My only complaint about Firefox is that it is slow to launch initially.
Quick check on this system:
Chrome12: 8 seconds
Safari5: 8 seconds
IE9: 11 seconds
FF5: 16 seconds
YMMV
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
'Get It Done'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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dcp - Jul 27, 2011 4:29:46 pm PDT #17321 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Gris - Jul 27, 2011 4:50:43 pm PDT #17322 of 25501
Hey. New board.
(shrug) I launch it once per boot. It does seem to use a bit more of my CPU than chrome, but I just don't care very much.
Android users: do any of you root your phone? Pros and cons?
le nubian - Jul 27, 2011 6:14:24 pm PDT #17323 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Dana,
I switched to Chrome from FF and nearly every extension I want is available on Chrome. Can you tell me which ext you are looking for and I might be able to help you find the chrome alt.
Dana - Jul 27, 2011 6:18:42 pm PDT #17324 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I miss Webmail, which let me check my accounts across various services, and I had a tab manager that grouped tabs by color.
le nubian - Jul 27, 2011 6:47:16 pm PDT #17325 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Dana - Jul 27, 2011 6:53:16 pm PDT #17326 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yay, I have all my webmail back. Thanks!
Gudanov - Jul 28, 2011 4:50:35 am PDT #17327 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I'm pretty happy with Firefox 5 which I use on Windows at home and on Linux at work, though I prefer Chrome's development tools over firebug. Firefox is more tweakable though.
I haven't noticed anything about start-up times but I haven't timed anything. Off my home desktop's SSD it feels pretty much instantaneous.
Jessica - Jul 28, 2011 4:51:47 am PDT #17328 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
FF5 will be ok once TabKit updates its extension. It trips me up when tabs get overwritten by default.
Polter-Cow - Jul 28, 2011 9:42:59 pm PDT #17329 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
OMG, I keep forgetting my phone can be a hotspot and T-Mobile has unlimited internet. They don't cap, but they do throttle. Still, it's better than nothing, when you're in the middle of wherever.
It's pretty cool! As long as you have a good network connection, it will generate a comparably badass Wi-Fi signal.
Vortex - Jul 28, 2011 10:12:15 pm PDT #17330 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Hey, I'm updating my word processor on my home computer (I used to just use my work laptop). I have Office XP and Office 2003, which is better?