Definitive Best Browser Engine 2

[Veedems Veteran]

Being that the old thread was dated and lacking a poll option for Webkit, I decided to create a new one.

For the uninitiated, we stick to voting for best engine instead of best browser because there are simply way too many browser options out there.

[scuzzy19]

What? nobody uses IE? :laugh:

[+Fahim S. MVC]

I use IE, but WebKit is my choice for best engine...

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Gecko of Course!

[z0n]

WebKit.

[sanctified Veteran]

An objective person would choose Opera or Webkit. Gecko has the best framework (FireFox and its plugin system) but as a sole engine its not as good as those two.

[Steve]

WebKit for me.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Gecko 1.9.

[xpgeek]

Gecko.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Presto is good and fast, but it's got a few rendering problems that annoy me.

WebKit is good and fast, but lacks support for some features while they spend more time adding new features.

Gecko is good and fast, and they're supporting CSS features before making their own new features (although SVG filters for web content look great, and I prefer that to the WebKit proposals)

Trident isn't good and it isn't fast, IE8 is better but it's still not good enough.

[Steve Gosselin]

Being that the old thread was dated and lacking a poll option for Webkit, I decided to create a new one.

For the uninitiated, we stick to voting for best engine instead of best browser because there are simply way too many browser options out there.

Opera > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presto_(layout_engine)

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

I simply love opera that I've been using for years. The fastest of all.

I wont talk about features here since it's about the engine

[wellofsouls]

umm... the engine of Opera is called Presto, so it should be Presto (Opera) IMHO.

Anyway IMHO Presto is the best and Opera is my personal favorite browser.

Presto : Fast, compact, powerful, secure, standards-compliant, the only downside is that it's completely closed.

KHTML : Fast, compact, standards-compliant, completely open, however it's part of KDE, which is both a good and a bad thing.

WebKit : Fast, compact, standards-compliant, open, but its main app, Safari, suffers some great usability and security problems.

Trident : Open API, and it's trying... but still it fails in most other aspects.

Gecko : IMHO the prime example of what an open-source project should not become. The only positive thing about it is its open-source.

[zerologic]

Gecko : IMHO the prime example of what an open-source project should not become. The only positive thing about it is its open-source.

:laugh: What?! So open-source programs should remain unpopular, unused and unsupported?! That's what your logic is saying.

[Napalm Frog]

Opera, yay!

[wellofsouls]

:laugh: What?! So open-source programs should remain unpopular, unused and unsupported?! That's what your logic is saying.

:laugh: Nope, you are completely wrong in your attempt of "mind-reading" my "logic", since WebKit is open-source, quite popular, widely used, well supported, and better than Gecko. :D So next time stop trying to play psychic mind-reader or put words in other's mouth :woot:

And what I'm saying is not just about the program, it's about the whole project :laugh:

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Well you haven't provided reasons, hence why people are asking questions.

"WebKit is better than Gecko" because?

[redvamp128]

I used to be an avid Opera user ... then for a while I went back to IE.... then Netscape... Now Mostly I use FireFox...

Tried Safari but the pages seem to Load Slower than IE.

[wellofsouls]

Well you haven't provided reasons, hence why people are asking questions.

"WebKit is better than Gecko" because?

does this thread require people to explain their reasons?

I don't see any reasons explained in

Gecko.

So I guess my reason of "WebKit is better than Gecko" is

An objective person would choose Opera or Webkit. Gecko has the best framework (FireFox and its plugin system) but as a sole engine its not as good as those two.

:D

[zerologic]

For instance I don't like using Safari (Webkit) because Apple is generally slower at patching vulnerabilities than Microsoft or Mozilla.

[HighwayGlider]

Best engine = Opera

[bathisland]

Best engine = Opera

Agree 110%.

[zerologic]

Agree 110%.

I don't really know how good the engine is but there's still too many websites that appear broken with Opera.

Got to say Opera 9.5 is better than ever before though. (Y)

[wellofsouls]

For instance I don't like using Safari (Webkit) because Apple is generally slower at patching vulnerabilities than Microsoft or Mozilla.

well, I actually already mentioned it in my original post :

WebKit : Fast, compact, standards-compliant, open, but its main app, Safari, suffers some great usability and security problems.

but then here we are talking about engines, not browsers, so some of Apple's funky non-sense UI decision and slow response to security vulnerability in Safari has absolutely nothing to do with WebKit. And WebKit now has spread to much wider areas other than Safari.

[Scirwode]

I prefer Gecko, to be honest.

Scirwode