For instance, the Phone to Desktop Chrome add-on lets you send any text or links to your desktop browser, and the Text to Voice Firefox extension reads out words you highlight on any page.įirefox and Chrome both have tens of thousands of extensions, spanning categories such as Productivity, Downloads Management, Social & Communication, Search Tools, and Shopping. Round 3: Extensibilityīoth Chrome and Firefox have supported extensions for years, and these babies can really enhance your Internet experience. Mozilla's browser takes the prize because of its customizability and easy sharing function. Edge only has Select All, Inspect Element and View Source in the same scenario. If you right click any blank space on Firefox or Chrome, your menu options are plenty, including going backward and forward, reloading, printing (Chrome), translating to English (Chrome), and sharing the page (Firefox). With icons for Reading mode, Favorites, Hub, Make a Web Note, Share and More actions on the right side, Edge's top bar is more cluttered than Chrome's. Chrome is the cleanest, however, with just buttons for back, forward, refresh, favorite and settings in addition to a search/URL bar that takes up the width of the screen.Įdge has a flat, modern aesthetic that helps it look minimalistic despite the extra buttons it has at the end of the search/URL bar. Thoughtful organization makes going to your favorite pages hassle-free, and keeps distracting buttons out of sight.Īll three browsers save space by putting the tabs up at the top of the window in lieu of a title bar. The best browsers are laid out in an intuitive manner, putting key controls within easy reach while reducing clutter on the screen. MORE: Windows 10: Full Review Round 2: Layout and ease of use Though it faired poorly on a couple of synthetic tests, Edge processes JavaScript fastest and displays pages the fastest of the lot.

Edge displayed in 1:55 seconds, faster than Chrome's 2:22 and Firefox's 4:90. To make sure Internet speeds didn't affect the results, I repeated this test across two different days at different times.Įdge delivered the fastest speeds in general, loading in 4.45 seconds, compared to Chrome's 4:67 and Firefox's 4:59. Page Load Times (Numion): I also timed, using the Numion stopwatch, how long it took Edge, Chrome and Firefox to display media-heavy sites such as and. Chrome took the lead here, notching 5,591 against Firefox's 4,308 and Edge's measly 2,882. Browsermark: This benchmark tests a variety of browser functions such as re-sizing screens, 2D and 3D performance, crunching numbers, and rendering graphics.

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