Chrome Convert

Kompressor · 05-08-2010, 07:00 AM

Now that chrome has allowed extensions, I'm ready to say goodbye to firefox. I only needed three addons anyway:, adblock plus, stumbleupon, and xmarks. It is shockingly quick loading. Light and minimalistic, all things the process intensive FF used to have the reputation for. It along with FF are the only two browsers that can use both HTML5 and flash at the moment, so i see no need to go to opera/safari/ie etc...

Anyone else use chrome as their primary browser?

Tricto · 05-08-2010, 09:21 AM

Yup, loveit

Dr. Nick Nasty · 05-08-2010, 01:35 PM

it's the tits.

Grieves · 05-08-2010, 05:42 PM

can you import your bookmarks from firefox? If so i will convert...

Kompressor · 05-08-2010, 05:53 PM

^ ya that's apart of the install process. Plus it syncs with xmarks if you have multiple comps and you want them all to have the same bookmarks.

Grieves · 05-08-2010, 09:01 PM

nice

verklingen · 05-10-2010, 02:36 PM

just downloaded and loving it so far

Grieves · 05-10-2010, 11:42 PM

it's been 2 days now, and i love it...set up the browser search for wiki, took some getting used to instead of the dedicated search bar(firefox), but this way is much more efficient/practical...I love the tabs at the top, the quick load times, the incognito browsing, and the quick link boxes when you open a new tab...Took me way too long but glad I made the switch...

Lloydy · 05-11-2010, 02:22 AM

aye I use it, prefer it to anything else I cant fault it

verklingen · 05-11-2010, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grieves

Took me way too long but glad I made the switch...

thinkin the same thing

ty komp!

Being · 05-11-2010, 07:17 AM

i started using it when it first came out, and it has for sure gotten progressively better and better. always been my main browser (except for now cause my hard drive is broke and won't even let me install anything)

verklingen · 05-11-2010, 07:57 AM

i've only seen chrome top 50k, and firefox would routinely top 250k. jeeeeeeesus

Kompressor · 05-11-2010, 01:59 PM

Sing my brothers, feel the brilliant light reflecting off the chrome portal from the wilds of the world wide web...

Bearsy · 05-11-2010, 03:31 PM

I was under the impression that chrome logs and files all of your history and search records.

Kompressor · 05-11-2010, 04:07 PM

Not sure what you mean, like how every other browser has cookies and temp files, which can be averted with using incognito mode or a cleanup program like ccleaner.

or like google is actively archiving everything you type? Of which I have found no info on since searching for it now that you mentioned that. Send link if you have it plz, but it sounds like tinfoil hat material to me.

Bearsy · 05-11-2010, 05:05 PM

Criticism of Google - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kompressor · 05-11-2010, 06:29 PM

Seems pretty generic, in fact there's some notables as well...

Quote:

Potential for Data Disclosure
In early 2005, the United States Department of Justice filed a motion in federal court to force Google to comply with a subpoena for, "the text of each search string entered onto Google's search engine over a two-month period (absent any information identifying the person who entered such query)."[26] Google fought the subpoena, due to concerns about users' privacy.[27] In March 2006, the court ruled partially in Google's favor, recognizing the privacy implications of turning over search terms and refusing to grant access.[28]

Ego Tripping · 05-12-2010, 10:09 AM

Life would be so much easier and more fun if more browsers supported CSS3 the way Chrome's Webkit engine does. Only other browser that supports these new features is Safari.

That said, I still love Firefox's bookmarks system better and Firebug, so I still use Firefox for web development and Chrome for surfing.

wellfleation · 05-12-2010, 04:05 PM

I would use Firefox. It has years of development behind it and is solid, even for windows

Kompressor · 05-12-2010, 04:28 PM

First off, Google is older than Mozilla.

Secondly, Mozilla has nothing to do with Windows.

