Best web browsers for 2012
Early developments in the field of browsing or surfing the World Wide Web started in 1990s. While Netscape developed as first successful browser after mosaic, Internet explorer overtook as the next best browser. Through the years as the web has grown with additional surfing, it has also got enriched from new capabilities to tab, account management and themes as well.
‘Mozilla – firefox’ version 12
One of the best browsers for internet and web surfing, ‘Mozilla Firefox’ is complete with it’s new features. This web browser includes a user interface which is minimalistic and polished. Tabs for browsing are over the address bar and draggable. Orange menu bar is on left corner with a drop-down list. The search engine box is on the right of location bar and can be customized. ‘Firefox’ has an unparalleled customization from improved HTML5, crash and CSS3 support.
‘Opera’ version 11
The latest version of this browser has a catchy interface with a combination of speed, security and lightness for a rich browsing experience. ‘Opera’ has been the pioneer to tabbed browsing and now has tab-stacking with safer address bar and support for numerous extensions. With in-built session manager, page zooming, Google search predictions and spell checker for 51 languages, it supports browsing with new add-on features.
‘Google chrome’ version 9
The fastest amongst browsers, has a multitudes of benchmark add-ons making it both fast and versatile. It is an innovative browser with new features for instant search, webGL support and chrome web store. Chrome has had an impressive usability while with a new version for browsing, chrome has become that much better with incognito (private browsing) and omnibox (search). Like other browsers it provides a good search engine visibility, good account sync with gmail and email accounts while it is recognized as the HTML5 leader in the competitive landscape for browsers.
‘Internet explorer ‘ version 9
The famous internet explorer has now resurrected it’s image for a cleaner and simpler- focused browser frame, transparent top and side border. One Box (search bar), Pinned Sites feature, Notification Bar and GPU acceleration for graphics are new versatile and innovations for the IE9. A number of new features including security protection and additional controls adorn the explorer. After having added these new features, it is expected to recover from the recycle bin image earlier heaped on it.
‘Apple safari’ version 5
Considered a new browser and best for Macintosh computers the browser is slightly improved from its previous performance with good standard support. A number of features together with the ‘Nitro JavaScript engine’ for page caching and hardware improvements are significantly that much better. Smarter URL bar, simple customization options, safari reader and developer programs are all included with safari. Bookmark menu, RSS feeds, snapback, private browsing and many others. Surfing is good and is an integrated function with the new looks safari.
Conclusion
The latest editions of new browsers are updated with a whole lot of new features and capabilities. These new features of hardware, sync of accounts, address bar, graphics and others benefit user’s choice for installation of best browser.