>The "best" is something subjective. Indeed, you point out another browser that has tabbed processes now - chromium did it first though. Google has stated that their reason for making chromium free software was because they hoped their ideas would make it into other browsers as well. Sandboxed plugins is a security feature, it basically means that plugins like flash/gnash/java run in a sandbox'ed sealed off environment with extremely limited access to the OS. Finally VM'd scripting means javascript runs in a virtual machine (it's called V8). Most current browsers just run scripts top-down, which was fine when javascript was invented, but now we're writing applications in it. The major point where chromium wins is rendering speed on interactive sites - and the benchmarks exist, especially javascript heavy sites are much, much faster - that's the VM technology at work. Again, other browsers could integrate these features, but the point is, as yet - they haven't.
> You may want to also check out Iron, a more privacy respecting version > of Chromium. The project lists its differences from Chromium at > http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php. You > can also find an overview of how to compile it for x86 and amd64 at > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/iron/iron/PKGBUILD. > Thanks Ali, That is a very useful link - and perhaps the one we should be recommending ? -- A.J. Venter Founder and lead developer, Kongoni GNU/Linux www.kongoni.co.za www.silentcoder.co.za - Blog
