Best Browsers of 2018 — How I broke my Chrome addiction and the beauty of modern browsers

David (drbh) Holtz
HackerNoon.com

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Move over Google Chrome

Chrome’s initial release was September 2, 2008; 10 years ago. Chrome Browser just turned 10 years old this past week.

How long has chrome been your default browser?

As the chart above makes extremely obvious that Chrome (green) dominates the North American world.

The current state of browsers is the result of long battles, marketing campaign, strategic partnering, open source projects and Google market dominance.

Browsers are programs made to access webpages, read the internet protocols and store data about the user to enhance their web surfing experience.

The core features that make a browsers are ability to make web calls and render the results in a usable user interface. However browsers are generally rich in features and come in all different shapes and sizes.

The umbrella categories are

  • User Information Based(advertising)
  • Privacy Based (anonymity)
  • Specialty Based (feature)

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