Well, I liked Google as a web content provider (Gmail, until they screwed it with stupid chat thingie that I can't get rid of, Docs, homepage, books etc.) for some non-important stuff. I somehow don't like it entering the software market.
I'll stick to Firefox as I trust in Mozilla and support them.

CursOr

United States6335 Posts

February 02 2010 06:54 GMT

#23

I get lots of plug in problems so far with Chrome.
Some times you tube videos just dont show up.
Flash games players may not work, videos dont play, they sometimes just look like pictures.
It seems to work sporadically.

I had to switch off FF though, lately, whatever update they did makes it handle 2 or 3 Flash applications like Idra handles DT drops. Shitty.

mahnini

United States6862 Posts

February 02 2010 06:56 GMT

#24

firefox has a much nicer bookmark manager and chrome still has stability problems for me

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

February 02 2010 06:59 GMT

#25

Chrome's interface just really really annoys me =/

Redunzl

862 Posts

February 02 2010 07:03 GMT

#26

On February 02 2010 14:58 ShoCkeyy wrote:
Chrome steals your info. I'm ok.

Katsuge

Singapore7730 Posts

February 02 2010 07:03 GMT

#27

i always preferred chrome over FF with or without extensions...so its an added bonus =)

Manit0u

Poland17850 Posts

February 02 2010 07:12 GMT

#28

I forgot to mention that I really don't like this 'Let's become new Apple!' policy from Google. Seems like they're target group is the computer illiterate people and they want to release 'everything Google' for them. Come on, Chrome OS? Seriously?
Compared to that even Microsoft looks good. They do release crappy stuff with a lot of bugs and stuff that's using outdated technologies but they do manage to get some things right and actually release something that can be used by more experienced people and professionals (take for example MS exchange vs Google apps, how could any serious company let all their mail/projects be stored by other company? Doesn't make sense).

EchOne

United States2906 Posts

February 02 2010 07:16 GMT

#29

I use both depending on my mood. Chrome's look is sleeker, but that's not a big deal really. I just installed FlashBlock for Chrome for OP's link. The install finished very quickly. Firefox plug-ins tend to take longer to install and update, which is annoying. I've also never had any slow start-up problems with Chrome, but I have had them with Firefox. I never noticed any significant Flash problems with Chrome, so I guess I'm just lucky there.

I'll still use Firefox occasionally since right now its plug-in selection should be much richer.

Jayme

United States5866 Posts

February 02 2010 07:32 GMT

#30

On February 02 2010 16:16 EchOne wrote:
I use both depending on my mood. Chrome's look is sleeker, but that's not a big deal really. I just installed FlashBlock for Chrome for OP's link. The install finished very quickly. Firefox plug-ins tend to take longer to install and update, which is annoying. I've also never had any slow start-up problems with Chrome, but I have had them with Firefox. I never noticed any significant Flash problems with Chrome, so I guess I'm just lucky there.

I'll still use Firefox occasionally since right now its plug-in selection should be much richer.

Yea I suppose a whole minute and a half out of your day can be annoying.

You're joking right?

Opera would be the best thing out there if websites worked with it more often. It's the fastest out there but it doesn't work the best with Flash.

Jonoman92

United States9110 Posts

February 02 2010 07:37 GMT

#31

I already got my tabs on FF. Why change if nothing is broken.

DragoonPK

3259 Posts

February 02 2010 07:39 GMT

#32

I am on chrome now, and now that extensions are on, its crazy good. FF, you have to act fast in order to not lose your market share!

Mystlord

United States10264 Posts

February 02 2010 07:45 GMT

#33

No, FF will be around for a looong time despite Extensions for Chrome. It's kind of like the IE phenomenon, where you have a clearly inferior browser going up against a clearly superior browser, yet too many people are too technologically illiterate to change.

That's not to say that Firefox is bad, but it does have some stability issues, and it still doesn't run plugins/tabs in separate processes, but that'll be fixed in 3.7 (thank god), so I'm just waiting for that.

Meanwhile, Firefox still has a large fan base for its add-ons, and it's a much more open environment for building them. Besides, with Jetpack, I expect people to stick to Firefox for quite a while now.

I'm still anticipating Opera's debut of their new JS engine. It looks freaking sweet already, and it's only in the Alpha stages. If only Mozilla could get their hands on that :3

United States3249 Posts

February 02 2010 07:46 GMT

#34

Only if they have something as effective as AdBlock Plus.

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

February 02 2010 07:47 GMT

#35

Most FF enthusiasts have FF configured *exactly* the way they want through the configuration file and extensions (myself included). I have tried chrome before, and I honestly don't see how it's superior to FF. Yes, it may be faster, but given the computing power on a modern machines, the difference is not significant. As well, FF has been reducing its memory consumption with every new release.

I honestly don't think that many people would make the switch.

United States3249 Posts

February 02 2010 07:47 GMT

#36

All things being equal, I'd support Mozilla. Much smaller company; no need to add to the concentration of power in Google's hands.

edit: There's also the fact that google has a habit of recording data from anything you do, from gmail to your browser. Usually I support google but in this battle it's Mozilla that's the good guy, or at least the better guy.

starfries

Canada3508 Posts

February 02 2010 07:49 GMT

#37

Last time I tried Chrome it sucked. It was less stable than FF and also every tab opened its own process. Since I always have 20+ tabs open it ended up being slower than FF, IE and Opera. Plus Google's background update program is kind of annoying

fight_or_flight

United States3988 Posts

February 02 2010 07:53 GMT

#38

I'll stick with the open source community as long as I can.

I don't have anything particularly against chrome itself, but I don't like Google's strategy of controlling and gathering all personal info. Its disgusting.

Sad[Panda]

United States458 Posts

February 02 2010 07:58 GMT

#39

So I tried posting something about how it amazed me how google tries to control all your personal info (didn't know that) and all of that and my phone just randomly reset then I realized I have the T-Mobile G1 (with google) it was just a odd coincidence . . . Hopefully