4stevenz4 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Finally had a chance to download it, must say I'm pretty happy with it so far, still in beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils731 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 If I'm using Firefox what might make me want to switch? I'm always happy to try out a new gadget if it sounds worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge18 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 While being less memory efficient when using tabs, each tab is a full browser so if 1 tab crashes it wont take the entire browser and other tabs with it, chrome still feels faster in loading web pages. The way that Chrome handles tabs in general with being able to break them out into different windows then back into the main one is pretty slick, but i know not everyone loves tabs the way i do. On the other side the thing that makes Firefox so great is the add ons, something i hope that Google taps into later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njdevil26 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I haven't been thrilled with Chrome as far as streaming video goes. But with page loading, it wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squishyx Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 (edited) Firefox has been just terrible with memory management and 3.0 was no fix. So far for me Chrome is using 1/3rd the resources Firefox did. It's neat, but nothing terribly new or exciting. You could always "min / max" Firefox or IE for the matter to give you just an address bar and tabs, chrome just comes stock like that. It's a little more intuitive and flashy with tab management and the homepage showing links to your most common visited sites is a spiffy addition. One thing I hate tho is the pop up status bar, it's just too damn distracting. Edited September 8, 2008 by squishyx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevRickus Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Type this in the address bar on google chrome and see what happens: :% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesterDevil Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Type this in the address bar on google chrome and see what happens::% Uh...nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevRickus Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 It crashes Google Chrome as of Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteyNice Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Wake me when Google Chrome has either: a) a FireBug and AdBlock Plus equivalent b) a Mac version Until then zzzzzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesterDevil Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Wake me when Google Chrome has either:a) a FireBug and AdBlock Plus equivalent b) a Mac version Until then zzzzzz +1 for adblock. Digg is fugly with ads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threestars Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I couldn't figure out how to make adblock work....I think I may be stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Yah really, without add ons it's pretty useless. It may be fast but it's like buying a race car. It doesn't have all the amenities and you can't drive it anywhere everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squishyx Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 It crashes Google Chrome as of Friday. Negative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmigliore Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) Downloaded/installed it.. i dont recognize a speed difference.. edit: ok i did a test.. Yahoo.com and searched a common word (ie: dog).. in Firefox it went 0.42 sec.. In Google Chrome it went 0.17 sec.. so i guess it is faster. but really not noticable.. and also i noticed youtube takes awhile to load compared to how it loads on firefox Edited September 10, 2008 by nmigliore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfsharkalligatorhalfman Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 No one is mentioning the best feature. Chrome comes equipped with the option for porn mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruins4777 Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I like it. It has a lot of potential, but like previous people mentioned the whole ad thing is ridiculously annoying. I'm sticking with FF3 but I'll leave chrome on my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squishyx Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Downloaded/installed it.. i dont recognize a speed difference..edit: ok i did a test.. Yahoo.com and searched a common word (ie: dog).. in Firefox it went 0.42 sec.. In Google Chrome it went 0.17 sec.. so i guess it is faster. but really not noticable.. and also i noticed youtube takes awhile to load compared to how it loads on firefox That isn't an accurate metric. The browser's have no control over the speed at which yahoo does it's query and returns it to you, in fact if you run the same query multiple times on the same browser you will see different times. The time that is being displayed is being sent to the browser, not the browser measuring it. Your second notion, while objective and empirical, is the actual measure people are "saying" about chrome, in that given the same amount of data it will render a page faster. I haven't seen this to be the case but then again pages load so fast it's hard to tell a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmigliore Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 (edited) That isn't an accurate metric. The browser's have no control over the speed at which yahoo does it's query and returns it to you, in fact if you run the same query multiple times on the same browser you will see different times. The time that is being displayed is being sent to the browser, not the browser measuring it.Your second notion, while objective and empirical, is the actual measure people are "saying" about chrome, in that given the same amount of data it will render a page faster. I haven't seen this to be the case but then again pages load so fast it's hard to tell a difference. I used Chrome for a couple days and Im back to FireFox.. for me some pages take longer to load on Chrome than Firefox. Plus I have all my favorites on the top nav. bar in FF which makes it easier for me to use rather than having to think what sites to visit and then typing them in etc. Edited September 14, 2008 by nmigliore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunninWithTheDevil Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 ehhh not my thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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