Personal computing discussed
cheesyking wrote:I don't know how justified claims about chrome using less memory than firefox are. Adding up all the chrome processes at the end of a day's use gives a pretty big number just like FF's single process does.
riviera74 wrote:Q1: What is superior (and inferior) about Google Chrome vs. Firefox 6?
Stargazer wrote:... if you'd prefer for your browser to just work out-of-the-box with the minimum amount of fuss, Chrome is good.
sircharles32 wrote:Does Chrome have the equivalent of: No Script & Adblock Plus?
I think that is the biggest thing keeping me from trying Chrome.
If it's got those add-ons, I'd give it a spin.
steelcity_ballin wrote:Chrome consumes less memory ...
... one of my favorite features is each tab runs as a separate process. So if a particular website crashes, your entire browser doesn't go with it.
Firefox may do this but since I switched a while back, I haven't used it much outside of web development / testing.
I find it loads from a cold start browser session much faster than anything else, and generally feels snappier all around.
Ryhadar wrote:I can't stand the auto-update crap that chrome spawns everywhere though. It checks to make sure chrome is up to date when the browser starts, when windows starts (via google update), and even makes a scheduled task to run google-update. All things that can be undone, certainly, but annoys me to no end.
riviera74 wrote:I thought that FF stopped supporting its browser on Windows XP and shifted everything to Vista and Win7.
I.S.T. wrote:Honestly, I just hate the UI of Chrome. That's why I don't use it. Same reason I do not use IE9. Terrible, horrible UIs.
thegleek wrote:And hands down, the best browser is Firefox.
just brew it! wrote:But 1-2 years ago, the Linux version was dog slow; this is what prompted my switch to Chrome. I guess the performance and load times of Firefox have improved since then, but I'm not sure if/when I'll switch back. Chrome still loads faster, and subjectively feels snappier...
This also means we are now producing a faster Firefox, now much closer to the Windows builds on the same hardware on various performance tests.
I.S.T. wrote:Honestly, I just hate the UI of Chrome. That's why I don't use it. Same reason I do not use IE9. Terrible, horrible UIs.
Nutmeg wrote:I.S.T. wrote:Honestly, I just hate the UI of Chrome. That's why I don't use it. Same reason I do not use IE9. Terrible, horrible UIs.
It took me a little while getting used to it, coming off Firefox, but I much prefer it. I tried out FF 4, and it looked horrible and bulky and ugly compared to how nice and clean and sleek Chrome is.
And I for one really like the auto-updating of Chrome, same with Steam. Hunting for new patches is so 2004.
highlandr wrote:My biggest gripe over chrome is the adress bar vs. firefox's awesome bar. The awesome bar really is awesome - it does realtime searching on bookmarks and browser history based on address or title, based on number of visits and last time visited. It also searches the whole string, not just the beginning.
automoblog wrote:It might be possible that I am the only one but I am big fan of Firefox. It has so many useful addons for my business purpose which help me a lot.