[dba-Tech] Browser choices

Peter Brawley peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 12 12:02:10 CDT 2013


On 2013-03-12 11:50 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> The browser choices are becoming more difficult.
>
> IE, according to what the pundits are saying is now stable, fast and
> reliable but it only runs on the latest versions of Windows

So it's out for me 'cept for sites that require it 9and fortunately 
there are fewer of those).

> and is not
> cross-platform. (Later this more month I will do a thorough test...if I ever
> get out from under this damn project I am on.)
>
> Chrome is always fast as usual

And sync across so many platforms is terrific.
> but talk about bloat...I am sure the browser
> gets performance via using as much memory as possible. Good news is that it
> is fast and runs on all platforms. Bad news is I feel like a product when I
> am using it...so many ads.

Yep.
>
> Safari is a cute product; somewhere in the middle, not very innovative and
> does what you want but does not run on Linux just like Opera and IE.
>
> That leaves FireFox. I have been using it more lately as it runs on
> everything out there, comes with an extensive list of feature, the
> application is very innovative...leading with latest and greatest (which is
> even keeping Google running to keep up), loads a lot faster than before,
> does not eat all the memory, has real protection and I don't have to feel
> like a product when I am using it.

FireFox's use of SQLite to store bookmarks & history makes for l-o-n-g 
delays. Not a nice way to waste time.

PB

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>
> Someone else is feeling the same way and here is a link to their blog
> article on the subject.
>
> http://www.campaul.net/blog/2013/03/10/why-im-switching-back-to-firefox/
>
> Jim
>
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