Chapter 10B: Networking Systems Which Browser is best? Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Explorer?

1. CHAPTER 10:
Networking
Systems
BY: CIA DANIELA MADARANG
ciamadarang@gmail.com

2. - Family
- Occupatio
n
- Recreation
- Mission
2
Mom: Czarina
Dad: Donald
Siblings: Cyrille, Chantel,
Czam, Cali, Joaquin
Administrative
Assistant/Receptionist
Photography, Dancing, Art,
Editing
Graduate college with a BA in
Accounting and get my EA and
CPA license in the future.
Hello, there!:)

3. STATUS
3
CHROME FIREFOX EXPLORER SAFARI
Market share (2015/08) 4.71%
Market share (2015/02) 48 % 13 % 12 % 16 %
Features
Cloud bookmark sync. Yes with a Google
account
Yes via plugin No No Yes with a MobileMe
account
Session management Yes yes Yes yes Yes via plugin Yes through history
menu
Private browsing Yes yes Yes yes Yes yes Yes yes
Download manager Yes yes Yes yes Yes yes Yes yes
Full screen mode Yes yes Yes yes Yes yes No No
Tabs on the side Yes yes Yes Via Plugins No No No No
Custom extensions Yes yes Yes No No
Platforms
Windows Yes yes Yes yes Yes yes Yes yes
Mac OS Yes yes Yes yes No No Yes yes
Linux Yes yes Yes yes No No No No
Android Yes Yes No No
iOS Yes yes No No Yes yes
Windows phone No No No No Yes yes No No
Technical details
Layout engine WebKit Gecko Trident WebKit
Javascript engine V8 TraceMonkey Chakra Nitro
Open source Yes Yes No No

4. OBJECTIVES
4
PRIVACY &
SECURITY
AVAILABILITY:
PLATFORM
SEARCH ENGINE
EXTENSIONS
BOOKMARK
MANAGEMENT
SPEED

5. CHROME
5
FEATURES MY IDEAL CHROME
Privacy & Security
No Third Party/ Ad
Tracking
Track sites visited through
cookies
Bookmark Managment
Accessible and
Easy Find with
Name
Accessible through
bookmark tab. Site page
can be renamed
Availability:
Platform
Windows, Mac,
Linux, Android,
iOS
Windows, Mac, Linux,
Android, iOS
Search Engine
Google by Default Google
Extension
Easy Access Accesible through browser
Speed <5 seconds 2.6 s

6. SAFARI
6
FEATURES MY IDEAL SAFARI
Privacy & Security
No Third Party/ Ad
Tracking
Prevents loading of
suspicious sites
Bookmark Managment
Accessible and
Easy Find with
Name
Sidebar Access
Availability:
Platform
Windows, Mac,
Linux, Android,
iOS
iOs
Search Engine
Google by Default DuckDuckGo
Extension Easy Access Found in App Store
Speed <5 seconds 3.6

7. WINDOWS
EXPLORER/EDGE
7
FEATURES MY IDEAL EXPLORER
Privacy & Security
No Third Party/
Ad Tracking
Limited to Ad Blocker
Bookmark Managment
Accessible and
Easy Find with
Name
HTLM File in Document
Folder
Availability:
Platform
Windows, Mac,
Linux, Android,
iOS
Windows, Mac, Linux,
Android, iOS
Search Engine
Google by Default Bing
Extension
Easy Access Not supported in earlier
version
Speed <5 seconds >5s, Edge takes 2.2s

8. MOZILLA FIREFOX
8
FEATURES MY IDEAL FIREFOX
Privacy & Security
No Third Party/
Ad Tracking
Advanced Anti-
Fingerprinting and
Enhanced Tracking
Protection
Bookmark Managment
Accessible and
Easy Find with
Name
Found next to search bar
Availability:
Platform
Windows, Mac,
Linux, Android,
iOS
Windows, Mac, Linux,
Android, iOS
Search Engine
Google by Default Yahoo and switched to
Google
Extension
Easy Access Accessible through
browser; mainly for ad
block
Speed <5 seconds 2.6 s

9. RATINGS SET UP
9
PRODUCT Grading Notes
Ratings A = 4 B = 3 C = 2 D = 1 F = 0
App & Site
Extensions
Accessible
through browser
Accessible
through
other apps
limited
extension
little to
none n/a
Bookmark
Easy Access
and
Organization
Accessible
through
browser
No Easy
Access but on
browser
File
download
as HTML n/a
Privacy & Security
No Third Party/
Ad Blocking
Ads
through
cookies
Blocking
entering
suspicious site n/a n/a
Search Engine
Google by
Default
Yahoo,
DuckDuck
Go Bing no default no default
Speed <2.5s ~3s >3.5 >5s >10s

10. 10
PRODUCT
Grading Notes
Ratings CHROME SAFARI EXPLORER FIREFOX
App & Site
Extensions
☆☆☆☆
Accessible through
browser
☆☆☆
Accessible
through App
Store
☆
Little to
none
☆☆
Limited extension
Bookmark
☆☆☆
Easy access &
Organization
☆☆☆
Accessible
through
browser
☆
File
download
as HTML
☆☆
No easy access but
on browser
Privacy & Security
☆☆☆
Ads through cookies
☆☆
Blocking
entering
suspicious
site
☆
n/a
☆☆☆☆
No Third Party/ Ad
Blocking
Search Engine
☆☆☆☆
Google by default
☆☆☆
Duck Duck
Go
☆
Bing
☆☆☆
Yahoo
Speed
☆☆☆ ☆☆ ☆☆☆☆ ☆☆☆
Platform Availability ☆☆☆☆ ☆ ☆☆☆ ☆☆☆☆
RATINGS APPLIED

11. RATINGS DETERMINED
11
FEATURES CHROME SAFARI EXPLORER
FIREFO
X DESIRED
App & Site
Extensions 4 3 1 2 Chrome
Bookmark 3 3 1 2 Chrome, Safari
Privacy & Security 3 2 1 4 Firefox
Search Engine 4 4 3 3 Chrome, Safari
Speed 3 2 4 3 4
Platform Availabilty 4 1 3 4
Chrome,
Firefox
AVERAGE: 3.5 2.5 2.166666667 3
RANKING: 1 3 4 2 Chrome

12. RECOMMENDATION
12

13. 13
THANKS!
Any questions?
You can find me at:
▸ ciamadarang@gmail.com

14. Credits
14
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