Choosing a web browser.

What? I have a choice?

I found this video and link over at Google, it does a great job explaining what a browser is and provides resources for choosing a web browser. Especially interesting is this timeline of web browsers.

Most people think the browser that came with their computer is satisfactory but what if a different one rendered pages 20% faster, displayed the page better or experienced far fewer crashes?

Better at Web Standards

Why are web standards important you ask? Because web sites designed to web standards:

have cleaner code
render more consistently
save development dollars
perform better in search results
make developers happy!

Below are the ACID3 results compiled by Wikipedia that demonstrates how well your web browser will render a WC3 standards compliant web page. Anything less than 80/100 should be considered unacceptable. You can try the test for yourself here.

So if you're convinced you to ditch your default browser, now is as good a time as any. Go out and get one, why not, they're free!