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| Thread ID: 112969 | 2010-09-29 05:48:00 | Firefox or Chrome? | jonathan (15437) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1140507 | 2010-09-30 11:01:00 | Firefox for its addons: Firebug, Tab Mix Plus, Xmarks, Web Developer ... Chrome has potential because it's quick but it corrupts Xmarks. Love the way pinned tabs turn into mini-tabs. One of life's great mysteries is: why doesn't Google's own browser have a Google toolbar? |
Vallis (8886) | ||
| 1140508 | 2010-09-30 19:06:00 | One of life's great mysteries is: why doesn't Google's own browser have a Google toolbar? It's called an "omnibar" instead, and you do *everything* from it! :) Searching, typing in URLs, site-specific searches, history ... It's awesome! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1140509 | 2010-09-30 19:19:00 | Firefox for its addons: Firebug, Tab Mix Plus, Xmarks, Web Developer ... Chrome has potential because it's quick but it corrupts Xmarks. Love the way pinned tabs turn into mini-tabs. One of life's great mysteries is: why doesn't Google's own browser have a Google toolbar? Al this time using Chrome and I didn't know you could 'pin' a tab!! Thanks for that. I haven't had an issue with Xmarks in Chrome.... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1140510 | 2010-09-30 19:26:00 | OK, thanks everyone! Firefox wins by a mile (on both the poll AND what you guys said). I didn't put Opera because I've used it on my iPod Touch for a bit, don't terribly want it. | jonathan (15437) | ||
| 1140511 | 2010-09-30 19:46:00 | Been with Opera since 6.7 and recently with Opera mail (Win7). configurable ,easy to backup and deploy to a new build,have only used IE about 5 times in the last 10 years. Will try IE9 when intergrated into SP1 Win7 Have looked at others but stuck to Opera |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1140512 | 2010-09-30 19:50:00 | Give Opera a chance, jonathan - the experience of using that browser on the Crapple platform is enough to put anyone off. That version does Opera a huge disservice. Totally different experience on a PC. |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1140513 | 2010-09-30 20:10:00 | It's called an "omnibar" instead, and you do *everything* from it! :) ... It's awesome! True, it's good. But there are a few things the toolbar has which Chrome doesn't and that I miss enough to keep me with Firefox. The main one - when you do a search, the Google Toolbar shows link buttons to each of your search terms. Really useful if you're a search junkie. I just received an email from Xmarks this morning. they're shutting down the service in 90 days. That makes Chrome a little more attractive. blog.xmarks.com White knight needed. :o( |
Vallis (8886) | ||
| 1140514 | 2010-09-30 20:19:00 | Al this time using Chrome and I didn't know you could 'pin' a tab!! Thanks for that. I haven't had an issue with Xmarks in Chrome.... You're welcome. :blush: Xmarks in Chrome has an alarming tendency to double up on your bookmarks if you're syncing with other browsers. There are fixes, but they only work sometimes and they don't work for me. Anyway, as I said above, Xmarks is gone by Christmas unless someone comes up with big bikkies. |
Vallis (8886) | ||
| 1140515 | 2010-10-01 05:57:00 | True, it's good. But there are a few things the toolbar has which Chrome doesn't and that I miss enough to keep me with Firefox. The main one - when you do a search, the Google Toolbar shows link buttons to each of your search terms. Really useful if you're a search junkie. Screenshot please? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1140516 | 2010-10-01 10:21:00 | I use both Firefox or Chrome, but Chrome is faster. | MikeTech (15982) | ||
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