Oladipo Ademola Esq

First, this is not a "technical" review. In this post, I’ll just point out some issues I have with the browsers and what stops any of them from having a permanent spot as my default browser.

My machine is a HP dv2910us, Intel Centrino 2 Duo, 3gb RAM, 250gb HDD with 112gb free.

Internet Explorer

The default browser that came with my operating system, has a couple of major annoyances.

The engine renders very slow compared to other browsers.

When I am saving a webpage, the save dialog is modal, I cant do anything until the page saves completely. In the event that a timeout occurs, the page saving hangs and sometimes, I am left at the mercy of IE.

A dialog to update Silverlight showed up recently and Microsoft decided that other tasks were not worth it until I clicked update.

Firefox

Firefox is the browser that has the highest probability of becoming (and staying) my default. Except for the fact that it is CPU hungry. I am not bothered about it using memory (I seem to have quite enough of that), my CPU is very precious.

Once I had Firefox consistently using 30% of my CPU. For a web browser, that is downright ridiculous. Some people say is it because of the plugins. I beg to differ. Even with no web page open (just a blank tab), fox here was a guzzling 5% of my CPU.

Safari

Apple’s darling browser. Simply put, it is out of place compared to other browsers running on Windows. Just cant use it.

It’s a different culture here. Apple take not.

Opera

This Norwegian software is a serious contender for the default spot. But no matter how hard I try to like it, I always seem to prefer IE. I have not had any experience with memory or CPU consuming, but then again, I have not had much experience using it.

Chrome

Newest kid on the block. It came in with a minimalist interface (I LOVE MINIMALISM) and unbelievable rendering speeds. But it also came with its problems. Not to repeat myself, I have done some earlier reviews.

Generally, Flash is the "biggest" problem of all the browsers.

I guess it is easy to say that when you have time long enough on the web, you get to see some things that others do not see. Then again, you come across some things so strange (never before seen by you).

This webpage (shown above) is optimized for “Windows Explorer”, not Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox or Opera or Safari or Chrome. No. You can only enjoy visiting the site if you open the web pages using Windows Explorer.

Now, officially, I have seen strange things.

Yesterday evening, I decided to change my routine and took a stroll into the neighborhood. You know, enjoy the scenery. Took a while. On my way back, it was dark and suddenly it was dark. with the abrupt change of visibility came the familiar “Oh Nepa!”

As usual, PHCN has struck again. Counting, I think this was the sixth time it was happening today. Not strange anymore.

Suddenly again, visibility increased. Light is back, but this time, it came with noise. Lots of noise. Generators. Everywhere. Everybody had a generator. From extra small generators to extra large. Insane. Generators everywhere.

I reflected on the situation, when PHCN gives light, there is noise. When PHCN takes light, there is more noise. The initial noise comes from the speakers of those chinese electronics. Everybody can afford a hi-power sound system, as long as it plays. Loudly. Also, everybody can afford a generator, even if it is the small type.

All these made possible by the help of the chinese manufacturers. They are everywhere