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Shouldn't only Browser specialists' opinions count? I mean none of us know anything about the way browsers work or what a webkit is.
None of us really know how fast one browser is as compared to another. I mean we can run speed tests, but the tests generally do strange things like put more emphasis on java than most pages would have.
Only experts would know if chrome slows down after accumulating lots of data about one's browsing.
Only experts know if speed is really the same or if the page rendering happens faster using the default settings of one browser than the default settings of another.
Yeah I don't think many of you chrome users can really say why chrome is better. You just think that it's cleaner and that it's faster. Why do you drink gatorade? "it's got electrolytes". What do electrolytes do "uhh... make lightning and stuff..."
Firefox has themes to make it as crisp as you like.
Firefox has advanced settings you can change in about:config. Some of them increase the frequency that a page will render, so it doesn't render only once the entire page has loaded.
If you are truly an advanced user you can make firefox significantly better. Can you do that with chrome?
Does chrome have addons as good as firefox?
Is any software that google buys always better than any other software?
Is chrome faster than firefox really or is it just your tests saying that when chrome is not runnning any addons and has it's history clear?
Chrome was significantly faster than firefox at loading java, that was it. I don't know if that's even true anymore.
http://www.conceivablytech.com/2784/products/mozilla-firefox-4-is-twice-as-fast-chrome-7/
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I used to use Firefox before Chrome came out, but I switched a few weeks after Chrome's release and haven't looked back since. I love the slick simple feel of chrome and it generally feels faster then what Firefox was. I didn't use addons like AdBlock etc, but they've been ported to Chrome now anyways so that's not really a negative.
I also love Chrome's new tab window, movable tabs, auto-translation, integrated search into the address bar, and heads-up download bar.
Anything > IE really though..
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On September 18 2010 22:04 NIIINO wrote:
i would be using chrome but QL is not working in chrome so firefox FTW !
QL has been working with chrome for awhile now
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I wish to lead the discussion to a more curious direction.
What browsers do your school use???
Poll: What browser(s) on your school's computer?Firefox + IE (18) 62% IE (9) 31% Chrome + IE (2) 7% Something else + IE (0) 0% 29 total votes Your vote: What browser(s) on your school's computer? (Vote): IE
(Vote): Firefox + IE
(Vote): Chrome + IE
(Vote): Something else + IE
At university of toronto it's Firefox and IE. At school I usually use IE though - mostly because school's FF does not have adblock and runs slower than IE.
At home I use FF or Chrome. I just saw on the other thread that Chrome may work for ubuntu... I will give it a try once I get home.
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On September 19 2010 06:09 illu wrote:I wish to lead the discussion to a more curious direction. What browsers do your school use???Poll: What browser(s) on your school's computer?Firefox + IE (18) 62% IE (9) 31% Chrome + IE (2) 7% Something else + IE (0) 0% 29 total votes Your vote: What browser(s) on your school's computer? (Vote): IE
(Vote): Firefox + IE
(Vote): Chrome + IE
(Vote): Something else + IE
At university of toronto it's Firefox and IE. At school I usually use IE though - mostly because school's FF does not have adblock and runs slower than IE. At home I use FF or Chrome. I just saw on the other thread that Chrome may work for ubuntu... I will give it a try once I get home.
The UofT has Firefox and Opera on the Linux computers. You don't have enough poll options.
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Why is Opera always in the "other" category? It's not like it's a bad/unpopular browser or something o_0
It's not as good as firefox, but it takes nowhere as much CPU power having 20 opera tabs open than it does for firefox.
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On September 19 2010 06:12 Hidden_MotiveS wrote:Show nested quote +On September 19 2010 06:09 illu wrote:I wish to lead the discussion to a more curious direction. What browsers do your school use???Poll: What browser(s) on your school's computer?Firefox + IE (18) 62% IE (9) 31% Chrome + IE (2) 7% Something else + IE (0) 0% 29 total votes Your vote: What browser(s) on your school's computer? (Vote): IE
(Vote): Firefox + IE
(Vote): Chrome + IE
(Vote): Something else + IE
At university of toronto it's Firefox and IE. At school I usually use IE though - mostly because school's FF does not have adblock and runs slower than IE. At home I use FF or Chrome. I just saw on the other thread that Chrome may work for ubuntu... I will give it a try once I get home. The UofT has Firefox and Opera on the Linux computers. You don't have enough poll options.
Damn it. I have never used the Linux computers before. 
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Firefox is horrible.
Chrome is decent.
IE9 > *
Stop judging IE by its older version, and get IE9. It's basically the only browser that's GPU accelerated; it is the future.
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I've always used Firefox, and used chrome for a few weeks about a year ago, but I couldn't make the switch.
Most of my friends (and people online/in this thread) use chrome, and even if it does look smoother, Firefox just seems like what the internet should look like. Anything else and it's like I have entered this weird new world, not the soft, cuddly one that I'm used to.
edit: Dragoon! 
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the young kill out the new, when i first god internet IE was the way to go, now i look at it and laugh while using either FF or chrome
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While people are discussing stuff and having mostly subjective arguments, I'd just like to point out that whatever anyone says about what's better, the truth is that these days we have bunch of fucking GREAT browsers.
Just remember how pathetic browsing was with IE6 and compare it with how modern browsers feel like. Competition did it's job and it's only gonna get better for users and developers.
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Ie is ust being used a lot as the default for people buying computers and don't know anything about it. For example my dad who doesn't know anything about computers. He just looks for the word internet when he wants to use the internet....then doesn't know what a web address is and just types a search and clicking a random link. I'm glad I don't share a computer with my parents anymore.....although maintenance is common....
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Opera 9 is the only browser that's fast enough for my old ass computer.
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On September 19 2010 07:04 niteReloaded wrote:
While people are discussing stuff and having mostly subjective arguments, I'd just like to point out that whatever anyone says about what's better, the truth is that these days we have bunch of fucking GREAT browsers.
Just remember how pathetic browsing was with IE6 and compare it with how modern browsers feel like. Competition did it's job and it's only gonna get better for users and developers.
At work, IE6 is the only browser compatible with the program we use for documentation. It is absolutely atrocious.
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I been using Firefox for a long time..
FIREFOX FOREVER! Their Adblock and NoScript is awesome!
I like Chrome's look though.
FIREFOXXxxxxxxxx Let's GO! Dominate all other browsers.
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I mainly use Chrome now, since gmail seems to lag least with it...
If I need to log into 3 different accounts on the same thing, Chrome -> Opera -> FF
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damn I just tried IE9, it's sweeeeet!
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Bout time gay IE falls. GOOO CHROMEEE!@!!!!
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