I currently use Ubuntu 14.04 as primary OS and Windows XP as secondary OS. I am

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I currently use Ubuntu 14.04 as primary OS and Windows XP as secondary OS.

I am using Mozilla Firefox & sometimes Chromium web browsers. Now I want a web browser that consumes less (minimum) [online] data for viewing pages. (I want to use that as a secondary browser)

Flash not required
'Extra' plugins (eg. downloader, pdf viewer, adobe plugins) not required
Add-ons/extensions not required
Only for simple surfing, so the browser consumes minimum data for viewing/surfing webpages. (may compress data)

In brief If I want to surf fully supported, then I will use Firefox/Chrome.
But I want above mentioned web-browser (no advance facilities but only simple formatting) that can view pages with the best possible effort and which consumes as little data as possible.

Explanation / Answer

You can try Opera. It has a feature called Opera Turbo which basically takes the requested page, compresses it using Opera's servers and sends it back to your computer which minimizes bandwidth and loading times. Aside from that, Opera is pretty much your standard browser. They seem to mainly focus on speed and low bandwidth consumption making for a great alternative browser

Features:

Minimizes bandwidth usage by compressing data through Opera's servers
Plugin (extensions) and theme support
Private browsing and other security options (such as do not track)
Developer tools and console
Pretty much every feature you would expect from a modern web browser (bookmarks, syncing, easy to navigate menus etc)
Cross platform (including mobile versions)
And many more!

Here is a video preview of the browser.

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