Microsoft recently published a comparision table for three big (?!) browsers: IE8, Firefox and Chrome. Here is the table (i made a screenshot in case they change their minds):
After you stop laughing, let’s take it step by step. So:
- Security. Ok, maybe I lied when I said we will take it step by step. I don’t worry about security because I don’t visit obscure sites (too often). However, in last three or four years of using Firefox I had NO PROBLEMS with security. Ok, if an obscure site will ASK you to install a toolbar and you will install it… That’s not poor security. That’s great stupidity!
- Privacy. I will skip this step too because I’m the only one who use my PC. Besides that I don’t login on other machines. However, Chrome have a “stealth mode” and Firefox permits you to clear all private data (just hit CTRL+SHIFT+DEL).
- Ease of use. I’m not the right person to judge about this, so I won’t.
- Web Standards. ACID test: Firefox 72/100 and IE8 12/100. I don’t even start Chrome.
- Developer Tools. Are you kidding me? Seriously, are you kidding me? The “web developer” is a joke if you compare with firebug. You only can set breakpoints with debugger but you can’t see values on that breakpoint! How stupid is that? Also, if you want to debug a page you need to… (guess!) RELOAD the page! Dumb asses! And for network monitoring what do you have? Nothing? Oh, that’s a bummer.
- Reliability. Indeed, this is a problem on Firefox. But not on Chrome too (Chrome will open a new process for each tab).
- Customizability. Riiiight. Please show me some IE8 themes!
- Manageability. I’m not in a company, i don’t care.
- Performance. It’s a tie, they admit it.
I wonder why they didn’t include Safari and Opera in that chart…
