who's on chrome?

Impy77 · 10 Sep 2010 at 21:45

Until a couple of months ago I swore by FF, now on Chrome with Speed Dial and Ad Block extensions. Wouldn't go back to FF now as it seems so slow in comparison

UncertainGod · 10 Sep 2010 at 21:57

On Chrome dev with hardware graphics acceleration switched on and loving it, stable as a rock and faster than a cat on speed.

EchoFox · 11 Sep 2010 at 04:50

I saw the FF4 Beta today. The UI is Opera 10.60, except it says Firefox instead of Opera.

reflux said:
I was a long-time Opera devotee until I got tired of the lack of support it has on some websites. I liked the minimal interface of Chrome so I switched. I like the speed, the UI and the bookmark sync is handy too.

I think Opera had Opera Link before Chrome did...

1pudding1 · 11 Sep 2010 at 11:03

Just tried chrome, seems pretty quick, but how do people deal with bookmarks? I dont want the whole bookmark toolbar at the top, ideally I want just a button to open a dropdown bookmark menu as Im used to in Firefox. Is this possible, if not what do people use and do?

Broken Hope · 11 Sep 2010 at 11:10

If Chrome had an extension like Tab Mix Plus I'd probably give it a try, but not being able to open bookmarks to new tabs by left clicking, or links that open to new sites in a new tab by left clicking is a show stopper for me.

Subliminal Aura · 11 Sep 2010 at 11:14

Broken Hope said:
but not being able to open bookmarks to new tabs by left clicking, or links that open to new sites in a new tab by left clicking is a show stopper for me.

shift click

ctrl+shift click

ctrl click

I'm sure there are other shortcuts that are useful.

BUT I see your point if there are instances where you only have the use one hand to browse the web.

Matteysan · 11 Sep 2010 at 11:53

1pudding1 said:
Just tried chrome, seems pretty quick, but how do people deal with bookmarks? I dont want the whole bookmark toolbar at the top, ideally I want just a button to open a dropdown bookmark menu as Im used to in Firefox. Is this possible, if not what do people use and do?

Ctrl + shift + B will hide & show the bookmark toolbar

It used to be just ctrl + B dunno why they have changed that.

smogsy · 11 Sep 2010 at 12:15

im using it now ie8 has annying bug on vb forums

LiE · 11 Sep 2010 at 12:18

Been using chrome for a while now. I love how snappy it is, the omnibar and how clean it is.

theheyes · 11 Sep 2010 at 12:59

smogsy said:
im using it now ie8 has annying bug on vb forums

What's it doing (or not doing)?

Infam0us · 11 Sep 2010 at 13:19

Moved from FF to Chrome, seems to work much better and I used to love Firefox

torchxit · 11 Sep 2010 at 13:21

don't like it i don't feel comfortable using it i'll stick with ff and ie8

_Jimlad_ · 11 Sep 2010 at 13:50

Infam0us said:
Moved from FF to Chrome, seems to work much better and I used to love Firefox

i was the same as you, cant switch back now

torchxit said:
don't like it i don't feel comfortable using it i'll stick with ff and ie8

i find the that the new ff 4 looks and feels like chrome now anyway

beachBOYken · 11 Sep 2010 at 14:53

hi

in terms of security how good is this browser , ive always used FF but would like a change if the security is just as good ?

_Jimlad_ · 11 Sep 2010 at 15:01

beachBOYken said:
hi

in terms of security how good is this browser , ive always used FF but would like a change if the security is just as good ?

not sure myself, but i know with firefox if you dont use a master password and firefox saves your web site passwords then if someone gets access to your pc they can simply view your passwords and access at a later stage. i have never known why firefox does that.

beachBOYken · 11 Sep 2010 at 15:19

_Jimlad_ said:
not sure myself, but i know with firefox if you dont use a master password and firefox saves your web site passwords then if someone gets access to your pc they can simply view your passwords and access at a later stage. i have never known why firefox does that.

is there not a option so when you close ff it clears all passwords?

Locke · 11 Sep 2010 at 16:16

The only reason why I don't use Chrome is because of the Bookmarks bar, I couldn't figure out how to make it look the same as my FF one. There probably is a way now, but I haven't tried Chrome in ages

Is there an extension or add on for these kind of bookmarks?

smogsy · 11 Sep 2010 at 16:48

you have two links to the BBC?

Locke · 11 Sep 2010 at 16:58

BBC Sport Formula 1 site and iPlayer

jrwagh333 · 11 Sep 2010 at 17:08

Broken Hope said:
Ibut not being able to open bookmarks to new tabs by left clicking, or links that open to new sites in a new tab by left clicking is a show stopper for me.

Middle click