EPTchrome when on windows
Browser War Round II - Page 2
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United States83 Posts
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UniversalSnip
9871 Posts
1) Address bar, I find it easier to get to my bookmarks through firefox's bar than chrome's 2) Download window 3) ctrl + f... you can't search for exact phrases and the search bar doesn't stay open between pages 4) adblock. Firefox ad block keeps the ad from ever loading, while chrome's extensions are not allowed to do this, only keep them from being shown on screen Everything else, chrome does better for me. On September 18 2010 15:24 prototype. wrote: At first i was a firefox user, then chrome, then switched back to firefox because chrome changed it's colour to an ugly grey and firefox4 beta looks so pretty. Why didn't you just change the chrome theme :| | ||
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SpiritoftheTunA
United States20903 Posts
On September 18 2010 15:26 semantics wrote: Why use so many, i just use opera or IE just because not every website likes opera. Firefox has some nice extensions that I like to use for some sites, and Chrome lets me watch the cool Arcade Fire music video ( www.thewildernessdowntown.com ). I actually use IE more than Chrome, come to think of it. I also use Safari sometimes when I'm on my mac LOL. | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
On September 18 2010 14:59 SonuvBob wrote: TL's numbers: Firefox: 51.94% Chrome: 25.72% Internet Explorer: 11.54% Safari: 6.29% Opera: 3.89% Chrome is growing pretty fast, or maybe just popular among the SC2 crowd. January (pre-beta) numbers: Firefox: 57.43% Internet Explorer: 17.29% Chrome: 14.68% Opera: 5.33% Safari: 4.56% well just from the wiki alone chrome went from 0-10% in 2 years no problem. I think that rate may even pick up depending how much more google manages to take over. I'm sure chrome will be the #1 browser at some point in the future. Unless something like earth shattering comes out that's not from google and yeahhh not seeing that. | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
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Mikilatov
United States3897 Posts
Statcounter? I feel that the type of people who are likely to use Statcounter do not represent your 'average internet user', and therefore it is not a good source to extract browser usage data from. These ones that are monitoring like hundreds of thousands of sites, on the other hand seem legitimate, as long as it consists of a large variety of sites. | ||
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unsmart
United States322 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21243 Posts
On September 18 2010 15:35 unsmart wrote: I use Firefox but sorta want to switch to Chrome. The only thing that is stopping me is that I'm too lazy to find a good adblock for Chrome. I use IE mostly for stuff that doesn't work with FF. The AdBlock that FF uses is on Chrome, so I don't see why that should hold you back haha. | ||
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Najda
United States3765 Posts
 I also use Firefox for livestreams because adblocker plus owns hehe.I really like Chrome for it's fluidity, ease of use, and because the browser itself takes up so little room. The address bar on Chrome is just so awesome! I use it to do Google searches, when I wanna make a search on YouTube I just hit y-o-u-TAB then type what I want to search. I don't believe you can do that in any other browser I'm pretty sure Chrome and Firefox are the top used amongst people who actually know anything about computers (and thus look beyond the default browser). Do any of you know someone who uses IE over the other browsers based on preference? | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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-Sizzle-
United States8 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
On September 18 2010 15:37 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: The AdBlock that FF uses is on Chrome, so I don't see why that should hold you back haha. You could also use a HOSTS file manager like hostsman and never have to worry about browser plug ins again, along with the added benefit of blocking bad websites among other things that could be undesirables. Also why block ads as long as they don't pop up or have sound i'm fine with them and they also bring in revenue to the sites. | ||
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p14c
Vatican City State431 Posts
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Nemesis
Canada2568 Posts
I have tried google chrome, and it's a pretty nice browser, but I just don't see things that would make me switch from firefox. Firefox still has better features than chrome. | ||
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Crushgroove
United States793 Posts
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infinitestory
