Browser Wars: Part 2

OPERA

First time i ever used opera was way back in 2000 or something. It was a great replacement for the Internet Explorer. I loved it, It had a download manager, i could browse in tabs, i could view my history easily, i could see my history of downloads easily, the rendering was really great, the bookmarking was great …so on and so forth. But as soon as Firefox entered the arena, Opera took a beating. Although opera is really fast, Looks REALLY REALLY great compared to the other browsers you get the feeling as if you are missing out on something.

If you ask me an analogy in the mobile world, i’d say, Firefox is the Nokia and LG is the Opera. Although the LG phones look really nice, with a smooth interface, the shiny finish, the perfect shape you can flaunt your new phone but most people dont do that with a nokia but interestingly its the nokia people who have the last laugh. With all the apps that you can install in a nokia phone and all the tweaking you can do and the ruggedness of the phone the end result is .. MANY HAPPY NOKIA USERS.

The same goes for Opera, although i agree that it is fast and everything it still doesnt beat the firefox…

Pros

1. Fast
2. Really good looking
3. Smooth interface
4. Pleasant Browsing experience

Cons

1. No good addons as of now
2. Rendering is not perfect in some websites although mozilla is 100% successful in this
3. Not lightweight as the Chrome….

SAFARI

Finally apple, the BIG BIG BOSS of hardware design wanted to enter the browser wars itself with a big aim of capturing its own place in all the windows as well as MACs. Although it captured a place in every MAC, like it was supposed to be, it wasnt a big success in the Windows arena. Say why … ? I’ll tell you why

Safari is a really fast Browser, Comparatively maybe even faster than the Firefox, but where it failed was the size (as in every apple product). But sometimes you feel its worth it to have such a heavy browser in your pc just because it works so well. Safari is the smoothest browser ive ever seen. The interface looks OH SO GOOD. Have you ever handled an iPhone? and Have you ever handled an Samsung Corby?… Now thats the kind of difference you will notice when you start using the SAFARI…

Pros

1. Really smooth and very fast…
2. Nice simple interface like the chrome.
3. Eh … ive got nothin else…

Cons

1. Really heavy, like the iTunes which looks as though it took over your computer the moment you install it …
2. is it really worth that much space.. ? thats for you to decide..

 

To be continued…