Thread: Google Chrome

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Installed it about 6 months ago.
I much prefer FireFox because of the extensions which save so many clicks

I only use Chrome now if a website is in Thai

Yeah, good point, the translation does help although it can give some good amusement in its descriptions - especially on used cars almost straight from the salesmans mouth !

Originally Posted by tothemark

Any one else using Google Chrome ? ive moved on from Firefox because of all the updates and explorer because of its speed issues.
Personally i find searching in the url box a real time saver.

can't you also search in the URL box in firefox 4 ?
does not chrome have up updates too ?

I just recently started using Google Chrome also. I quite like it.
I still like Firefox 3 and Safari 5.
Lately I've got 3 browsers going at the same time.

Originally Posted by sabang

I've been using chrome for a while, quite happy with it.

Same here.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

I only use Chrome now if a website is in Thai

or using gmail.com as it seems that gmail.com is becoming incompatible and acting slow with most browsers, but not Chrome

I used Chrome for a while but had nothing but trouble with it. I find it sometimes doesn't recognise hotlinks and I have to log in with Firefox to access sites.

Haven't used IE for a long while - too slow.

Firefox is a serious irritation with all the updates, but I still prefer it to the others.

I still haven't updated to Windows 7, but I'm going to do it this week as I'm sick of FF, and IE9 (which is only supported by W7) is supposed to be excellent (several IE bashers that I know have gone back to it).

I hate that FF crashes frequently, uses too much memory and is only semi-compatible with Flash & Javascript.

Chrome isn't good enough yet to be used as a professional tool and IE is still 'clunky'. I did have Opera installed once upon a time. I may check it out again.

I find that I have to use different browsers with different tasks.

Chrome is useful for accessing my email but seems to freeze my FTP software.

FF is good with the FTP but seems to want me spend a lifetime learning what this week's new upgrade does.

... and I have one dear lady who sends files which only open using Safari.

Can't think of anything I would use IE for now but maybe it has improved.

the best thing to do is to keep with FF3 or FF2, small enough and works fast

do not do the daily update, they will fuck up more things than fixing them

and keep the number of add-on to a minimum

Originally Posted by Butterfly

and keep the number of add-on to a minimum

But I really like my Fuzzy Time!

The difference even between FF3 and FF3.5 is huge

FF3.5 always fuckup or just take too much RAM after a while, FF2 and FF3 are lean and compatible enough for most well developed websites.

I'm actually having trouble finding a downgrade link to a version of FF before 4 (which I do not like and can't make compatible with my preferred download manager regardless of the add-ons I try)- anybody got it?

try portable apps, they usually have older version and the whole apps is portable

OK, I'll try the last version before 3.5 and see how that fares.

Old Version of Firefox 2.0 Download - OldApps.com

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

OK, I'll try the last version before 3.5 and see how that fares.

even 3.0 should be good enough, 3.5 was starting to be too big

I downloaded a couple of different versions from that link- each of them caused the browser to lock up as soon as I clicked on an add-on- FF4 (which I went back to and it works) really screwed up my computer.

I've just gone back to 3.0.18 and it's works well.

Lost all my passwords though, but not a problem.

*Edit - I've got to manually add Adblock to this one...

I work with 2.0 and 3.0 and never have a problem, as long as it's not a website developed by Indian monkeys or Google

Gmail needs to be run in HTML mode, which is actually better because it has become quite heavy for what was once a nice webmail

Originally Posted by FailSafe

I downloaded a couple of different versions from that link- each of them caused the browser to lock up as soon as I clicked on an add-on

you have to be careful, some add-on are not for all versions, or some are for very specific version. FF has become a nightmare on that regard, completely out of control. One of my favorite add-on was never ported for any version after 3.0, that's one of the reason I kept the old version