In developing a leading browser-based Room Booking & Resource Scheduling System that’s supported in all major browsers, we often get asked “Which is the best web browser?”. So less than a day after Internet Explorer 10 becomes available for Windows 7, we decided it was time to put the latest web browsers “head-to-head” to find out which one of the current offerings is “the best”….

Browsers Tested

Google Chrome
Google Chrome 23
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox 16
Internet Explorer 10
Internet Explorer 10
Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 9
Opera
Opera 12
Apple Safari
Apple Safari 5

The Tests

13 different tests were performed on each browser, covering four key areas in Speed, Memory Usage, Compliance with standards, and Javascript Performance.

The results revealed some varied and rather interesting findings – We even found to our surprise that Internet Explorer 9 out performed Internet Explorer 10 in two of the tests!

Results Summary

Browser Test Winners And Runners Up

Read the full test report, with explanations and our conclusions here