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diego · 19/05/2010 02:56 AM

Well again I know now it isn't the fastest, or has the most add-ons but there are a lot of add-ons now, It's pretty fast, and I love the UI and for me the UI > all so I stick with chrome. it really is personal preference. I never really loved firefox.

I liked Opera for a while but really couldn't get over how I liked the way Chrome worked.

Method · 19/05/2010 03:08 AM

I'm a Chrome convert.

diego · 19/05/2010 03:27 AM

(19/05/2010 03:08 AM)Method Wrote: I'm a Chrome convert.

You use Chrome?

ProperBritish · 19/05/2010 08:03 AM

i converted from IE > Chrome > Firefox

Assassinator · 19/05/2010 05:57 PM

(19/05/2010 02:11 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: But Opera isn't open source...

As long as it's free, who really cares if it's open source or not?

If IE was the best browser in the world, I'd use it, even though it's nowhere close to open source, and never will be.

(19/05/2010 02:07 AM)S7* Wrote: and Opera is the fastest browser in the world, not Chrome.

Imo "fast" is way overrated.  I mean, as long as your computer isn't a 10yr Pentium 3 piece of poo poo, you probably can't see all that much difference.

I can render this in 100 milliseconds.
No, I'm better, I can do it in 80 milliseconds.  >.>

As for other stuff like startup speeds, how many times do you really open your browser every day?  Like 3?  Well, you saved yourself 3 seconds of your life.

Imo what's truly important is features and compatibility.

(19/05/2010 02:07 AM)S7* Wrote: Right now, Chrome holds no title other than being for nubcakes.

/rant

Chrome also sends info on your web activities back to Google, or so I heard.

(19/05/2010 02:11 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: For some really odd reason, our group leader decided to use Google Wave for our project discussion and it just doesn't work in Opera. Not Opera's fault, but well...

Is there any good reason to? Because it's :effort: setting up an account and learning how to use the thing just for some one time assignment. The time taken will probably > the time saved. And if you really need real-time, just share your MSN.

tl;dr - tell him he's a meatstick.

MysterySword · 19/05/2010 06:52 PM

I like Chrome a lot because of how it looks (and it's fast). However, it doesn't have proper AdBlockers (just Ad Hiders).

So now I use Opera, which is equally as fast (or, technically, 1% faster than Chrome), since it has an "Ad Blocker".

diego · 19/05/2010 06:58 PM

(19/05/2010 05:57 PM)Assassinator Wrote: Chrome also sends info on your web activities back to Google, or so I heard.

You can do a small hack to make Chrome not send this info. I did it. I just can't find the link to it ATM.

(19/05/2010 06:52 PM)MysterySword Wrote: I like Chrome a lot because of how it looks (and it's fast). However, it doesn't have proper AdBlockers (just Ad Hiders).

So now I use Opera, which is equally as fast (or, technically, 1% faster than Chrome), since it has an "Ad Blocker".

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/det...m?hl=en-US

Like I said. CHrome is getting a lot of add-ons.

ZiNgA BuRgA · 19/05/2010 06:59 PM

(19/05/2010 05:57 PM)Assassinator Wrote: As long as it's free, who really cares if it's open source or not?

If IE was the best browser in the world, I'd use it, even though it's nowhere close to open source, and never will be.

FOSS hippies, or those who want to customize the browser, or those who like flexibility of FOSS software etc. There are big debates about it out there, so I won't go there...

(19/05/2010 05:57 PM)Assassinator Wrote: I can render this in 100 milliseconds.
No, I'm better, I can do it in 80 milliseconds. >.>

People consider it on bigger and more complex webpages. Javascript can severely slow things down for example.

(19/05/2010 05:57 PM)Assassinator Wrote: Chrome also sends info on your web activities back to Google, or so I heard.

There's an unofficial build which doesn't do that from what I've heard. Otherwise, each to their own.
Personally would never use it due to lack of features, but people have different tastes.

(19/05/2010 05:57 PM)Assassinator Wrote: Is there any good reason to? Because it's :effort: setting up an account and learning how to use the thing just for some one time assignment. The time taken will probably > the time saved. And if you really need real-time, just share your MSN.

tl;dr - tell him he's a meatstick.

Pretty much is one of those tech enthusiasts, but if he's willing to do the work, I couldn't personally care less.

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