Comments on: Will Google Chrome supplant Firefox as the power user’s browser of choice?

By: Banghead

Banghead — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:15:03 +0000

Well, what the hell? Firstly, FF3 started giving me grief by not allowing link or button clicks until I refreshed it in the taskbar, it’s slow as hell even with only one tab open – then I try Chrome, and the Tools or Customize buttons don’t work! WTF!!! I’m going back to FF, at least it does what I want…maybe a reinstall will fix the clicky issue 8(

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Two Geeks and a Blog :: Uncategorized :: Quick Hits: Mar. 22 - 28 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:46:09 +0000

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By: DrtyBlvd

DrtyBlvd — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:34:24 +0000

Oooo. That’s a bit ‘harsh’ :):):)

By: FF_User

FF_User — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:39:17 +0000

you can detach tabs to seperate windows.
The ability to have such a wide variety of extensions is just amazing and will keep me on FF for quite a while. Its one of the reasons why WoW is so successful, users simply know where the convenience and usabilty is at and develop their own. There is more creativity. If Chrome wants to make it, it will have to have addon features.

Duplicate Tab 1.0.2
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/28

By: cw

cw — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:31:50 +0000

Couldn’t have said it any better db. Clearly the author isn’t the “power user” he talks about. The people who use Firefox for what it is will stay, the simpletons and less savvy will jump on the Fisher Price-esque Chrome bandwagon.

By: AR

AR — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:29:55 +0000

how about the idea that Chrome is another tool created by Google…..to gather info about your browsing and deliver tailored ads? I like firefox for now…

By: TheHoldSteady

TheHoldSteady — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:23:18 +0000

“I do believe that chrome is based on a linux only browser.
” Which makes it doubly-infuriating for us non-leet Linuxen. Plus, does Chrome have any adblocking ability? And given that the new evil kid on the block (Google) is an advertising company above all else, will adblocking ever be allowed?

/Opera user, btw.

By: db

db — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:38:07 +0000

You only use “one” extension regularly? Astonishing. That’s like having a car and taking the bus; sure, a matter of personal choice, but what potential are you happily sacrificing and for what reason? If that works for someone, then great – but actually you put your finger on the point; extensions are *why* people use FF, not just a bonus for having made an election of choice… No other browser will dominate the market until extensions are ubiquitous and cross-platform. Because people like their coffee differently. :)

By: atm

atm — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:26:06 +0000

Believe it or not IE8 is really good. I might switch after i play with it more.

By: ddub

ddub — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:07:05 +0000

i use 11 extensions.
chrome isn’t enough better for me to switch.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:20:28 +0000

@Jarret – you´r so right!!

“I’m sticking with Firefox until they get the extension thing going. I can’t even begin to imagine developing web applications without the Web Developer Toolbar; I’d end up crying.”

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:45:06 +0000

Chrome still doesn’t exist for Mac. I’ve been waiting and waiting. How can you make such a declaration about Chrome when it still doesn’t support Mac?

By: John Cline

John Cline — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:17:36 +0000

I’ve made the swtich to Chrome myself and love it. However, it still has some catching up to do wit hthe masses according to this site:
http://www.statowl.com/web_browser_market_share_trend.php

By: three

three — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:25:42 +0000

used to use firefox. but the lagginess and the slow boot up and everything just make me detest it
totally happy with chrome now.

By: crunchcradle

crunchcradle — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:03:52 +0000

For me its not about the speed, its about the simplicity.

Google Chrome has the smallest visual footprint of all the major browsers.

By: crunchcradle

crunchcradle — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:01:13 +0000

I do believe that chrome is based on a linux only browser.

By: Guilherme Ambros

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:21:40 +0000

Most real power users have lots of extensions installed, and until Chrome can mimic the same extensibility that power users have come to enjoy on Firefox, they won’t even consider switching.

Also real power users are using multiple platforms, sometimes mac, linux and windows for different purposes. And until now Chrome still windows-centric.

Chrome has just a few points of market share, several months after its launch, and it still a large unproven bet from Google. Hopefully it’ll have a better future than Lively, Dodgeball and others, but there’s no reason to think it’ll succeed other than the author’s cheerfully wishes.

By: Omarra Byrd

Omarra Byrd — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:04:03 +0000

Hey T Ready I agree with you on the RoboForm comment! I actually love the RoboForm software myself. I use it all of the time and it takes all of the menial everyday tasks that I have to perform on my computer daily and shortens them extremely! What once took me fifteen minutes to complete now takes me only one second because RoboForm does the same task with just one click. In fact I wrote a Report about a lot of RoboForm’s capabilities for use that aren’t even touched on in the User’s Manual for RoboForm. You can get that Report here:

http://www.theroboformreport.com/indexb.html

There is also a FREE version of RoboForm that you can download on this web page, just to test the RoboForm software out for yourself! I highly recommend it!

By: Zachary Abresch

Zachary Abresch — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:12:41 +0000

I’ve been an avid Firefox user for longer than I can remember. I love the browser and I love extensions (especially for web development). I recently tried out Safari 4 BETA and fell in love. I’ve always rather disliked Safari but I love this new version. After I switched one of my biggest gripes was that I didn’t have the same functionality due to not having my precious extensions. After a few weeks, I barely even miss Firefox and have learned to get along wihtout many of the plugins I used due to Safari’s superior built-in debugging tools. I only miss tagging my bookmarks and am still searching for a solution. Chrome has been blatantly ignoring the MAC crowd and I probably won’t even switch when an OS X version comes out.

By: Robbie Spencer

Robbie Spencer — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:36:54 +0000

I’m an avid user of both, mostly for the reason that Chrome doesn’t have add-ons. I have about…16? add ons at the moment, and yes I use all of them. But I’ve found that it comes to just basic browsing or a quick internet session, Chrome is the winner. However if I’m sitting in front of my computer for awhile I got FF. Sure Chrome doesn’t crash (it FINALLY crashed yesterday after two months of steady use) but I rely on better gmail, fire.fm (need my music) Stumble Upon, Twitterfox, etc. Once Chrome gets add on support, I’ll make the switch. The layout is a lot cleaner and I have more browser space since the address bar isn’t nearly as huge as in FF. Plus, look at the incognito window ^^.