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    Chrome's 2nd Birthday, 6th Stable Release

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Matt is Pro, Sep 3, 2010.

  1. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Chrome's my favorite.
     
  3. thundernet

    thundernet Notebook Deity

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    :) :) :) Happy birthday Chrome! ! ! :) :) :)
     
  4. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    Yeah, I LOVE Chrome. It is so fast, and renders most websites perfectly. I wish other browser venders would take after Google and really focus on performance and compatibility.
     
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    Main browser is Opera, backup browser is Chrome. New version seems pretty good.
     
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    I find FF smoother than Chrome. Chrome only appears faster as it's "choppier" loading. Not very pleasant.
     
  7. Terminal42

    Terminal42 Notebook Evangelist

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    I love google chrome. And im sure its the fastest browser around...Firefox is just too "heavy" for me.
     
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    I like Chrome but some sites are IE compliant and they won't let you log on unless you use IE. This is specially true for online financing transactions. I use IE8 and Maxthon browsers.
     
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    Sticking with FF as a main browser till some NoScript equivalent is release for chrome, but it does run great on some older gen machines where resource pinching is key
     
  10. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    I use FF most of the time because my school targets IE and FF with most of their pages. At work I use IE8 and Chrome.
     
  11. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    I had many issues with Chrome not playing/loading videos on youtube or other video sites. Since then I have gone back to FF.
     
  12. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

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    After being a Firefox loyalist for so long [probably the last 5 years or so], I finally completely switched to Chrome. Especially after I just bought my new netbook and installed Windows 7 to dual-boot with my XP installation here in my laptop. It's mainly because Chrome also now has AdBlock. :D But yeah it's really fast and light on resources. I just wish it had some sort of extension equivalent to TabMixPlus, a very handy FF extension.
     
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    wankel Notebook Consultant

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    Anggrian Notebook Evangelist

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    I tried every browser that I knew.. firefox, chrome, safari, opera, IE, flock, and avant
    Chrome is just the fastest and the most stable browser I've ever experienced :)
    happy birthday chrome!
     
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    Two years later and I'm still very wary of using a browser built by the largest advertising company in the history of the internet.
     
  16. Pirx

    Pirx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Correct. It may be worth noting that Chrome isn't free, either. They are selling Chrome in exchange for them obtaining full access to all details of your browsing habits, to be sold to the highest bidder. For me personally that means, thanks, but no thanks. :nah: