You Are Probably Using Google Chrome to Read This
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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?
I read that as "Are you stalking me, titties!?!" Such an outcry is never unwarranted, even if it had no relation to the discussion.Andy Shandy said:
As a result, I now consider us friends. Hooray!
Anyway, yes - Chrome. Better than FireFox in most ways, but I still have FireFox for various features. However, if Google don't stop fucking around with the back end and actively making Chrome worse, I will switch to something cleaner and faster, extensions be damned.
First port of call with my new laptop once it was running; install Chrome. I go overboard with tabs so Chrome is near essential
I'm a mac user so I started with safari...and then it started to jam on a regular basis. I switched to Firefox and I was pretty happy for a while. Until that it now crashes the second you open the damn thing! (On macs, don't know about PC). I now use chrome. It's quite good and didn't crash....yet.
Chrome has two good extensions called NotScripts and ScriptNo. It also has good Javascript blocking built in: article from ages ago. [http://techie-buzz.com/browsers/disable-javascript-images-cookies-in-google-chrome.html]Vigormortis said:
Note that the article is old and the settings menu is different now. It was referencing v5.0.317.0 while I am currently running v21.0.1145.0
I'm sorry (and this isn't directed at you in any way, so don't take offense), but that's just kinda sad. Hilariously sad.SpAc3man said:
Those sound like really poor knock-offs. At least in name.
"NotScript" and "ScriptNo". :|
It's like the bad game rip-offs you see coming out of Korea.
