Chrome or Firefox?

SLCentral

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Feb 13, 2003
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Just switched back to PC from Mac, and don't know which to use, especially now that Chrome 4.0 supports extensions (which, TBH, I don't see myself using on either browser).

Thoughts?
 

Crono

Lifer
Aug 8, 2001
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Chrome needs some polishing, but it's faster and less bloated than Firefox for me.

I'm still using Firefox on my main computer, but gradually switching over to Chrome for laptop and Opera for mobile.
 

coldmeat

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Jul 10, 2007
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Firefox. I've never tried Chrome, but I'm happy with Firefox and my add-ons.
 

Mrvile

Lifer
Oct 16, 2004
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I've currently been using Firefox on both Windows and Mac, but only because I've been using it for years and I'm comfortable with it. A friend of mine tried out Chrome last night for the first time and to me it looked pretty snazzy, maybe I'll try it out sometime for myself.
 

RaistlinZ

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Oct 15, 2001
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I just switched to Chrome from IE & Firefox. Firefox uses up way too much memory. IE is just too damn slow at everything. Chrome is very minimalistic and slick, which is what I like about it. I don't need a dozen add-ons.

For simple no frills web surfing, Chrome > Firefox.
 

soydios

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Firefox's addons seal the deal for me. I'm just patiently waiting for it to sandbox tabs into their own processes and it'll be good.
 

dbk

Lifer
Apr 23, 2004
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I switched to Opera for a brief period but I missed the extensions too much
 

Capt Caveman

Lifer
Jan 30, 2005
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Firefox b/c of the add-ons but Chrome is faster. However, I believe the coming Firefox 3.6 is supposed to give Chrome a run for it's money in performance.
 

Mike Gayner

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Jan 5, 2007
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Words cannot express my hatred for that bloated POS Firefox. IE is barely better, but still slow and has annoying behavior. Chrome is small, fast and doesn't do anything annoying.
 

TridenT

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Sep 4, 2006
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Chrome might be better, but I still prefer Firefox because of the addons like Adblock Plus, Xmarks(Extremely important), gmail notifier(also important), and the occasional greasemonkey script.

I have not got a adblock plus type script to work in chrome yet, idk why it doesn't work. :/
 

Mike Gayner

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Chrome might be better, but I still prefer Firefox because of the addons like Adblock Plus, Xmarks(Extremely important), gmail notifier(also important), and the occasional greasemonkey script.

I have not got a adblock plus type script to work in chrome yet, idk why it doesn't work. :/

Adblock, Xmarks and Gmail notifier are now available on Chrome.
 

FoBoT

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Apr 30, 2001
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i use chrome most of the time, always for ATOT and gmail and stuff
i play one online game that i use FF
i use IE for work email
 

TridenT

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Sep 4, 2006
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Adblock, Xmarks and Gmail notifier are now available on Chrome.

Where? >_< I am getting lots of shitty results in my google searches

whoa, found the real deal... nvm.

Their stupid gmail notifier type program does not do multiple accounts from what I read. :(
 
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TridenT

Lifer
Sep 4, 2006
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There's Gmail Notifier Plus (or something) that does multiple accounts I think.

Which ad blocking program do you use, because the AdThwart one really sucks! It loads the page THEN removes the ads?! WTF?! It should just block that shit from the start!

Ugh, fucking adblock does it too.

Back to yee old firefox where this does not happen...
 

lxskllr

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Nov 30, 2004
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Firefox for me. Chrome's fast, but too stripped, and a little buggy. Here's my preference...

Firefox
Opera
Chrome
IE
Safari? :^D :^D :^D