Browsers forum: Seeking comparison for browser that uses least CPU and RAM

kees, no way i have the time for a site LOL

pgc3, that isnt the case - i usually test w/ google.com or my yahoo email. i have compared, and chrome does open mp instances in task mgr and uses a total of more resources than most. that's w/ just one tab opened. i just compared the two sites bc theyre my most used. regardless, somewhere there should be a comparison. surely someone's done it. what search TERMS could i use on cnet to find a "lite" browser - as in using less resources? any ideas? the term "lite" doesnt get me to that point. also what terms would one use to search for the ability to log into the acct from any pc? as chrome and opera do?

lol, i'm an old school techie but my brain's decaying too quickly... and i havent kept up w/ tech in 8 yrs... whoa did i miss a lot! it's sad when phones are smarter than me!

thanks - tiff

the processes on chrome is intentional. The idea is to prevent whole browser crashes and even individual tab crashes. A flash game can end up freezing without freezing the rest of the tab due this architectural feature. It also prevents persistent memory leaks: If you close a tab all the processes for that tab are ended instead of the browser 'saving' the memory for the next tab (so to speak). For example if a tab with flash running has a persistent memory leak, you could close that tab and reopen it and the memory leak would start over. At least, thats the idea.

I definitely agree it consumes more memory than most. My computer is top of the line, only 6 months old. Facebook, ESPN, and many other sites that run many scripts are incredibly choppy for a fairly brand-new computer.

The only comparisons I've found are generally feature comparisons with maybe a couple comparisons on page loading speed or startup speed, but only with ranking scores and not hard data.

thank you! i thought that may be the case for chrome, but wasnt quite sure. it just seemed logical. but so many ppl recommend it bc it "uses so much less of your resources" and i have to point out that they are totally incorrect. that feature is nice, when needed, but i do not wish to pay the higher price of the cpu and memory cost.

it's hard to believe there are no comparison sites out there that address this. i havent found any. if yall cant, i guess no one's done it. perhaps i may have to do it all on my own. *sigh* i would like to narrow it down to browsers that allow you to log on from anywhere into your acct and get your bookmarks and pswds. dont suppose there is a list of those at least somewhere? would greatly narrow my work down! what is the technical term for that function? i will need it to search. "allow multiple log on"? "allow anywhere log on"? ??? "access from anywhere"? there must be a techie term for that, yes?

i have a major virus problem to address first. no - not related to the browser issue, that has always been, before the v. but this v is a whopper! it's the "windows is not genuine" crap and residing on more than just the OS drive, so it's all over the others. i cannot just wipe them all clean or i would gratefully do that. reformatting didnt work since it was reinfected immediately from other hd's. but i suppose that's for another forum.

thanks to all and thanks for the helpful info lloydCDB!

tiff

Actually, after chatting with others about that, the usual PC user may say that but in reality you are right.

But why do they say that? My thought is that Chrome uses more of your PC's resources and since it's design can leverage multiple CPUs then it seems to run smoother and more. Your average Joe may think because it works better it must be that it "uses so much less of your resources" .

You get the idea after talking to a lot of folk.
Bob