05-08-2010, 07:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3,069 Times in 1,634 Posts	Chrome Convert Now that chrome has allowed extensions, I'm ready to say goodbye to firefox. I only needed three addons anyway:, adblock plus, stumbleupon, and xmarks. It is shockingly quick loading. Light and minimalistic, all things the process intensive FF used to have the reputation for. It along with FF are the only two browsers that can use both HTML5 and flash at the moment, so i see no need to go to opera/safari/ie etc... Anyone else use chrome as their primary browser? __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

05-08-2010, 09:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tricto updating Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Midwest Posts: 435 Thanks: 184 Thanked 79 Times in 59 Posts	Yup, loveit __________________ Human rights went on vacation Money took over a long time ago... Cuando la historia no se puede escribir con la pluma, se escribe con el fusil

05-08-2010, 01:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dr. Nick Nasty Reactionary Radical Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York/New Jersey Metro Wasteland Posts: 1,049 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 653 Thanked 364 Times in 232 Posts	it's the tits. __________________ "I do not wish any mass at all, but honest men only, lovely, sweet, accomplished women only."-Emma Goldman

05-08-2010, 05:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Grieves The Worst Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interstate 8 Posts: 12,108 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,580 Thanked 3,129 Times in 1,722 Posts	can you import your bookmarks from firefox? If so i will convert... __________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

05-08-2010, 05:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3,069 Times in 1,634 Posts	^ ya that's apart of the install process. Plus it syncs with xmarks if you have multiple comps and you want them all to have the same bookmarks. __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

05-08-2010, 09:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
Grieves The Worst Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interstate 8 Posts: 12,108 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,580 Thanked 3,129 Times in 1,722 Posts	nice __________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

05-10-2010, 02:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,005 Thanks: 811 Thanked 1,491 Times in 946 Posts	just downloaded and loving it so far __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

05-10-2010, 11:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
Grieves The Worst Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interstate 8 Posts: 12,108 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,580 Thanked 3,129 Times in 1,722 Posts	it's been 2 days now, and i love it...set up the browser search for wiki, took some getting used to instead of the dedicated search bar(firefox), but this way is much more efficient/practical...I love the tabs at the top, the quick load times, the incognito browsing, and the quick link boxes when you open a new tab...Took me way too long but glad I made the switch... __________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

05-11-2010, 02:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
Lloydy KTF Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 11,976 Thanks: 533 Thanked 2,479 Times in 1,140 Posts	aye I use it, prefer it to anything else I cant fault it __________________ Keep the red flag flying high

05-11-2010, 07:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
verklingen Radical Dreamer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: texas Posts: 8,005 Thanks: 811 Thanked 1,491 Times in 946 Posts	i've only seen chrome top 50k, and firefox would routinely top 250k. jeeeeeeesus __________________ “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” rip matt

05-11-2010, 01:59 PM	#13 (permalink)
Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3,069 Times in 1,634 Posts	Sing my brothers, feel the brilliant light reflecting off the chrome portal from the wilds of the world wide web... __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

05-11-2010, 04:07 PM	#15 (permalink)
Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3,069 Times in 1,634 Posts	Not sure what you mean, like how every other browser has cookies and temp files, which can be averted with using incognito mode or a cleanup program like ccleaner. or like google is actively archiving everything you type? Of which I have found no info on since searching for it now that you mentioned that. Send link if you have it plz, but it sounds like tinfoil hat material to me. __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

05-12-2010, 10:09 AM	#18 (permalink)
Ego Tripping Are you in? Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,468 Thanks: 229 Thanked 665 Times in 443 Posts	Life would be so much easier and more fun if more browsers supported CSS3 the way Chrome's Webkit engine does. Only other browser that supports these new features is Safari. That said, I still love Firefox's bookmarks system better and Firebug, so I still use Firefox for web development and Chrome for surfing. __________________ God appears, and God is light, To those poor souls who dwell in night; But does a human form display To those who dwell in realms of day.

05-12-2010, 04:05 PM	#19 (permalink)
wellfleation Old School Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Methuen, MASSHOLE Posts: 3,854 Thanks: 196 Thanked 601 Times in 427 Posts	I would use Firefox. It has years of development behind it and is solid, even for windows __________________ FIGHTPOWER

05-12-2010, 04:28 PM	#20 (permalink)
Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3,069 Times in 1,634 Posts	First off, Google is older than Mozilla. Secondly, Mozilla has nothing to do with Windows. __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

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