A good web browser for netbooks?

[Dark Aspect]

Firefox seemed slow on my Asus EeePC 1001P with Windows XP and Arch/Gnome so I reinstalled arch with a minimal desktop. Now, with openbox+xcompmgr+bmpanel Firefox still seems slow. I don't get it, my EeePC can handle some impressive applications but yet Firefox is a dog.

Any suggestions on a firefox replacement? I wanna be able to run something similar to adblock plus and I was thinking SeaMonkey might work. Moderators, feel free to modify the poll as I only added the web browsers that I am aware of.

[silkworm2.5]

Google Chrome/Chromium because it is small, fast, and takes up little screen space.

[aysiu]

Firefox is still my favorite browser after all these years of trying Konqueror, Epiphany, Opera, etc.

But if you find Firefox slow, and you're using a netbook, I'd highly recommend Google Chrome. Instead of a static bottom status bar, it just shows you relevant information at the bottom of the screen if you need to see it (if you're hovering over a link or downloading a file). And the tabs are flush with the window buttons. So it doesn't use as much of the vertical screen real estate.

Despite occasional freeze-ups mid-page-load, it is a pretty speedy browser. If you have a lot of tabs open, it may chew up a bit of RAM, though, since every tab is its own Chrome process.

[jrothwell97]

Seamonkey is basically Fx with an e-mail client attached, in a similar vein to the Mozilla Suite of ye olden days.

If it's speed you're looking for, you'll want a WebKit-based browser such as Chrome or Epiphany. (The former is way more stable and capable, though.)

[leef]

Fennec might be a good option, it was pretty buggy last time I tried it (which was a long time ago) but it was quite fast. to be honest though, you might be best off with chrome since it loads JavaScript faster than the other browsers, listed.

[Dark Aspect]

Thats kinda what I thought, does Google Chrome have a way to fight ads?

[chessnerd]

Chrome has Ad-Block Plus.

Not sure about SeaMonkey, as I've never used it.

Opera has a similar feature where you edit a file called urlfilter.ini and then it blocks all the sites placed there. There are pre-built lists out there that you can just drop into the folder. It's a bit more roundabout, but it works the same.

I prefer Opera, so I would recommend at least trying that, but if that doesn't work go with Chrome.

[jerenept]

Midori or Epiphany

[Joe of loath]

Midori or Epiphany

Epiphany is essentially a dumbed down FF. +1 on midori though, great browser! Probably the fastest I've ever used.

[dragos240]

Chromium is great, fast, light, uses the screen very efficiently. Just awesome.