Browser - one of the most important programs on the computer of a modern user. Given this, the number of browsers today is increasing almost in geometric progression. True, most of the novelties remain unclaimed. Users prefer to use proven and reliable solutions. Here's what the list of best browsers looks like for 2017:.

Google Chrome.

Introduced in 2008, Google Chrome browser quickly won the world recognition. According to the world's largest portal of web developers W3Schools, Google Chrome is used by the vast majority of users.

There was a time when most of my acquaintances switched to Google Chrome because of its lightness and low consumption of system resources. Alas, all this is in the past. Today, Google Chrome clearly can not claim the title of the lightest browser. On the contrary, it quite heavily loads the system, so that owners of weak computers need to find something else.

Google Chrome has a lot of other advantages. First, this is a very high stability of work. The browser has a system to prevent failures, so that even if one tab is hung for some reason, the user can continue to work with others.

Google Chrome has a whole bunch of plugins and extensions. Some of these extensions are a full-featured software that runs in a browser window.

Finally, Google Chrome is better than any other browser compatible with Google's web services. If you're used to working with cloud Google Drive, or listening to music from the Google Play Music library, working with Google Chrome will be most convenient.

Opera.

Perhaps, Opera is one of the most underrated browsers of our time. According to analysts, it is used by only 1% of users of the Earth. The main advantages of Opera - light weight and low demands on system resources. Also worth noting the presence of the function Turbo, significantly accelerates the loading of pages with a weak Internet connection. In addition, when Turbo mode is activated, the compressed traffic is redirected through the Opera server, which helps to bypass some regional locks. In general, this browser should be set for the sake of this function as an alternative to the one already in use. If you use the Internet with limited traffic, then Opera, definitely, should be your main browser.

Also worth mentioning the presence of a built-in advertising blocker and a mode of saving battery power, very useful for laptops. In general, Opera can quite claim the title of the most economical browser of our time.

Microsoft Edge.

You may think that this is a joke, but we are not kidding at all.. The Edge browser is not that bad, although it was developed by Microsoft. The previous work of the company, Microsoft Explorer, was only to ensure that after installing the system to go online for the first time and the first thing to download a real browser. Because when it became known about the development of the perfect new Microsoft Edge, many reacted to the novelty skeptically. And, as it turned out, it was in vain.

Microsoft Edge is not as fast as Opera, but consumes obviously less system resources than, for example, Google Chrome. Also it is surprisingly stable. The browser has some interesting features, such as built-in reader mode and support for the voice assistant Cortana.

At first, the main drawback of Edge was the lack of extensions, like AdBlock. Last year, this misunderstanding was corrected, so that now users can configure the browser for themselves. Perhaps the main problem with Edge is that it works only on Windows 10. Versions for other operating systems do not exist. Nevertheless, the growing number of Windows 10 owners made Edge the second most popular browser in the world with 5% of users.

Mozilla Firefox.

Mozilla Firefox - the most flexible browser of our time. This is a kind of constructor that every user can change beyond recognition due to uncountable plugins and extensions. A few years ago, Firefox was the most popular browser in the world, but now Chrome and Edge pushed him to third place.

Mozilla Firefox - not the fastest browser. By the speed of work, it is only slightly ahead of Google Chrome. However, a lot depends on the installed plugins. If you are too keen on modifications, Firefox can easily be turned into a heavy, slow-moving monster.

The advantage of Firefox is the high security of this browser. Experts call it one of the most secure browsers of our time. Developers honestly fulfill their duty and regularly release updates. In general, Firefox will appeal to those users who prefer to keep everything under control and adjust every parameter of their system.

Vivaldi.

Vivaldi - pretty young and unusual browser. It was developed by one of the founders of Opera Software. The main idea of ??the browser is the possibility of flexible customization. True, this is somewhat different than in Mozilla Firefox.

In Vivaldi, by default, there are a lot of settings that allow you to change everything in the appearance of the browser, including the location of tabs and address bar, unique keyboard shortcuts, custom mouse gestures and much more.

Of course, Vivaldi is not the fastest and not the most functional browser. So, many popular extensions present in Firefox or Chrome do not work in Vivaldi. Nevertheless, try it at least in order to evaluate a fundamentally new approach to creating and configuring the browser. It is possible that you will fall in love with Vivaldi at first sight and will not give up on using it.