7 Features To Look For While Choosing Your Browser


Best browser based on Add-Ons

Mozilla’s Firefox has risen quickly through the ranks of popularity among the users, with its massive availability of free extensions. These free extensions are add-ons to Firefox that modify its appearance. Mozilla, with its combination of add-ons and pin Tabs for apps turned to be more user friendly. Most of these add-ons can be installed by clicking the ‘Install Now’ button located below the description. Chrome also has come up with add-ons such as Chrome Desktop Apps and Google Now Notifications. Using these extensions a user can customize Chrome browser the way he wants. Opera has also switched to the same browser engine as Google Chrome, and Chrome’s extension can be installed in opera browser as well. Safari also offers add-ons, but it’s gallery is very small when compared to other browser.

Best browser for Windows 8

Even though Windows 8 comes with its default browser Internet Explorer 10, the latest and faster version of IE 11 can also be installed in the operating system. Browsers like Firefox and chrome offers more extensions and synchronization options to the Windows platform. Both these browsers have unique features and better user interfaces compared to IE. When it comes to the speed, Internet Explorer 11 stands unbeatable. IE is a good choice for Windows touchscreens and tablets. But in the desktop version the images are cloudier. In terms of speed if IE works better with the Windows platforms, with ample choice of unique features and synchronization browsers such as chrome and Firefox are better advisable. Since Safari was released in 2012, it lacks some of the stand out features of the above mentioned browsers thus loosing competition

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