Which internet browser is best

Which Browser
is Best? Chrome
vs. Firefox vs.
Internet
Explorer
After several years as top dog,
Google Chrome has finally been
unseated by a familiar favorite that's
been quietly rebuilding its appeal
over the last several versions.
In the biggest shakeup in the
browser industry since Microsoft was
forced to uncouple Internet Explorer
from Windows, Google's Chrome
burst on the scene in 2008, forcing
new standards in browser speed,
streamlined design, and rapidly
iterating software, forcing all the
other players to overhaul their own
sluggish software as they played
catch up to the nimble newcomer.
Chrome spent several years as
PCMag Editor's Choice, but it's been
surpassed in speed and features,
and it has sunk to a three-way tie
for second place as former favorite
Firefox has reasserted its lead. With
a beautifully redesigned interface,
excellent performance, thrifty
memory use, helpful browsing tools,
and leading customizability, the
independent open-source browser
has reclaimed PCMag.com's Editors'
Choice for browsers.
While Firefox is our favorite browser
of the moment, there are still other
excellent choices that, depending on
your priorities, will server your Web
browsing needs admirably, including
Internet Explorer, Opera, and
Maxthon. All of the browsers now
provide more-than-adequate support
for the new HTML5 standard for
website coding—even Internet
Explorer has been acknowledged by
Google as now being among the
ranks of "modern" Web browsers.
The search kingpin did this when it
withdrew its Chrome Frame product,
which inserted Chrome's page
renderer inside IE.
Beyond standards support and page-
rendering speed, factors to consider
when choosing a browser include
extension support, customizability,
startup times, browsing helps like
bookmark and tab managers, privacy,
and security. For a deep dive into
what each of today's main browser
choices offer on all of those scores,
read the in-depth, tested reviews
linked below. For some background
on how PCMag.com tests Web
browsers, read How We Test Web
Browsers.