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The Pessimist ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: June 13 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3834 |
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Easy question. FireFox
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lazland ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: October 28 2008 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 13792 |
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Well, I finally bit the bullet today, and downloaded Chrome. I'm typing this on the browser now, and am one happy bunny.
CPU usage finally back to where it should be and a far quicker and happier computer. It's a shame, because I really liked Firefox, and my wife hates change on the PC, but I really couldn't carry on with taking minutes to carry out the most basic task.
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harmonium.ro ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989 |
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I had to switch back to Firefox - the inconvenients on Chrome were minor, but decisive. It didn't let me properly use the ReadItLater add-on, it didn't have a sepparate field for address bar and google search, it didn't let me open from the bookmarks another website in the same tab, the bookmarks display was stupid and the reclining sides of the tabs annoyed me a lot. I miss the functioning spell-check, though.
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DisgruntledPorcupine ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 16 2010 Location: Thunder Bay CAN Status: Offline Points: 4395 |
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I switched from IE to Chrome last night. Chrome is my favourite.
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TheProgtologist ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802 |
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IE 8
I don't have any problems with it.
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oliverstoned ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 26 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 6308 |
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Stooge ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 09 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Status: Offline Points: 1003 |
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I'm giving Chrome a try, and it seems to be running much more smoothly on my machine than Firefox has lately.
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topographicbroadways ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 20 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 5575 |
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I've never given Chrome a proper try I might download it later but I stick by Safari usually, the tab and window management can't be beaten
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Mr ProgFreak ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
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Currently I'm using Chrome exclusively, but Firefox 4 will probably level the playing field again. And of course Internet Explorer 9.
What I like most about Chrome is the reduced graphical interface - no need for a full screen mode. My only complaint: The bookmarks bar is always visible - there should be a way to hide it. I also like the way IE 9 maximises the space by combining adress input fields and tabs in one row.
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harmonium.ro ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989 |
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Hmm, in my Chrome there is no bookmarks bar. But I hate not having a menu bar, instead. I dislike having to open a new tab for any operation I want to do. I understand their quest for as much free space as possible, but my monitor is big enough, thanks. |
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Mr ProgFreak ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
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I just discovered how to hide the bookmarks bar - it has a context menu.
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Mr ProgFreak ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
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But as far as the menu is concerned - in Chrome you can access it via the wrench symbol - no new tab needed.
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harmonium.ro ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989 |
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Ah, so that's what probably happened with my bookmarks bar - I hid it in the first place and completely forgot about it. You can restore it by clicking Tools, then Always Show Bookmarks Toolbar. I decided to restore it too because this way I can have access to all my bookmarks without having to open a new tab, even if I hate the idea of having a toolbar whose main content I don't need. That was my problem with the lack of a menu bar - with the bookmarks toolbar disabled, I would have preferred the Menu icon to have Bookmarks; that would have been perfect.
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Pekka ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 03 2006 Location: Espoo, Finland Status: Offline Points: 6457 |
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Safari kept on crashing on me, so I switched to Chrome. There was a new patch to Safari a while back, but I'm so comfortable with Chrome that I haven't really tried it. Comfortable despite the idiotic spell checking thing that cannot be turned off except individually from every single text field. Of course it doesn't know Finnish, so whenever I write that it's all red lines all over the place. But one gets used to annoying things after a while.
edit: It seems a recent update to Chrome made it possible to turn the bloody thing off, now I'm officially a full-on Chrome user ![]() Edited by Pekka - March 24 2011 at 11:46 |
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Kilgannon ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 06 2011 Location: Cider Country! Status: Offline Points: 158 |
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Probably have it sorted already but to hide/reveal bookmarks bar CTRL + Shift + B
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chopper ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 20032 |
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Firefox has a spell checker.
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harmonium.ro ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989 |
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I know, but for some mysterious reasons it hasn't been working on this computer at all during the three years I've been using it (in which I've also reinstalled Windows and Firefox numerous times). I know how to enable and disable it, but it just doesn't work. |
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Mr ProgFreak ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 08 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 5195 |
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Yes - or via the menu -> Tools.
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crimhead ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: October 10 2006 Location: Missouri Status: Offline Points: 19236 |
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Firefox 4.0 now.
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Slartibartfast ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
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But it's dinner time. I use Firefox it for some things and Explorer for others. I tried Chrome briefly, but seriously, how many damned browsers do you need? ![]() |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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