Which browser are you using right this very minute?

Ask yourself: Of the time that I spend on my computer, how much of that time is on the internet? When you answer, you’ll realize that choosing a browser should be an important decision!

If you have a Windows computer, you by default start off with Microsoft Internet Explorer. This is an “ok” choice, but you can choose so much better. This article series will tell you why I have switched and why my personal choice in the browser war is Google Chrome.

For starters, Chrome is downright fast. Starts up fast, loads pages fast, runs JavaScript programming on pages fast. (Did I say it was fast?) Try it and you’ll see. If you hate that hourglass spinning, you’ll apreciate this choice.

Google did a funny video ad series competing the browser against various things, like LIGHTNING and a POTATO. funny video (watch and you’ll better understand how they can compete). You can see
the video by clicking the link above.

Chrome has been around a while and is gaining “market share” quickly. Here is a recent chart showing the popularity of the different browsers. King of the hill, Internet Explorer (IE) is losing ground!

Now you might find that some main sites have yet to allow anything other than IE (how annoying is that!!) It might be your bank, it might be your MLS (for realtors reading this). Ahh, patience, just a matter of time they will need to conform. Meanwhile, like me you might need to keep BOTH icons handy to launch either IE or Chrome - so you can launch IE for “those sites” that still require it (but only those sites).

Anyway, I am going to continue this series, so stay tuned to get more information about Google Chrome.

Below, in fairness, I will give links to the 5 major browsers. If you must use IE, do a favor for all the web developers in the world (including me) and at least upgrade to the latest version IE (version 8 at time of this writing). Web developers hate hate hate version 6 and with good reason.

Here are the links:

Google Chrome (my choice) www.google.com/chrome

Firefox www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox

Safari www.apple.com/safari

Opera www.opera.com

Microsoft Internet Explorer www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer