carpmart
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 02:28 PM |
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Google Chrome
Anyone else using this browser?
In the short time I have been using it, I have to say I'm quite impressed! 
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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whitestu
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 02:31 PM |
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I gave up with it [about a year ago] and went back to ie - it was very unstable.
Maybe it has improved since then.
[Edited on 12/11/09 by whitestu]
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ken555
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 02:34 PM |
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yeah running it here.
Also running the Google Chrome OS Beta.
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carpmart
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 02:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by whitestu
I gave up with it [about a year ago] and went back to ie - it was very unstable.
Maybe it has improved since then.
[Edited on 12/11/09 by whitestu]
Funny as I've decided to give it a go as Firefox is so flakey for me!
I tried IE today and had forgotten how bad it is and why I hate it!
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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whitestu
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 02:47 PM |
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quote:
Funny as I've decided to give it a go as Firefox is so flakey for me!
I agree about Firefox. IE is flakey as well, but overall for me it seemed to work best.
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BenB
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 02:49 PM |
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I'm still a FF fan due to the speed. IE is like browsing on dial-up (okay not quite that bad but it's still v slow!)
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carpmart
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 03:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
I'm still a FF fan due to the speed. IE is like browsing on dial-up (okay not quite that bad but it's still v slow!)
You need to try Google Chrome as its sooo much faster that FF!
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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MK9R
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 03:04 PM |
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chrome is the daddy. I find the odd site doesn't work properly with it, but very few. I went from IE to firefox and now to chrome and i
can't stand either of the others now. Googles global takeover is speeding up!
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 03:12 PM |
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Chrome seems good to me, been using it for around a year.
Occasionally plugins don't work properly (I seem to have a problem with pdf's, but adobe seem to be forever sending updates!).
Matt
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blakep82
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 03:12 PM |
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never had any problems with IE myself. tried firefox and it made everything look like poo.
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bmseven
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 03:24 PM |
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Tried chrome for quite a while and it is faster than IE but Firefox wins everytime because of the fantastic add on's available 
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Humbug
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 05:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bmseven
Tried chrome for quite a while and it is faster than IE but Firefox wins everytime because of the fantastic add on's available
Same here. I just tried it and it's quick, but lacks FF's addons and you don't seem to be able to tweak the settings like you can in
FF
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britishtrident
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 06:22 PM |
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Chrome is fine --- nothing new really underneath the hood it is just one of Linux browsers rebranded.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 06:54 PM |
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Never had any problems with Firefox on the numerous PCs and laptops I use, so sticking with it for now. Must be a good reason why they have ~24% of
the market (and rising).
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iank
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 07:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Chrome is fine --- nothing new really underneath the hood it is just one of Linux browsers rebranded.
Think you might be thinking of the Mac browser which is based on the Konqueror engine.
Chrome is based on Chromium which is all google's own work and doesn't form the basis for any of the linux browsers afaik.
There is a development version of Chrome for linux, which I'm using to post this, but there are good and bad releases (flash works on and off
for example). General browsing is fine for vanilla sites and it's much faster than firefox or ie.
--
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Jubal
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 08:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ken555
Also running the Google Chrome OS Beta.
Are you sure?
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 10:30 PM |
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Google Chrome is a web browser released by Google which uses the WebKit layout engine and application framework
quote:
WebKit was originally derived by Apple Inc. from the Konqueror browser’s KHTML software library for use as the engine of Mac OS X’s Safari web
browser
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carpmart
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 10:32 PM |
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That's why I love this site; there are loads of clever people on here!
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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mad4x4
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 07:04 AM |
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I got fed up with FF wanting to download updates every time I used it. and Taking 5 Mins to load up
Chrome is good but it sometimes takes ages to load a page. Like it missed the initial response. but apart from that I LIK'ee
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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britishtrident
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 12:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mad4x4
I got fed up with FF wanting to download updates every time I used it. and Taking 5 Mins to load up
Chrome is good but it sometimes takes ages to load a page. Like it missed the initial response. but apart from that I LIK'ee
You can turn updates off
In Windows version
Tools > Options > Advanced : Update: When updates are found.
In Linux
Edit>Preferenceces>Advanced>Update
[Edited on 14/11/09 by britishtrident]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 14/11/09 at 12:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Chrome is fine --- nothing new really underneath the hood it is just one of Linux browsers rebranded.
Think you might be thinking of the Mac browser which is based on the Konqueror engine.
Chrome is based on Chromium which is all google's own work and doesn't form the basis for any of the linux browsers afaik.
There is a development version of Chrome for linux, which I'm using to post this, but there are good and bad releases (flash works on and off
for example). General browsing is fine for vanilla sites and it's much faster than firefox or ie.
A large chunk of what runs Chrome under the bonnet is Konqueror browser for the KDE desktop for Linux like MAC Safari and a few other Linux browsers
it uses the KHTML/Webkit engine.
Webkit is an Apple fork from the KDE project KHTML taken in house by Apple but the two projects share code to such an extent the only difference
are Mac specific features in the Apple version.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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