(Nerd) Firefox, IE, Opera, and... Google Chrome? - Page 3

Scoobz0202 · 02-28-2011, 08:47 PM

I've been using Chrome for about a year now. I still have Firefox on this system and I recently opened her up to see what it was all about. I was amazed at how slow Firefox feels compared to Chrome. I used to swear by Firefox.

MJ4H · 02-28-2011, 08:50 PM

I do the same thing (delete the text for the bookmarks). It's a decent stop-gap, but they are still much more widely spaced than smart bookmarks in FF and I can only fit about half the icons on my bar. Frustrating that they still don't have anything for this. Plus it sucks having to delete the text.

sovereignstar v2 · 02-28-2011, 08:51 PM

I'm also a Firefox to Chrome convertee.

MizzouRah · 02-28-2011, 08:58 PM

I love Chrome as well.

bbgunn · 02-28-2011, 10:15 PM

I would love Chrome if it worked on my Vista.

sterlingice · 03-01-2011, 05:30 AM

Has Chrome ever implemented individual cookie handling?

SI

M GO BLUE!!! · 03-09-2011, 12:31 PM

I just made the switch to Chrome. Tried Firefox 4 beta & compared it ti Chrome. Firefox 4 seems like a half-assed mix between Firefox & Chrome. Loving the speed of Chrome, but there are some little annoyances like on here where some of the option tabs just show the little picture missing icon instead of the usual tab.

MizzouRah · 03-19-2011, 07:27 PM

Loving IE 9...

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie/home

jeff061 · 03-19-2011, 07:31 PM

IE9 is Microsoft's first good browser in ever?

Still not switching off Firefox though.

MizzouRah · 03-19-2011, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jeff061

IE9 is Microsoft's first good browser in ever?

Still not switching off Firefox though.

I've been using Chrome for quite some time, IE 9 is faster so for now, it's my browser of choice.

jeff061 · 03-19-2011, 07:33 PM

I'd consider switching to Chrome, I just don't consider it enough of a improvement to give Google even more access to me.

jeff061 · 03-19-2011, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

I've been using Chrome for quite some time, IE 9 is faster so for now, it's my browser of choice.

The anti-IE stigma is just to ingrained in me. Shallow I know, but that's just what it is. Even after using it and really having no complaints, being pleasantly surprised even.

MizzouRah · 03-19-2011, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jeff061

The anti-IE stigma is just to ingrained in me. Shallow I know, but that's just what it is. Even after using it and really having no complaints, being pleasantly surprised even.

To each his/her own.. I don't see the facination with FF either, but I'm in the minority I'm sure.

sterlingice · 03-19-2011, 07:49 PM

Has Chrome ever fixed the fact that you can't handle individual cookies?

SI

jeff061 · 03-19-2011, 07:50 PM

Well before Chrome it was Firefox or bust. I tried Opera several times over a few years, disliked it quite a bit.

If the current trend continues I may switch, likely to Chrome, but right now I'm content with Firefox and the addons I use.

cougarfreak · 03-19-2011, 08:01 PM

Firefox is getting slow and buggy for me.

MizzouRah · 03-19-2011, 08:02 PM

IE 9 is super fast and has all the features that I loved with Chrome.

CrimsonFox · 03-19-2011, 08:08 PM

IE always seems to have more hackers associated with it tho. More popups more hacking more viruses more leaks more everything.

jeff061 · 03-19-2011, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

IE always seems to have more hackers associated with it tho. More popups more hacking more viruses more leaks more everything.

That's IE6. IE7 and more so 8 mostly fixed that but they were garbage. IE9's not garbage. I just feel all IE-icky using it.

RainMaker · 03-19-2011, 08:27 PM

IE9 is really nice. You should all give it a try. Feels a lot like Chrome but a little faster and without the privacy issues Google has.

CrimsonFox · 03-19-2011, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jeff061

That's IE6. IE7 and more so 8 mostly fixed that but they were garbage. IE9's not garbage. I just feel all IE-icky using it.

Iecky?

MJ4H · 03-19-2011, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jeff061

I'd consider switching to Chrome, I just don't consider it enough of a improvement to give Google even more access to me.

Then use Chromium. Same browser, no connection to Google.

RainMaker · 03-20-2011, 07:36 AM

It's not necessarily the same browser. Chromium isn't as stable, but still a good option I guess.

You guys should seriously look at IE9. It's really good. Microsoft get unnecessarily shit on by people for things they actually do well. This is one of them. It's the best browser on the market at the moment.

