Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Comparing Browsers

Firefox & Opera & IE & Chrome

I have heard of Firefox for a long time but never use it.Firefox has many powerful functions. The extensibility is very strong, and it contains a great many of plug-ins.It is quite convenient to watch web page source code and it also watch them selected. besides,its editor could highlight syntax .There are many advantages about Firefox especially on browsing.its text style is very beautiful and its fonts can be bold appropriate, which is unique ,because other browsers cannot do these. As well as ,the explanation  on css and web layout is correct .Basically css code could achieve the effect we expected.Of course, it also has a few disadvantages. Firstly, it is unable conduct online  banking operation.secondly,some functions are showy and not substantial,especially picture collection. Thirdly, when I drag a key word and want to pop up a new window to search, however, Firefox appear  a Firefox magical mirror function which show some searching content like wiki,baike ,shopping and so on in a small window.On the whole,comparing with other browses ,Firefox is better,which I still use it.


I usually use the Opera browse on my cellphone so I know it is not bad and offer many creative functions like notebook. We can copy text content on web to temporary notebook. But the fatal flow is  that the explanation and analysis ability is not strong enough. If we don't control the application of css  strictly ,it always shows unfriendly interfaces, which is the most serious problem. In addition, Firefox and it like full brothers and we do not know which one is imitated. Since Chrome came out ,the design that the headline of the web page is put on the top of the title bar always is imitated and now almost all the browses put the web page headline on the top.


IE browser, due to the binding of the windows, there are a lot of people using it. Because it’s not convenient enough to use it, appearing a large number of third-party browsers. IE uses the kernel to analyze web pages. The analytical capability of IE is really weak, and different from other browsers. So when we design websites, we have to design one especially for IE. But IE is important, because of that only IE can perfectly support online banking and some other operations. Also, it has a very large amount of users, so we have to pay attention to it.


The function of Chrome is simple.  However, simplicity is the purpose what it is pursuing. Indeed, for most of users, the most important thing for them is to browse the web. For them, it is not necessary to use a browser which has too many functions. So, Google browser concentrates all the things in its long address bar on the top. The Chrome also has pros and cons.  The pro is that it is more convenient for people to use it by enter the URL directly in the browser, or a keyword to search. The con is that it cannot support to design a more personal style.


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