Happy With Chrome

by Farkel 39 Replies latest jw friends

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  Simon

  I sat in the IE8 presentation at Microsoft tech-days ... oh boy

  While showing the new features such as 'look, one tab locking up now doesn't bring down all your tabs' you guessed it, the entire browser completely locked up.

  The 'malware protection' allowed the sample virus and malware sites to download quit happily and the questions from the audience included 'is there a Firefox plugin that supports the new smart tags?' (there was, and there was much rejoicing).

  IE8 is a big improvement on IE7 but unfortunately, Microsoft have lost the plot and the momentum with browser development and the whole rendering engine switching is a complete and utter mess (they expect end-users to have to choose IE7 mode, IE8 compatibility mode or IE8 standards mode ... are they mad? Why don't people have to do that with other browsers?)

  Worse still, they expect IE specific markup to support their mistakes.

  One thing that made me laugh though was support for the new CSS3 box model which is a much more logical and is 'the coming standard'. It seemed awfully like the old IE box model which IMO was always the correct and sensible way of working compared to the 'dumb' standard that everyone insisted we use.
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  jwfacts

  I love Chrome, fast and simple. Because it does not have many toolbars you get a lot of extra screen area as well.

  I never liked firefox, I dont like the way it renders fonts.

  I have downloaded the IE8 beta, big mistake, it crashes constantly.
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  Nosferatu

  - "Opera should pack it in now and go home IMO"

  I hate you Simon.
  
  j/k :)
  
  
  I love my Opera. I've loved Opera ever since I was running Windows 95. It's the most stable browser I've ever used.
  
  I tried Google Chrome when it first came out. It's probably just as fast as Opera, but more crashy. Chrome's best feature is having individual tabs crash instead of the entire browser. But I'm still happier with Opera.
  
  I've tried Firefox on and off for a while now. The browser is slower than Opera, and the newest version has been quite crashy for me.
  
  I only used IE for this site. Now that Simon's re-doing it, I can stick with my beloved Opera 100% of the time :)
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  Farkel

  Nosferaturu,

  That's strange. I've never had a crash or a lock-up with Chrome. Even if I did, I still prefer its efficiency and speed compared to that IE dinosaur.

  When it comes to those other browsers mentioned, I'll still put my faith in Google. Unlike the other browsers, Google has mountains of cash in the bank and a "do no harm" business philosophy. Also, unlike Microsoft, they started out with a clean piece of paper when they designed their browser. Microsoft just keeps adding more chrome (no pun intended) to their browser, even though it is rotted out with rust on the inside.

  No, this is not a paid endoresement. Just my experience.

  (Double vanilla with two huge scoops of caramel and a few banana slices for me.)

  Farkel
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  Satanus

  This is a rather cool thread, in that, it carries on the story of the browser wars. Originally, the non ms browsers were better. Then, microsoft pushed them out of the picture, and managed to hold centerstage. Now, the jedis return, i mean the nonms browsers fight back. Effing cool.

  S
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  kurtbethel

  Using Seamonkey 1.1.2 today. It has that same bug of rendering the first message line in the header that Firefox 2 has. I also have the Netsurf 2 browser going and it works fine so far.
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  drwtsn32

  Chrome is indeed fast-as-a-bat-out-of-hell, especially with Javascript stuff. But I still prefer Firefox. I can't live without certain extensions!
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  oompa

  so before i download it.....how do i use it as my browser.....and how do i close out explorer?.....can i swith back and forth ...and how do i post a damm phot here????

  thanks.......oompa
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  drwtsn32

  Oompa, you can have multiple browsers on your computer and use them simultaneously if you wish. You don't have to do anything special.

  Now your system will want to have one "default" browser, but you can change that at any time.
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  oompa

  well i was pretty excited......downloaded it......problems on my very first use!....i went to a fave site......it says i need a flash plugin....but it will not down load while chrome is running?...wtf?.....if i close chrome then how do it get the flash plugin......i already have it btw on my explorer.....frustrating.......oompa

  but omg!...it is sooo much faster here at jwn....awesome