MizzouRah · 03-20-2011, 07:48 AM

Amen RainMaker, again.. it's super fast and works great.

sterlingice · 03-20-2011, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

You guys should seriously look at IE9. It's really good. Microsoft get unnecessarily shit on by people for things they actually do well. This is one of them. It's the best browser on the market at the moment.

Uh, not unnecessarily. You have a company that basically stopped any serious development on its browser twice once it crushed the competition so it's a pretty fair criticism. That's the kind of bs business decisions that should lose you some corporate goodwill that you need to win back.

SI

frnk55 · 03-20-2011, 12:10 PM

Thought I'd give Google a try after using FF for years. I gotta say it loads up pages faster. Might stick with it.

Fidatelo · 03-20-2011, 02:11 PM

I'm pretty fair when it comes to not caring who made what, and certainly no MS basher (I own a WP7)... but Chrome is still preferable to IE9.

Chrome > IE9 > Firefox

MizzouRah · 03-20-2011, 06:12 PM

IE9 > Chrome > FF

ISiddiqui · 03-21-2011, 12:41 PM

I think that Chrome, FF4, and IE9 are fairly evenly matched, but I still like the extensions of Firefox. Chrome though is super quick.

Rizon · 03-21-2011, 12:48 PM

I haven't tried Chrome (Google scares me like a creepy stalker), and I haven't really used IE since right before FF2 came out (been using that since). Whatever recent change FF made, it wiped all my settings and it's been a real bother getting my new settings to stick for some reason. I haven't tried IE9 ... it just feels like going back to a Day Care center that molested you as a child.

RainMaker · 03-21-2011, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Uh, not unnecessarily. You have a company that basically stopped any serious development on its browser twice once it crushed the competition so it's a pretty fair criticism. That's the kind of bs business decisions that should lose you some corporate goodwill that you need to win back.

I understand not trusting them and choosing to use other products. I'm talking about people who will say a product sucks without using it. Like the backlash they got on Vista which wasn't a bad OS at all.

jeff061 · 03-21-2011, 03:11 PM

Vista was a horrible OS at release.

jeff061 · 03-21-2011, 03:12 PM

That's another thread though, I don't see anyone in this thread saying IE9 sucks.

RainMaker · 03-21-2011, 03:18 PM

Yeah, I was more commenting on the general vibe across the web. People tend to have a distorted view of a product based on loyalty or past experiences. For instance, people treat Firefox like the God of browsers when it's been shit for a few years.

Ryan S · 03-21-2011, 04:02 PM

Right now I would rate the browsers:

Chrome > IE9 > Firefox 4

I probably use Firefox more than the others thanks to the number of extensions, but I have not been a big fan since FF 3.5

MJ4H · 03-21-2011, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeff061

Vista was a horrible OS at release.

I never realized how bad Vista was until I installed Windows 7. Holy crap.

MJ4H · 03-21-2011, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan S

Right now I would rate the browsers:

Chrome > IE9 > Firefox 4

I probably use Firefox more than the others thanks to the number of extensions, but I have not been a big fan since FF 3.5

Chromium > Firefox > IE9 for me. IE9 still takes forever to startup, hangs all the time loading webpages, and is just generally sluggish. Plus, I don't have any extensions with it.

Rizon · 03-21-2011, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ4H

I never realized how bad Vista was until I installed Windows 7. Holy crap.

I suffered with Vista's drunk grandfather, WinME, for four years. Dunno why I never bothered to upgrade that OS ... probably spent too much energy bitching about it and didn't have enough left to replace it.

sterlingice · 03-21-2011, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeff061

Vista was a horrible OS at release.

Yeah, I'm calling shenanigans on trying to sneak by the claim that Vista wasn't that bad. It was awful with no device support and horribly unstable for at least 6 months, if not a year.

It has improved but Windows 7 is much better so it just looks like Windows 7 Beta

SI

MizzouRah · 03-21-2011, 07:46 PM

OMG Windows ME was the worst of all time.

sterlingice · 03-21-2011, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

OMG Windows ME was the worst of all time.

I think we can all agree to that

SI

MizzouRah · 03-21-2011, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I think we can all agree to that

SI

True.. if you had Win ME on your pc and wanted me to look at it, I was immediately busy.

jeff061 · 03-21-2011, 07:54 PM

In Windows ME's defense I think they decided it needed to exist then released it 2 weeks later

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Come to think of it, that's a pretty lousy defense.

Rizon · 03-21-2011, 07:59 PM

The best was playing games on it ... after a couple of hours you'd get ... NOT ENOUGH MEMORY OMG CRASHING.

