After years of using Firefox, I dumped it for Chrome

[SAWYER]

I have been reading and hearing the praises of Chrome and I really like it, I can't see myself swapping back anytime soon. I only have abp installed, anything else I should check out?

 

[yhelothar]

I was just ready to stick with chrome on my new high dpi laptop, but after configuring the windows dpi settings to that of the display, chrome's browser renders everything like a horrible interpolation for some reason. Internet explorer and firefox doesn't have this issue. Safari has the issue as well.

EDIT: After some digging, I found a fix. Right click chrome -> compatibility settings -> disable high dpi scaling.

 

[nemesismk2]

I have been reading and hearing the praises of Chrome and I really like it, I can't see myself swapping back anytime soon. I only have abp installed, anything else I should check out?

I said I would never leave Chrome once I changed from Firefox but here I am using Firefox. You will soon encounter problems with Chrome which Firefox and even IE9 doesn't have.

 

[gmaster456]

I said I would never leave Chrome once I changed from Firefox but here I am using Firefox. You will soon encounter problems with Chrome which Firefox and even IE9 doesn't have.

I found that to be the case as well. I used Firefox for years but then switched to chrome, but after using chrome for about 8 months, I switched back to Firefox and haven't looked back and don't plan too. It's easily the most stable browser I've used.

 

[LagunaX]

I prefer Firefox as well though on ocassion I have used SRWare Iron, a version of Chrome that has the built in Google tracking and spyware stripped:
Whats the difference beetwen Iron and Chrome?


Privacy:

Comparism of Iron and Chrome at privacy:

Installation-ID


A copy of Google Chrome includes a generated installation number which will be sent to Google after the installation and the first usage. It gets deleted when Chrome checks first time for updates.If Chrome is received as part of a promotional campaign, it may generate a unique promotion number which is sent to Google on the first run and first use of Google Chrome.


does not exist in Iron


Suggest


Depending on the configuration, each time you put something in the address line,this information is sent to Google to provide suggestions.


does not exist in Iron


Alternate Error Pages


Depending on the configuration, if you have typed a false address in the adress bar, this is sent to Google and you get an error message from Google's servers.


does not exist in Iron


Error Reporting


Depending on the configuration, details about crashes or failures are sent Google's servers.


does not exist in Iron


RLZ-Tracking


This Chrome-function transmits information in encoded form to Google, for example, when and where Chrome has been downloaded.


does not exist in Iron


Google Updater


Chrome installs a updater, which loads at every Windows in background.


does not exist in Iron


URL-Tracker

Calls depending on the configuration five seconds after launch the Google homepage opens in background

does not exist in Iron


http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_news.php

On Firefox I use the do not track plus add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/donottrackplus/

 

[happysmiles]

firefox 13 just came out, it's pretty nice

 

[jkroeder]

I prefer Firefox as well though on ocassion I have used SRWare Iron, a version of Chrome that has the built in Google tracking and spyware stripped:
Whats the difference beetwen Iron and Chrome?

On Firefox I use the do not track plus add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/donottrackplus/

Actually, Iron is just a fork of the open-source Chromium (www.chromium.org) with certain settings such as Google Suggestions set to off by default. It doesn't actually do anything special when it comes to privacy.

It's a very misleading product.