Opera Vs Google Chrome 2019

1. Opera Vs Google Chrome 2019 Download
2. Chrome 2019 Free Download

Interesting question and I'm going to answer as a conusmer and a PC user. I'm not saying that I'm a specialist in PCs or Macs but considering that I'm a PC user for 13-14 years I have some experience with the browsers. In fact I had the same. Page 1 of 7 - Introduction Page 2 of 7 - Firefox Page 3 of 7 - Google Chrome Page 4 of 7 - Opera Page 5 of 7 - Safari Page 6 of 7 - Vivaldi Page 7 of 7 - Performance & Conclusion. Note: This shootout first appeared in the July 2019 issue of HWM. It has been edited with additional details.

It's safe to say that Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera are the most popular browsers. When choosing a browser, it's important to remember that popularity brings with it developers for plugins and extensions. Your internet browser is limited not necessarily by the performance of the browser, but by the apps and extensions offered by the developers in the community. For instance, Google's Chromecast requires you to be using their browser, Chrome, in order to use the device for your TV. They offer the streaming extension in the Chrome store for laptop/desktop computing. While most plugins for all the top browsers are universal, there are some exclusive extensions.

In this breakdown, I'll be comparing the top 4 internet browsers that people use: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera.

Design & functionality

Before we get into the nitty-gritty tech specs, let's consider the layout and design of each browser. While they share many aspects of each other, they have small distinctions that could possibly (though I suggest to not let it) make or break your browser decision.

Extensions are a necessity for browsers, which is why it might be harder to get behind some of the lesser-known browsers (they might not have the extension you want). All four browsers have plugins/addons/extensions and the popular ones are probably supported on all platforms.

All modern browsers will have an address bar, search bar (some combined), tabs (and a new tab screen), bookmarks, and unique elements for that browser. Your toolbar is minimal, to give you more room to view the website, which is the whole point of a web browser.

Chrome

Chrome is simple. You've got at the top your tabs, address bar, and optional bookmarks. Extensions are put to the side of the address bar and can be collapsed under the 'more' menu in the top right of the browser. To the left of the search bar, you've got your standard back and forward buttons as well as refresh with an optional home button. Chrome was given an update to follow their design standard, Material Design (at least the icons).

What you type in the search bar, or omnibox will do a search on your set default search engine or other sites based on what you type before it. For instance: with the Wolfram|Alpha extension, just type = [tab] before your search and it will do a Wolfram|Alpha search. Extensions like this are one of the reasons Chrome is so popular.

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge has a very similar vibe with a little different layout. The UI is more rectilinear (which I prefer) and is quite simple. Beyond the basic elements you'd expect from a browser, there is the built-in ability to essentially draw on any website, save that screen shot, and export it to One Note or share it online directly. Edge is the default browser in Windows 10 (you can change this).

Microsoft wants to integrate their products together into one universal system, which is great in theory. While most of their products are solid and fine for most, you may find that you like certain aspects of competitive products better.

Firefox

Firefox mirrors the features of the others, and has a lot of similar extensions that Chrome has. If there's an extension on Chrome that you like, chances are it's been developed for Firefox (similar to how apps are developed for both Android and iOS) or vice-versa. Firefox has its own UI which scrolls smoothly and performs quite well.

These browsers will all feel very similar from a design perspective, so you'll only find the largest differences in their performances features, interface, and your overall preference.

Opera

Opera has a sleek look to it, unique way to view videos while you browse, and a built-in ad blocker. It's got a speed dial which is just like the other new tab screens with links to your most visited/favorite websites, but it also features a news option that will display recent stories from news sites.

Opera have created a new browser called Neon. With it, they are trying to simplify and improve what traditional browsers look like and how they behave. I encourage you to play around with it - the UI is original and has things like built-in screen shots that extend the out-of-box functionality.

Benchmarks

Through several benchmarking tests online, we can decide which browser is the best. The best considering factors such as speed, usability, features, and so on. The benchmarking programs will give a score. The score is only relevant if you understand each element in the scoring system or you look into what makes up the score. Otherwise, the scores are only significant based on comparison to the other browsers. That's what I'll be doing — comparing each browser to the next. This way, we can find out which of the 5 most popular browsers comes out on top.

Google Octane (Javascript)

The JavaScript Benchmark Suite for the modern web Free web search on your chrome new tab.

