In this article we will look at the question of what free browsers for Windows 10 exist today in Russian, where they can be downloaded and which Internet browser is it? fits better for this operating system.
Windows 10 already includes two browsers (browsers are also called internet browsers)- this is good old Internet Explorer and completely new Edge. Many users wonder why two built-in browsers are needed at once and which one is better to use. Let's try to figure it out in order.
Internet Explorer browser
This Internet browser is briefly called IE. It has been known since 1995, since the very first versions of Windows OS. Internet Explorer was once the most popular browser in the world, but gradually the commercial product Google Chrome displaced it from the top. Nowadays, IE still exists and there are even updates. But now this is far from a mass flagship product. The last stable release of IE 11 was released in 2014. The Internet Explorer browser is an ideal option for those who use various types of banking applications and outdated operating systems (for example, Windows XP). The fact is that this browser has the highest possible backward compatibility, that is, it supports the operation of even significantly outdated software. This quality of his is both strong and weak. The need to ensure backward compatibility forces IE to retain a lot of unnecessary and frankly outdated software in its program code, and this significantly affects the performance (working speed) of the browser.
In Windows 10 Internet Explorer browser even removed from the taskbar and start screen. You can find it if necessary through the search. To do this, click on the magnifying glass icon in the taskbar and start typing the word Internet. We do not recommend using this browser unless absolutely necessary. The vast majority of computer specialists agree that this software product is hopelessly outdated and does not correspond to the spirit of the current time. Probably, in future major updates to Windows 10, the Internet Explorer browser may completely disappear from the operating system.
Edge browser
The second default browser built into Windows 10 is a new product called Edge. He appeared together with the “ten” itself in July 2015. Edge is not released as a standalone program and cannot be installed on any version of Windows other than 10. Moreover, the Edge browser is not a separate application, but an integral part of Windows 10.
Compared to Internet Explorer, Edge has many technological advantages. We see no point in considering them in detail - basically, they are interesting and understandable only to specialists. The main thing is that all these innovations provide fairly high speed and ease of use of the browser.
If you don't have any browser preferences, we recommend trying to use Edge as your default internet browser. At least many Windows 10 users consider it a very good browser. Since Edge is an integral part of the OS, its big advantage is that it no need to download and install. You can launch its Russian-language version with one click by clicking on the blue icon with the image of the letter “ e» on the Taskbar.
Google Chrome browser
If the Internet browsers in our article were ranked according to their popularity among users around the world, then, of course, the Chrome browser from Google would be in first place. Tens and hundreds of millions of people from different parts of the Earth consider this product the best, most convenient and favorite. The closest competitor, ranked 2nd in the popularity ranking, is used 3-4 times less than Google Chrome. This says something.
You can download the Google Chrome browser for Windows 10 for free in Russian at official website. Installing the latest version of the program takes only a few minutes.
The Google Chrome browser is based on an open source technology called Chromium, which is created by The Chromium Authors community and financially supported by the world's largest commercial companies (Google, Opera Software, NVIDIA, Yandex and others).
Other Chromium-based browsers
In addition to Google Chrome, other popular browsers are based on Chromium. At least three of them are known in Russia - these are Opera, Yandex browser, Vivaldi And Amigo. Each of them is more or less different from the others in appearance, but since their operating technology is mostly common, the performance of all these web browsers is approximately the same. We don’t want to offend anyone, but, in our humble opinion, the Amigo browser from Mail Ru is inferior in ease of use to other chromium browsers. In general, we do not recommend it.
Opera
Internet browser has a long history Opera. It has been around since 1994 and was previously released on its own engine. However, in 2013, the company switched its browser to Chromium technology. Many experts believe that Opera is one of the fastest browsers on Earth. Download Opera browser for Windows 10 it is also possible in Russian with official website opera.com.
Vivaldi
Browser Vivaldi was born quite recently, in 2015. His father was one of the founders and developers of the Internet browser Opera, who left this company due to some disagreements with management and began developing his own browser at his own expense. Download the Vivaldi browser for Windows 10 on the official website vivaldi.com.
Yandex browser
Russian Yandex browser Chromium based can also be downloaded for free on his official website.
Browser Mozilla Firefox
Firefox translated means “fiery fox.” This Internet browser is considered the second most popular in the world among all browsers and the first among non-commercial products. He is especially loved in Germany (where he ranks first), as well as among programmers around the world. Part of the reason why experts love it is that Firefox has the lowest error rate of all popular web browsers and has many convenient specific tools (extensions) for web development. Just like Chromium, Mozilla is an open source product. You can also download the Russian version of the Mozilla Firefox browser for free at official project website.
Which browser is the best for Windows 10
It is impossible to answer the question about which free browser in Russian can be considered the best for the Windows 10 operating system. Any recommendation is always based on largely subjective opinions and facts. Someone who is called “foaming at the lips” proves that the best and fastest browser is a commercial product of a large company, Google Chrome, or built into Windows 10 Edge, someone is an ardent fan of the relatively independent developers Mozilla Firefox or Vivaldi, others devotedly love Opera or local products like Yandex. We will not give any definitive recommendations to our readers. The best option is to try all the software products that you like for some reason and draw your own conclusions. The only other thing we consider possible to note is that, in our opinion, statistics on the use of different browsers in the world quite objectively reflect their advantages.
So, according to NetMarketShare, statistics on the use of various Windows browsers in the world as of August 2017 look like this:
- Google Chrome - 59.38%
- Internet Explorer - 15.58%
- Mozilla Firefox - 12.28%
- Edge - 5.66%
- Opera - about 1.7%
In Russia, according to OpenStat, the popularity of browsers has its own regional characteristics. In August 2017, the most popular web browsers were:
- Google Chrome - 51.05%
- Yandex.Browser - 14.89%
- Mozilla Firefox - 7.97%
- Opera - 5.21%
- Internet Explorer - 3.55%
- Edge - 1.55%
All the figures show that more than half of the inhabitants of both the whole Earth and Russia prefer the Google Chrome browser. The share of its users is 3-4 times higher than that of its closest competitor (in the world this is Internet Explorer, and in Russia Yandex.Browser). Such figures, of course, cannot only speak of unprecedented commercial advancement; they also indicate objective advantages. However, it is precisely this high popularity that will push someone away. For such people, there is a fairly large selection of less popular browsers.
