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 Chrome vs. Firefox 
#12065554 - 02/20/10 03:54 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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I just switched my main browser from Firefox to Google Chrome. Liking it so far, but I still have some exploring to do with it. Seems to run a bit faster. I also like the layout: You see more of the browser window and less of the browser. There's add-ons just like you have for Firefox, though I imagine there's far fewer. Anyway, I'm pretty satisfied with it so far. Anyone else care to offer a comparison?
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I wanna give it a go, but I don't think they are gonna release it for tiger 
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 Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: chooken]
#12065904 - 02/20/10 04:54 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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i think it runs a little faster but the extensions i use in firefox are essential.
if im not able to use the browser the way i want then i dont want to use it.
ill stick with firefox for the time being 
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i find an occasional website that isn't displayed properly w/ chrome here and there, but otherwise prefer it. all of them seem equally fast to me though.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: chooken]
#12066291 - 02/20/10 06:06 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=mac
It's available for 10.5 and later but for Intel only Macs. I don't like it as much as firefox though. I love ad blocker.
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frith said:
i think it runs a little faster but the extensions i use in firefox are essential.
if im not able to use the browser the way i want then i dont want to use it.
ill stick with firefox for the time being
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chooken
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Quote:
daytripper05 said:
http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=mac
It's available for 10.5 and later but for Intel only Macs. I don't like it as much as firefox though. I love ad blocker.
Guess I'm out of luck then 
I doubt it would top firefox in the end though. FF just has too much of a backing already. Kind of how Bing and yahoo will never become close to Google.
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Quote:
CosmicJoke said:
i find an occasional website that isn't displayed properly w/ chrome here and there, but otherwise prefer it. all of them seem equally fast to me though.
What browser does display it correctly? Not being a fanboy, but typically if its not displayed correctly in chrome, its the web developers fault.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: tak]
#12069508 - 02/21/10 06:36 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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I switched to Chrome on the day it was released. My experiences so far:
- more robust than Firefox; i.e. more difficult to crash. However, if it crashes, mostly the problem isn't isolated to one tab as Google implies.
- better performance with Flash and PDF plugins than with Firefox.
- introduction of plugins recently has improved functionality greatly, although for most purposes, Chrome was adequate even before that point in my experience
The differences aren't too big in any case. I prefer Chrome at the moment. I use FireFox and IE for the two sites/apps I use regularly that don't work with Chrome. IE still sucks tremendously, and between FF and Chrome it's a close call.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: koraks]
#12069530 - 02/21/10 06:55 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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The first versions of Chrome were weak, but Google has since fixed many a bug. It's fast as shit and now compatible with most pages. Not as many plug-ins as for Firefox, but it has a few nice touches of its own, like being able to re-size forms and the most visited page.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: Dynoo]
#12070351 - 02/21/10 12:45 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Im goin to have to try it cause lately ive gotten so many crashes on firefox and times it just doesnt want to start up, or it freezes. Sad cause they used to run so well, i do like the apps, but i like something i can rely on and not hassle with all the time
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My GF has Chrome on her pc and I've used FF on mine for as long as I can remember. Browsing is much quicker on Chrome, but I have so many apps on FF that I need to continue to use it for now. As Google grows a more robust selection of apps, I'll probably jump over.
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Quote:
fragmentedeye said:
Im goin to have to try it cause lately ive gotten so many crashes on firefox and times it just doesnt want to start up, or it freezes. Sad cause they used to run so well, i do like the apps, but i like something i can rely on and not hassle with all the time
update your shit. maybe one of the extentions is messing it up. i never have crashes.. weird flash bugs but thats crappy ass flash.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: frith]
#12071266 - 02/21/10 04:15 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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What about Opera??
No one cares about Opera anymore
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chrome has ad block now
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: golden1]
#12072724 - 02/21/10 08:08 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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golden1 said:
chrome has ad block now
ahh so it has..
http://is.gd/8TFTL
im still waiting on a good version (or port) of Vimperator though. there is Vrome but its not nearly as polished.
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I prefer chrome on my PC's, its just much leaner and ive had no problems with flash or java.
But flash isnt working in the Mac version, so im still using FF on my macs.
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Chrome is rockin for its speed and simplicity. BAM!
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ricinus
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dunno but I think that chrome requires a better PC to work on than Firefox
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: ricinus]
#12081604 - 02/23/10 04:39 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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ricinus said:
dunno but I think that chrome requires a better PC to work on than Firefox
I'm not sure. Based on my experience, I'd expect little difference. Both will run on pretty outdated hardware anyway.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: ricinus]
#12097784 - 02/25/10 09:15 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
ricinus said:
dunno but I think that chrome requires a better PC to work on than Firefox
that makes very little sense since chrome is a lightweight browser designed for performance.
Chrome consumes less memory that firefox for a start.
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i just found out about chrome from this thread. i havnt heard of it before but i just downloaded it and it seems very fast. i like
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: ricinus]
#12162084 - 03/08/10 01:18 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
ricinus said:
dunno but I think that chrome requires a better PC to work on than Firefox
Chrome feels faster on my netbook with ubuntu netbook remix.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: Annom]
#12162988 - 03/08/10 06:56 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Don't get me wrong, I love Chrome...
