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Old 06-08-2010, 10:14 PM   #1
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Google Chrome on Linux goes a long way towards making Linux usable on the Desktop
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I've certainly found Chrome to run faster than Firefox, but Ubuntu was very usable long before Chrome came around.
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I just love Chrome. Firefox hasn't been opened on any of my machines for the longest time.
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I hate Chrome, I don't understand how you guys love it so much. It takes me 4 to 5 times the amount of time to load a page as it does with firefox.
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Well, for most people Chrome is crazy fast. It is noticeably faster than Firefox for me.

Also for me, it is much more reliable with Flash than Firefox on Ubuntu.
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this thread won the award for the longest title ever


but i agree with you.
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Old 06-09-2010, 01:23 PM   #7
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I'm a big fan of Chrome these days. I don't even have FF on this PC. If there's something Chrome can't load, I just open up Satan (IE) and use that, as it's generally what sites are formatted for if they don't work on a good browser.
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I've become so used to the little things about Chrome that I just get upset when I use a different browser.
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i use chrome, after that i forgot what firefox was... i really like the little homepage window that lets you just click on your sites, it's a small feature, but it's pretty cool, and it's really fast.
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The one thing I dislike about Chrome is its method of doing Favorites. It's far too easy to accidentally click the "Make this page a favorite" button, and it's a little bit annoying to open the Favorites menu.
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just for the record, opera had speed dial first.
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just for the record, opera had speed dial first.
Just for the record, only 5 people like Opera.
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I would use chrome, but I <3 my Firefox Install, and I can't get over the tabs on top thing.
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That may be true, but it still had Speed Dial first.


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I would use chrome, but I <3 my Firefox Install, and I can't get over the tabs on top thing.
Well, Firefox is going that route as well, so one way or another, you'll get used to it.
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The one thing I dislike about Chrome is its method of doing Favorites. It's far too easy to accidentally click the "Make this page a favorite" button, and it's a little bit annoying to open the Favorites menu.
Click that button again and it un-bookmarks the page. You don't really have to open up the menu.



I agree that Chrome is great and makes linux awesome. Mine doesn't handle flash very well for some reason, but its still faster than FF.
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