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blackhawk1928   08-28-2009 at 11:58:28 PM

I have tried and experimented the following Browsers:
-Internet Explorer 6
-Internet Explorer 7
-Internet Explorer 8
-Google Chrome
-Opera 10 Beta 3 and 9.64
-Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2
-Apple Safari 4.03
-Apple Safari Web-kit Developer version
(In basics, all the latest versions of the these browsers)

-Out of all of these "Apple Safari Web-kit Developer Version" is by far the fastest browser that i have tried. Its way faster then the original safari. I was wondering does anyone know a browser that is faster then this? I know there are tons of other browser out there but which one is truly the fastest. Anything known to beat Safari Web-kit?
-Thank you for input, because on the internet each different browser always says that its the fastest of-course but which browser is really the fastest? I need personal opinion. And don't say internet explorer, opera, firefox, or chrome are the fastest because Safari Web-kit demolishes them easily.
-Thank You!

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pat mcgroin   08-29-2009 at 02:37:03 PM

I have been running a browser called K-Meleon.

K-Meleon is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser based on the Gecko layout engine developed by Mozilla which is also used by Firefox.

I realize the above line compares it with Firefox but there isnt really any comparison.
Its much faster, has many security options, clearly organized, and accepts both IE favs. and FF bookmarks.

You can get it here if you want to give it a try.
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/

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blackhawk1928   08-29-2009 at 04:51:29 PM

Okay I will try that, and BTW i dont really care for security,skins,and cool options in a browser, I care for speed and simplicity. And I dont care how much resources a browser takes up, because first of all i have plenty of resources for it, and secondly if it means it being faster then so be it. WebkitSafari can take up like 200k of ram with 2-3tabs open ;) And if you have 5 open it can easily chew 500-600k which is a lot but pays of with is ridiculous speed. Its going to be very hard to beat safari, I will test it and see.

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pat mcgroin   08-29-2009 at 07:54:24 PM

All of the security is set up as options so no need to worry about bloat.
I do run with block advertisement and block popups though.

I havent tried the Safari browsers but perhaps I will just to see.
I have to agree with you that several of the others that you listed are pure crap.

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blackhawk1928   08-29-2009 at 11:29:48 PM

Well...in my opinion practically everything made my apple is very good :) Safari,mac,mac os, iphone,ipods....all really nice. So try safari and see what lightning fast browsing speed and page rendering really means. Especially webkit safari. and I am testing out k-melon and will see what its capable of.

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buwish   09-29-2009 at 09:13:47 AM

If possible, give IE 8 64-bit a try. For some odd reason it absolutely flies in W7 RC1, at least in comparison to the 32-bit version of IE 8.

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buwish   09-29-2009 at 09:20:00 AM

O, I almost forgot: I concur about K-Meleon; it puts any other browser I have tried to shame, at least in terms of pure speed. It's not fancy, but rather, it gets straight to the point.

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blackhawk1928   09-30-2009 at 04:30:03 AM

hmm...well i'll see in like a month when i get build my new system and install win7 64 bit, however for now I benchmarked k-melon and safari and safari but k-melon to shame and burned it with safaries amazing speed :)

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pat mcgroin   09-30-2009 at 03:16:30 PM

Ill have to give Safari a look then. I just havent had the time.
But if you benched both Ill have to believe and give it a whirl.

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blackhawk1928   09-30-2009 at 11:19:29 PM

Also make sure to have a fast DNS server as it affects speed more then your browser in most cases based on my personal experiences.

-Also Try Internet Explorer 8 with the Google chrome frame, its an adon that makes IE8 blazing fast.

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godbrother   10-04-2009 at 01:56:07 AM

Well, ever since I moved from IE6 to FF2 last year, I've been with FF for ever. O man, I feel sick when I use IE6... What the hell was I thinking? For all those years.

PS: IE7 is worse. Terrible lag rip off of FF. It lags like ***, and clicks stuff a million times, you hear it clicking non-stop and it jars the crap outa' me.

FF for ever I guess.

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