But the only problem I have, is when opening a new tab you get your top 8 sites visited...
This is all well and good, but when one of them is YouPorn, and it's not me that opened the tab, it's not so good.
Anyone know how to change that? 
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koraks
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: Frinkz]
#12163020 - 03/08/10 07:31 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hover over the page, then click the cross in the right-top corner which says 'don't show this page' when you hover over it 
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: koraks]
#12163236 - 03/08/10 09:37 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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koraks said:
Hover over the page, then click the cross in the right-top corner which says 'don't show this page' when you hover over it
Yeah, I guess I could do that, thanks
I'd still rather just have it a blank white page though, that possible?
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: Frinkz]
#12163263 - 03/08/10 09:51 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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I haven't tried it, but I suppose if you go to Options and in Startup, you select 'Open the following pages' and then add an entry for 'about:blank', you might have what you want.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: koraks]
#12163349 - 03/08/10 10:20 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Nah, that's for the first startup rather than each new tab.
From a little research, it turns out there WAS an extension to do this, but a security update a while ago rendered it useless, and apparently unresolvable.
Thanks anyway 
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: Frinkz]
#12163360 - 03/08/10 10:26 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oh crap. Well, you'll just have to use incognito browsing to view your pr0n. It's what it's there for anyways
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: koraks]
#12163902 - 03/08/10 01:04 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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i've been debating to get it for a while, this thread has prompted me to give it a try.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: Cloud9]
#12163957 - 03/08/10 01:17 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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i dont think ull regret it
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Here's a good article on browser comparison testing with benchmarks: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/firefox-chrome-opera,2558.html
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: kpatel888]
#12180726 - 03/11/10 12:58 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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If you will notice, your source reports single tab references for memory testing. Open 10 different tabs in FF and report your memory usage. Compare tests with Google Chrome after opening 10 different tabs and you'll find that it will take more memory than FF.
Also, be aware that chrome has a lot of flaws and is prone to security risks.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: El Honcho]
#12184952 - 03/11/10 07:33 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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El Honcho said:
Also, be aware that chrome has a lot of flaws and is prone to security risks.
Such as?
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: cortex]
#12215003 - 03/16/10 09:35 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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just put chromium (the open source implementation of chrome) on my archlinux box, using it now, going to check it out for a while and see how i like it, seems much much snappier so far, but its probably due to precacheing whatever i'm hovering over...
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: supra]
#12215479 - 03/16/10 10:54 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ive never been able to load pdf's on chrome. Theres probably a way to do it, honestly Ive just been too lazy to look. Anyone use Linux and have the same problem?
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: cortex]
#12216049 - 03/17/10 12:32 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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cortex said:
Quote:
El Honcho said:
Also, be aware that chrome has a lot of flaws and is prone to security risks.
Such as?
It's an internet browser.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: Tripp420]
#12216077 - 03/17/10 12:37 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Chrome would definitely be superior if it had the adblocker firefox did, plus the capability to do all the cool addons that you can put in firefox.
i use stumbleupon and autopager regularly and don't want to go without them.
they need to give me more incentive to switch over, other than just speed.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: cortex]
#12216081 - 03/17/10 12:38 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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cortex said:
Quote:
El Honcho said:
Also, be aware that chrome has a lot of flaws and is prone to security risks.
Such as?
it might get jacked from you in the hood. niggas love their chromezzzzzzzzz
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: jenns_hot]
#12216116 - 03/17/10 12:45 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Actually IE9 is looking pretty sexy so far
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IE9 has 5 stars from the CNet editors, but only 2.5 from about 1500 users.
Chrome and Firefox both have 5 from editors and 4.5 stars from users
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: jenns_hot]
#12216151 - 03/17/10 12:51 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ha IE9 isn't even in beta yet man, what are you talking about? It was only really first discussed in appreciable detail today. Do you just have an anti-Microsoft response function?
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oh, you're right. i was looking at the current IE.
don't get me wrong, i generally like microsoft, that's why after i read your post i checked out cnet to see what they thought.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: jenns_hot]
#12216187 - 03/17/10 12:57 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yea IE8 blows. IE9 though really sounds like its some advanced shit. Seems like they are finally actually tapping their absurdly good workforce. I mean honestly, they hire some of the best CS students out there, yet their products generally suck. Meaning the management is atrocious over there, seems like they did some kind of shakeup as now they have a few decent products in the works, mainly IE9 and Windows Mobile Phone 7
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: jenns_hot]
#12216237 - 03/17/10 01:09 AM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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jenns_hot said:
Chrome would definitely be superior if it had the adblocker firefox did, plus the capability to do all the cool addons that you can put in firefox.
Adblock:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom
overall yeah, chrome needs some more extensions for me to switch full time..
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox [Re: frith]
#12218389 - 03/17/10 02:19 PM (11 years, 7 months ago) |
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i loved how quick chrome was but i was a little scared about using it becouse i dont want any spyware or anything like that. im not shure if its as safe as firefox so ive just been using that.
does anyone know how safe chrome is to use?
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