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Offline marv

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Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« on: April 08, 2014, 05:09:12 PM »
Thought I'd start with Opera and Safari.

Last night, I tried to download Opera. Three tries that terminated prematurely, and the one that did download the full 33mb gave an error message saying that two .dll files couldn't be found. Went to bed 'cause Opera is a 2½ hour download.

Got up this morning and tried Opera again, and got another premature termination.

So I tried Safari. Downloaded successfully, but I find it awkward to use. BTW, this post is courtesy of cludgy Safari.

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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2014, 05:13:48 PM »
I used Safari for a while.  It does take some time getting used to, but I thought it was okay.
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2014, 06:57:18 PM »
Tried to download Opera again....another premature termination. Got to about 8mb before it crapped.

Chris, if you only used Safari "for a while", why did you give up on it?
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2014, 07:15:04 PM »
The hard drive I was using crashed.  I think Chrome had been released at that time, so I switched to that.
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2014, 07:05:13 AM »
I have been using Google Chrome since it came out.  I am in IT and wouldn't suggest anything else, not even to my enemies.
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2014, 08:46:13 AM »
Well HOT DAMN!!!......

Finally got a good Opera download last night, but it was after midnight so I waited until this morning to install it.

Now I'll run Opera and Firefox side-by-side for a while to see if Opera is a suitable replacement. I think I'll import my Firefox bookmarks now, and play around in the sandbox.

I'll probably delete Safari today. BTW, this post comes via Opera.
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2014, 09:16:30 AM »
Quote from: Maxiest on April 09, 2014, 07:05:13 AM
I have been using Google Chrome since it came out.  I am in IT and wouldn't suggest anything else, not even to my enemies.

My only problem with Chrome has come from other programs. 
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2014, 09:17:46 AM »
Quote from: marv on April 09, 2014, 08:46:13 AM
Well HOT DAMN!!!......

Finally got a good Opera download last night, but it was after midnight so I waited until this morning to install it.

Now I'll run Opera and Firefox side-by-side for a while to see if Opera is a suitable replacement. I think I'll import my Firefox bookmarks now, and play around in the sandbox.

I'll probably delete Safari today. BTW, this post comes via Opera.

I used Firefox back in the day, but it became to blotted and had to many memory leaks for my liking.  Although I admit some of it was the extensions I had installed.  Chrome was the fastest at rendering pages, although in some benchmark Opera does beat it.
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2014, 09:26:04 AM »
I to am in IT and changed to Chrome last week. So far I have no complaints.
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2014, 08:44:42 PM »
Only problem I have with Chrome is that it's a Google product. Google is far too much "in my business" for my liking.
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2014, 10:36:56 PM »
Quote from: Thor on May 19, 2014, 08:44:42 PM
Only problem I have with Chrome is that it's a Google product. Google is far too much "in my business" for my liking.
I agree but its Chrome until I find something better. I'm open to suggestions
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2014, 03:10:21 PM »
I changed over to Opera from FF several weeks ago - in response to the "resignation" of their CEO. I'm OK with it, though being POed at FF, not liking Google and not liking IE have much to do with that. The two things that bug me are "Speed Dial" management and not being able to print from Opera. I assume Speed Dials can be grouped in folders, but I haven't tried learning how. The print problem is significant to me. I can print from FF and Open Office, but there must be some setting that has Opera unable to know where to send the data. I've looked around "Settings" and "More Tools" to no avail. Anyone got a clue they can offer?

Were it not for those two annoyances, Opera works just fine for me. And for whatever reason, I had no problem downloading or installing it.
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2014, 02:04:43 AM »
I installed SRWare's Iron browser.  They gutted the Chrome build, and it's the fastest, best browsing I've ever had, hands down.

https://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php
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Re: Migrating from Firefox to..........?
« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2014, 10:01:22 PM »
Quote from: taxed on July 15, 2014, 02:04:43 AM
I installed SRWare's Iron browser.  They gutted the Chrome build, and it's the fastest, best browsing I've ever had, hands down.

https://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

I get a malware warning when I click on that link.
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