If anyone knows the web, it's Google. Google Octane is part of the Chromium project on github. They put together this benchmark test that runs multiple Javascript functions that represent the complexity of modern web apps on modern desktop and mobile browsers. This is Octane version 2, which adds in a few more tests that version 1 didn't include. Chrome had the highest score on Octane's tests.

• Chrome — 24385
• Edge — 23893
• Opera — 23200
• Firefox — 22179

Speedometer (Responsiveness)

Browserbench offers a web browser benchmarking tool called Speedometer. This benchmark tests the responsiveness of apps by simulating user interactions in demo web applications. Essentially, it tests the speed and functionality that a browser can be expected to perform when interacting with a website. The final result is runs/minute, but we'll be using this number relative to each other browser to see which can handle the most. Opera had the highest scores on the Speedometer testing.

• Opera — 51.82
• Chrome — 38.20
• Firefox — 32.40
• Edge — 26.25

Jetstream (Javascript)

Browserbench also has another browser benchmarking tool called Jetstream, which measures javascript efficiency rather than the responsiveness of a web application. Similar to Octane, but it's never a bad idea to have multiple sources for benchmarking. Edge had the highest scores on the Jetstream tests.

• Edge — 166.29
• Chrome — 136.28
• Opera — 128.99
• Firefox — 119.75

HTML5 Test

As the name suggests, HTML5 Test tests how well browsers support HTML 5, the markup language of the internet. It takes into consideration things like file support for different video/audio/image codecs, HTML 5 standard elements, forms, 2D and 3D graphic rendering, performance, security, and other components. If a browser shows support for a tested standard, it's given some points - which are totaled up to give their final scores. Chrome had the highest scores on the HTML 5 tests.

• Chrome — 526
• Opera — 525
• Edge — 458
• Firefox — 478

Browserscope (security)

Browserscope is a browser benchmark test for security, network, and other categories. Below is a list of popular browsers they have tested on their site, with Chrome scoring the highest and Firefox in second.

Browsermark (CSS animations)

Opera Vs Google Chrome 2019 Download

Browsermark runs the browser through multiple CSS animation flex tests to see how your browser handles 2D and 3D CSS animations. Opera won this one.

• Opera — 5488
• Chrome — 5287
• Firefox — 4175
• Edge — 2786

Verdict

Google Chrome won 3 of the 6 tests, Opera won 2, and Edge won 1. Performance seems to be leaning towards Chrome, with Opera in a close second. Eventually, you should consider more than just the performance of a browser. Do you like how it behaves (scrolling is different in Firefox than it is in Chrome, for example)? Is there extension support? Etc.

Most internet browsers are, more or less, the same, except for one factor: the community. The community, the users, is what makes or breaks a browser's success. For that reason, I think Google Chrome is the best browser for an internet experience. That is, app/extension developers will prioritize the most commonly used browser to develop for.

Google's browser will always be popular as long as they maintain it to industry standards and keep their name on it. With that, any product or extensions developed by Google will only be available through Google (like Chromecast. So for an overall great experience for years to come, I think Google takes the gold with Chrome. It may not be the best, but it's up to industry standards and with it comes the diverse field of developers. All of these browsers work fine. They all have a rather similar format and no more toolbars that take up 20% of the screen (with modern high resolution displays).

Download browsers

Sometimes, you may have a need to automatically refresh a webpage. You could be following a game score, or some news, or maybe you are awaiting results to get declared on your college website and a long refresh countdown can be highly demoralizing.

Previously, we discussed an online service called Refresh This that can automatically refresh a website across any browser but turns out that the service has joined the dead pool of web services. Yes, it doesn't work anymore.

If you are looking for an online alternative, you can try Lazywebtools but these services are kinda unreliable.

So, today we will see how you can integrate this feature right in your browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, and Opera) so that you can directly refresh webpages without using any third party service.

Auto Refresh in Chrome

To enable auto refresh in Google Chrome, download and install Super Auto Refresh Plus from Chrome Web Store. After you install the extension, the Auto Refresh button will appear in the extension section. Now, open the page or a new tab that you want to reload automatically and click on the extension button.

On the extension, choose the time interval, after which you want to reload the page automatically and press the Start button. The extension will then start working and show a countdown timer on its icon. When the timer countdown is complete, the page will be refreshed automatically. To stop the auto refresh, click on the Stop button in the extension.

