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Google Chrome or FireFox?
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This.
I wouldn't say Firefox could be described as 'slick' compared to Chrome and even IE9. The memory problems are getting better, but it still has the horrible UI lag caused by running the UI in the same process as the tabs. The minute you load a resource-intensive site, the whole interface just lags up.
Get Firefox 9, then install Waterfox 9 over it.
Never had that issue with Firefox at all, I really don't see how people get the memory problems. I've used it since 3.0 and not a single issue ever has come up, yet other people use it and complain about memory leaking and stuff.
Never had that issue with Firefox at all, I really don't see how people get the memory problems. I've used it since 3.0 and not a single issue ever has come up, yet other people use it and complain about memory leaking and stuff.
I've had problems in the past when I have a lot of tabs open, FF just grinds to a halt and I have to restart it, that was FF up to 7.
Been using chrome quite happily for at least 6 months now and I think I'm happy, it does occasionally fall over with flash plugins (mostly youtube) but for the most part it's seen me right.
Been using chrome quite happily for at least 6 months now and I think I'm happy, it does occasionally fall over with flash plugins (mostly youtube) but for the most part it's seen me right.
The people who have these "memory problems" must have bad addons installed or haven't done a fresh installation of FF in ages or/and a ton of bookmarks (I myself have got quite a lot of bookmarks, more than 60 I would say for both chrome and FF), cause chrome for me uses more RAM than firefox:
As for opening a resource intensive thread e.g. the high res screenshot thread, yes FF UI does lag for a second or so where as chrome doesn't (however it is much better now I found ever since FF 9 update, before it really was a lot worse I found), however FF loads the page fully MUCH quicker than what chrome does and so personally for me that by far outweighs the split second of stutter for FF.
Also FF again does not take any where as long to start up as what it used to (before V4), yes, chrome is pretty much instant, but FF is just behind it by a split second for me (although I do launch FF with 6 tabs pinned). This is on a Samsung F3 1TB hard drive.
Firefox, I have 8 addons installed with 5 user styles.
Chome, I have 7 addons installed with 2 user styles.
And plus firefox has been opened for hours now where as chrome I just launched there to do the comparison, generally the browsers use a bit more RAM after a certain period of time I find.
Not too bothered though either way as I don't run out of RAM unless I have loads of things running in the background with a game running!
As for opening a resource intensive thread e.g. the high res screenshot thread, yes FF UI does lag for a second or so where as chrome doesn't (however it is much better now I found ever since FF 9 update, before it really was a lot worse I found), however FF loads the page fully MUCH quicker than what chrome does and so personally for me that by far outweighs the split second of stutter for FF.
Also FF again does not take any where as long to start up as what it used to (before V4), yes, chrome is pretty much instant, but FF is just behind it by a split second for me (although I do launch FF with 6 tabs pinned). This is on a Samsung F3 1TB hard drive.
Just updated to Waterfox, everything is working superbly
I am looking forward to loading one of the image threads on Joe Rogan forum now because the x86 version sometimes maxed 2GB of RAM usage lol. Yes, they don't believe in a max image size rule there
I am looking forward to loading one of the image threads on Joe Rogan forum now because the x86 version sometimes maxed 2GB of RAM usage lol. Yes, they don't believe in a max image size rule there
Have just installed waterfox and so far very snappy and smooth when loading pages!
Although it seems to load the high res screenshot thread a bit slower I find, will need to try a few more days and see.
And everything seems to be working fine so far......
Going to try installing that 64 bit compatible BL plugin now mrk, will report back!
Although it seems to load the high res screenshot thread a bit slower I find, will need to try a few more days and see.
And everything seems to be working fine so far......
Going to try installing that 64 bit compatible BL plugin now mrk, will report back!
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I was a long time user of firefox but I switched to chrome a couple of months ago as it just seemed faster / cleaner. Both support adblock, autopager and userstyles so extensions don't really need to be factored in for me.
Chrome gained rep from me for using miku in their recent advert:
Chrome gained rep from me for using miku in their recent advert:
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That waterfox is not too bad, it uses up less memory than the main firefox browser, and it is a bit faster too.
That is the one thing I miss about Firefox. In comparison, the Chrome equivalent is absolute pants at finding what I want.
