It is also rather slow for me – though I am hoping it will be fixed. Could just be some computer configurations it doesn’t like…
Using something I was working on that makes heavy use of img tags generated by JavaScript (over 1600); I averaged the times (milliseconds) it took to generate.
FF: 1059.5
IE8: 1048.4
Chrome: 93.7
The Firefox there has lots of addons, and I would still go with Firefox.
I will provide a screen shot of the page generated if anyone asks.
Also I may try Firefox 4.
I use Firefox. I might try out the beta but idk if really want or need it.
The beta really is rather nice, but it’s still not as fast as Chrome/Opera. And I’ve been having issues with it loading images/videos properly, but it looks a lot sleeker and it is faster, just not as fast as the aforementioned two.
Just a quick question, does chrome have the ability to be as functional as FF? I.e. a way to add a favorites bar, search bar, ad block, etc.
If so, I’ll have to mess around with it a bit and see if I can adjust it to my preferences and if it’s still faster than FF.
PS3 browser, it has spell check on the side too! Soo technically its a very toned down version of Opera. I prefer convenience over searching through piles of sweaty clothes for an equally disappointing IE8 netbook.
I dunno what you mean about favorites, but the search bar is the same as the URL bar, you can type in a certain thing you want to Google and it uses Google or Bing or the like. And I’ve not had any problems with ads/popups with Chrome.
Since extensions finally went live a few months back, Chrome is technically as extensible as FF but obviously it’ll take a while to build up the number of products and their quality.
Chrome already has a favourites bar when you click the New Tab button. As well as the much publicised intelligent thumbnails where Chrome guesses what your favourite sites are, there’s also a bookmark bar along the top which is customisable. Oh, and as above the address bar serves as a Search bar. The search engine used isn’t fixed either, so you don’t have to use Google. Another feature I like on the address bar is that you can type ‘wiki x’ or ‘imdb x’ and it’ll automatically go to the search page at the relevant site with the search for x already done for you.
I’m using Chrome. I used to use Firefox, but I changed and I loved its speed and visual simplicity.
One thing that I miss is the “I’m feeling lucky” behavior of the URL bar when you type something in it. And the separated search bar.
My disappointment in Firefox 4 beta for Linux not being completed is what made me change to Chrome.
If you create a new search keyword (I’ve called it lucky) and use the following URL: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&aq=f&oq=%s you can get the I’m Feeling Lucky functionality.
Great, that works 
I meant the bookmarks bar when I said favourites bar, the one where you can put bookmarks in the main window, above the tabs.
And I was referring to the search bar where you can add a website to search on (like wikipdia, youtube, google, amazon, ebay, etc.), but I guess what flatline said makes that unnecessary.
Those two things, adblock plus (or equivalent) and a button where you can reopen closed tabs are pretty much the only essential things for my browsing experience, so I’ll have to check Chrome out properly sometime.
Oh yeah, is Iron (or what’s it called again, the one that is supposed to have more privacy) preferable?
FireFox.
It’s below the tabs and address bar and you can set it to ‘always show’ or in a new tab only.
pretty much, yeah
It’s got an Adblock extension (probably more than one).
As for closed tabs, there’s an option to open the previous tabs on start and there’s also a list of last closed tabs in the new tab page.
I’m using it now. Can’t tell a difference between it and Chrome and it is supposed to NOT send any data to google. So, if you care about that, go for Iron.
Chrome has a bookmarks bar, yes, and it works good… haven’t tried FF lately, but Chrome allows for easy drag&drops on the bookmarks and stuff like that.
Also, Chrome now has addons. Haven’t tried many of them (don’t need to), but it seems to work well. Since it’s recent, I guess there are less addons than on FF, but in time the quantity/quality will get to the level of those for FF.
Edit: In Chrome, ctrl+shift+T reopens the last closed tab (up to the 10 last tabs I think), and you can reopen previous sessions on the welcome page.
Chrome then Opera.
this works for FF as well apparently :3
Netscape :3
I didn’t know this, ta’ :3
