I Installed Opera 10.54 and Firefox 4 today for review ( on usefulness and looks and not a technical review), Already had IE (and who doesn't!) and Firefox 3.6 on my PC .
So here it goes on different aspects:
Space utilization:All the software are nice in looks. Firefox is going quite a Chrome way in looks and so does the Opera, but Firefox has miss-understood the tab on top thing.Windows 7 style toolbar button is present on top-left (on title-bar) but the whole space next to it is wasted, Chrome and Opera are better in space utilization to give user maximum space for page viewing.
old style menubar is not present in Firefox (you can access it by pressing alt) but statusbar is present by default, eating space. Only Crome is better then Firefox in this because Opera too have a status bar cum service buttons present.
Smooth Scrolling:Opera beats both Firefox and Chrome on this in-fact it scrolls like a charm. Both Chrome and Firefox are bumpy when it comes to scrolling a long page.
Add-ons:Opera lacks in useful add-ons, it does have bunch of add-ons but I found none of them useful. so it is not useful for a power users.
There was a time when Chrome did not have add-ons, but now you can find nicely crafted addons for Chrome.
But Firefox is the browser that wins on add-ons, you name it Firefox has it. It has millions of useful add-ons there to please you.
Note: Firefox 4 is a pre-beta release. so it doesn't have any supported add-ons yet , but once it is graduated you will be able to use all your favorite add-ons.
Bookmark Sync(on S60):
Opera provides you a way to sync both your PC and mobile bookmarks through Opera links( a web based sync service) which no other browser provide, because we don't have Firefox or Chrome for s60 yet.
however with Nokia OVI suit you can sync your mobile bookmarks (s60 browser's and not Opera's) with IE and Firefox (it crashes with Firefox). s60's default browser is itself not a good option to browse web on your phone.
At Last:
So if you are not a power users and use your browser only for surfing sites, I suggest Chrome or Opera ( Opera is better if you use Opera mobile or Opera mini on your phone ), and if you want more power then just to browse then go for Firefox.
For a technical review see here.
Download Firefox 4 From here.
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