Which Web browser crashes the most?

Sauce Labs, an Internet software testing and development company, specializes in automated testing for mobile and Web applications by delivering a test environment that accommodates over 150 browsers, operating systems, and device platforms. In the course of all that testing they've gotten to know which ones break the most and which ones break the least. Now, for the second time, Sauce is revealing which browsers can stand the test of the Web and which ones buckle under the strain.

Read more at: Which Web browser crashes the most? | ZDNet
 
When my Firefox says "This is embarrassing...", that's an exception...:p
 

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That survey says things which do not apply to me.

Chrome & IE 10 constantly crashed on me.
Bad Browsers IMO.

Opera Stable ---
Version:15.0.1147.153

gives me no problems at all.

I saw in the survey he was talking about Opera 12.
I did have some issues with version 12.

Since upgrading to version 15, I'm as happy as a hog eating warm mash. :)
 

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Firefaux appears to b the best browser. So why do I hate it's guts? I love Chrome.

Opera? Opera is Good, but I've never used it as extensively as Chrome or IE.
 

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    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
Shame they didn't do a breakdown to show what caused the crashes.

I know I can get IE10 to crash on demand, but not sure whether it's a browser issue or website issue. For example the drop down boxes on the Anandtech website will cause IE to crash every single time.

Here's an example, go to the following Samsung SSD review page, scroll to the bottom of the first page article content (underneath the gallery pics, but before the comments section) and select another page from the drop-down menu. IE10 Desktop will crash every single time and log a MSHTML.dll APPCRASH fault.

AnandTech | Samsung SSD 840 EVO Review: 120GB, 250GB, 500GB, 750GB & 1TB Models Tested
 

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    Win 8 64-bit
Shame they didn't do a breakdown to show what caused the crashes.

I know I can get IE10 to crash on demand, but not sure whether it's a browser issue or website issue. For example the drop down boxes on the Anandtech website will cause IE to crash every single time.

Here's an example, go to the following Samsung SSD review page, scroll to the bottom of the first page article content (underneath the gallery pics, but before the comments section) and select another page from the drop-down menu. IE10 Desktop will crash every single time and log a MSHTML.dll APPCRASH fault.

AnandTech | Samsung SSD 840 EVO Review: 120GB, 250GB, 500GB, 750GB & 1TB Models Tested

I have tried all the pages on that dropdown menu, not a single crash, using IE10 :p
 

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  • OS
    Win 8.1
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    Laptop
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    Acer Aspire E1-571
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    i5-3230m
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    Acer Type-2
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    8GB DDR3 1333MHz
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    Intel HD 4000
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    High Definiton Audio Device
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    Generic
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    1366x768
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    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
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    Generic
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    QWERTY
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    ELANTECH Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    12.68Mbps
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Shame they didn't do a breakdown to show what caused the crashes.

I know I can get IE10 to crash on demand, but not sure whether it's a browser issue or website issue. For example the drop down boxes on the Anandtech website will cause IE to crash every single time.

Here's an example, go to the following Samsung SSD review page, scroll to the bottom of the first page article content (underneath the gallery pics, but before the comments section) and select another page from the drop-down menu. IE10 Desktop will crash every single time and log a MSHTML.dll APPCRASH fault.

AnandTech | Samsung SSD 840 EVO Review: 120GB, 250GB, 500GB, 750GB & 1TB Models Tested

I have tried all the pages on that dropdown menu, not a single crash, using IE10 :p

That's odd, as it's always crashed with me on both laptop and desktop since installing Windows 8 last year. It crashes and logs the following:

Event 1000, Application Error
Faulting application name: iexplore.exe, version: 10.0.9200.16660
Faulting module name: MSHTML.dll, version: 10.0.9200.16660
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\MSHTML.dll


I just assumed the guys monitoring Windows Error Reporting were a bit slow, but as it doesn't happen to you I decided to have a quick play and I've just realised it only happens if I have Enhanced Protected Mode switched on (Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Enable Enhanced Protection Mode). Oh well, maybe it will be fixed when Windows 8.1 is released.
 

