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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.

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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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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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I switched from IE to Chrome last night. Chrome is my favourite.
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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. Smile
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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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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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Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

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.


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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I just discovered how to hide the bookmarks bar - it has a context menu. Embarrassed

Now I'm in your situation - there is no bookmarks bar, and I don't know how I could get it displayed again. LOL
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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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Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

I just discovered how to hide the bookmarks bar - it has a context menu. Embarrassed

Now I'm in your situation - there is no bookmarks bar, and I don't know how I could get it displayed again. LOL


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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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 Hug


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Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

I just discovered how to hide the bookmarks bar - it has a context menu. Embarrassed

Now I'm in your situation - there is no bookmarks bar, and I don't know how I could get it displayed again. LOL


Probably have it sorted already but to hide/reveal bookmarks bar CTRL + Shift + B

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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

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. 
 
Firefox has a spell checker.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

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. 
 
Firefox has a spell checker.


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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Originally posted by Kilgannon Kilgannon wrote:

Originally posted by Mr ProgFreak Mr ProgFreak wrote:

I just discovered how to hide the bookmarks bar - it has a context menu. Embarrassed

Now I'm in your situation - there is no bookmarks bar, and I don't know how I could get it displayed again. LOL


Probably have it sorted already but to hide/reveal bookmarks bar CTRL + Shift + B

Yes - or via the menu -> Tools.Embarrassed
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Firefox 4.0 now.
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Originally posted by crimhead crimhead wrote:

Firefox 4.0 now.
Are you peeing your pants yet?  I'm trying it out just now. 

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? LOL  I generally hear its good if you have issues with the performance of the others on your computer.
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