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I used to use Firefox for my browser, but when my computer died and my tech savvy friend set it all back up for me he installed Chrome and insists I should use that instead. Is Chrome really that much better than Firefox or is it just a matter of preference?

I used to use FF as well, but I switched to chrome after that unstable period FF had and haven't looked back. I think it's preference up until IE is concerned.

I tried to use Firefox for a little bit, but I hated it and went back to using Safari.

I for one prefer chrome, it was a little dodgy in its first year but after the kinks had been worked out I preferred it over FF

Chrome > Firefox > IE (smh at people still using IE)

I use Chrome at home, and Firefox at work.

I prefer Chrome TBH, it works better for me.

Or maybe that's just works crappy internet connection

Edit for typo

I use all four -- Chrome, Safari, FireFox and Widows Explorer.

Right now Chrome has become my favourite. It's slicker and faster with a lot of "professional" web interfaces I have to use at work.

For general browsing, I like the way you type queries right into the URL field rather than going to a separate field. It's surprising how quickly you get user to that convenience.

All that said, I don't feel I've gone back into the middle ages if I use a different browser. I prefer the pinboard interface for favourite sites on Safari, for example.

I use Opera.

Kilkrazy wrote:Widows Explorer.

However unintentional I see what you did there.

Chrome can crash the operating system on Mac OS so I'd watch out if using it there.

I find FireFox still more customisable but can get sluggish on an older machine.

I prefer FireFox personally but that's more down to having used it for quite some time now so it's a familiar face.

I just use Chrome, its my favourite and has some good features.

Chrome is the closest thing that nerds have to a religion.

Testify wrote:Chrome is the closest thing that nerds have to a religion.

Wait, I thought that was The Force?

I use Chrome as I find it a lot faster than Firefox. Haven't tried Firefox in a while, but I haven't felt the need to. Chrome is perfectly good, and it's features match my needs.

Not quite at religious levels for it, though... It is just a browser, after all.

filbert wrote:I prefer FireFox personally but that's more down to having used it for quite some time now so it's a familiar face.

This is where I'm at, although I have considered trying others due to a slight niggle with the recent redesign of the tab and bookmarks bit.

Testify wrote:Chrome is the closest thing that nerds have to a religion.

Yeah I have heard some people have a hard on for it, I am not computer savy enough though, I just like chrome because It seems quicker than IE and has a built in spell checker.


IE might have as well mind, I would presume so in this day and age.. but I cant find the fether anyway!

Opera is the best. But you've probably never heard of it.

/puts on Hipster Glasses

Chowderhead wrote:Opera is the best. But you've probably never heard of it.

/puts on Hipster Glasses

Oh, you still use Opera? Yeah, I used to use that a couple of years ago...

/puts on two pairs of Hipster Glasses. Ironically.

I use Chrome, I don't like FF, it seems bloated and slow.
EE, and Safari, can't stand either of them.
Opera I've not used.

Alright, quick Chrome question then. How do I get that stupid bar on the bottom to go away by itself or simply never show up when I download something or save a picture? It annoys me...

Also, can I set which page a new tab defaults to when opened?

Kilkrazy wrote:I use all four -- Chrome, Safari, FireFox and Widows Explorer.

Right now Chrome has become my favourite. It's slicker and faster with a lot of "professional" web interfaces I have to use at work.

For general browsing, I like the way you type queries right into the URL field rather than going to a separate field. It's surprising how quickly you get user to that convenience.

All that said, I don't feel I've gone back into the middle ages if I use a different browser. I prefer the pinboard interface for favourite sites on Safari, for example.

Ignoring the typo I should hope you use windows explorer, you can't physically use a PC without it

Chowderhead wrote:Opera is the best. But you've probably never heard of it.

/puts on Hipster Glasses

Hipster's. Nature's answer answer to the question: Can Nature make something even wussier than sparkly vampires? Why yes, yes it can.

Fraz, your hilarious



I use Chrome. Its great

I think I like Chrome more, but it ties in with the global Windows proxy settings, unlike Firefox, which allows for it's own configurable proxy rules. With Foxyproxy, I have done strange and wondrous things while at work to allow myself to get to a handful of sites previously unreachable, and I can also route to proxies that are much faster than our default. You can't do that in Chrome.

I used Internet Explorer for my first three years at university for some ungodly reason.

Then I switched to Chrome.

Ermagherd. I <3 Chrome so much.

I use IE for everything except some DLs, which I find FF's download history a little better for if I don't want to save them to my PC.

I use em all, depending on what I'm doing at work. I wish IE didn't exist :(

At home though I mostly use Chrome, but at work I mostly use Safari. Dunno why, just one of those things.

Firefox is a good browser though... but nothing is perfect. I really don't think there's any big difference between Firefox, Chrome and Safari, just pick the one you like best.

Chrome at home, IE at work. Not much of a difference to me.

FF

with so many add ons

Foxy Proxy
Ad-Block plus
No Script
Epub reader

and many more


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Frazzled wrote:Chrome at home, IE at work. Not much of a difference to me.

saying you use IE is akin to saying you still have dialup

my gawd IE BLOWS GOATS