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Lookout Firefox. The Switcher is Coming
I've been using Google Chrome (Mac) full time for the last 10 days. The only gaping hole in my browser experience has been sorely missed Firefox Extensions. That is about to change.
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My main problem with Chrome is that it's ugly and badly designed. It loads web pages real nice.
If someone can tell me how I can get to see all my bookmarks at once, like you can with the side bar in every other browser, I'd love to know. The least effective way of accessing them is by limiting me to a tree style menu.
If someone can tell me how I can get to see all my bookmarks at once, like you can with the side bar in every other browser, I'd love to know. The least effective way of accessing them is by limiting me to a tree style menu.
Re what the browser looks like: I wasn't too thrilled with it from the start but I have to say that since using it every day as my primary browser that has faded.
The pending Extensions will no doubt add sidebars etc etc.
The speed, site rendering, lack of crashes and sheer simplicity are the big winner for me.
I open Chrome with 8 tabs that more than covers everything I need via Netvibes, iGoogle etc etc
The pending Extensions will no doubt add sidebars etc etc.
The speed, site rendering, lack of crashes and sheer simplicity are the big winner for me.
I open Chrome with 8 tabs that more than covers everything I need via Netvibes, iGoogle etc etc
Google makes their living selling ads. Tiny little javascript-powered ads. I can't help but wonder if google will allow extensions that block javascripts and ads. If not it's just another browser to me.
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The current version I'm using blocks popup ads automatically. It does offer you the chance to allow them, but blocks them by default. And it's not even an extension!!
I think all browsers make some attempt to block new window ads, even IE these days, but it's not just pop up ads. I tried surfing with chrome through the sites I use regularly and, as when I use IE or Safari, I'm amazed at how many ads Firefox is blocking for me. Even sites like CNN and BBC are replete with ads for international users, but Firefox blocks them all, even going so far as to block the Google text ads in Gmail.
It doesn't feel particularly faster than FF to me and I've had no problems with FF crashing. I use a lot of developer tools with FF, and even if these are eventually also available on the Chrome browser the ad-blocking and bookmarks bar would still be must-haves for me.
I watched the new Chrome OS release video last week and it was interesting to see a different approach to an operating system, though the uses for it are limited to the kind of apps that can be accessed over the net. It would make an ideal mobile platform perhaps but having constant net connectivity is still next to impossible, even in a big city like Toronto which has a downtown wireless scheme (it's slow and hopelessly unreliable).
It doesn't feel particularly faster than FF to me and I've had no problems with FF crashing. I use a lot of developer tools with FF, and even if these are eventually also available on the Chrome browser the ad-blocking and bookmarks bar would still be must-haves for me.
I watched the new Chrome OS release video last week and it was interesting to see a different approach to an operating system, though the uses for it are limited to the kind of apps that can be accessed over the net. It would make an ideal mobile platform perhaps but having constant net connectivity is still next to impossible, even in a big city like Toronto which has a downtown wireless scheme (it's slow and hopelessly unreliable).
Chrome OS is a smart, though niche, idea aimed at portable computing and focused on Google's suite of cloud applications.
With my main iMac out of commission, I really am stuck on the cloud and am surprised by the potential of this unreleased Chrome browser.
I don't have my fav FTP, Image editing, file editing etc tools and it's driving me nuts. To a certain extent Firefox applications can cover some of those losses, but right now I'm enjoying the break and calling time out.
I'm sure when the beast is returned I'll easily fall back to Firefox and it's powerful suite of addons.
With my main iMac out of commission, I really am stuck on the cloud and am surprised by the potential of this unreleased Chrome browser.
I don't have my fav FTP, Image editing, file editing etc tools and it's driving me nuts. To a certain extent Firefox applications can cover some of those losses, but right now I'm enjoying the break and calling time out.
I'm sure when the beast is returned I'll easily fall back to Firefox and it's powerful suite of addons.
I admit I don't do much in the way of word processing and spreadsheeting but for when I do I use Google docs, it's just way easier. I appreciate that people who use apps like Word in a professional way require a lot more in terms of formatting options, not to mention fonts, etc, but for me Google docs are I need.
I do use quite a few niche programs for work though, apps like Xara which is a vector app that's smarter, lighter and more able (for what I need it to do) than illustrator or the like. I don't think it's even available for Apples.
I do use quite a few niche programs for work though, apps like Xara which is a vector app that's smarter, lighter and more able (for what I need it to do) than illustrator or the like. I don't think it's even available for Apples.
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