Chrome 2019 Free Download

Auto Refresh in Firefox

To integrate the feature in Firefox, download and install Auto Refresh add-on and restart your browser. Imac touch bar. Now, open the web page you want to refresh and select the time period of auto refresh from the right-click menu under the Auto refresh option.

You can either enable the timer on the individual page or on all the open tabs. There's a hard refresh option also available in the add-on. The default time provided in the right-click menu can be edited using the Customize option.

Auto Refresh in Opera

Update: This option no longer works by default. Opera updated its engine in late 2012 and has stopped supporting auto refresh directly. However, you can install Super Auto Refresh Plus in Opera to use the Auto Refresh feature.

Auto reload option is available in Opera by default and thus one does not need an extension for the same. To reload any page in opera, right-click anywhere on the page and select the time interval under the Reload every section. By default, some basic time intervals are provided, but if you want to configure time manually click on the Custom option.

To turn off the auto-reload option, click on the Never button.

What you type in the search bar, or omnibox will do a search on your set default search engine or other sites based on what you type before it. For instance: with the Wolfram|Alpha extension, just type = [tab] before your search and it will do a Wolfram|Alpha search. Extensions like this are one of the reasons Chrome is so popular.

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge has a very similar vibe with a little different layout. The UI is more rectilinear (which I prefer) and is quite simple. Beyond the basic elements you'd expect from a browser, there is the built-in ability to essentially draw on any website, save that screen shot, and export it to One Note or share it online directly. Edge is the default browser in Windows 10 (you can change this).

Microsoft wants to integrate their products together into one universal system, which is great in theory. While most of their products are solid and fine for most, you may find that you like certain aspects of competitive products better.

Firefox

Firefox mirrors the features of the others, and has a lot of similar extensions that Chrome has. If there's an extension on Chrome that you like, chances are it's been developed for Firefox (similar to how apps are developed for both Android and iOS) or vice-versa. Firefox has its own UI which scrolls smoothly and performs quite well.

These browsers will all feel very similar from a design perspective, so you'll only find the largest differences in their performances features, interface, and your overall preference.

Opera

Opera has a sleek look to it, unique way to view videos while you browse, and a built-in ad blocker. It's got a speed dial which is just like the other new tab screens with links to your most visited/favorite websites, but it also features a news option that will display recent stories from news sites.

Opera have created a new browser called Neon. With it, they are trying to simplify and improve what traditional browsers look like and how they behave. I encourage you to play around with it - the UI is original and has things like built-in screen shots that extend the out-of-box functionality.

Benchmarks

Through several benchmarking tests online, we can decide which browser is the best. The best considering factors such as speed, usability, features, and so on. The benchmarking programs will give a score. The score is only relevant if you understand each element in the scoring system or you look into what makes up the score. Otherwise, the scores are only significant based on comparison to the other browsers. That's what I'll be doing — comparing each browser to the next. This way, we can find out which of the 5 most popular browsers comes out on top.

Google Octane (Javascript)

The JavaScript Benchmark Suite for the modern web Free web search on your chrome new tab.

If anyone knows the web, it's Google. Google Octane is part of the Chromium project on github. They put together this benchmark test that runs multiple Javascript functions that represent the complexity of modern web apps on modern desktop and mobile browsers. This is Octane version 2, which adds in a few more tests that version 1 didn't include. Chrome had the highest score on Octane's tests.

• Chrome — 24385
• Edge — 23893
• Opera — 23200
• Firefox — 22179

Speedometer (Responsiveness)

Browserbench offers a web browser benchmarking tool called Speedometer. This benchmark tests the responsiveness of apps by simulating user interactions in demo web applications. Essentially, it tests the speed and functionality that a browser can be expected to perform when interacting with a website. The final result is runs/minute, but we'll be using this number relative to each other browser to see which can handle the most. Opera had the highest scores on the Speedometer testing.

• Opera — 51.82
• Chrome — 38.20
• Firefox — 32.40
• Edge — 26.25

Jetstream (Javascript)

Browserbench also has another browser benchmarking tool called Jetstream, which measures javascript efficiency rather than the responsiveness of a web application. Similar to Octane, but it's never a bad idea to have multiple sources for benchmarking. Edge had the highest scores on the Jetstream tests.

• Edge — 166.29
• Chrome — 136.28
• Opera — 128.99
• Firefox — 119.75

HTML5 Test

As the name suggests, HTML5 Test tests how well browsers support HTML 5, the markup language of the internet. It takes into consideration things like file support for different video/audio/image codecs, HTML 5 standard elements, forms, 2D and 3D graphic rendering, performance, security, and other components. If a browser shows support for a tested standard, it's given some points - which are totaled up to give their final scores. Chrome had the highest scores on the HTML 5 tests.

• Chrome — 526
• Opera — 525
• Edge — 458
• Firefox — 478

Browserscope (security)

Browserscope is a browser benchmark test for security, network, and other categories. Below is a list of popular browsers they have tested on their site, with Chrome scoring the highest and Firefox in second.

Browsermark (CSS animations)

Opera Vs Google Chrome 2019 Download

Browsermark runs the browser through multiple CSS animation flex tests to see how your browser handles 2D and 3D CSS animations. Opera won this one.

• Opera — 5488
• Chrome — 5287
• Firefox — 4175
• Edge — 2786

Verdict

Google Chrome won 3 of the 6 tests, Opera won 2, and Edge won 1. Performance seems to be leaning towards Chrome, with Opera in a close second. Eventually, you should consider more than just the performance of a browser. Do you like how it behaves (scrolling is different in Firefox than it is in Chrome, for example)? Is there extension support? Etc.

Most internet browsers are, more or less, the same, except for one factor: the community. The community, the users, is what makes or breaks a browser's success. For that reason, I think Google Chrome is the best browser for an internet experience. That is, app/extension developers will prioritize the most commonly used browser to develop for.

Google's browser will always be popular as long as they maintain it to industry standards and keep their name on it. With that, any product or extensions developed by Google will only be available through Google (like Chromecast. So for an overall great experience for years to come, I think Google takes the gold with Chrome. It may not be the best, but it's up to industry standards and with it comes the diverse field of developers. All of these browsers work fine. They all have a rather similar format and no more toolbars that take up 20% of the screen (with modern high resolution displays).

Download browsers

Sometimes, you may have a need to automatically refresh a webpage. You could be following a game score, or some news, or maybe you are awaiting results to get declared on your college website and a long refresh countdown can be highly demoralizing.

Previously, we discussed an online service called Refresh This that can automatically refresh a website across any browser but turns out that the service has joined the dead pool of web services. Yes, it doesn't work anymore.

If you are looking for an online alternative, you can try Lazywebtools but these services are kinda unreliable.

So, today we will see how you can integrate this feature right in your browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, and Opera) so that you can directly refresh webpages without using any third party service.

Auto Refresh in Chrome

To enable auto refresh in Google Chrome, download and install Super Auto Refresh Plus from Chrome Web Store. After you install the extension, the Auto Refresh button will appear in the extension section. Now, open the page or a new tab that you want to reload automatically and click on the extension button.

On the extension, choose the time interval, after which you want to reload the page automatically and press the Start button. The extension will then start working and show a countdown timer on its icon. When the timer countdown is complete, the page will be refreshed automatically. To stop the auto refresh, click on the Stop button in the extension.

Chrome 2019 Free Download

Auto Refresh in Firefox

To integrate the feature in Firefox, download and install Auto Refresh add-on and restart your browser. Imac touch bar. Now, open the web page you want to refresh and select the time period of auto refresh from the right-click menu under the Auto refresh option.

You can either enable the timer on the individual page or on all the open tabs. There's a hard refresh option also available in the add-on. The default time provided in the right-click menu can be edited using the Customize option.

Auto Refresh in Opera

Update: This option no longer works by default. Opera updated its engine in late 2012 and has stopped supporting auto refresh directly. However, you can install Super Auto Refresh Plus in Opera to use the Auto Refresh feature.

Auto reload option is available in Opera by default and thus one does not need an extension for the same. To reload any page in opera, right-click anywhere on the page and select the time interval under the Reload every section. By default, some basic time intervals are provided, but if you want to configure time manually click on the Custom option.

To turn off the auto-reload option, click on the Never button.

Conclusion

That's how you can automatically reload web pages on Google Chrome, Firefox and Opera. I tried to find out a way for Internet Explorer users but didn't get lucky.

Again, as a word of advice to all those who are using Internet Explorer, I would suggest them to switch to any of the above browsers to get a better browsing experience on their computer.

Read Next

RefreshThis Automatically Refreshes a Website

Auto refresh webpages using RefreshThis. Great for breaking news sites.