United States4053 Posts
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/09/internet-explorer-9-beta-drops-its-lean-fast-and-modern/ Internet Explorer 9 is (I must admit, shockingly) a competitive browser. There are components, notably the up-and-coming <canvas> tag which IE9 loads far faster than even Firefox 4 Beta. IE9's page load speed outstrips Firefox as well, even though it doesn't quite touch Chrome. And Internet Explorer 9 actually conforms very well to web standards, from CSS3 to HTML5. I kinda wonder where the entire IE8 team went, considering the acceptability of this product. If the Internet Explorer 9 final release is any bit as competitive as the beta, I don't envision it disappearing anytime. EDIT: I still prefer Firefox, but at this point it's almost entirely due to the awesome addons. | ||
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smileyyy
Germany1816 Posts
 Imo the best browser that has been around for the last years. ![[image loading]](http://pictures.deadlycomputer.com/d/26490-2/firefox_vs_opera_vs_ie.JPG) | ||
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Jakalo
Latvia2350 Posts
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blue_arrow
1971 Posts
IE9 has got developers and reviewers drooling all over it from what I gather. While I agree that IE got worse and worse after v4, I'd be willing to say that Microsoft isn't on the decline anymore, and that they've been putting in a real effort to make a comeback recently. Speaking of IE9, I DLed the IE9 beta and the thing seems pretty nice and quick, it's got HTML5 support and full hardware acceleration or something, and it ripped off Chrome and has a unified site and search bar as well. From what I have read, FF and chrome currently also have hardware acceleration but to a lesser degree than IE9 Beta, however some sites are reporting that FF and chrome will soon have full hardware acceleration implemented. From my brief experience with IE9 so far, I feel as if the entire design of IE has been changed with this version, it's all been simplified and given more of a minimalist styling; what IE9 is to previous versions of IE, is like what 7 is to vista to a certain extent. What I really see in the next couple months is a battle of browser innovation between IE, FF and chrome that's gonna bring huge benefits to users. On a slightly different but related topic: I don't know why people are still thinking that Microsoft is complete shit, that's like 2005-2008/9 Microsoft when Vista/Zune was released as a giant fail, the IE versions were getting worse and worse, Apple was taking over the world, and Google was starting to diversify it's products and target markets. However, I think things have changed recently. Apple's growth is faltering slightly; the iPhone 4 had more criticisms against it than other iterations of the phone, their new iPod lineup has had several complaints (the new Nano looks stupid and has fewer features than the previous generation, the iPod touch now literally an iPhone minus 3G and calling) not to mention Steve Jobs' health hasn't been the best recently. Google has been on a tear these last two years, trying to take over every corner of the interwebs with some other new service/product. Their best effort recently has got to be Android however; 2 years ago no one knew what Android was and then 3 months ago this mobile OS has already overtaken iOS in terms of usage. Same goes for Chrome, nobody really cared much for it when it first came out, then as people started noticing they began to really like it and made it their default browser. I think the stats that SonuvBob posted are pretty much in line with the general market trend; Chrome has been the only real gainer amongst all browsers as of late, with most users seemingly being pulled from IE. As for Microsoft, it's hard to say that Windows 7 wasn't a success, there is also high anticipation over the new mobile OS they're releasing soon (part of this anticipation is some kind of Xbox Live integration), and IE9 looks to me like they put in a real effort to regain browser market share. | ||
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SpiritoftheTunA
United States20903 Posts
On September 18 2010 16:09 smileyyy wrote: Opera all the way they invented most of the standard browser features like tabs, adblock, sessions. Imo the best browser that has been around for the last years. That's pretty much how I've always thought of FF (it's worth it with extensions but not without). Back before IE6 stopped working with stuff and accumulated twenty thousand security loopholes (I was fine with 10k), I used even that over FF, because bare bones, it was still faster than FF (until browsers started getting competitive about java loading times and shit). I switched to Opera when IE7 came out and it became really hard to uninstall it. | ||
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