Google Chrome - Page 3

divine · 23-07-2009, 14:20

FF3.5 pisses all over Chrome speed wise on this PC, both to open and to render a page.

Garp · 23-07-2009, 18:57

I've never had problems with Chrome at all, certainly not on the scale you're having Huddy.
Must be something very odd going on there, it certainly shouldn't be stopping you from doing stuff like accessing o2 or the Joomla back end.

Chrome is nice and small and fast, I like it, but FF3.5 is more suited to my needs right now, and Chrome on Linux (what I use at work) is pap, mainly because it hasn't been ported effectively yet.

Admiral Huddy · 24-07-2009, 10:46

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Originally Posted by NokkonWud

Dismissed?! It's easily the best browser, has some awesome plugins (including spell checker). It's just awesome. I could never go to IE.

Of course I'll dismiss a browser that doesn't work.

divine · 24-07-2009, 11:13

How does Firefox 'not work' ?

Daz · 24-07-2009, 11:20

Browser arguments really p*** me off, especially when there isn't even any content in the argument.

Huddy - As far as I understand it, the old IESpell plugin is unmaintained and incompatible with IE7/8. There are some dodgy 'IE+' type wrapper applications which will provide some functionality. Something like ie7pro provides spell checking, but it does a lot of stuff which looks like it'll bloat the app for my tastes, possibly worth a look.

If Chrome is close to want you need but 'broken' for certain sites then I'd suggest seeking support for the issues you're seeing and trying to fix them. As Garp said, Chrome certainly shouldn't be a broken as you're experiencing. If another browser like Firefox also "doesn't work", then maybe something else is happening here - both are mature products, and considered to be stable and usable - at this point choosing between them should be preference about functionality/ui's/whatever, not what works and what doesn't.

NokkonWud · 24-07-2009, 11:35

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Originally Posted by Admiral Huddy

Of course I'll dismiss a browser that doesn't work.

Considering Firefox is eating up the market against Internet Explorer like no other has before and its massive popularity with pretty much everyone would go some way to showing it does in fact, work.

I've never had a problem in the 3 or so years I've been using it.

Rich_L · 24-07-2009, 12:05

What is it that doesn't work on O2 out of interest? I am with them and the page seems to work fine with Chrome, so I could check to narrow down whether it's the browser or something else causing an issue

LeperousDust · 24-07-2009, 12:45

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Originally Posted by Admiral Huddy

Of course I'll dismiss a browser that doesn't work.

Shame you're being a tad vague there mate

Mark · 24-07-2009, 13:14

I'm with Daz on this. Excluding the niche players/fake rubbish, browsers are software tools to browse the internet, and which one you choose is up to you - if it works, use it - if not, don't.

Anyone who gets borderline religious about a browser, or an operating system, or a piece of hardware, or anything else computer-related, should be placed on a desert island with that piece of hardware/software and left to fend for themselves for a while.

Streeteh · 24-07-2009, 14:03

I don't think anyone has gone biblical on their chosen browser though, myself and others are just puzzled as to how firefox doesn't work.

23-07-2009, 14:20	#21
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	FF3.5 pisses all over Chrome speed wise on this PC, both to open and to render a page. __________________

23-07-2009, 18:57	#22
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	I've never had problems with Chrome at all, certainly not on the scale you're having Huddy. Must be something very odd going on there, it certainly shouldn't be stopping you from doing stuff like accessing o2 or the Joomla back end. Chrome is nice and small and fast, I like it, but FF3.5 is more suited to my needs right now, and Chrome on Linux (what I use at work) is pap, mainly because it hasn't been ported effectively yet. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

24-07-2009, 11:13	#24
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	How does Firefox 'not work' ? __________________

24-07-2009, 11:20	#25
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Browser arguments really p*** me off, especially when there isn't even any content in the argument. Huddy - As far as I understand it, the old IESpell plugin is unmaintained and incompatible with IE7/8. There are some dodgy 'IE+' type wrapper applications which will provide some functionality. Something like ie7pro provides spell checking, but it does a lot of stuff which looks like it'll bloat the app for my tastes, possibly worth a look. If Chrome is close to want you need but 'broken' for certain sites then I'd suggest seeking support for the issues you're seeing and trying to fix them. As Garp said, Chrome certainly shouldn't be a broken as you're experiencing. If another browser like Firefox also "doesn't work", then maybe something else is happening here - both are mature products, and considered to be stable and usable - at this point choosing between them should be preference about functionality/ui's/whatever, not what works and what doesn't. __________________ apt-get moo

24-07-2009, 12:05	#27
Rich_L Dr Cocktapuss Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Seven Sizzles Posts: 1,044	What is it that doesn't work on O2 out of interest? I am with them and the page seems to work fine with Chrome, so I could check to narrow down whether it's the browser or something else causing an issue __________________

24-07-2009, 13:14	#29
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I'm with Daz on this. Excluding the niche players/fake rubbish, browsers are software tools to browse the internet, and which one you choose is up to you - if it works, use it - if not, don't. Anyone who gets borderline religious about a browser, or an operating system, or a piece of hardware, or anything else computer-related, should be placed on a desert island with that piece of hardware/software and left to fend for themselves for a while.

24-07-2009, 14:03	#30
Streeteh Vodka Martini Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Kingston Posts: 862	I don't think anyone has gone biblical on their chosen browser though, myself and others are just puzzled as to how firefox doesn't work. __________________ PSN & Live! ID: Streeteh