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The Help Desk => Computer Related Discussions & Questions => Topic started by: The Village Idiot on January 25, 2010, 09:24:26 PM
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Okay.
I am trying it.
Good thing its free, because I fail to see the big deal.
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Okay, there is auto spell check in the message boxes as you type. Thats not bad.
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Okay.
I am trying it.
Good thing its free, because I fail to see the big deal.
Chrome sucks. I found several sites that it wasn't compatible. Furthermore, if you want Google to know where all you surf the web to, then, please, by all means, continue to use it. Google may have fixed some of the compatibility issues since the original release.
You might want to read the existing thread on Google Chrome:
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,12992.0.html
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Okay, there is auto spell check in the message boxes as you type. Thats not bad.
Firefox has had that feature for a while.......
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Chrome sucks. I found several sites that it wasn't compatible. Furthermore, if you want Google to know where all you surf the web to, then, please, by all means, continue to use it. Google may have fixed some of the compatibility issues since the original release.
You might want to read the existing thread on Google Chrome:
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,12992.0.html
I un-clicked the box to report to Google all that crap. Does it do it anyways?
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I'm using Chrome on a computer that has no antivirus or other malware protection. I do run an online scan to check my computer every week or so, but haven't gotten anything yet.
The only compatibility issue has been with flash, but that could be because I haven't ran updates in a couple of months.
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I'm using Chrome on a computer that has no antivirus or other malware protection. I do run an online scan to check my computer every week or so, but haven't gotten anything yet.
The only compatibility issue has been with flash, but that could be because I haven't ran updates in a couple of months.
It asked me if I wanted to add Flash and I did do that. I am using IE8 right now though.
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It asked me if I wanted to add Flash and I did do that. I am using IE8 right now though.
I rarely use IE 8, it's either Chrome or FireFox. IE is to slow in opening new tabs which is a big thing for me. When I'm on a news aggregate site like Fark, I may open a dozen or more tabs before starting to read the pages.
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Some relevant speed tests for Various browsers (http://lifehacker.com/5457242/browser-speed-tests-firefox-36-chrome-4-opera-105-and-extensions).
The scores
As we first implemented in our last tests, we took the numeric score placement of each browser in each category and ranked them from 7, as best in category, to 1, as worst. We totaled those numbers up, and present them here as a total out of 35. If a browser had a 35, it would be best in every category: startup, page loading, code handling, and memory use. We didn't include the extension memory test, because it's not a fair fight between all the browsers.
Scores (out of 35 possible)
Google Chrome 4.0.302.3 (dev): 25
Google Chrome 4.0.249.78 (stable): 24
Firefox 3.6: 20
Firefox 3.5.4: 21
Opera 10.5 Beta: 25
Opera 10.01: 15
Safari 4.0.4: 19
What did we learn? If you're using Opera 10.01, you have almost no reason not to upgrade. If you're using Chrome, the Stable channel is pretty much a wash with the development version, barring any new features that make their way first to the dev channel (which, granted, some certainly will). Firefox 3.6 seems more of an upgrade in features than core components, and Safari, well, doesn't it have a really neat launch page?
Like our results? Totally disagree? We want to hear about it in the comments.
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Some relevant speed tests for Various browsers (http://lifehacker.com/5457242/browser-speed-tests-firefox-36-chrome-4-opera-105-and-extensions).
So every edition of Firefox is getting slower?
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Firefox has had that feature for a while.......
So has Safari :-)
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So every edition of Firefox is getting slower?
I would think so. While I haven't run specific tests, it sure seems like Firefox is becoming more and more of a memory hog. That's the SAME thing that Mozilla.org was criticizing IE about. However, Firefox is STILL more secure than IE 7 and previous. I don't know about IE8. I don't use that at all.
What I DO know about Google Chrome is that I tried it, it didn't work with many websites, especially java and active x controls. Of course, that was early on and may have even been a beta version. Then there was Google's EULA...... :bird: