Simple acts like opening webpages, scrolling up and down, and opening several new tabs at once can be performed without much (if any) noticeable slowdown.
While that performance may vary from device to device and from situation to situation, in my experience over the years, Firefox is still a faster browser overall. For instance, Tom's Guide (Opens in a new tab) found that Firefox actually used up slightly more memory under stress testing earlier this year. Firefox is generally considered more "lightweight" in this regard, though testing doesn't always bear that out. Specifically, Chrome can use a high amount of RAM (or memory), slowing your machine down if you have too many tabs open. One thing you'll hear as a common criticism for Chrome is that it's a resource hog. It's got all the basic options we expect from browsers in 2021, from a straightforward bookmarks toolbar to the ability to open and even group (Opens in a new tab) way more tabs than you'll ever realistically get to before you decide to purge them and start over. Credit: mozillaĬhrome was able to overtake default browser options like Internet Explorer and Safari in just a few years partly because it's clean, easy to use, and overall pretty fast. Performance and Usabilityįirefox's overflow menu is a nifty little feature. They're both excellent browsers, but one of them narrowly comes out on top according to a few important metrics. Firefox is a more compelling fight than you may think. One browser only needed less than a decade to take over the world the other has been your nerdiest friend's favorite for nearly 20 years.ĭespite a Grand Canyon-esque gap in overall popularity between the two, Chrome vs. In the other corner, is Firefox, an open-source option run by the non-profit Mozilla since its inception in 2002. In one corner, we've got Chrome - by far the most popular browser (Opens in a new tab) in the world and controlled by one of the planet's biggest tech companies since its launch in 2008. You may think Google Chrome (Opens in a new tab) is the only browser you'll ever need, but Firefox (Opens in a new tab) might have something to say about that.
They rarely, if ever, try out alternatives that might make their lives easier. Web browsers are our windows into the internet and yet many people just stick with the one they know.
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