05-15-2014, 01:54 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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I feel like I've been sucked into the Google ecosystem after always being weary of Apple's approach to sucking you into using all things Apple. But it sure is nice to have a Chromebook, and then to login to whoever's Chrome browser on whatever OS and have basically the same experience with all your settings and history, and all that. And to also have it on my Chrome browser phone, which is probably the best android browser now (depending on your phone I guess). Also hangouts extension on Chrome works so nicely with the Hangouts on phone. Chrome remote desktop is pretty slick too. Not to mention Chromecast... Ah, damn, I've been officially assimilated into feeding the beast that is Google!
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05-15-2014, 02:32 PM
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#22
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
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Thanks. That works better for sure. Would like to have it right out of the address bar, but it's getting better.
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05-18-2014, 01:40 AM
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#23
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: /dev/null
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I use Firefox almost exclusively for both personal and business use (I'm a web applications developer). I use Chrome/Safari and IE to test, but otherwise don't really use them on a day to day basis.
For my professional needs, Firefox is a far better environment for testing and prototyping code. The built in toolkit is quite powerful and feature rich, and if you add Firebug into the mix, there is nothing you can't do.
For personal needs Firefox is likely the only browser I can grant my trust. It's the only major browser that isn't built by a large corporation with financial interest in my internet usage. This might not bother other people, but for me it's a significant concern that the top browser in North America is built by an advertising company who profits off user data.
As far as performance goes - I haven't noticed a difference between the two browsers for years. Honestly, outside of their respective corporate goals, there really isn't much different between Firefox and Chrome.
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05-18-2014, 02:21 AM
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#24
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by BloodFetish
I'm not a fan of the latest Firefox, either. Always searching for that damned refresh button.
Anyone try Opera recently?
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I use opera regularly. I like it, but I'm not sure if you would like it for the same reasons.
I enjoy being able to close the browser and having all previously open tabs pop up again. I think you can do it in Chrome, but I haven't used Chrome in a year or so now and I believe its an advanced setting of some sort. On random occasion, I get some sort of printing error on opera. As in, it will show one thing on screen in print preview and something else will come out on the paper. This is mainly for spreadsheets and stuff, not basic things like google maps or emails. However, for that issue, I just dump the URL in chrome or FF and I'm good to go.
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05-18-2014, 08:27 AM
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#25
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
I only use Chrome for viewing YouTube. I have a Chrome extension that blocks all the ads and pre-loads the video, great for sketchy hotel WiFi.
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Which add on is this?
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05-19-2014, 10:49 AM
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#26
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary - Centre West
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Well, it was called YouTube Options. Now I notice it's called SPOI Options and appears to have been discontinued due to some Play Store policy nonsense (presumably Thou shalt not make apps that make YouTube better by way of blocking our annoying ads), so sadly you'll need to find another extension (like Magic Actions for YouTube) or pay $1.99/month for the privilege of using said plugin sans video downloading.
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05-21-2014, 11:53 AM
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#27
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Calgary AB
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had to disable chrome alerts today using hte chrome flag thing in the address bar. words cannot express how disappointed i am with google. when they made chrome it was, as advertised, a slim, bare bones browser built for speed and not being intrusive. now its creating this thing on my task bar i have to edit out using the equivalent of a registry edit? shame on google.
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11-14-2017, 08:37 AM
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#28
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Franchise Player
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Firefox overhauled a bunch of stuff, and man, is it ever fast now.
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11-14-2017, 08:43 AM
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#29
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
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Firefox all the way. I find Chrome too bloated?
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11-14-2017, 10:51 AM
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#30
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Firefox 57 has gotten faster, but holy is it a memory hog and doesn't seem to release any memory once tabs are closed. I opened an Outlook webmail page, closed it, and Firefox still is holding in 5 separate tasks 565 megs of memory. WTF.
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11-14-2017, 11:15 AM
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#31
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Franchise Player
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Chrome is no better though. I'll see how it is after a few days of leaving stuff open. It usually ramps up to 2 GB at that point before I restart it. It is supposed to be better now.
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11-14-2017, 11:31 AM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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It also seemed to have lost support for my favourite addons - NoScript and FlashBlock; it seems like the developers are frustrated with some changes and might not be rewriting any of these for the new version of Firefox.
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11-14-2017, 05:37 PM
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#33
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Trapped in my own code!!
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Firefox updated on me today. Took one crack at it and reverted right back to an older version. The whole thing just felt....ugh.
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11-14-2017, 06:02 PM
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#34
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Firefox overhauled a bunch of stuff, and man, is it ever fast now.
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Originally Posted by Kerplunk
Firefox updated on me today. Took one crack at it and reverted right back to an older version. The whole thing just felt....ugh.
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so is it good or bad
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11-14-2017, 06:02 PM
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#35
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Chrome's using like 4.5GB on my machine right now lol.
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11-14-2017, 06:12 PM
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#36
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Franchise Player
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I'm not sure how it can "feel ugh". I put the tab bar back on the bottom where it is supposed to be, and it is basically the same, but faster, and supposedly uses less memory.
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11-14-2017, 06:43 PM
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#37
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Trapped in my own code!!
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Probably more of a personal preference thing. The re-skinning of the icons, changes in the layout, and how some of the menus look and function did not impress me. Moving the refresh out of the menu bar, for some reason, is more annoying than it should be. And some of my addons no longer worked, which was also not great.
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11-14-2017, 06:45 PM
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#38
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Franchise Player
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Ya, hopefully the add-ons get updated, though I found almost all of my important ones worked.
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11-14-2017, 08:43 PM
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#39
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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I thought it was quite a memory hog. At least the 64 bit version was using almost 600M for open tab. It did seem faster, but I have other stuff I need to run on my computer. I can’t have the browser taking up such a huge footprint. It’s back to Opera until that stuff gets fixed.
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11-15-2017, 11:00 AM
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#40
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Originally Posted by photon
Chrome's using like 4.5GB on my machine right now lol.
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As long as you don't need the memory for something else, I'd rather it kept as much cached as possible. If you've got it, use it; that'll be faster than re-downloading.
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