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  • OS
    Win 8 64-bit
the article is wrong a bit IMO , i've lately had crashes and lag + (firefox not responding ) on firefox while chrome working like charm ( dev version ) without single crash since like 6 months ( i was having some crashes bcuz of IDM integration since they fixed it i had no crash whatsoever on chrome dev version ):thumb:
 

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    windows 8.1 pro X64
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer 5740G
    CPU
    Intel core i5 430m
    Memory
    4 GB @ 1066 mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Amd 5470m
Shame they didn't do a breakdown to show what caused the crashes.

I know I can get IE10 to crash on demand, but not sure whether it's a browser issue or website issue. For example the drop down boxes on the Anandtech website will cause IE to crash every single time.

Here's an example, go to the following Samsung SSD review page, scroll to the bottom of the first page article content (underneath the gallery pics, but before the comments section) and select another page from the drop-down menu. IE10 Desktop will crash every single time and log a MSHTML.dll APPCRASH fault.

AnandTech | Samsung SSD 840 EVO Review: 120GB, 250GB, 500GB, 750GB & 1TB Models Tested

I have tried all the pages on that dropdown menu, not a single crash, using IE10 :p

That's odd, as it's always crashed with me on both laptop and desktop since installing Windows 8 last year. It crashes and logs the following:

Event 1000, Application Error
Faulting application name: iexplore.exe, version: 10.0.9200.16660
Faulting module name: MSHTML.dll, version: 10.0.9200.16660
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\MSHTML.dll


I just assumed the guys monitoring Windows Error Reporting were a bit slow, but as it doesn't happen to you I decided to have a quick play and I've just realised it only happens if I have Enhanced Protected Mode switched on (Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Enable Enhanced Protection Mode). Oh well, maybe it will be fixed when Windows 8.1 is released.
Yes, you might be right, I haven't enabled "Enhanced Protected Mode".
 

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    Acer Type-2
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    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
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    QWERTY
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    ELANTECH Touchpad
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    12.68Mbps
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Ie 10 crashes more for me than Firefox. But I like ie 10 on windows 8 only. I do not use ie 10 on windows 7. I find it crashed way to much on my test computer and many of my clients so I reverted them back to ie 9 which hardly crashes at all
 

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    desktop/laptop
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    4gigs
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"This is embarrassing..." happened to me on FF every now and than and few times when I was able to trace the problem it was mostly due to Flash and Visual C++.
 

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    Windows 8.1 Pro
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    Home made
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    AMD Ryzen7 2700x
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    Asus Prime x470 Pro
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    16GB Kingston 3600
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    Asus strix 570 OC 4gb
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    Samsung 960 evo 250GB
    Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD
    WD 1 TB Blue
    WD 2 TB Blue
    Bunch of backup HDDs.
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    Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W
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    Raidmax
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    CCM Nepton 140xl
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    40/2 Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    WD
I guess I am lucky, I can't remember the last time Chrome crashed on me. I went from an old XP desktop to an Acer Win 8 laptop about a month ago, no crashes on either platform. I also used hibernate on the old system and sleep on the new one, so the browser runs for many days at a time without being closed & reopened.
 

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    ELAN Trackpad
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    18mbs/5mbs
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    Chrome
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    Windows Defender
"This is embarrassing..." happened to me on FF every now and than and few times when I was able to trace the problem it was mostly due to Flash and Visual C++.

Similarly had FF power down my HDD with Flash plug-in incompatibility..

no problems with Chrome though...
 

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    PC-DOS v1.0
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    IBM
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    Intel 8088, 4.77MHz
    Memory
    16K, 640K max
    Graphics Card(s)
    What's that?
    Sound Card
    Not quite
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    80 X 24 text
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    dual 160KB 5.25-inch disk drives
Crashes are very rare here. Remember Chromium did it once but I've went through a lot of newer versions since then.

Depends on plugin's and what has to be loaded on a site as well as the browser's version and type.

I never had IE crashes ever, I use it rarely though. Opera seems also very stable.
 

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    Intel i7-3630QM
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    HP, Intel HM77 Express Chipset
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    16GB
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    That's basically it.
Shame they didn't do a breakdown to show what caused the crashes.

I know I can get IE10 to crash on demand, but not sure whether it's a browser issue or website issue. For example the drop down boxes on the Anandtech website will cause IE to crash every single time.

Here's an example, go to the following Samsung SSD review page, scroll to the bottom of the first page article content (underneath the gallery pics, but before the comments section) and select another page from the drop-down menu. IE10 Desktop will crash every single time and log a MSHTML.dll APPCRASH fault.

