IE 10 is Most Energy Efficient Web Browser for Windows 8

[Christopher1]

FF has been garbage since v4. IE10 loads pages 2-3x faster on my computer. FF still crashes with Flash...pathetic.

You kidding? I've never had Flash crash in either Firefox or the Nightly version I use as my 'main' Firefox browser for nearly 3 years now.

If you have Firefox crash with Flash, you either need to update Flash to the latest version or empty your cache (some cookies can cause Flash issues).

 

[macpeteo]

Looks like the Microsoft paid trolls are out iin force, I see a lot of " - " ratings!

 

[yannigr]

I wonder how much more efficient is minesweeper compared with Crysis.

 

[yannigr]

I wonder how much more efficient is minesweeper compared with Crysis.

 

[Innocent_Bystander-1312890]

What an epically useless metric
I'm sure I'll find it comforting when the rest of my system draws close to 400W under load.
Before you slam me for not considering mobile devices: good for them but I think Firefox with Ad blocker would drastically change this picture.
IB

 

[Usersname]

Yes. But they forget to mention that Windows itself is waste of energy.

 

[Usersname]

Yes. But they forget to mention that Windows itself is waste of energy.

 

[John Hadley]

Opera is conspicuously missing from this comparison. I think its great that IE10 uses less power since one of the main complaints about earlier Windows phones and tablets is that they used too much power because of the heavyweight Windows applications which resulted in shorter operating time between recharges. However, on my desktop (I don't own either a cellphone or tablet) the power consumption of the web browser is almost completely irrelevant. I know Chrome can do some things like prefetching to improve performance when you browse and that is certain to use more power, but also may help you browse faster.
I personally don't use IE because in version 8 or 9 they did something with the search functionality (Ctrl-F) that made it work very slow on large pages. It was completely unacceptable so I had to find a new browser to use. I haven't used IE10 so I don't know if that has improved. Windows 8 has given me a very negative view of Microsoft and made me suspicious about their concern for me and their intentions to control my desktop so I have been using as few Microsoft applications as possible since I upgraded to it from Windows XP. It seems like Microsoft is headed in a direction opposed to where I would like to go so if I end up having to change to another operating system, it will be easiest if I am accustomed to using cross platform alternatives and not locked-in to Microsoft applications which are probably not available on other operating systems.

 

[fnh]

This is as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

 

[fritters]

Windows 8 and Vista both share the lower end of usage - they're spending all this money trying to sell this shit, meanwhile dropping support for one of their top products.
I don't use XP but I find this to be pretty retarded.

 

[fritters]

Windows 8 and Vista both share the lower end of usage - they're spending all this money trying to sell this shit, meanwhile dropping support for one of their top products.
I don't use XP but I find this to be pretty retarded.

 

[igot1forya]

IE 10 uses ZERO electricity in my home!

 

[Rhinofart]

Anything to try to bolster support for IE 10. IE 10 is such an EFF Up, I had to revert my system back to IE 9. All the changes in IE 10 caused my Group Policy Editor to nuke all GPOs that dealt with IE settings. I tell ya, THAT was fun.

 

[smeezekitty]

Anything to try to bolster support for IE 10. IE 10 is such an EFF Up, I had to revert my system back to IE 9. All the changes in IE 10 caused my Group Policy Editor to nuke all GPOs that dealt with IE settings. I tell ya, THAT was fun.

Uhhh ... Why are you using IE?

 

[gfontana1986]

The problem with this logic is that you have to use the friggin browser! It's a sub par browser that can do one thing well! I'd much rather go for Chrome or Firefox, just to save my sanity, or even something like Torch browser since it offers something different. But IE? Only if I feel like pulling my hair out.