Jesse Beneventi Browsers 2012

Pros

1) Fast!

2) Each page and extension runs on its own process (isolated failure)

Cons

1) Developer tools good but not superior

2 ) Uses a lot of memory when many tabs are open

Pros

1) Uses memory efficiently

2) Huge market of Add-ons available

Cons

1) Downloads cannot be resumed if they are interrupted

2) Takes a lot of memory to run

pros

1) Very simple

2) Good speed

Cons

1) Some issues with security

2) Weird names of the common operations and strange interface.

Pros

1) Many websites support Internet Explorer (But isn't very friendly for developers)

2) Looks good

Cons

1) Isn't very customizable

2) Isn't particularly stable

HTML5 is currently under development as the next major revision of the HTML standard

A browser extension is a computer program that extends the functionality of a web browser in some way

Pros

1) Very stable

2) Simple

Cons

1) Does not auto update

2) No add-ons/extensions to give it extra functionality