You Are Probably Using Google Chrome to Read This
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After my computer got fixed I started out using Opera. I liked it, but something about it, I don't remember what, annoyed me to no end. Then I switched to Chrome. Worked fine for a while, then YT videos, among others, started lagging like hell. Now I'm using Firefox and I haven't had too many problems with it.
Using Firefox here, been using it for a long time now and its done the job well. Personally I don't like chromes UI it feels clumsy to me. Different strokes for different folks though. It also pleases me that more people are ditching IE in favour of browsers that actually are not a security liability.
The only reason IE is even so popular and widely used is because it comes pre loaded and it was the first browser pretty much, most companies adopted it to run their business programs on and it would be a pain in the arse to change. Plus if they decided to change OS they can still run the old version of IE on the new OS build with little work.
The only reason IE is even so popular and widely used is because it comes pre loaded and it was the first browser pretty much, most companies adopted it to run their business programs on and it would be a pain in the arse to change. Plus if they decided to change OS they can still run the old version of IE on the new OS build with little work.
Prefer Firefox for most thing, but on a small screen (like my laptop) I will prefer chrome due to smaller interface for the normal navigation, but still have Firefox installed on it for web programming (internet explorer is there also, but it mostly because Microsoft just don't want to follow damn web standard, so got to check on it if display correctly. Why can't you just not force damn border around image used has link and use the normal css opacity... )
Umm I get the baking soda being changed to baking powder... but teaspoons and tablespoons are completely different units of measure in relation to baking. At least they are over here in the UK.Erana said:
OT: Nah, tried Chrome but I much prefer my beloved Firefox! It's always been there for me and has never presented me with a problem. Plus I love foxes... so I guess I'm kinda biased!
I'm currently running FF v12 and I've had not even a hint of a memory leak, crash, or any other issue.Ickorus said:
I too will leave my browser up while doing other things. Sometimes for long stretches. So far it's barely touched my system resources when I've left it up.
Might be worth giving it another shot. I can't promise you won't experience a bug, but I can tell you I haven't seen one yet.
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Hmm. Good, if oddly apropos, advice.
Not from what I've seen.sinterklaas said:
Granted, I haven't really looked extensively at Chrome's "addon" features, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't have anything like NoScript.
Which is one of the primary reasons I still stick with Firefox. I loves my NoScript. It's easily one of the most handy addons I've ever used for a browser.
I use either depending on what my class needs.
The sick, sad irony is that back in 2010, when I had to use IE for my math course and had to download their Java plugin, I *immediately* picked up malware intrusion attempts from the plugin I downloaded from their site.
Internet Explorer is that shitty and hole-ridden, even to this day.
It boggles the mind, and network security is my trade.
Worse, I hear rumors that since the anti-trust suit filed against Microsoft expires this year, Windows 8 is going to go right back to integrating IE into the OS core Windows Explorer (the same shit that landed Microsoft in hot water with the US government to begin with, for the uninitiated).
In other words: you can use another browser in Windows 8, but you won't be able to remove IE (and thus, cannot remove all of the vulnerabilities that come with it).
The sick, sad irony is that back in 2010, when I had to use IE for my math course and had to download their Java plugin, I *immediately* picked up malware intrusion attempts from the plugin I downloaded from their site.
Internet Explorer is that shitty and hole-ridden, even to this day.
It boggles the mind, and network security is my trade.
Worse, I hear rumors that since the anti-trust suit filed against Microsoft expires this year, Windows 8 is going to go right back to integrating IE into the OS core Windows Explorer (the same shit that landed Microsoft in hot water with the US government to begin with, for the uninitiated).
In other words: you can use another browser in Windows 8, but you won't be able to remove IE (and thus, cannot remove all of the vulnerabilities that come with it).
yes i am using Google Chrome are you stalking me title? anyway it's better than IE because it is much faster than IE and it doesn't slow down because of favorites and pictures and other stuffGreg Tito said:You Are Probably Using Google Chrome to Read This
Google's browser surpasses Internet Explorer in overall worldwide usage.
Oh, how the mediocre have fallen. Back in the day, Microsoft's Internet Explorer was cool. Really cool. Then people realized the browser sucked way more RAM and CPU cycles than it needed to, but there wasn't really an alternative. Mozilla came out with the Firefox browser in 2004, and offered the first real challenge to IE's superiority, with tabbed browsing and helpful extensions. Google followed with Chrome in 2008, and with two viable solutions - not counting Safari if you're a pesky Mac-user - the worldwide usership of Internet Explorer waned. In October 2010, Chrome surged in popularity to top Firefox late last year [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104123-You-Are-Probably-Not-Using-Internet-Explorer-to-Read-This], and this month, for the first time, Google's browser can boast it is the world's most widely used way to view the internet.
According to Statcounter.com, the moment Google Chrome surpassed IE was the week of May 7 - 13, when Chrome garnered 32.76 percent of total browser usage compared to 31.94 percent for IE. Firefox lagged behind at 25.47 percent.
Of course, those are worldwide stats. Certain countries still prefer IE such as that backwards nation known as the United States, where as of the week ending May 20th 30.94 percent used IE to Chrome's 27.11 percent.
I adopted Chrome almost as soon as it came out, and I've always loved how it shows the page I want to see without getting in the way. The extensions and applications that run through it now [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/113374-Angry-Birds-Say-Chrome-is-Great-Mustaches-Are-Funny] are just icing on the already delicious cake. I'm happy to see the rest of world digs it as much as I do.
Source: Statcounter [http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-weekly-201121-201221]
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You haven't noticed this on your own?Hexenwolf said:
It was shortly after Google implemented other "features" that I find absolutely aggrivating, like the "search before you're finished typing" and "navigating the page with the arrow keys goes down the list instead of scrolling down."
I don't know of any articles detailing the changes, but I haven't really bothered. I just know that one day, Google was putting words in my mouth and I hated it.
It now replaces things like "World of Warcraft" with the word "wow" and "Install" with "Installer" and things like that. (So if, say, your computer tends to crash with the Blizzard downloader and you have to download a fully installed version of the much more obscure Mac client, you're in for a bad time) Oh, you may not have noticed it if you're looking for something that's going to have dozens of redundant results that all give you what you want, but whenever I'm searching for a very specific piece of information, Google's an absolute pain to use.
I just went to test every single one of the things that you mentioned and the only one of them that happened was searching before you're finished typing. And even that only when it was a very short search. After about five words, (three if you don't count "if" and "the"), it stops doing it.Erana said:
When I tried using the arrow keys, it scrolled the page. When I put in "install," it searched for "install," and ditto with "World of Warcraft."
I'm thinking it might have to do with either extensions or browser? I am in fact using chrome (and for the record, when you search using the address bar--since it doubles as a search bar--it doesn't search before you're finished typing; it only does that if you actually go to the google homepage, which I basically never do anymore), and the only extension I have running is adblocker.
What does your setup look like?
