2020 there are many browsers to choose from some are very bold others are new and some
I've never heard of before researching this video so how do we know what browser is best well most
actively updated and maintained websites are secure saying the website is secure commonly
refers to the use of SSL secure socket layer and that the traffic is encrypted if we want
to access secure web sites the browser will need to support at least TLS 1.2 TLS stands
for transport layer security which is a protocol designed to facilitate privacy and data security
for communications over the Internet a primary use case for TLS is encrypting
the communication between web applications and servers such as web browsers loading a web site
the second criteria is how well the browser can render a web page modern websites use html5 and
css3 so we will want to test each browser to see how well that supports those two standards last
but not least we will want to test the browser's security some browsers receipt security updates
longer than others and we want the safest possible option for our retro pcs starting with TOS 1.2
support we can cross some of the browser's off our list namely Internet Explorer Safari sea
monkey Netscape Navigator and opera now we can organize the remaining browsers into groups based
on the engine they use let's change the desktop to make this easier to see the groups are chromium
which is developed by Google then we have gecko developed by Mozilla followed by WebKit developed
by Apple and last but not least well maybe it depends on how you look at it we have tried it
which is developed by Microsoft these groupings have some gray area like loon escape for example
uses more than one engine this presentation is for simplicity explaining browser engines
is an entirely different video what can be taken away from this is that some engines supported XP
longer than others for example Mozilla supported XP the longest so what can we expect the browsers
that use the gecko engine or forked from Firefox may score higher in the tests we are about to do
to get started with the tests we can open one of the mini browser options available and in
the address bar type in html5 test com when the page loads the banner at the top will give us a
score out of the possible 555 points below the banner we have a very long list of test
results and how the browser performed record the results if you want to and on to the next browser
rinse and repeat
here is a breakdown of how all the browser's scored based on the results of this test we
can eliminate loon escape avant cutey web and green browser as they scored
the lowest and we want a browser that can render most webpages normally on
to the security testing open a browser and in the address bar enter browser audit com
this test takes significantly longer than the html5 test so some patience is required
for this step when the test finishes record the results and move on to the next browser
here is a breakdown of how well the remaining browsers performed on the security test there
are a few things I found interesting my pal scored lower than Firefox in the HTML test and
higher in the audit my pal is a fork of pale moon which is itself a fork of Firefox one of the ways
pale moon diverged from Firefox is by replacing the gecko browser engine with DeWanna which is a
fork of gecko another point of interest is that the UC browser which uses the chromium engine
scored highest out of all the browsers on the HTML test and lower than Google Chrome on the
audit at this point we can eliminate the light browser and chameleon because they scored low on
the html5 test and didn't have particularly high scores on the audit also nothing makes these two
browsers worth using over the other ones we are testing an additional test we can do is called
the acid browser test this test checks of web browsers compliance with elements of various web
standards like JavaScript to perform this test open a browser and type in acid tests org in
the address bar from this page select the acid3 test when the test completes you should have a
screen that looks like the reference rendering viewable by clicking the link at the bottom of
the page I found several browsers fail this test in different ways Maxthon here shows the message
you should not see this at all in the upper left corner let's try another browser how about my pal
the third Square from the left should be yellow and the 99 out of 100 doesn't seem
right I think this one failed too here's a breakdown of the results for the acid test
so what does all this mean what is the best browser for Windows XP by the numbers you see
browser performed the best however support for XP has been discontinued so the browser may not
be safe to use long term the only browser from our list that is actively maintained is my pal
making it the best option for Windows XP my pal is an open source and community supported
browser the current version of the time of this recording is twenty eight point eight point one
which was released late January 2020 as mentioned previously development for my pal was forked from
pale moon which is itself a fork of Firefox pale moon version 26.5 and Firefox version
52 es are were the final official releases to support Windows XP one more point to consider
is support for extensions unfortunately that wasn't covered in any of the tests we did my pal
is based on firefighters meaning that it supports roughly the same extensions as Firefox with some
exceptions there may be critical extensions you rely on they will only work on chromium
browsers none of the remaining browsers are bad options so by all means stick with whatever
browser suits your needs best following the outro will be some additional footage from
the browser tests all of the test results will be down in the description subscribe for more
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