Ahhhh, the constant reboots.

gstelmack · 03-21-2011, 08:01 PM

While we're discussing IE9, it appears to be confusing the board's "View First Unread" feature. I'm still going back to posts from yesterday right before I installed it.

Will try clearing caches, etc if it didn't do that on install.

RainMaker · 03-21-2011, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Yeah, I'm calling shenanigans on trying to sneak by the claim that Vista wasn't that bad. It was awful with no device support and horribly unstable for at least 6 months, if not a year.

It has improved but Windows 7 is much better so it just looks like Windows 7 Beta

No device support? It was just primarily on older ones that manufacturers didn't bother with. It was also something that was fixed rather quickly.

It had a bad launch and was released too early. But after SP1, it was much better than XP and the criticisms were unwarranted.

jeff061 · 03-21-2011, 08:27 PM

It's fate was well sealed prior to SP1. Still can't believe you are arguing that. It was a broken mess and did not deserve a second chance.

And no, it wasn't just older manufacturers, it was pretty much all of them. Damn near global video, sound and printers issues all come to mind. A good amount of which were still an issue post SP1.

gstelmack · 03-21-2011, 08:55 PM

Vista got a bad rap for being the first consumer OS built for multiple processor cores, and ran lousy on single core boxes. It ran fine on multi-core, recent machines. The driver problem rests squarely on the hardware manufacturers who feel we should be grateful they provide any drivers at all for their hardware. The early issues were ironed out quickly.

SP1 was actually the nail in the coffin for one of my systems, since I could not get it to install without corrupting a system file and therefore failing to boot.

That said, Win7 is much better.

jeff061 · 03-21-2011, 09:02 PM

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The driver problem rests squarely on the hardware manufacturers who feel we should be grateful they provide any drivers at all for their hardware

Well that's the common argument, but I find it hard not to put the fault on MS when nearly all third parties suffer from the same problem. Bottomline is Vista was trapped in development hell for almost 6 years and because of this they released it before the hardware manufactures could get drivers out the door(and before the OS itself was ready).

MS also caved to Intel pressure and vastly lowered hardware requirements so Intel(I think or may have been Dell/HP) could badge their lower end machines as Vista capable. That's on MS, not Intel.

MJ4H · 03-21-2011, 09:10 PM

It ran like ass on my multi-core, brand new machine.

02-28-2011, 08:50 PM	#102
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	I do the same thing (delete the text for the bookmarks). It's a decent stop-gap, but they are still much more widely spaced than smart bookmarks in FF and I can only fit about half the icons on my bar. Frustrating that they still don't have anything for this. Plus it sucks having to delete the text. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

02-28-2011, 10:15 PM	#105
bbgunn College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Osaka, Japan via Honolulu, Hawaii via Birmingham, Alabama	I would love Chrome if it worked on my Vista. __________________ U of Hawaii \| U of Alabama \| Montreal Impact \| Montreal Canadiens \| West Ham \| West Indies cricket \| Portland Trail Blazers

03-01-2011, 05:30 AM	#106
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Has Chrome ever implemented individual cookie handling? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-19-2011, 07:31 PM	#109
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	IE9 is Microsoft's first good browser in ever? Still not switching off Firefox though. __________________

03-19-2011, 07:33 PM	#111
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	I'd consider switching to Chrome, I just don't consider it enough of a improvement to give Google even more access to me. __________________

02-28-2011, 08:47 PM	#101
Scoobz0202 Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dayton, Ohio	I've been using Chrome for about a year now. I still have Firefox on this system and I recently opened her up to see what it was all about. I was amazed at how slow Firefox feels compared to Chrome. I used to swear by Firefox.

02-28-2011, 08:51 PM	#103
sovereignstar v2 hates iowa Join Date: Oct 2010	I'm also a Firefox to Chrome convertee.

02-28-2011, 08:58 PM	#104
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	I love Chrome as well.

03-09-2011, 12:31 PM	#107
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	I just made the switch to Chrome. Tried Firefox 4 beta & compared it ti Chrome. Firefox 4 seems like a half-assed mix between Firefox & Chrome. Loving the speed of Chrome, but there are some little annoyances like on here where some of the option tabs just show the little picture missing icon instead of the usual tab.

03-19-2011, 07:27 PM	#108
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Loving IE 9... http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie/home

03-19-2011, 07:49 PM	#114
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Has Chrome ever fixed the fact that you can't handle individual cookies? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-19-2011, 07:50 PM	#115
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	Well before Chrome it was Firefox or bust. I tried Opera several times over a few years, disliked it quite a bit. If the current trend continues I may switch, likely to Chrome, but right now I'm content with Firefox and the addons I use. __________________

03-19-2011, 08:01 PM	#116
cougarfreak College Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Out of Grad School Hell :)	Firefox is getting slow and buggy for me. __________________ “I don’t like the Cubs,” Joey Votto said. “And I’m not going to pat anybody with a Cubs uniform on the back."

03-19-2011, 08:02 PM	#117
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	IE 9 is super fast and has all the features that I loved with Chrome.

03-19-2011, 08:08 PM	#118
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	IE always seems to have more hackers associated with it tho. More popups more hacking more viruses more leaks more everything.

03-19-2011, 08:27 PM	#120
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	IE9 is really nice. You should all give it a try. Feels a lot like Chrome but a little faster and without the privacy issues Google has. Last edited by RainMaker : 03-19-2011 at 08:27 PM.

03-20-2011, 07:36 AM	#123
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	It's not necessarily the same browser. Chromium isn't as stable, but still a good option I guess. You guys should seriously look at IE9. It's really good. Microsoft get unnecessarily shit on by people for things they actually do well. This is one of them. It's the best browser on the market at the moment.

03-20-2011, 07:48 AM	#124
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Amen RainMaker, again.. it's super fast and works great.

03-20-2011, 12:10 PM	#126
frnk55 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2006	Thought I'd give Google a try after using FF for years. I gotta say it loads up pages faster. Might stick with it.

03-20-2011, 02:11 PM	#127
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	I'm pretty fair when it comes to not caring who made what, and certainly no MS basher (I own a WP7)... but Chrome is still preferable to IE9. Chrome > IE9 > Firefox __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

03-20-2011, 06:12 PM	#128
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	IE9 > Chrome > FF

03-21-2011, 12:41 PM	#129
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	I think that Chrome, FF4, and IE9 are fairly evenly matched, but I still like the extensions of Firefox. Chrome though is super quick. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

03-21-2011, 03:11 PM	#132
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	Vista was a horrible OS at release. __________________ Last edited by jeff061 : 03-21-2011 at 03:12 PM.

03-21-2011, 03:12 PM	#133
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	That's another thread though, I don't see anyone in this thread saying IE9 sucks. __________________ Last edited by jeff061 : 03-21-2011 at 03:12 PM.

03-21-2011, 03:18 PM	#134
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Yeah, I was more commenting on the general vibe across the web. People tend to have a distorted view of a product based on loyalty or past experiences. For instance, people treat Firefox like the God of browsers when it's been shit for a few years.

03-21-2011, 04:02 PM	#135
Ryan S Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, England	Right now I would rate the browsers: Chrome > IE9 > Firefox 4 I probably use Firefox more than the others thanks to the number of extensions, but I have not been a big fan since FF 3.5

03-21-2011, 07:46 PM	#140
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	OMG Windows ME was the worst of all time.

03-21-2011, 07:54 PM	#143
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	In Windows ME's defense I think they decided it needed to exist then released it 2 weeks later . Come to think of it, that's a pretty lousy defense. __________________

03-21-2011, 08:01 PM	#145
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	While we're discussing IE9, it appears to be confusing the board's "View First Unread" feature. I'm still going back to posts from yesterday right before I installed it. Will try clearing caches, etc if it didn't do that on install. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

03-21-2011, 08:27 PM	#147
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	It's fate was well sealed prior to SP1. Still can't believe you are arguing that. It was a broken mess and did not deserve a second chance. And no, it wasn't just older manufacturers, it was pretty much all of them. Damn near global video, sound and printers issues all come to mind. A good amount of which were still an issue post SP1. __________________ Last edited by jeff061 : 03-21-2011 at 08:28 PM.

03-21-2011, 08:55 PM	#148
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	Vista got a bad rap for being the first consumer OS built for multiple processor cores, and ran lousy on single core boxes. It ran fine on multi-core, recent machines. The driver problem rests squarely on the hardware manufacturers who feel we should be grateful they provide any drivers at all for their hardware. The early issues were ironed out quickly. SP1 was actually the nail in the coffin for one of my systems, since I could not get it to install without corrupting a system file and therefore failing to boot. That said, Win7 is much better. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

03-21-2011, 09:10 PM	#150
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	It ran like ass on my multi-core, brand new machine. __________________ My YouTube channel My Twitch channel My Sharona

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