- Chrome, however, is the worst of the big four at protecting your web reading from advertisers, while Safari, Firefox and Edge block their tracking automatically.
- Chrome may be leading in usage (except, of course, on Apple devices), but it's not ahead by every measure or by number of capabilities. Firefox, Edge, Safari, and Opera all have features not found in Google's browser. That's not to say that Chrome isn't an excellent piece of software, but you should know there are worthy alternatives.
It has been long since Google and Apple have released their own browsers. Google released Chrome and Apple had safari. Today we take Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari for a test drive.
We compare them on the basis of :
Safari, naturally, relies on Siri to provide voice functionality; Chrome, however, uses Google's own Google Now voice assistant.
1. Security and Stability
2. Privacy
3. Functionality
4. Speed
5. Customization
Security and Stability
The most easiest and common way a malware enters a computer is through a browser. Generally people get viruses from the Internet and the way they surf the Internet is what determines the security vulnerabilty of a computer.
If you are surfing with an old version, you are an easy target for hackers who could use the security loopholes in the browser and enter malware onto your PC.
The thumb rule is that the more popular the browser, the more it is targetted by hackers. Another type of security risks are browser plugins such as Flash, Quicktime , JavaScript etc. It is very important to keep them updated as well.
Chrome does not have the feature of blocking JavaScripts which makes in vulnerable. On the other hand Safari has a very restricted or limited way of blocking JavaScripts which make it vulnerable too. But less than Chrome.
Both Chrome and Safari do not have XSS protection. Only IE 8 and Firefox include XSS protection.
Chrome has a privacy mode known as an incognito window whereas Safari's privacy mode is Private Browsing.
Both work equally well and do not create cache files or temporary Internet files but they do save the downloads for future use.
Chrome and Safari run on the WebKit engine but Safari 4 works on SquirrelFish .
Chrome was a bit more stable than Safari!
Customization –
Google recently allowed a bit of customiztion to be done on Chrome. With the launch of Google Chrome 4, users can apply extensions, add themes and sync bookmarks . Safari is kind of restricted on the customization part and yet it does not sport those types of customizations .
Speed
Both Chrome and Safari rely on the WebKit engine and are the fastest. Safari manages to do better than Chrome. Both are also well capable of handling Web 2.0 applications.
Safari Vs Chrome Ios
The RAM usage while running Google as the default website in both cases were – Chrome = 26.4 MB
Safari = 21.8 MB
Example – Chrome took 5 seconds to open Google whereas Safari took only 3 seconds.
Tests
Peacekeeper- Chrome = 3415 points
Safari = 3491 points.
Acid3 Test – Chrome = 100
Safari = 100
Sunspider Test – Chrome = 0.49 seconds
Safari = 0.58 seconds
Safari Vs Chrome M1
So , in the end it all adds up to be that the test ended up in a close finish.
If you want Simplicity , Security and Customization ( a bit) then Google Chrome is for you,
but on the other hand if you need Speed, Performance and Functionality then go with Apple Safari!
Chrome Vs Safari Privacy
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