Chrome...Your opinion please

[mnorian]

After having more then 20 people tell me, in the last two weeks, that the reason I was having trouble with loading images, typing characters into reply boxes. and CF loading slow or not at all; was because of IE11; and that I should try Chrome.
Altho most of the problems were cleared up after CF got back on it's feet after the platform change; the boggy reply box was getting very irritating.

So I finally bit the bullet and gave Chrome a try last night. After a not that easy of an install; I got Chrome running, and it may be cause I have been pretty much a Internet Explorer user for 20 years; with a few side trips with Netscape and Firefox; but Chrome does not seem intuitive at all.

It was hard to find anything, everything seems to be hid; like the settings and tools, a little button, that I found by accident, the tabs, or folders are hide behind each other and are hard to see.

But the worse thing it did was to, crash. after just fifteen minutes of use; and all I was doing was viewing posts on CF! It didn't just close the window and start over right away like IE does, once in a while; but completely crashed and had to be restarted. I opened up IE, and not sure I'm going back.

I was really expecting a much better experience from Chrome after all the hoopla I've heard of it over the last few years. So what is your experience with Chrome? Or others. Oh; be sure to vote in the poll above, thanks.

 

[paul1149]

I never had many instability issues with Chrome, but I don't trust Google and will not use it. Chromium is google-sponsored as well, but it's open source. The derivative I use, Slimjet, has many features added on, including both performance and security features, so that makes for a happy combination. They have already dealt with the new html5 vulnerabilities, and they are going to incorporate a built-in ad blocker soon, which should work faster and require fewer resources than an extension, just for a couple of examples.

Maxthon is good, but it's closed-source and has limited extensions. Opera is another Chromium derivative. I don't like the feel of Firefox, and the fact that you need extensions for everything, and I am not happy with the PC way they mistreated Brendan Eishe(sp?), so I uninstalled.

 

[inlight12]

Don't use Chrome unless you want Google to spy upon you.
Firefox is best at the moment.

 

[mnorian]

The derivative I use, Slimjet, has many features added on, including both performance and security features, so that makes for a happy combination. They have already dealt with the new html5 vulnerabilities, and they are going to incorporate a built-in ad blocker soon, which should work faster and require fewer resources than an extension, just for a couple of examples

I'm looking at reviews online, a little late, but better then never, about the newest browsers; but haven't come across any on Slimjet, do you know of any? Thanks.

 

[paul1149]

Not really.

 

[inlight12]

Whatever you use make sure you get a 100/100 score in acid3 test below
http://acid3.acidtests.org/

 

[C-Man]

I've been a Firefox-head for years now. It does have a very slight memory leak nowadays, but it takes a day or two to get up to 1GB of usage for me, nowhere near as bad as Chrome. Here is an illustration.

I'm definitely with you on Chrome's interface; it's downright anorexic compared to Firefox's. If you want, in Firefox, you can just re-enable the old-style menus just by right-clicking and enabling the Menu Bar.

 

[MrJim]

I use Safari on the mac, Opera on Windows 7, Firefox on Windows 8..wife uses Chrome on the mac, boys use Firefox on Windows 7 & 8...(three different computers in the house ) I recommend Firefox to others though...

 

[Genersis]

I use Chrome mainly because the last time I tested the big name browsers it was the fastest.

I never really got on with Firefox at the time, all looked a bit too Windows XP, cluttered and not as fast as Chrome.
Opera was really nice, but just wasn't fast enough.
This must of been a good few years ago now; with a much better PC I doubt speed will be as much of a concern.

Once Windows 10 is out I'll probably test Edge and all the other major browsers again.

EDIT: When I was playing around with Ubuntu installations I really liked Chromium.

 

[inlight12]

 

[mnorian]

Wow; that's down right scary; now I have even more reason to stay away from Chrome.

 

[mnorian]

Here's a link from PC Magazine; one of the better reviews on the top 5 browsers:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365692,00.asp

 

[timewerx]

I use Srware Iron... ...It is based on the same Chromium browser engine that Chrome uses - but none of that security leaks!! This means it is also compatible with all Chrome apps.

I think CF works best with Firefox and Firefox seems decent with privacy.

I have used Chrome, FF, and IE. SRWare Iron gave me the best results. FF will likely work better with CF but I personally prefer Iron because it uses less internet resources than FF.

 

[mnorian]

I have tentatively been using Chrome lately; it hasn't crashed again, but i was looking around with it a little and clicked on their suggested sites and was amazed that there suggestion was to down load IE9 as it has "suggested sites" built in. So if you want Chrome to suggest a site go to IE and an older version at that. Now that's a seriously slim client; let your competitor carry the load.

 

[mnorian]

After using Chrome for a while...the question that comes to me is: If something is made stupid, silly, or unintuitive by design; is that intelligent, smart or--- good enough for the customer base...?---or is the design so hidden in the over all plan that it is brilliant

 

[mnorian]

[QUOTE="timewerx,

I have used Chrome, FF, and IE. SRWare Iron gave me the best results. FF will likely work better with CF but I personally prefer Iron because it uses less internet resources than FF.[/QUOTE]

Do you mean internet resources or resources from your computer, or other viewing mechanisms, which would cause the bogging, type errors or crashes I've experienced?

 

[mnorian]

Whatever you use make sure you get a 100/100 score in acid3 test below
http://acid3.acidtests.org/

IE11 Just got a 100/100; so that's good, eh?

 

[mnorian]

Whatever you use make sure you get a 100/100 score in acid3 test below
http://acid3.acidtests.org/

And; this is with Chrome: it passed also...so...is acid three the REAL acid test or is there another more definitive test

 

[freezerman2000]

Chromium for Linux..a breeze to install

 

[freezerman2000]

AND Chromium got 100/100.
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