AnandTech | Samsung SSD 840 EVO Review: 120GB, 250GB, 500GB, 750GB & 1TB Models Tested
Following your example with W8.1, IE11, and Enhanced Protection enabled the link works just fine. For that matter, my W7, IE10, and Enhanced Protection enabled works as well.

The Enhanced Protection controls the add-ons/plugins that can cause crashes. In both of my machines the there aren't many of them, just the bare minimum, Java, Flash, Foxit reader, and the MS Office stuff.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Latitude
    CPU
    Intel i5-3350P (3.1 GHz)
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte
    Memory
    16 GBs
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon HD7850
    Sound Card
    Built-in to MB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x 24" Dell
    Screen Resolution
    3,840 x1,200
    Hard Drives
    128 GBs, OCZ Vertex, SATA III SSD
    256 GBs Intel SATA III SSD
    3 x Seagate 1 TBs HDD
    PSU
    Antec 750W
    Case
    Antec P185
    Internet Speed
    50 Gb/s
    Browser
    IE11, Firefox22.0
    Antivirus
    Vipre
    Other Info
    Works, most of the times unless Microsoft patches decide otherwise...
That survey says things which do not apply to me.

Chrome & IE 10 constantly crashed on me.
Bad Browsers IMO.

Opera Stable ---
Version:15.0.1147.153

gives me no problems at all.

I saw in the survey he was talking about Opera 12.
I did have some issues with version 12.

Since upgrading to version 15, I'm as happy as a hog eating warm mash. :)

Since I had problems with IE 10 & Chrome maybe whatever caused the crashes has been fixed.
Just like The problems with Opera 12 were addressed in Opera 15.
Browsers are constantly changing. :)
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
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    PC/Desktop
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    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
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    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
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    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
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    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
"Browsers are constantly changing." unless the browser is Safari 5.1.7 - in which case it is invariably the same!
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP COMPAQ Presario CQ57
    CPU
    AMD E- 300 APU with Radion HD Graphics 1.30GHz
    Motherboard
    inbuilt
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI
    Sound Card
    High Definition Audio on-board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    notebook
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
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    Seagate ST9500325AS
    Google drive 15GB
    Skydrive 25GB
    BT Cloud
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    external 20v
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    Laptop
    Cooling
    pretty good
    Keyboard
    inbuilt
    Mouse
    touchpad
    Internet Speed
    BT Infinity Unlimited - 80 up 20 down =70/16 really
    Browser
    Chrome Canary usually
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    no Start menu modifications
    Upgraded with no issues to 8.0 and to 8.1
IMO there is no "crashing browser". Only bad webmasters.
Correct coding and little reliance on javascript and flash should make it fine on every browser or almost. Alas, today there is so much bloat on the internet that a browser had to be as complex as an entire OS.
 

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  • OS
    w9x
IMO there is no "crashing browser". Only bad webmasters.
Correct coding and little reliance on javascript and flash should make it fine on every browser or almost. Alas, today there is so much bloat on the internet that a browser had to be as complex as an entire OS.

Yes.. as a web dev I only use Mozilla based browsers.. had so much problems with IE in the past with their JScript nuances, was just not worth it - They have provided more compatibility since IE9 but still don't see a compelling argument to include it in my conceptual design.
 

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    PC-DOS v1.0
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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    IBM
    CPU
    Intel 8088, 4.77MHz
    Memory
    16K, 640K max
    Graphics Card(s)
    What's that?
    Sound Card
    Not quite
    Screen Resolution
    80 X 24 text
    Hard Drives
    dual 160KB 5.25-inch disk drives
Browser stability tends to depend on a lot of factors, such as what add-ons are installed. Various add-ins can cause crashes, even if the add-on doesn't seem to be currently used. Also, a lot of times a some older app may have overwritten a more recent version of a dll, which causes crashes on one machine, but not another.

Then of course there are the ever present video driver rendering issues that cause crashes, since browsers are so video intensive, video driver bugs tend to have various repercussions.

Finally, there might be malware or other tools (anti-virus, anti-malware, firewalls, system optimizers, etc..) that can "insert" themselves into your system and cause weird problems like that.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
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    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
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    Logitech MX
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