What are the best Windows web browsers for slow computers?

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Best Windows web browsers for slow computers	Price	License	Based On
-- Slimjet	Free	Proprietary	Chromium
-- Midori	-	OpenSource	N/A
-- K-Meleon	-	OpenSource	N/A
-- Brave Browser	-	-	-

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Slimjet

Default Search Engine:Google

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Top Pro

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Midori

Top Pro

Useful plugins are built-in

Some very popular and useful plugins are built-in and available out of the box. For example, there's an RSS feed reader plugin and an Adblocker built-in. See More

Top Con

Development stalled

There have been no recent updates. Lags other browsers in supporting modern web standards. Many distributions have replaced it with other browsers See More

Specs

License:OpenSource

Based On:N/A

Browser Engine:WebKit

Default Search Engine:Lycos

Top Pro

Allows using webapps as if they were desktop apps

Midori has a built-in functionality with which you can create web apps that can be launched from the desktop. For example, you can create a web app for the desktop to launch Gmail or YouTube or any other web app that you use. See More

Top Con

Another bloatware as firefox

It is described as a lightweight browser but it is just a bloatware. It crashes sometimes. It is a clone of firefox which is said to be a RAM-eater. See More

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Lightweight

Incredibly lightweight with very little memory consumption. See More

Top Con

Misbehaves with Google Web Apps

On some distributions Midori may not work very well for Google Web Apps. On openSUSE for example, Midori starts misbehaving when you are going through Google Drive's folder hierarchy. See More

Top Pro

Very fast

Midori is considerably fast. It starts up in no time and renders pages as fast as many other more well-known browsers. See More

Top Con

Supports insecure cipher suites

This browser supports RC4 encryption which is known to be insecure compared to other encryptions such as AES. See More

Top Con

Unfamiliar UI

The UI can take a little to getting used to because it's not very conventional or similar to other browsers. For example, it uses a trashcan icon to view recently visited links. See More

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K-Meleon

Top Pro

Extremely customizable

Almost every detail can be personalized: skin buttons (icon theme and on/off state) toolbar placement menus number of settings and preferences proxies (add and switch with ease) locale (switch on the fly without downloads and restarts) etc. See More

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License:OpenSource

Based On:N/A

Browser Engine:Goanna (Gecko-fork)

Top Pro

Fast and lightweight

Light on memory footprint: the smallest RAM amount used among all the modern browsers. Fastest application startup. Very responsive. Invaluable on the older and low-end hardware. See More

Top Pro

Secure and fully under user control

No malware/adware toolbars/extensions can be injected. You can switch off Java, JS, Flash, popups, and Ads from the toolbar or with a hotkey. See More

Top Pro

Highly extensible

Has hundreds of its native extensions written on its own macrolanguage. Supports dozens of XPI-extensions for Firefox. See More

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Brave Browser

Top Pro

Website downloads

Brave downloads webpages quickly and efficiently, and they are easy to access once downloaded. See More

Specs

Price:Free

Required Android Version:4.1 and Above

Developer:Brave Software

Android version:1.0.30

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Faster than Chrome and Firefox

Top Pro

Free and Open Source

It is a free to use browser in Android and also open source, so anyone can help contribute to the browser. See More

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Built-in Adblocker

This feature ensures an ad-less web experience, while also having a performance improvement in loading websites up to 4 times faster. See More

Top Pro

Privacy Protection

Brave protects users with privacy and security features such as HTTPS Everywhere, script blocking, 3rd party cookie blocking, and private incognito tabs. See More

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What are the best Windows web browsers for slow computers?

4 Options Considered

Slimjet

My Recommendation for Slimjet

My Recommendation for Slimjet

Midori

My Recommendation for Midori

My Recommendation for Midori

Useful plugins are built-in

Development stalled

Allows using webapps as if they were desktop apps

Another bloatware as firefox

Lightweight

Misbehaves with Google Web Apps

Very fast

Supports insecure cipher suites

Unfamiliar UI

K-Meleon

My Recommendation for K-Meleon

My Recommendation for K-Meleon

Extremely customizable

Fast and lightweight

Secure and fully under user control

Highly extensible

Brave Browser

My Recommendation for Brave Browser

My Recommendation for Brave Browser

Website downloads

Faster than Chrome and Firefox

Free and Open Source

Built-in Adblocker

Privacy Protection

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