Jernlov Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 It ain't that bad. Too used to Opera personally though. Not sure how Opera scores any more and I don't particularly care because Firefox is near enough Internet Explorer nowadays. I'm interested in Chrome but the one time I tried it, I found simple things like the download management to be impractical and it felt kind of jarring, not smooth like Opera feels to me. I reset my forms and cleared my cache in both browsers and pages load really nicely in Opera but they hang and then suddenly everything loads at once. I guess this is probably to do with the rendering engine and I would probably get used to it eventually but it doesn't feel as nice to use. Also it leaked far too much memory, more than Fx ever did. I'll grab a recent version of Chrome and maybe I will be converted, but until then it is Norway's browser for me. Steam | Soup | Last.fm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_love_burritos Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I'm content with running FireFox, I'm on 3.5.7 and I find it much more convienent than opera or Chrome just because I've got everything down to my liking. All the addons I have serve a function which makes it faster for me to do stuff etc ... Oh and of course - this is very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I use Chrome personally. I might check it out but might just stick with Chrome tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 I'm content with running FireFox, I'm on 3.5.7 and I find it much more convienent than opera or Chrome just because I've got everything down to my liking. All the addons I have serve a function which makes it faster for me to do stuff etc ... Oh and of course - this is very helpful. Firefox 3.5 is kinda buggy, you should upgrade to Firefox 3.6.10 ;). Maybe I should too, I'm on 3.6.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracion1 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 It seems MS are finally getting their act together, sort of. I'm content to stick with Firefox though. Greasemonkey is too useful, and I can't find anything that beats the safety offered by NoScript. "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Bogs Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Eh, that Asteroid Belt thing runs at 1 FPS both on my home PC and my laptop, using Chrome (6.0.472). Considering that my home PC is significantly faster, something seems iffy. I actually upgraded to Chrome on this laptop because some particulary script-heavy features of Wowhead.com were slow as heck on my laptop using IE8, with seconds worth of delay after each click. It performed a lot better in Chrome, and after a while I kinda got used to Chrome's features and switched to it on my home PC as well. Seeing as IE9 doesn't seem to offer any noteworthy features of Chrome (I have little interest in using my browser to render an asteroid belt using Javascript...), I'll stick with it for the time being. I just hope that IE9's rendering won't introduce any new compatibility headaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jernlov Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 My thoughts on Chrome so far: it's actually good. Impossibly better than when I first tried it and it doesn't jolt about anywhere near as much. It looks really great too. I'm going to see if it sticks with me from now on. Steam | Soup | Last.fm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordkafei Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I won't be trying IE 9 because I'm still running XP Pro. I use IE 8 for some things and Firefox for others. I am considering making the Chrome Frame the preferred renderer for my web site though. PvP is not for meIn the 3rd Year of the BoycottReal-world money saved since FT/W: Hundreds of DollarsReal-world time saved since FT/W: Thousands of Hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_love_burritos Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I'm content with running FireFox, I'm on 3.5.7 and I find it much more convenient than opera or Chrome just because I've got everything down to my liking. All the addons I have serve a function which makes it faster for me to do stuff etc ... Oh and of course - this is very helpful. Firefox 3.5 is kinda buggy, you should upgrade to Firefox 3.6.10 ;). Maybe I should too, I'm on 3.6.7 Really ? I mean I've found it just fine about 99% of the time, however it's crashed before if I open too many GT videos at once. Even then it still saves all my tabs. I know that Greasemonkey is compatible with 3.5 + and so are most of my other addons but eh'. Honestly, I don't doubt that both Opera and Chrome are good browsers. But Firefox is just a solid workhorse with Greasemonkey + SkipScreen + Adblock Plus. Plus stuff like SF2, WOT and Xmarks just make it better. Oh and the highlight features are pretty handy aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Chrome's good, and I was convinced it was better, but I came back to Firefox (I was getting a crapload of lag, turns out it was Norton, what a surprise) and I'm still with Firefox now. But Ad Block Plus and NoScript win. And the ad blockers on Chrome are pretty average. #KERR2016/17/18/19/20/21. #rpgformod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Quite fun not being able to browse at all with the browser (See screenshot) [hide][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Chrome's good, and I was convinced it was better, but I came back to Firefox (I was getting a crapload of lag, turns out it was Norton, what a surprise) and I'm still with Firefox now. But Ad Block Plus and NoScript win. And the ad blockers on Chrome are pretty average.Really? I've found adblock for chrome to be just as good as the FF one... "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 It doesn't always work that well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will H Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Open IE > Search Google Chrome > Download Start menu > Type 'features' > Click 'Turn Windows features on or off' > Untick Internet Explorer > OK > Restart. That normally fixes my problems. ~ W ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Chrome's good, and I was convinced it was better, but I came back to Firefox (I was getting a crapload of lag, turns out it was Norton, what a surprise) and I'm still with Firefox now. But Ad Block Plus and NoScript win. And the ad blockers on Chrome are pretty average.Really? I've found adblock for chrome to be just as good as the FF one...It doesn't block the ads like it does on Firefox, it just hides them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will H Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Chrome's good, and I was convinced it was better, but I came back to Firefox (I was getting a crapload of lag, turns out it was Norton, what a surprise) and I'm still with Firefox now. But Ad Block Plus and NoScript win. And the ad blockers on Chrome are pretty average.Really? I've found adblock for chrome to be just as good as the FF one...It doesn't block the ads like it does on Firefox, it just hides them. You are talking about AdBlock for Chrome, right? The notes clearly state that nearly all resources are prevented from loading. ~ W ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Yeah that's the one. Looks like that feature was added recently. To be honest, I don't mind much, as long as I don't see them :P "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_love_burritos Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Well, XMarks is going to be dead soon - next January, anyone have suggestions for alternate Bookmark sync for Firefox ? Oh, source on Xmarks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karvinen Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Well, XMarks is going to be dead soon - next January, anyone have suggestions for alternate Bookmark sync for Firefox ? Oh, source on XmarksFirefox 4 beta has a built-in bookmarks syncer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Firefox 4 will be out soon, and it wont even be a fair challenge. I have the beta on my computer now. Its blazing fast and doesn't crash on javascript, I just don't use it because my FF3.6 add ons interfere with it. It's sad how many people still believe the IE is The Internet, and can't comprehend that it's just a program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 It's sad how many people still believe the IE is The Internet, and can't comprehend that it's just a program.Not really. I mean, just look at what Microsoft has done. The name suggests that it is the internet. Then look at Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, etc., none of those have "internet" in their name and nothing to hint at their function. Prior to the EU's ruling, it came preloaded with every version of Windows. That's practically 90-95% of computers sold to consumers. Before Chrome, browsers were never marketed to consumers. Firefox and Opera were only circulated by more computer savvy consumers through "word of mouth," so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Doesn't IE still come preloaded with every version of windows? I was under the impression that the ruling merely forced them to allow users to uninstall it. "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Or make it easier to not have it as their default browser. I have FF 3.6 and there's an addon called Firefox Sync that syncs your bookmarks, settings and passwords in Firefox on different computers. Very nice I must say, although it doesn't transfer your other addons. sig by Soa.....tip.it times.....art & mediadeviantart/flickr/last.fm/steam/twitter/tumblr/youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 The last I heard, when it was first opened, it allowed users to select a group of randomized web browsers to use. At least, on the the countries that the EU operates under. Perhaps it isn't put into effect yet? Or perhaps I am out of touch. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karvinen Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Apparently IE9 won't support WebGL. That's a big flaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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