Yeah, it’s nice and fast (I have been using Chrome since December), but the addons are kind of limited in their functionality. Like the ad-blocking ones don’t actually block the ad from loading, it just hides them from view, while in Firefox they are literally blocked from even loading.
It actually loaded slow when I tried it. Personally I use multiple browsers for if one fails on me. I currently have Fixefox, Opera and shamely admitted Chrome. but opera and chrome are just backups for me.
I finally installed Chrome on my computer today after using Firefox for around 3 years. I like it a lot.
Am I the only one that’s just happy that Microsoft is finally ceasing their foolish plans to shape the internet, without any regard of how pretty, useful, customizable and secure it isn’t?
Must be a webdesigner-thing then :<
Must be no one reads your posts anymore because they’re generally dickishness.
But I haven’t been a dick for quite a while now :<
It’s only a matter of time.
But to answer your statement: I think most people on here don’t really care what Microsoft’s up to with the internet, since most people on here don’t use IE anyway. So it doesn’t really affect a lot of people here.
It’s really worth keeping in mind the technical benefits of the more limited extension design, though. The interface is VERY consistent (you don’t get extensions polluting context menus, or the odd extension that wants to be in the status bar for no reason), and with that consistency we get goodies like badges to indicate the number of new items.
Extensions can be installed / enabled / disabled / individually killed (and checked for resource consumption) instantly without restarting the browser, and they have far less capacity to screw things up.
Besides, who needs ad blocking when the performance hit is practically invisible?
The issue is that it’s not going to convince any of the companies that still use IE6, mostly because the IT department don’t want to have to deal with all the idiots who deny change or they have stuff that only works on IE6.
you are, and always will be, always a dick.
I disagree with this thread title.
Microsoft may get “this”, but they don’t get it all. Did you know that the Windows Phone Series 7 will have no cut and paste or multitasking? As Microsoft said:
I’m glad they’re finally taking things seriously, and this is no doubt great for the web as a whole, but my relationship with IE ended with version 6. I haven’t even updated it to version 7 or later because it’s not even worth it for a browser I never open (except to test websites, on the rarest of occasions). I’m Firefox all the way now, just for the addons… they hooked me. :[ User Agent Switcher, Web Developer, Image Zoom, UnMHT, Adblock, Request Policy, Multiproxy Switch, RefControl, Regular Expression search from the search bar… the list goes on… I just wish they would dump Gecko and get on the WebKit bandwagon. Shoot, even Steam is getting it. :’(
As far as Google Chrome goes, it may have some addons, but it can’t even begin to compete with Firefox’s extensive list. Maybe someday, but not just yet. (Also, if anyone’s thinking of bashing Chrome simply because it’s from Google, you may want to look here first — bottom line is, it’s really is a decent browser, don’t bash it until you’ve tried it. 
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Also, Links > Lynx. 
Iron is pretty awesome, as well.
Firefox is the greatest.
Except for firefox’s add-ons, nothing can compare to google chrome. Use firefox when you want to use an add-on then use google chrome for absolutely everything else.
I’m always using my add-ons, last time I used chrome was when it was in alpha stage, I lost interest shortly after I realized, google wants the user to switch from anything they’re using to an alternative made by google, that’s why I don’t have a gmail and I still use firefox.
Peh, just another tool for them to scan your damn computor and your privacy. Microsoft fails at 99%. 1% is there only success The “Windows XP,” and yes, I do use Firefox because it never failed me once. Like Microsoft Explorer did when ever I went to a site or dl something.