searching the Internet, sending and receiving emails, conducting online chats, and even displaying the latest Widgets. It doesn't require as many resources as IE or FF, though loading times for webpages are slightly longer. This browser would be better if you run alot of other programs while browsing. Opera v10.01: http://www.opera.com/download/ The final major browser is Apple Safari. It is currently the fastest of the four browsers. Its style is based on the iTunes layout and it doesn't offer any customizability, but if you like iTunes, you'll have no problem this browser. Its major downfall is the fact that it doesn't render (load) webpages very well. This can become very irritating while browsing so most people don't give it a second thought. It has many of the same features as IE and Firefox, including: QuickTime multimedia technology, a tabbed-browsing interface system, and internet searching tools. It does run very fast (even on slow computers) and has the best startup time of all browsers. If you find that the pages you usually visit work fine on Safari, you won't have anything bad to say about it. Safari v4.0.4: http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ A new introduction to the Browser market is Google Chrome, Google's first attempt at an internet browser. Though fairly new to the browser scene, it has one of the fastest loading speeds (second only to Safari). It currently offers no customisations, though Google are trying to add a similar system like that of FF. It feels the fastest of all browsers, and for practical use, is just as fast as any other browser out there. Google Chrome v2: http://www.google.com/chrome So it really depends on what kind of person you are and what type of computer you have. You can't go wrong with IE or FF, both are stable browsers and are used by thousands of people worldwide.Opera and Safari are the least customisable of the browers, but if you enjoy the themes they are perfectly capable browsers. However, Chrome is currently the fastest, and most lightweight of all browser at the moment. An important factor to note is your internet connection. Although most people nowadays are on broadband, connection speeds may vary. All browsers will be equally slow if you have a slow connection, and speed differences will only be noticed by the faster speeds. Because of this, it could be argued that the best method is to forget about browser speeds and go with the one that looks best to you and you feel comfortable with. Hope that helps~

ie8. chrome is a close secodn, firefox isn't all the fan boyz say it is... http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4072 http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=5500

Internet explorer is terrible. As far as speed Firefox. As far as security and stablity use opera. And hey Safari 4 is pretty good at both security and speed.

Google Chrome FTW. IE for backup where some rare sites wouldn't work on GC. You can use Firefox as backup but the startup time is long so use IE.

IE - 8 sucks as like IE - 7 and other previous versions and is pretty slow. Better if you go for Safari web browser or for Netscape or Opera. They are good .

Firefox 3.