Browser Comparison Comparing the Advantages and Disadvantages

Browser Comparison Comparing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome The intent of this analysis is to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of Internet Explorer (IE), Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Of these three browsers, the majority of research and development investment has been in Internet Explorer, which has over eight generations of spending on new product development associated with it (Maurer, 2007).

All of the research and the continual improvements that Microsoft continues to make to this browser would lead one to believe it is the most advanced. In fact, Internet Explorer is often one of the more closed in terms of architecture and the slowest in terms of performance across the three browsers analyzed (Oshri, de Vries, de Vries, 2010). Prior to this analysis it was the author's belief that Mozilla Firefox was the most efficient and secure browser that had as open architecture, supporting a much greater number of browser plug-ins.

Based on this analysis however the perception of the author has shifted to Google Chrome. IE continually crashed during this analysis on an advanced IBM laptop used for testing and eventually led to several system reboots during browser plug-in sessions. Analysis of Browsers Beginning with Google Chrome, the initial tests of the browser showed it to be significantly more reliable than IE, much greater speed than IE and comparable to Firefox on performance. Chrome also has the easiest-to-use graphical interface and ergonomics, as validated by third-party studies as well (Fagan, 2010).

Initially considered to be one of the least secure browsers due to Google admitting they had the technology to track and analyze all traffic from within it, like Facebook, the company has acted to significantly reduce the potential for user data to be compromised (Reis, Barth, Pizano, 2009). While Mozilla Firefox has exceptionally performance and a wealth of plug-ins to ensure its level of functionality continues to evolve, there are many more potential security problems with this browser.

Given the fact that this has been predominantly designed using open source software, there is an element of instability in the structure of the browsers' memory architecture (Oshri, de Vries, de Vries, 2010). This translates into a lack of scalability in the Mozilla Firefox browser. IE 8 was designed for a high level of scalability yet does not support the level of speed increases and durability of memory architecture to ensure it will perform reliability over time (Reis, Barth, Pizano, 2009).

IE has also had its own challenges with regard to usability over time, drastically changing how the design of the interface works, confusing long-time customers in the process (Fagan, 2010). Conclusion Initially thinking the Firefox Mozilla browser was the best, this analysis highlighted the shortcoming of the browser, showing.