So, who's using Chrome as your primary browser?
It was very unstable for me on Vista, but now that I am using Windows 7 I haven't had any problems with it at all and it is back to being my primary browser.
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
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dcp - May 19, 2010 1:35:00 pm PDT #13889 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Sean K - May 19, 2010 2:30:29 pm PDT #13890 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I have replaced the HD in my laptop, and am reinstalling OSX. Laptop is happy again. Now I have a billionty-five updates to download and run, and three weeks of progress bars to watch.
Gris - May 19, 2010 4:10:44 pm PDT #13891 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I use Chrome both in Windows 7 and OS X. It is my one true browser, I think. I heart it immensely.
§ ita § - May 19, 2010 4:41:26 pm PDT #13892 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You people are all crazy.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 20, 2010 12:01:23 am PDT #13893 of 25501
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Chrome is great, but I do get annoyed at the fair number of sites that either don't display right in Chrome, or don't work at all with it. But it's fab as a browser - fast, good extensions, doesn't shut down every time I open a PDF like Firefox tends to do.
Jessica - May 20, 2010 3:45:54 am PDT #13894 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Chrome wasn't noticeably faster than Firefox on my Macb(bookPro), so I quit using it. Didn't seem to be worth the trouble to hunt down all the extentions I'd need to make it behave like Firefox does.
Gris - May 20, 2010 4:49:37 am PDT #13895 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Yeah, I don't use a lot of extensions. I use AdBlock, and that's pretty much it, so it was no trouble for me to switch to Chrome.
I don't find that it's noticeably faster to run, necessarily, but it's WAY faster to start on both Windows and Mac OS X for me. Since I'm not the type to leave programs open when I'm not using them, that makes a pretty big difference for me.
I also just like the way it looks. Sometimes I am shallow.
flea - May 20, 2010 5:35:18 am PDT #13896 of 25501
information libertarian
I'm trying to run Google Docs - both the slide-making and a spreadsheet at the same time - and finding it slows everything on my computer incredibly down. Like, the thing where you type, and 30 second later the letters start showing up. At work, on a PC running current Firefox. Any tips? It's like living in the early 1990s, with the slow. I have closed and reopened Firefox and rebooted the whole machine.
Typo Boy - May 20, 2010 7:40:38 am PDT #13897 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Set Firefox (or whatever browser you use) to open pdfs in reader not a browser tab. Save many many problems, and the document is easier to read. OK, the last part is subjective.
A comment, not an answer on Google Docs which I always found slower than I liked. I will note I have a really slow computer and it was nowhere near as bad as you describe. I do have a fast connection, which may be one key. What is your connection speed, and how many other machines do you share it with.
le nubian - May 20, 2010 7:59:45 am PDT #13898 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
flea,
quit firefox and reopen it. You might have a memory leak.