Battery Life: Internet Explorer 11 Vs. Google Chrome 32 Vs. Firefox 26 Vs. Opera 18
Windows 8.1 is the OS.
When it comes to browser power consumption, it looks like Internet Explorer 11 is still the king of the hill.
According to the latest test done by guys at 7source, there is a staggering difference between the best (IE11) and the worst (Opera 18) web browsers. In fact, on your Toshiba Encore 8″ tablet, you could surf the web for as long as 8:52 hours or as little as 6:11 hours, depending on your software of choice.
Check this out:
Pretty impressive, isn’t They also tested other machines like Microsoft Surface Pro 2 and HP Pavilion dv7. For these results, please visit the following page.
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A poorer surfing experience results in a higher battery life, like all things.
the only bad thing about internet explorer are addon support and retarded bookmarks, otherwise is on par with the rest
I use Opera, my comment aimed at the four of them above.
There are some good addons such as adblock for ie: http://www.adblockie.com/en/
wow good battery http://www.7meter.biz
IE 11 Touch > IE 11 Desktop. This shows that the more primitive browser, the longer you can browse. IE 11 Touch should be used only in kindergartens because it’s just a toy
unrelated to this article:
there is a new browser called otter-browser that wants to mimic old opera versions.
It is still in alpha version, but already usable.
Doesn’t it deserve an article in FavBrowser?
IE Rocks!!